29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn Pet. 2. 21. of me; for I am meek and 'lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 'n For my yoke is easy, and my bur John 2. 6. Zech. 9. 9. hil. 2. 7, 8. Jer. 6. 16. 1 John 5 Deut. 23. 25. Mark 2. 3. Luke 6. 1. 6. den is light. CHAP. XII. 1 Christ reproveth the blindness of the Phari- Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. DOMINI 14 ¶ Then1 the Pharisees went out, and Anno I held a council against him, how they might destroy him. 31. 1 ch. 27. 1. Luke 6. 11. 15 But when Jesus knew it," he with- Mark 3.6. drew himself from thence: "and great John 5. 18. multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 16 And charged them that they should not make him known: & 10. 39. & 93. Or, took counsel. m See cb. 10. 23. Mark 3. 7. 17 That it might be fulfilled which was n ch. 19. 2. spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, o ch. 9. 30. 18 Behold my servant, whom I have p Isai. 42. 1. chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul ch.3.17. & is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till At that time Jesus went on the sab he send forth his mou shall the Gen bath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not 1 Sam. 21. read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4 How he entered into the house of c Exod. 25 God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for d Exod. 29. them which were with him, but only for 831.&24.9. the priests? 9 ¶ "And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 10 And,behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked i Luke 13.14. him, saying, 'Is it lawful to heal on the 14.3-John sabbath days? that they might accuse him, 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have k See Exod. one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the Bout. 22.4. sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 23.4, 5. 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. 51 Wherefore I say unto you, "All man- Luke 12. 10. ner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven Hebr. 6.4. unto men: but the blasphemy against the 29. 1 John 5. Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men, z Acts 7. 51. 32 And whosoever "speaketh a word a ch. 11. 19. against the Son of man, it shall be for- John 7. 12, given him: but whosoever speaketh 52 Tim 1. against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be 13. forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 33 Either make the tree good, and his Luke 6. 43, c ch. 7. 17. 44. The sign of Jonas. Anno DOMINI 31. d ch. 3. 7. & 23.33. S. MATTHEW. The parable of the sover, fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, | my Father which is in heaven, the same d 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, e Luke 6.45. being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. 58 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it,but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly: so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. i 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: 'because they repented at the Rom. 2. 27. preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater 1 Jonah 3.5- than Jonas is here. 42 The queen of the south shall rise 2 Chron. 9. up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. n Luke 11. 24. o Job 1.7. 1 Pet. 5. 8. P Hebr. 6.4. 2 Pet. 2. 20, & 10. 26. 21, 22. 43 "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: Pand the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. 46 ¶ While he yet talked to the people, 9 Mark 3.31. behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. Luke 8. 19, 20, 21. r ch. 13.55Mark 6. 3. John 2. 12 & 7.3,5 Acts 114 1 Cor. 9.5Gal. 1. 19. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand tos See John ward his disciples, and said, Behold my 66.15. mother and my brethren! 15. 14. Gal. Col. 3. 11. Hebr. 2. 11. 50 For 'whosoever shall do the will of CHAP. XIII.' them. 18 ¶ "Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 19 When any one heareth the word ch. 4. 23. of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. 20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth Ples, the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. 32. 35 John 5. ach. 11.6 2 Tim. 1. 15. r ch. 19. 23. Mark 10. 23. Luke 18. 24. Tim. 6.9. 2 Tim. 4. 10. s Jer. 4. 3. t ch. 3. 12. Mic. 4. 1. 22' He also that received seed 'among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. DOMINI Parable of the leaven, &c. 33 Another parable spake he unto Anno them; The kingdom of heaven is like 31. unto leaven, which a woman took, and x Luke 13. hid in three + measures of meal, till the 20. whole was leavened. + The word in the Greek is a measure confaining a bout a peck and a half, wanting a little more 34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open y Mark 4. my mouth in parables; I will utter 33, 34. things which have been kept secret from 2 Ps. 78. 2. the foundation of the world. 36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; than a pint. a Rom. 16. 25, 26. Cor. 2.7. Eph. 3. 9. Col. 1. 26. b ch.24. 14. 38 The field is the world; the good & 28. 14: 23 But he that received seed into the 24 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 So the servants of the housholder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 31 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto Isai. 2.2, 3. them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is Mark 4. 30. like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Luke 13. 18, 19. 32 Which indeed is the least of all şeeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 54 And when he was come into his Lake 416, own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Tent. 49. 7. 40. x cb. 11. 6. Mark 6. 3, 4 55 'Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and this brethren, "James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? 57 And they were offended in him. Luke 4:24. But Jesus said unto them, 'A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. John 4.44. z Mark 6. 5. 58 And he did not many mighty works A. D. 32. beginning. a Mark 6. 14. Luke 9.7. Or, are wrought by him. A. D. 30. b Mark 6. 17. 20. there because of their unbelief. 1 Herod's opinion of Christ. 3 Wherefore AT that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works || do shew forth themselves in him. 3¶ For Herod had laid hold on John, Luke 3. 19, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife, 4 For John said unto him, "It is not lawful for thee to have her. Lev. 18. 16. & 20. 24. d 5 And when he would have put him to dch. 21. 26 death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. Luke 20. 16. 6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, +Gr in the the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath 9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless 12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. 13¶When Jesus heard of it, he de- AD parted thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard Mark thereof, they followed him on foot out of J the cities. 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and 'was moved with f compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. Lake & E Mark 6. B Lakes 5 15 " And when it was evening, his dis- & M 16 But Jesus said unto them, They 18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. 22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23 'And when he had sent the multi-arks di tudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening Job 6.6 was come, he was there alone. 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw him 'walking on the sea, they were troubled, & saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. 27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. 28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he 10 And he sent, and beheaded John in walked on the water, to go to Jesus. the prison. 50 But when he saw the wind || bois- Or, Acts 8. 37. Mark 6. 53. Rom. 1. 4. ⚫ ch. 9. 20. Mark 3. 10. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 52 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. 33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. m 34 ¶ "And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. 35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; 36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made per Luke 19. fectly whole. Acts 19. 12. a Mark 7. 1. b Mark 7.5. 2 Why do thy disciples transgress c Col. 2. 8. the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the command ment of God by your tradition? What defileth a man. DOMINI 12 Then came his disciples, and said Anno unto him, Knowest thou that the Pha- 32. risees were offended, after they heard this saying? m John 15.2 1 Cor. 3. 12, 13 But he answered and said, " Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath & not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: "they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Isai. 9. 16. ch. 23. 14. Mal. 2. 8. Luke & 39. • Mark 7.. 15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. 16 And Jesus said, 'Are ye also yet Mark 7:18. without understanding? p ch. 16. 9. q 1 Cor. 6. 17 Do not ye yet understand, that q whatsoever entereth in at the mouth go- 13. eth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18 But those things which proceed r Jam. 3. 6. out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. 21 ¶ Then Jesus went thence, and de- ↑ Mark 7. 94. parted into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. eh. 10.5,6. 26. & 13. 46. Acts 3.25, x cb. %. 6. Pbil. 3.2. 2 ch. 4. 18. 29¶And Jesus departed from thence, y Mark 7. 31. and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 6. ch. 11. 5. 30 And great multitudes came unto all 355 him, having with them those that were Luke 7.2. lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them; 31 Insomuch that the multitude won |