Christ endith his sermon.

Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grafs of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is call into the oven,shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal fliisll we be clothed?

32 (For aster all these things do the Gentiles leek :) tor your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have, need of all these things.

35 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things sh.dl be added unto you.

34. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow (hall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day h the evil thereof.

C H A P. VII. 1 Christ ending hi;sermon in the mount repreveth rash judgement, 6 forhuUeth to cafl holy things to dogs, 7 txhorteth to fraycr, 13 to enter in At the fl rait gate, 15 to bevvarc'of Jalfe prophets, 21 and not to be hearers, hut doers of the word.

JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall he judged: and with what measure ye mete, it (hall be measured to you again.

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but confide] est not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou fay to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thineeye; and, benold, abeamu in thine own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast cvt the beam out of thine own eye; and then slialt thou fee clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

6 fl Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

7 fl Ask, and it (hall he giyen you; seek, and ye lhall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

8 For every one that afketh receiveth; and he that secketh finds th ; and to him that knocketh it (hall be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how'

in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

1: Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is' the law and the prophets.

13 fl Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide //"the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in. thereat:

14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

15 fl Beware of false prophets, which come to you in iheeps' clothing, bot inwardly they are ravening wolves.

16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

17 Even so every good tree bringeta forth good fruit j but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

19 Every tree that bringeth not fonh good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

20 Wherefoi-e by their fruits ye shall know them.

21 fl Not every One that faith unto me. Lord, Lord, (hall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22 Many will fay to me in that cbv, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have caS out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto there, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

24 Therefore whosoever heareth the*> sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wife man, which built his house upon a rock:

25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it ftll not: for it was found upon a rock.

26 And every one that hearetb these sayings of mine, anil doetb them not. (hall be likened unto a fooliih maii. which built his house upon the ("and:

27 And the rain descended, and tie floods came, aud the winds blew, .inJ beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

28 And it came to pal's, when Jesus had ended these savings, the pcopk were astofrfilhed at his doctrine:

'■•*-■-• 39 For

»9 For he taught them as one having authority, 3fnd not as the scribes.

CHAP. VIII. a Christ cleanseth the leper, 5 healeth the centurion's servant, 14 Peter's mother in lava, 16 and many others diseased; 18 fheweth how he is to befollowed; z^stilleth the tempest on the sea; 28 driveth devils out of two men fofj'ejfed, 31 and ■ sriff'ereth them to go into the swine.

WHEN he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

2 ff And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canlt make ir,e clean.

3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, laying,-I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4. And Jesus faith unto him. See thou tell no man; but go thy way, mew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony u;ito them.

'5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

6 And saying, Lord, my servant Heth at home sick, of the pally, grievously tormented.

7 And Jesus faith unto him, I will come and heal him.

8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou fhouldcst come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant mall be healed.

9 For I am a man tinder authority, having soldiers under me: and I fay to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

10 When Jesus heard it he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

11 And I fay unto you, That many mall come from the east and west, and mall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

12 And the children of the kingdom mall becastoutintoouterdai kness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed,

Jb be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

14 f[ And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.

15 And he touched her hand, and the sever left her: and slie arose, and ministered auto them.

viii. H+stilleth the tempest.

16 fl When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:

17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, fhyr ing, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

18 m Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other fide.

19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

jo And Jesus faith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the .birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head:

ii Aud another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

23 ^J And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the (hip-was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

26 And he faith unto them, Why are ye tearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him 1

28 fl And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergescnes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

31 So \he devils besought him, laying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of-sw'tne.

32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and,'behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. ■

33 And they thai-kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. ^

]4 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

CHAP. IX. I Christ cureth the paljy, 9 calleth Matthew, 10 eateth nuith publicans and Jcmurt.

AND he entered into aship, and passed over, and came into his own city.

2 fl And,.behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good direr; thy sins be forgiven thee.

3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.

4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts i

5 For whether is easier, to fay, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to fay, Arise, and walk?

6 But that ye may know that the. Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then faith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

7 And he arose, and departed to his house.

8 But when the multitude saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

9 fl And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he faith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

10 fl And it came to pase, as Jesus fat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and fat down with him and his disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

lz But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

1 j But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

14 qf Then came to him the disciples of John, faying, Whydo w^andthePharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not f

15 And Jesus said unto them,.Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as lung as the bridegroom is with them?

but the days will come, when the bridegroom (hall be taken from them, and then (hall they fast.

16 No man puttetha piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up, taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles; else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perifli: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying. My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and (he lhall live.

19 And Jesus arose, and followed hiTM, and so did his disciples.

20 ^J And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind Aim, and touched the hem of his garment:

21 For (he said within herself, Is I may but touch his garment, I (hall be whole.

22 But Jetiis turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels, and the people making a noise,

24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sieepech. And they laughed him to scorn.

25 But when the people were pot forth, he went in, ana took her by the hand, and the maid arose.

26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.

27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.

28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and

Jesus faith unto them, Believe ye that am able to do this i They (aid unto him, Yea, Lord.

29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto yoa.

30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, laying, See that no man know it.

31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all thatcountry.

32 f As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.

33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake; and the multitudes

BUT