Galilee. SECT. XCVII. Jefus informs his hearers that Mis- 1.TH Here were prefent at the feafon, fome that told him of the Galileans, whofe blood Pilate had mingled 2. with their facrifices. And Jefus anfwering, faid unto them, "Suppofe ye that "thefe Galileans were finners above all "the Galileans, because they fuffered "fuch things? I tell you, Nay, but ex-cept ye repent ye fhall all likewife perish. Or thofe eighteen, upon "whom the towre in Siloam fell, and "flew them, think ye that they were "finners above all men that dwelt in "Jerufalem? I tell you, Nay: but except 3. 4. 5. СС ་ ye repent, ye fhall all likewife perish. Anno 32 Ætat. Minift. 3. "/it bear fruit, well: and if not, then Galilee. after that thou shall cut it down. SECT. XCVIII. The Cure of a Woman on the Sab- A Luk. xiii. 14. ND [Fefus] was teaching in one 10. of the Synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold, there was a wo-11. man which had a fpirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wife lift up her felf. And when Jefus faw her, he 12. called her to him, and faid unto her, Woman thou art loofed from thine infirmity, And he laid his hands on her, 13. and immediately she was made straight, Miracle. and glorified God. And the ruler of the Synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jefus had healed on the Sabbath-day, and faid unto the people, There are fix days in which men ought to work in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the fabbath-day. The Lord then answered him, 15. and faid, "Thou hypocrite, doth not "each one of ye on the Sabbath-day, "loose his ox or his afs from the stall, "and lead him away to watering? "And ought not this woman, being a 16. ' daughter N 4 Galilee. 17. Minift. 3.. a daughter of Abraham, whom Sa- Anno And when he had faid these things, 19. ૯. unto fhall I resemble it? It is like a "grain of Muftard-feed, which a man "took, and caft into his garden, and "it grew, and waxed a great tree: "and the fowls of the air lodged in "the branches of it. And again he faid, "Whereunto fhall I liken the 21." kingdom of God? It is like leaven, "which a Woman took and hid in three "measures of meal, till the whole was "leavened. 20. 22. ર SECT. XCIX. Jefus is going towards Jerufalem: His ND [Jefus] went through all ci- Then faid one unto him, Lord, are there few that be faved? And he faid unto them, 24," Strive to enter in at the ftrait gate; "for many I fay unto you will feek to СС enter Anno "enter in, and fhall not be able. When Galilee. up, cc to ftand without and to knock at the ye workers of iniquity. There fhall 28. weft, and from the north, and from Jefus is warned of Herod, he foretells HE fame day there came certain 31. TH hold I caft out Devils, and I do cures to Galilee. to day and to morrow, and the third Anno Luk. xiii. 33. day I fhall be perfected. Neverthe-tar. 32. "lefs I must walk to day and to mor Luk. xiv. 34. row, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerufalem. O Jerufalem, Jerufalem, which killeft the prophets, and "ftoneft them that are fent to thee: "How often would I have gathered "thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, 35. "and ye would not? Behold your "houfe is left to you defolate and "verily I fay unto you, Ye fhall not "fee me, until the time come when ye fhall fay, Bleffed is he that cometh "in the name of the Lord. I. 2. ૯ SECT. CI. A Man fick of the Dropfy cured by ND it came to pafs, as he went •AND into the house of one of the chief Pharifees to eat bread on the fabbathday, that they watched him. And behold, there was a certain man before 3. him which had the dropfy. And Jefus anfwering, fpake unto the Lawyers and Pharifees, faying, Is it lawful to heal on 4. the fabbath day? And they held their peace. Minift. 3. |