8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumæa, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did," came unto him.

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9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

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10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.10

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11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

12 And he 'straitly" charged them that they should not make him known.

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sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases.

MAT. xii. 15: But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence; and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all. do. xiv. 14: And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

¡ MARK, i. 23, 24: And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. LUKE, iv. 41: And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them, suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

* MAT. xiv. 33: Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. MARK, 1. 1: The beginning of the gospel, of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. JAMES, ii. 19: Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

'MAT. xii. 16: And charged them that they should not make him known. MARK, i. 25, 34: Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many

13 And he "goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.

14 And he "ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

15 And to have power to heal sicknesses," and to cast out devils :

16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;

17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, the sons of thunder:

18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son

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devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.

m MAT. x. 1: When he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. LUKE, vi. 12: It came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. do. ix. 1: Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

" JOHN, XV. 16: Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained ye, that ye should go and bring forth fruit. ACTS, i. 24: They prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these two thou hast chosen. do. xiv. 23: When they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord on whom they believed. GAL. i. 1: Paul an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead.

JOHN, i. 42: Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone.

PISA. lviii. 1: Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. JER. xxiii. 29: Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

of Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Simon the Canaanite,

19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him and they went into an house.13

20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

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22 ¶ And the Scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by1 the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

23 'And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

25 And if a house" be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

26 And if Satan rise up 18 against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

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9 MARK, vi. 31: Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest awhile; for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

Hos. ix, 7: The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. JOHN, vii. 5: For neither did his brethren believe in him. do. x. 20: And many of them said, he hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

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* MAT. xii. 25: And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

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Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be en unto the sons of men, and blasphemies with soever they shall blaspheme : But he that shall blaspheme against the Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in er of eternal damnation.20

Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. There came then his brethren and his

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. xlix. 24, 25: Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, awful captive delivered? But thus saith the LORD, Even tives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of ible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that deth with thee, and I will save thy children. do. Ixi. 1: rit of the LORD God is upon me; because the LORD ointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he ent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them e bound. MAT. xii. 29: How can one enter into a man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind ong man? and then he will spoil his house.

T. xii. 31: Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasagainst the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. xii. 10: And whosoever shall speak a word against the man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blash against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven. , v. 16: If any man see his brother sin a sin which is o death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them ■ not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not the shall pray for it.

B. X. 29: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, e be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, ith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done unto the spirit of grace ?

T. xii. 46, &c: While he yet talked to the people, beis mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to

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mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?

34 And he looked round about on them 21 which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

35 For whosoever shall do 'the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

CHAP. IV.

1 The parable of the sower, 14 and the meaning thereof. 21 We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others. 26 The parable of the seed growing secretly, 30 and of the mustard seed: 35 Christ stilleth the tempest on the sea.

AND he began again to teach by the sea side and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship,' and sat in2 the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

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speak with him, &c. LUKE, viii. 19, &c: Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press, &c.

Y JAMES, i. 25: But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 1 JOHN, ii. 17: And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. CHAP. IV.

2 MAT. xiii. 1: The same day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea-side. LUKE, viii. 4: And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable.

Ps. lxxviii. 2: I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old.