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1 The Jesus Christ came of Abraham of the tribe of Judah, and of the family of David as God promised.Rehearsal: as the Hebrews used to speak; see (Gen_5:1), the book of the generations. book of the Of the ancestors from whom Christ came. generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the Christ is also the son of Abraham. son of Abraham.

2 Abraham begate Isaac. And Isaac begate Iacob; Iacob begat Iudas and his brethren.

3 And Iudas begate Phares, and Zara of Thamar; Phares begate Esrom; Esrom begate Aram.

4 And Aram begate Aminadab; Aminadab begate Naasson; Naasson begat Salmon.

5 And Salmon begate Booz of Rachab; Booz begat Obed of Ruth; Obed begat Iesse.

6 And Iesse begate Dauid the King; Dauid the King begate Solomon of her that was the wife of Vrias.

7 And Solomon begate Roboam; Roboam begate Abia; Abia begate Asa.

8 And Asa begate Iosaphat; Iosaphat begate Ioram; Ioram begate Hozias.

9 And Hozias begat Ioatham; Ioatham begate Achaz; Achaz begate Ezekias.

10 And Ezekias begate Manasses; Manasses begate Amon; Amon begate Iosias.

11 and Josias begat That is, the captivity fell in the days of Jakim and Jechonias: for Jechonias was born before the carrying away into captivity. Jechonias and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away of Babylon.

12 And after they were caried away into Babylon, Iechonias begate Salathiel. And Salathiel begate Zorobabel.

13 And Zorobabel begate Abiud; Abiud begate Eliacim; Eliacim begate Azor.

14 And Azor begate Sadoc; Sadoc begate Achim; Achim begate Eliud.

15 And Eliud begate Eleazar; Eleazar begate Matthan; Matthan begate Iacob.

16 And Iacob begat Ioseph ye husbad of Mary, of whom was borne Iesvs, that is called Christ.

17 All All those who were considered to be in the lineage of David's family, as they begat one another orderly in turn. the generations, therefore, from Abraham to David [were] fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away of Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the carrying away of Babylon unto the Christ, fourteen generations.

18 Now the birth of Christ is the true Emmanuel, and therefore, Jesus (that is, Saviour) is conceived in the virgin by the Holy Spirit, as foretold by the prophets. Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit.

19 Then Ioseph her husbande being a iust man, and not willing to make her a publike example, was minded to put her away secretly.

20 but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to Receive her from her parents and kinsfolks hands. take to [thee] Mary, thy Who was promised, and made sure to you to be your wife. wife, for that which is Of the mother's substance by the Holy Spirit. begotten in her is of [the] Holy Spirit.

21 And she shall bring forth Christ is born of the same virgin who never knew a man: and is named Jesus by God himself through the angel. a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save Save, and this shows us the meaning of the name Jesus. his people from their sins.

22 And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,

23 Behold, a There is an article added in the Hebrew and Greek text, to point out the woman and set her forth plainly: as we would say, the virgin, or a certain virgin. virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

24 Then Ioseph, being raised from sleepe, did as the Angel of the Lorde had inioyned him, and tooke his wife.

25 And knew her not The word «till», in the Hebrew language, gives us to understand that a thing will not come to pass in time to come: as Michal had no children «till» her death day, (2Sa_6:23). And in the last chapter of this evangelist: Behold, I am with you «till» the end of the world. till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

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1 Now when Christ a poor child, laid down in a crib, and though given no attention by his own people, receives nonetheless a noble witness of his divinity from heaven, and of his kingly estate from strangers: which his own people unknowingly let happen, although they did not acknowledge him. Jesus was born in Bethlehem of For there was another in the tribe of Zebulun. Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came Wise and learned men: It is a Persian word which they use frequently. wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

2 Saying, Where is that King of the Iewes that is borne? For wee haue seene his starre in the East, and are come to worship him.

3 When Herod the king had heard [these things], he was Was much moved, for he was a foreigner, and became ruler by force; and the Jews were troubled; for wickedness is mad and raging. troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

4 And when he had gathered all the The chief priests, that is, such as were of Aaron's family, who were divided into twenty-four orders. (1Ch_24:5; 2Ch_36:14). chief priests and They that expound the law to the people, for the Hebrews take this word for another, which means as much as to expound and to declare. scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

5 And they saide vnto him, At Beth-leem in Iudea: for so it is written by the Prophet,

6 And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the Though you are a small town, yet you will be very famous and notable through the birth of the Messiah, who will be born in you. least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that That will rule and govern: for kings are rightly called leaders and shepherds of the people. shall rule my people Israel.

7 Then Herod priuily called the Wisemen, and diligently inquired of them the time of the starre that appeared,

8 And sent them to Beth-leem, saying, Goe, and searche diligently for the babe: and when ye haue founde him, bring mee worde againe, that I may come also, and worship him.

9 So when they had heard the King, they departed: and loe, the starre which they had seene in the East, went before them, till it came and stoode ouer the place where the babe was.

10 And when they sawe the starre, they reioyced with an exceeding great ioy,

11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and A kind of humble and lovely reverence. fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their The rich and costly presents, which they brought him. treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

12 And being God warned and told them of it, even though they did not ask him. warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

13 Christ having just been born, begins to be crucified for us, both in himself, and also in his members.And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

14 So he arose and tooke the babe and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

15 And was there vnto the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne.

16 Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the Wisemen, was exceeding wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the male children that were in Beth-leem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two yeere old and vnder, according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen.

17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken For God speaketh by the mouth of the prophets. by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

18 In Rama was there A voice of lamenting, weeping and howling. a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, That is to say, All who live around Bethlehem: for Rachel, Jacob's wife who died in childbirth, was buried by the road that leads to this town, which is also called Ephratah, because of the fruitfulness of the soil, and the plentifulness of corn. Rachel weeping [for] her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

19 Christ is brought up in Nazareth, after the death of the tyrant by God's providence: that by the very name of the place it might plainly appear to the world that he is the Lord's true Nazarite.But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

20 Saying, Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and goe into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the babes life.

21 Then he arose vp and tooke the babe and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

22 But whe he heard that Archelaus did reigne in Iudea in stead of his father Herod, he was afraide to go thither: yet after he was warned of God in a dreame, he turned aside into the parts of Galile,

23 And went and dwelt in a citie called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets, which was, That hee should be called a Nazarite.

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1 In Not when Joseph went to dwell at Nazareth, but a great while after, about fifteen years: for in the 30th year of his life Jesus was baptized by John: therefore «those days» means the time when Jesus remained as an inhabitant of the town of Nazareth. those days came John, who through his singular holiness and rare austerity of life caused men to cast their eyes on him, prepares the way for Christ who is following fast on his heels, as the prophet Isaiah foretold, and delivers the sum of the gospel, which a short time later would be delivered more fully. John the Baptist, preaching in the In a hilly country, which was nonetheless inhabited, for Zacharias dwelt there, (Luk_1:39-40), and there was Joab's house, (1Ki_2:34); and besides these, Joshua makes mention of six towns that were in the wilderness, (Jos_15:61-62). wilderness of Judaea,

2 And saying, The word in the greek signifies a changing of our minds and heart from evil to better. Repent ye: for the The kingdom of Messiah, whose government will be heavenly, and nothing but heavenly. kingdom of heaven is at hand.

3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make him a plain and smooth way. make his paths straight.

4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was Locusts were a type of meat which certain of the eastern people use, who were therefore called devourers of locusts. locusts and wild honey.

5 Then went out to him The people of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,

6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, Acknowledging that they were saved only by free remission and forgiveness of their sins. confessing their sins.

7 There is nothing that shuts up the way of mercy and salvation from us so much as the opinion of our own righteousness does.But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

8 True repentance is an inward thing which has its seat in the mind and heart.Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

9 The faith of the fathers does not benefit you unbelieving children at all: and yet for all that, God does not play the liar, nor deal unfaithfully in his covenant which he made with the holy fathers.And Think not that you have any reason to be proud of Abraham. think not to say In your hearts. within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

10 And now also is the axe put to the roote of the trees: therfore euery tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewen downe, & cast into ye fire.

11 We may neither dwell upon the signs which God has ordained as means to lead us into our salvation, neither upon those that minister them: but we must climb up to the matter itself, that is to say, to Christ, who inwardly works that effectually, which is outwardly signified to us.I indeed baptize you with water unto The outward sign reminds us of this, that we must change our lives and become better, assuring us as by a seal, that we are ingrafted into Christ; by which our old man dies and the new man rises up; (Rom_6:4). repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and [with] fire:

12 The triumphs of the wicked will end in everlasting torment.Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly Will clean it thoroughly, and make a full riddance. purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

13 Christ sanctified our baptism in himself.Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

14 But Iohn earnestly put him backe, saying, I haue neede to be baptized of thee, and commest thou to me?

15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil All such things as it has appointed for us to keep. all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto To John. him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

17 Christ's full consecration and authorization to the office of mediator is shown by the Father's own voice and a visible sign of the Holy Spirit.And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am The Greek word signifies a thing of great worth and such as highly pleases a man. So then the Father says that Christ is the only man whom when he beholds, looking at what opinion he had conceived of us, he lays it clean aside. well pleased.

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1 Then was Christ is tempted in all manner of ways, and still overcomes, that we also through his virtue may overcome. Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

2 And when he had fasted A full forty days. forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

3 Then came to him the tempter, and said, If thou be the Sonne of God, commande that these stones be made bread.

4 But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not liue by bread onely, but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a The battlement which encompassed the flat roof of the Temple so that no man might fall down: as was appointed by the law; (Deu_22:8). pinnacle of the temple,

6 And said vnto him, If thou be the Sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe: for it is written, that he wil giue his Angels charge ouer thee, and with their hands they shall lift thee vp, lest at any time thou shouldest dash thy foote against a stone.

7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not Literally, «Thou shalt not go on still in tempting.» tempt the Lord thy God.

8 Againe the deuil tooke him vp into an exceeding hie mountaine, and shewed him all the kingdomes of the world, and the glory of them,

9 And sayd to him, All these will I giue thee, if thou wilt fall downe, and worship me.

10 Then sayd Iesus vnto him, Auoyde Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lorde thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue.

11 Then the deuill left him: and beholde, the Angels came, and ministred vnto him.

12 When the Herald's mouth is stopped, the Lord reveals himself and brings full light into the darkness of this world, preaching free forgiveness of sins for those that repent.Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Which was a town a great deal more famous than Nazareth was. Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the Propet, saying,

15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the way of the Of Tiberias, or because that country went toward Tyre, which borders the eastern Mediterranean Sea. sea, beyond Jordan, So called because it bordered upon Tyre and Sidon, and because Solomon gave the king of Tyre twenty cities in that quarter; (1Ki_9:11). Galilee of the Gentiles;

16 The people which sate in darkenes, sawe great light: and to them which sate in the region, and shadowe of death, light is risen vp.

17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at Is come to you. hand.

18 Christ, thinking that he would eventually depart from us, even at the beginning of his preaching gets himself disciples of a heavenly sort, poor and unlearned, and therefore such as might be left as honest witnesses of the truth of those things which they heard and saw.And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

19 And he sayd vnto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

20 And they straightway leauing the nets, folowed him.

21 And when he was gone forth from thence, he saw other two brethren, Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother in a ship with Zebedeus their father, mending their nets, & he called them.

22 And they without tarying, leauing the ship, and their father, folowed him.

23 And Christ assures the hearts of the believers of his spiritual and saving virtue, by healing the diseases of the body. Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in Their, that is, the Galilaeans. their Synagogues, that is, the Churches of the Jews. synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the Of the Messiah. kingdom, and healing Diseases of all kinds, but not every disease: that is, as we say, some of every kind. all manner of sickness and all manner of The word properly signifies the weakness of the stomach: but here it is taken for those diseases which make those that have them faint and wear away. disease among the people.

24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and The word signifies properly the stone with which gold is tried: and by a borrowed kind of speech, is applied to all kinds of examinations by torture, when as by rough dealing and torments, we draw out the truths from men who otherwise would not confess: in this place it is taken for those diseases, which put sick men to great woe. torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were Who at every full moon or the change of the moon, are troubled and diseased. lunatick, and those that had the Weak and feeble men, who have the parts of their body loosed and so weakened, that they are neither able to gather them up together, nor do with them as they wish. palsy; and he healed them.

25 And there folowed him great multitudes out of Galile, and Decapolis, and Hierusalem, and Iudea, and from beyond Iordan.

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1 And when he sawe the multitude, he went vp into a mountaine: and when he was set, his disciples came to him.

2 Christ teaches that the greatest joy and happiness is not in the conveniences and pleasures of this life, but is laid up in heaven for those who willingly rest in the good will and pleasure of God, and endeavour to profit all men, although they are cruelly vexed and troubled by those of the world, because they will not adapt themselves to their ways.And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

3 Blessed [are] the Under the name of poverty are meant all the miseries, that are joined with poverty. poor in Whose minds and spirits are brought under control, and tamed, and obey God. spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 Blessed are they that mourne: for they shall be comforted.

5 Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherite the earth.

6 Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousnes: for they shalbe filled.

7 Blessed are the mercifull: for they shal obteine mercie.

8 Blessed [are] the Fitly is this word «pure» joined with the heart, for as a bright and shining resemblance or image may be seen plainly in a clear and pure looking glass, even so does the face (as it were) of the everlasting God, shine forth, and clearly appear in a pure heart. pure in heart: for they shall see God.

9 Blessed are the peace makers: for they shal be called the children of God.

10 Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.

11 Blessed shall ye be when men reuile you, and persecute you, & say all maner of euill against you for my sake, falsely.

12 Reioyce and be glad, for great is your reward in heauen: for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you.

13 Ye The ministers of the word especially (unless they will be the most cowardly of all) must lead others both by word and deed to this greatest joy and happiness. are the salt of the Your doctrine must be very sound and good, for if it is not so, it will be not regarded and cast away as a thing unsavoury and vain. earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be What will you have to salt with? And so are fools in the Latin tongue called «saltless», as you would say, men that have no salt or savour and taste in them. salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

14 Ye are the You shine and give light by being made partakers of the true light. light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

15 Neither doe men light a candel, and put it vnder a bushel, but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.

17 Christ did not come to bring any new way of righteousness and salvation into the world, but indeed to fulfil that which was shadowed by the figures of the Law, by delivering men through grace from the curse of the Law: and moreover to teach the true use of obedience which the Law appointed, and to engrave in our hearts the power for obedience.Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but That the prophecies may be accomplished. to fulfil.

18 For truly I say vnto you, Till heauen, and earth perish, one iote or one title of the Law shall not scape, till all things be fulfilled.

19 He begins with the true expounding of the Law, and sets it against the old (but yet false) teachings of the scribes: He is in no way abolishing the least commandment of his Father.Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the He shall have no place in the Church. least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

20 For I say vnto you, except your righteousnes exceede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharises, ye shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen.

21 The true meaning of the first commandment.Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be He speaks of the judgment of God, and of the difference of sins, and therefore applies his words to the form of civil judgments which were then used. in danger Of that judgment which was ruled by three men, who had the hearing and deciding of money matters, and such other small causes. of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the By that judgment which stood of 23 judges, who had the hearing and deciding of weighty affairs, as the matter of a whole tribe or of a high priest, or of a false prophet. council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of Whereas we read here «hell», it is in the text itself «Gehenna», which is one Hebrew word made out of two, and is as if to say «as the Valley of Hinnom», which the Hebrews called Topheth: it was a place where the Israelites cruelly sacrificed their children to false gods, whereupon it was taken for a place appointed to torment the reprobates in (Jer_7:31). hell The Jews used four kinds of punishments, before their government was taken away by Herod: hanging, beheading, stoning, and burning. It is burning that Christ meant, because burning was the greatest punishment; therefore by making mention of a judgment, a council, and a fire, he shows that some sins are worse than others are, but yet they are all such that we must give account for them, and will be punished for them. fire.

23 The covetous Pharisees taught that God was appeased by the sacrifices appointed in the law, which they themselves devoured. But Christ on the contrary side denies that God accepts any man's offering, unless he makes satisfaction to his brother whom he has offended: and says moreover, that these stubborn and stiff-necked despisers of their brethren will never escape the wrath and curse of God before they have made full satisfaction to their brethren.Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the He applies all this speech to the state of his time, when there was then an altar standing in Jerusalem, and therefore they are very foolish that gather from this that we must build altars and use sacrifices: but they are bigger fools who consider this to be purgatory, which is spoken of as peace making and atonement one with another. altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

24 Leaue there thine offring before the altar, and goe thy way: first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

25 Remove all cause for enmity.Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast You will be dealt with in this manner, to the utmost extremity. paid the uttermost farthing.

27 He is taken for an adulterer before God, whoever he is, that covets a woman: and therefore we must keep our eyes chaste, and all the members we have, yea and we must avoid all opportunities that might move us to evil, no matter what it costs us.Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

28 But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already in his heart.

29 And if thy He names the right eye and the right hand, because the parts of the right side of our bodies are the chiefest, and the most ready to commit any wickedness. right eye Literally, do cause you to offend: for sins are stumbling blocks as it were, that is to say, rocks which we are cast upon. offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.

30 Also if thy right hand make thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

31 It hath bene sayd also, Whosoeuer shall put away his wife, let him giue her a bill of diuorcement.

32 But I say vnto you, whosoeuer shall put away his wife (except it be for fornication) causeth her to commit adulterie: & whosoeuer shal marrie her that is diuorced, committeth adulterie.

33 The meaning of the third commandment against the perverse opinion and judgment of the scribes, who excused by oaths or indirect forms of swearing.Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

34 But I say vnto you, Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is the throne of God:

35 Nor yet by the earth: for it is his footestoole: neither by Hierusalem: for it is the citie of the great King.

36 Neither shalt thou sweare by thine head, because thou canst not make one heare white or blacke.

37 But let your communication be, Whatever you affirm, affirm it alone, and whatever you deny, deny it alone without any more words. Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of From an evil conscience, or from the devil. evil.

38 He shows that contrary to the doctrine of the scribes, that the sum of the second table must be so understood, that we may in no wise render evil for evil, but rather suffer double injury, and do well to them that are our deadly enemies.Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

39 But I say vnto you, Resist not euill: but whosoeuer shall smite thee on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also.

40 And if any man wil sue thee at the law, and take away thy coate, let him haue thy cloke also.

41 And whosoeuer will compell thee to goe a mile, goe with him twaine.

42 Giue to him that asketh, and from him that would borowe of thee, turne not away.

43 Ye haue heard that it hath bin said, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour, and hate your enemie.

44 But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies: blesse them that curse you: doe good to them that hate you, and pray for them which hurt you, and persecute you,

45 A double reason: the one is taken of the relatives, The children must be like their father: the other is taken of comparisons, The children of God must be better than the children of this world.That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

46 For if ye loue them, which loue you, what rewarde shall you haue? Doe not the Publicanes euen the same?

47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the They that were the toll masters, and had the oversight of tributes and customs: this was a type of man that the Jews hated to death, both because they served the Romans in those offices (whose heavy bondage they could not overthrow) and also because these toll masters were for the most part given to covetousness. publicans so?

48 Ye shall therefore be perfit, as your Father which is in heauen, is perfite.

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1 Take heed that ye do not your Ambition makes alms vain. alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no This word «reward» is always taken in the scriptures for a free recompense, and therefore the schoolmen fondly set it to be answerable to a deserving, which they call «merit». reward of your Father which is in heaven.

2 Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the Counterfeits, for hypocrites were players that played a part in a play. hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

3 But when thou doest thine almes, let not thy left hand knowe what thy right hand doeth,

4 That thine almes may be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret, hee will rewarde thee openly.

5 He rebukes two revolting faults in prayer, ambition, and vain babbling.And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

6 But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray vnto thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall rewarde thee openly.

7 But when ye pray, use not Long prayers are not condemned, but vain, needless, and superstitious ones. vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

8 Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye haue neede, before ye aske of him.

9 A true sum and form of all christian prayers.After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy Kingdome come. Thy will be done euen in earth, as it is in heauen.

11 Give us this day our That which is suitable for our nature for our daily food, or such as may suffice our nature and complexion. daily bread.

12 And forgiue vs our dettes, as we also forgiue our detters.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from From the devil, or from all adversity. evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

14 They that forgive wrongs, to them sins are forgiven, but revenge is prepared for them that take revenge.For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

15 But if ye do not forgiue men their trespasses,, no more will your father forgiue you your trespaces.

16 That is, those that desire a name of holiness by fasting.Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they They do not let their original pallor to be seen, that is to say, they mar the natural colour of their faces, that they may seem lean and palefaced. disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

17 But when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face,

18 That thou seeme not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, will rewarde thee openly.

19 The labours of those men are shown to be vain, which pass not for the assured treasure of everlasting life, but spend their lives in scraping together stale and vain riches.Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

20 But lay vp treasures for your selues in heauen, where neither the mothe nor canker corrupteth, & where theeues neither digge through, nor steale.

21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

22 Men maliciously and wickedly put out even the little light of nature that is in them.The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine The judgment of the mind: that as the body is with the eyes, so our whole life may be ruled with right reason, that is to say, with the Spirit of God who gives light to us. eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

23 But if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shalbe darke. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkenes, howe great is that darkenesse?

24 God will be worshipped by the whole man.No man can serve Who are at odds with one another, for if two agree they are as one. two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and This word is a Syrian word, and signifies all things that belong to money. mammon.

25 The perverse burdensome carefulness for things of this life, is corrected in the children of God by an earnest thinking upon the providence of God.Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

26 Behold the fowls of the Of the air, or that line in the air: in almost all languages the word «heaven» is taken for the air. air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

27 Which of you by He speaks of care which is joined with thought of mind, and has for the most part distrust yoked with it. taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they By labour. toil not, neither do they spin:

29 Yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his glorie was not arayed like one of these.

30 Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse of the fielde which is to day, and to morowe is cast into the ouen, shall he not doe much more vnto you, O ye of litle faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed?

32 (For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things.

33 But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.

34 Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care for it selfe: the day hath ynough with his owne griefe.

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1 Judge We ought to find fault with one another, but we must beware we do not do it without cause, or to seem holier than others or because of hatred of others. not, that ye be not judged.

2 Eor with what iudgement ye iudge, ye shall be iudged, and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you againe.

3 And why seest thou the mote, that is in thy brothers eye, and perceiuest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

4 Or howe sayest thou to thy brother, Suffer me to cast out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye?

5 Hypocrite, first cast out that beame out of thine owne eye, and then shalt thou see clearely to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.

6 The stiff-necked and stubborn enemies of the gospel are unworthy to have it preached unto them.Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your A pearl is known among the Greeks for its oriental brightness: and a pearl was in ancient times greatly valued by the Latins: for a pearl that Cleopatra had was valued at two hundred and fifty thousand crowns: and the word is now borrowed from that, to signify the most precious heavenly doctrine. pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

7 Prayers are a sure refuge in all miseries.Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

8 For whosoeuer asketh, receiueth: and he, that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

9 For what man is there among you, which if his sonne aske him bread, woulde giue him a stone?

10 Or if he aske fish, wil he giue him a serpent?

11 If ye then, which are euill, can giue to your children good giftes, howe much more shall your Father which is in heauen, giue good thinges to them that aske him?

12 An explanation of the meaning of the second table.Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the That is to say, The doctrine of the law and prophets. law and the prophets.

13 The example of life must not be taken from the multitude.Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14 Because The way is straight and narrow: we must pass through this rough way and suffer, endure, be changed and so enter into life. strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

15 False teachers must be taken heed of: and they are known by false doctrine and evil living.Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

16 Ye shall know them by their fruites. Doe men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thistles?

17 So euery good tree bringeth foorth good fruite, & a corrupt tree bringeth forth euill fruite.

18 A good tree can not bring forth euil fruite: neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruite.

19 Euery tree that bringeth not forth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

20 Therefore by their fruites ye shall knowe them.

21 Even the best gifts that exist are nothing without godliness.Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy By «name» here is meant mighty working power of God, which every man witnesses that calls upon him. name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many Properly, powers: Now these excellent works which are done are called powers because of those things which they bring to pass, for by them we understand how mighty the power of God is. wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, This is not of ignorance, but because he will cast them away. I never knew you: depart from me, You that are given to all kinds of wickedness, and seem to make an art of sin. ye that work iniquity.

24 True godliness rests only upon Christ, and therefore always remains invincible.Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

25 And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell not: for it was grounded on a rocke.

26 But whosoeuer heareth these my wordes, and doeth them not, shall be likened vnto a foolish man, which hath builded his house vpon the sand:

27 And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was great.

28 And it came to passe, when Iesus had ended these wordes, the people were astonied at his doctrine.

29 For he taught them as one hauing authoritie, and not as the Scribes.

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1 Nowe when he was come downe from the mountaine, great multitudes followed him.

2 Christ in healing the leprous with the touch of his hand, shows that he abhors no sinners that come unto him, be they ever so unclean.And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

3 And Iesus putting foorth his hand, touched him, saying, I will, be thou cleane: and immediately his leprosie was clensed.

4 Then Iesus saide vnto him, See thou tell no man, but goe, and shewe thy selfe vnto the Priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a witnesse to them.

5 Christ by setting before them the example of the uncircumcised centurion and yet of an excellent faith, provokes the Jews to jealousy, and together forewarns them of their being cast off and the calling of the Gentiles.And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

6 And saide, Master, my seruant lieth sicke at home of the palsie, and is grieuously pained.

7 And Iesus saide vnto him, I will come and heale him.

8 But the Centurion answered, saying, Master, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe: but speake the worde onely, and my seruant shall be healed.

9 For I am a man also vnder the authoritie of an other, and haue souldiers vnder me: and I say to one, Goe, and he goeth: and to another, Come, and he commeth: and to my seruant, Doe this, and he doeth it.

10 When Iesus heard that, he marueiled, and said to them that folowed him, Verely, I say vnto you, I haue not found so great faith, euen in Israel.

11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall A metaphor taken of banqueters, for they that sit down together are fellows in the banquet. sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into Who are outside the kingdom: For in the kingdom is light, and outside the kingdom is darkness. outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13 Then Iesus saide vnto the Centurion, Goe thy way, and as thou hast beleeued, so be it vnto thee, And his seruant was healed the same houre.

14 Christ, in healing many diseases, shows that he was sent by his Father, that in him only we should seek remedy in all our miseries.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 hande, and the feuer left her: so she arose, and ministred vnto them.

16 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 Of all sorts. all that were sick:

17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying, He tooke our infirmities, and bare our sickenesses.

18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the For Capernaum was situated upon the lake of Tiberias. other side.

19 The true disciples of Christ must prepare themselves for all kinds of miseries.And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] Literally, «shades made with boughs». nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head.

21 When God requires our labour, we must cease all our duty to men.And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

22 But Iesus said vnto him, Followe me, and let the dead burie their dead.

23 Although Christ often seems to neglect his own, even in most extreme dangers, yet in due time he calms all tempests, and brings his own to the haven.And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

24 And beholde, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was couered with waues: but he was a sleepe.

25 Then his disciples came, and awoke him, saying, Master, saue vs: we perish.

26 And he said vnto them, Why are ye fearefull, O ye of litle faith? Then he arose, & rebuked the winds & the sea: & so there was a great calme.

27 And the men marueiled, saying, What man is this, that both the windes and the sea obey him!

28 Christ came to deliver men from the miserable enslavement of Satan: but the world would rather go without Christ, than the vilest and least of their conveniences.And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, 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 beholde, they cryed out, saying, Iesus the sonne of God, what haue we to do with thee? Art thou come hither to tormet vs before ye time?

30 And there was On a hill, as Mark and Luke witness: Now Gederah, as Josephus records, book seventeen chapter thirteen, lived after the order of the Greeks and therefore we must not be surprised if there were swine there. a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

31 And the deuils besought him, saying, If thou cast vs out, suffer vs to goe into the heard of swine.

32 And he said vnto them, Go. So they went out and departed into the heard of swine: and beholde, the whole heard of swine ranne headlong into the sea, and died in the water.

33 Then the heardmen fled: and when they were come into the citie, they tolde all things, and what was become of them that were possessed with the deuils.

34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought [him] that he would Where men live as swine, there Christ does not abide, but demons. depart out of their coasts.

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1 And he Sins are the cause of our afflictions, and Christ only forgives them if we believe. entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his Into Capernaum, for as Theophylact says, Bethlehem brought him forth, Nazareth brought him up, and Capernaum was his dwelling place. own city.

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

3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This [man] To blaspheme, signifies among the divines, to speak wickedly: and among the more eloquent Greeks, to slander. blasphemeth.

4 But when Iesus saw their thoughts, he said, Wherefore thinke yee euil things in your hearts?

5 For whether is it easier to say, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee, or to say, Arise, and walke?

6 And that ye may knowe that the Sonne of man hath authoritie in earth to forgiue sinnes, (then saide he vnto the sicke of the palsie,) Arise, take vp thy bed, and goe to thine house.

7 And hee arose, and departed to his owne house.

8 So when the multitude sawe it, they marueiled, and glorified God, which had giuen such authoritie to men.

9 Christ calls the humble sinners unto him, but he condemns the proud hypocrites.And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the At the table where the tax was received. receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and The publicans who were placed by the Romans, after that time Judea was brought into the form of a province, to gather the taxes, and therefore by the rest of the Jews they were called sinners, that is to say, very vile men. sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

11 And when the Pharises sawe that, they saide to his disciples, Why eateth your master with Publicanes and sinners?

12 Nowe when Iesus heard it, hee sayde vnto them, The whole neede not a Physition, but they that are sicke.

13 But goe yee and learne what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.

14 That is, wicked rivalry in matters of small importance.Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the A Hebrew idiom, for they that are admitted into the marriage chamber are as the bridegroom's closest friends. children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

16 No man putteth a piece of Raw, which was never processed by the fuller. 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 doe they put newe wine into olde vessels: for then the vessels would breake, and the wine woulde be spilt, and the vessels shoulde perish: but they put new wine into newe vessels, and so are both preserued.

18 There is no evil so old, and incurable, which Christ cannot heal by and by, if he is touched with true faith, but lightly as it were with the hand.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 she shall live.

19 And Iesus arose and followed him with his disciples.

20 (And beholde, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeres, came behinde him, and touched the hemme of his garment.

21 For shee saide in her selfe, If I may touche but his garment onely, I shalbe whole.

22 Then Iesus turned him about, and seeing her, did say, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; the woman was made whole at that same moment.)

23 Even death itself gives place to the power of Christ.And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the It appears that they used minstrels at their mournings. minstrels and the people making a noise,

24 He said vnto them, Get you hence: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth; they laughed him to scorne.

25 And when the multitude were put foorth, hee went in and tooke her by the hande, and the maide arose.

26 And this bruite went throughout all that lande.

27 By healing these two blind men Christ shows that he is the light of the world.And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, [Thou] Son of David, have mercy on us.

28 And when hee was come into the house, the blinde came to him, & Iesus saide vnto them, Beleeue yee that I am able to doe this? And they sayd vnto him, Yea, Lord.

29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it vnto you.

30 And their eyes were opened, and Iesus gaue them great charge, saying, See that no man knowe it.

31 But when they were departed, they spread abroad his fame throughout all that land.

32 An example of that power that Christ has over the devil.As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.

33 And when the deuill was cast out, the domme spake: then the multitude marueiled, saying, The like was neuer seene in Israel.

34 But the Pharises saide, He casteth out deuils, through the prince of deuils.

35 And Iesus went about all cities and townes, teaching in their Synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdome, and healing euery sickenesse and euery disease among the people.

36 Although the ordinary pastors cease, yet Christ has not cast off the care of his Church.But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

37 Then saide he to his disciples, Surely the haruest is great, but the labourers are fewe.

38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will Literally, «cast them out»: for men are very slow in a work so holy. send forth labourers into his harvest.

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1 And The apostles are sent to preach the gospel in Israel. 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.

2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The Theophylact says that Peter and Andrew are called the first, because they were first called. first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;

3 Philippe and Bartlemewe: Thomas, and Matthewe that Publicane: Iames the sonne of Alpheus, & Lebbeus whose surname was Thaddeus:

4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas A man of Kerioth. Now Kerioth was in the tribe of Judah; (Jos_15:25). Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

5 These twelue did Iesus send forth, & commaunded them, saying, Goe not into the way of of the Gentiles, and into the cities of the Samaritans enter yee not:

6 But goe rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.

7 The sum of the gospel, or preaching of the apostles.And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

8 Miracles are signs verifying the word.Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

9 The ministers of the word must cast away all cares that might hinder them, even the least of them.Provide For this journey, namely, both that nothing might hinder them, and also that they might feel some taste of God's providence: for at their return back, the Lord asked of them whether they lacked anything by the way, (Luk_22:35). neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

10 Nor scrip for [your] journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his God will provide you with food. meat.

11 Happy are they that receive the preaching of the gospel: and unhappy are they that refuse it.And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

12 And when yee come into an house, salute the same.

13 And if the house be worthy, let your It is an idiom taken from the Hebrews, by which they meant every type of happiness. peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

14 And whosoeuer shall not receiue you, nor heare your woordes, when yee depart out of that house, or that citie, shake off the dust of your feete.

15 Truely I say vnto you, it shall be easier for them of the lande of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of iudgement, then for that citie.

16 Christ shows how the ministers must behave themselves under the cross.Behold, I send you forth as You will be in great danger. sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and You will not so much as take revenge for an injury: and by the mixing of these beast's natures together, he will not have our wisdom to be malicious, nor our simplicity mad, but a certain form of good nature which is composed exquisitely of both of them. harmless as doves.

17 But beware of For in the cause of religion men are wolves to each other. men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

18 And ye shal be brought to the gouernours and Kings for my sake, in witnes to them, and to the Gentiles.

19 But when they deliuer you vp, take no thought howe or what ye shall speake: for it shall be giuen you in that houre, what ye shall say.

20 For it is not yee that speake, but the spirite of your father which speaketh in you.

21 And the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shal rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.

22 And yee shall be hated of all men for my Name: but he that endureth to the end, he shall be saued.

23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have Bring to an end, that is, you will not have gone through all the cities of Israel and preached in them. gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

24 The disciple is not aboue his master, nor the seruant aboue his Lord.

25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house It was the idol of the Acronites, which we call the god of flies. Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his household?

26 Truth will not always be hidden.Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

27 What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the Openly, and in the highest places. For the tops of their houses were made in such a way that they might walk upon them; (Act_10:9). housetops.

28 And Though tyrants rage and are cruel, yet we must not fear them. fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a The fourth part of an ounce or seven grams. farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

30 Yea, and all the heares of your head are nombred.

31 Feare ye not therefore, yee are of more value then many sparowes.

32 The necessity and reward of openly confessing Christ.Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

33 But whosoeuer shall denie me before me, him will I also denie before my Father which is in heauen.

34 Civil dissentions follow the preaching of the gospel.Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in lawe.

36 And a mans enemies shall be they of his owne housholde.

37 Without exception, nothing is to be preferred before our duty to God.He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

38 And hee that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthie of me.

39 He that They are said to find their life, who deliver it out of danger: and this is spoken against the opinion of the people, who think those that die are certainly lost, because they think not of the life to come. findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

40 God is both author and revenger of his holy ministry.He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

41 We will lose nothing that is bestowed on Christ.He that receiveth a prophet in As a Prophet. the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these Who in the sight of the world are vile and abject. little ones a cup of cold [water] only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

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1 And Christ shows by his works that he is the promised Messiah. it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of Of instructing them with precepts. commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in The disciples' cities, that is to say, in Galilee, where many of them were born; (Act_2:7). their cities.

2 And when Iohn heard in the prison the woorkes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto him,

3 Art thou he that shoulde come, or shal we looke for another?

4 And Iesus answering, said vnto them, Goe, and shewe Iohn, what things ye heare, and see.

5 The blinde receiue sight, and the halt doe walke: the lepers are clensed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore receiue the Gospel.

6 And blessed is he that shal not be offeded in me.

7 The similarity and the difference between the ministry of the prophets, the preaching of John, and the full light, of the gospel, which Christ has brought.And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

8 But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that weare soft clothing, are in Kings houses.

9 But what went ye out to see? A Prophet? Yea, I say vnto you, and more then a Prophet.

10 For this is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the In the new state of the Church where the true glory of God shines: the people are not compared together, but the types of doctrines, the preaching of John with the law and the prophets: and again, the most clear preaching of the gospel is compared with John's. kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

12 And from the time of Iohn Baptist hitherto, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

13 For all the prophets and the law They prophesied of things to come, which are now present, and clearly and plainly seen. prophesied until John.

14 And if ye will receiue it, this is that Elias, which was to come.

15 He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

16 There are none who are more stout and stubborn enemies of the gospel, than they to whom it ought to be most acceptable.But whereunto shall I liken this generation? He blames the perverseness of this age, by a proverb, in that they could be moved neither with rough nor gentle dealing. It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

17 And say, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced, we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented.

18 For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a deuill.

19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. That which the many refuse, the elect and chosen embrace. But Wise men acknowledge the wisdom of the gospel when they receive it. wisdom is justified of her children.

20 The proud reject the gospel offered to them (to their great hurt and pain) which leads to the salvation of the simple.Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

21 Woe be to thee, Chorazin: Woe be to thee, Bethsaida: for if ye great workes, which were done in you, had bene done in Tyrus and Sidon, they had repented long agone in sackecloth and ashes.

22 But I say to you, It shalbe easier for Tyrus and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then for you.

23 And thou, Capernaum, which art lifted vp vnto heauen, shalt be brought downe to hell: for if the great workes, which haue bin done in thee, had bene done among them of Sodom, they had remained to this day.

24 But I say vnto you, that it shall be easier for them of the land of Sodom in the day of iudgement, then for thee.

25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast Through the ministry of Christ, who alone shows the truth of all things pertaining to God. revealed them unto babes.

26 This word shows that he contents himself in his Father's council.Even so, Father: for so it seemed God's will is the only rule of righteousness. good in thy sight.

27 There is no true knowledge of God, nor quietness of mind, but only in Christ alone.All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and [he] to whomsoever the Son will reveal [him].

28 Come vnto me, all ye that are wearie and laden, and I will ease you.

29 Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.

30 For my yoke [is] May easily be carried. For his commandments are not grievous, for all who are born of God overcome the world; (1Jo_5:4). easy, and my burden is light.

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1 At Of the true sanctifying of the sabbath, and the breaking of it. that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

2 And when the Pharises sawe it, they saide vnto him, Beholde, thy disciples doe that which is not lawfull to doe vpon the Sabbath.

3 But he said vnto them, Haue ye not read what Dauid did when he was an hungred, & they that were with him?

4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the The Hebrews call it «bread of faces», because it stood before the Lord all the week upon the golden table appointed for that service; (Lev_24:6). shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple When the priests do God's service on the sabbath day, they do not break the law: much less does the Lord of the Sabbath break the sabbath. profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

6 But I say vnto you, that here is one greater then the Temple.

7 Wherefore if ye knewe what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice, ye would not haue condemned the innocents.

8 For the sonne of man is Lord, euen of the Sabbath.

9 The ceremonies of the law are not against the love of our neighbour.And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:

10 And beholde, there was a man which had his hand dried vp; they asked him, saying, Is it lawfull to heale vpon a Sabbath day? That they might accuse him.

11 And he said vnto the, What man shall there be among you, that hath a sheepe, & if it fal on a Sabbath day into a pit, doth not take it & lift it out?

12 How much more then is a man better then a sheepe? Therefore, it is lawfull to doe well on a Sabbath day.

13 Then said he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand; he stretched it foorth, and it was made whole as the other.

14 How far and in what aspect we may give place to the unbridled rage of the wicked.Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

15 But whe Iesus knew it, he departed thece, & great multitudes folowed him, & he healed the al,

16 And charged them in threatning wise, that they should not make him knowen,

17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,

18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew By judgment is meant a godly kingdom, because Christ was to proclaim true religion among the Gentiles, and to cast out superstition; and wherever this is done, the Lord is said to reign and judge there, that is to say, to govern and rule matters. judgment to the Gentiles.

19 He shall not striue, nor crie, neither shall any man heare his voyce in the streetes.

20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he He will pronounce sentence and judgment, in spite of the world and Satan, and show himself conqueror over all his enemies. send forth judgment unto victory.

21 And in his Name shall the Gentiles trust.

22 A truth, be it ever so obvious, is subject to the slander of the wicked: however, it ought to be resolutely defended.Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

23 And all the people were amased, and saide, Is not this that sonne of Dauid?

24 But when the Pharises heard it, they saide, This man casteth the deuils no otherwise out, but through Beelzebub the prince of deuils.

25 The kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of the devil cannot abide together.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:

26 So if Satan cast out Satan, he is deuided against himself: how shal then his kingdom endure?

27 Also if I through Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whom doe your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your iudges.

28 But if I cast out deuils by ye Spirit of God, then is the kingdome of God come vnto you.

29 Els howe can a man enter into a strong mans house and spoyle his goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then spoile his house.

30 He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

31 Wherefore I say vnto you, euery sinne and blasphemie shalbe forgiuen vnto men: but the blasphemie against the holy Ghost shall not be forgiuen vnto men.

32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: Of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the [world] to come.

33 Either make the tree good, and his fruite good: or els make the tree euill, and his fruite euil: for the tree is knowen by the fruite.

34 Hypocrites at length betray themselves even by their own mouth.O generation of vipers, how can ye, 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 his heart bringeth foorth good things: & an euill man out of an euill treasure, bringeth forth euill things.

36 But I say unto you, That every Vain and unprofitable trifles, which for the most part, men spend their lives in search of. idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

37 For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

38 Against perverse desires of miracles.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 Bastard, who fell from Abraham's faith or forsook the true worship of God. 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 Ionas was three daies & three nights in the whales belly: so shall the Sonne of man be three daies & three nights in ye heart of the earth.

41 Christ teaches, by the sorrowful example of the Jews, that there are none more miserable than they who put out the light of the gospel which was kindled in them.The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas [is] here.

42 The queen of the He means the Queen of Sheba: whose country is south in respect to the land of Israel; (1Ki_10:1-13). south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the For Sheba is situated in the farthest coast of Arabia at the mouth of the Arabian Sea. uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.

43 Nowe when the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drie places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

44 Then he saith, I wil returne into mine house from whence I came: and when he is come, he findeth it emptie, swept and garnished.

45 Then he goeth, & taketh vnto him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the ende of that man is worse then the beginning. Euen so shall it be with this wicked generation.

46 Christ teaches by his own example that all things ought to be set aside in respect of God's glory.While he yet talked to the people, behold, [his] mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

47 Then one said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speake with thee.

48 But he answered, and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? & who are my brethren?

49 None are more near unto us than they that are of the household of faith.And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

50 For whosoeuer shall doe my Fathers will which is in heauen, the same is my brother and sister and mother.

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1 The same day went Iesus out of the house, and sate by the sea side.

2 Christ shows in putting forth this parable of the sower, that the seed of life which is sown in the world does not do as well in one as in another, and the reason for this is that men for the most part, either do not receive it, or do not permit it to ripen.And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

3 Then he spake many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sowe.

4 And as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the foules came and deuoured them vp.

5 And some fell vpon stony grounde, where they had not much earth, and anon they sprong vp, because they had no depth of earth.

6 And when the sunne was vp, they were parched, and for lacke of rooting, withered away.

7 And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprong vp, and choked them.

8 Some againe fel in good ground, & brought forth fruite, one corne an hundreth folde, some sixtie folde, and another thirtie folde.

9 He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

10 Then the disciples came, and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

11 The gift of understanding and faith is given only to the elect, and all the rest are blinded through the just judgment of God.He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

12 For whosoeuer hath, to him shalbe giuen, and he shall haue abundance: but whosoeuer hath not, from him shalbe taken away, euen that he hath.

13 Therefore speake I to them in parables, because they seeing, doe not see: and hearing, they heare not, neither vnderstand.

14 So in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which prophecie saieth, By hearing, ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing, ye shal see, and shall not perceiue.

15 For this peoples heart is waxed fat, & their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes they haue winked, lest they should see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, & should vnderstand with their hearts, & should returne, that I might heale them.

16 The condition of the Church under and since Christ, is better than it was in the time of the fathers under the law.But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

17 For verely I say vnto you, that many Prophets, & righteous men haue desired to see those things which ye see, & haue not seene them, & to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.

18 Heare ye therefore ye parable of ye sower.

19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and catcheth away that which was sown in his Though there is mention made of the heart, yet this sowing is referred to as hearing without understanding. For whether the seed is received in the heart or not, yet he that sows, sows to the heart. heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

20 And hee that receiued seede in the stonie grounde, is he which heareth the woorde, and incontinently with ioy receiueth it,

21 Yet hath he no roote in himselfe, and dureth but a season: for assoone as tribulation or persecution commeth because of the woorde, by and by he is offended.

22 And hee that receiued the seede among thornes, is hee that heareth the woorde: but the care of this worlde, and the deceitfulnesse of riches choke the word, and he is made vnfruitfull.

23 But he that receiued the seede in the good ground, is he that heareth the worde, and vnderstandeth it, which also beareth fruite, and bringeth foorth, some an hundreth folde, some sixtie folde, and some thirtie folde.

24 Christ shows in another parable of the evil seed mixed with the good, that the Church will never be free and rid of offences, both in doctrine and manners, until the day appointed for the restoring of all things comes, and therefore the faithful have to arm themselves with patience and steadfastness.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, there came his enemie, and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his waie.

26 And when the blade was sprong vp, and brought forth fruite, then appeared the tares also.

27 Then came the seruaunts of the housholder, and sayd vnto him, Master, sowedst not thou good seede in thy fielde? from whence then hath it tares?

28 And hee said to them, Some enuious man hath done this. Then the seruants saide vnto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them vp?

29 But he saide, Nay, lest while yee goe about to gather the tares, yee plucke vp also with them the wheat.

30 Let both growe together vntill the haruest, and in time of haruest I will say to the reapers, Gather yee first the tares, and binde them in sheaues to burne them: but gather the wheate into my barne.

31 God begins his kingdom with very small beginnings so that by its growing (even though men neither hope nor expect it to) his mighty power and working may be displayed all the more.Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

32 Which in deede is the least of all seedes: but when it is growen, it is the greatest among herbes, and it is a tree, so that the birdes of heauen come and builde in the branches thereof.

33 Another parable spake hee to them, The kingdome of heauen is like vnto leauen, which a woman taketh and hideth in three pecks of meale, till all be leauened.

34 All these thinges spake Iesus vnto the multitude in parables, and without parables spake he not to them,

35 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, and will vtter the thinges which haue beene kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde.

36 Then sent Iesus the multitude away, and went into the house; his disciples came vnto him, saying, Declare vnto vs the parable of the tares of that fielde.

37 He expounds the first parable of the good and evil seed.He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

38 And the field is the worlde, and the good seede are the children of the kingdome, and the tares are the children of that wicked one.

39 And the enemie that soweth them, is the deuill, and the haruest is the end of the worlde, and the reapers be the Angels.

40 As then the tares are gathered and burned in ye fire, so shal it be in the end of this world.

41 The Sonne of man shal send forth his Angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which doe iniquitie,

42 And shall cast them into a fornace of fire. There shalbe wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the iust men shine as ye sunne in the kingdome of their Father. Hee that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

44 Few men understand how great the riches of the kingdom of heaven are, and that no man can be a partaker of them but he that redeems them with the loss of all his goods.Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

45 Againe, the kingdome of heauen is like to a marchant man, that seeketh good pearles,

46 Who hauing found a pearle of great price, went and solde all that he had, and bought it.

47 There are many in the Church who nevertheless are not of the Church, and therefore at length will be cast out: but the full and perfect cleansing of them is deferred to the last day.Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

48 Which, when it is full, men draw to lande, and sit and gather the good into vessels, and cast the bad away.

49 So shall it be at the end of the world. The Angels shall goe foorth, and seuer the bad from among the iust,

50 And shall cast them into a fornace of fire: there shalbe wailing, and gnashing of teeth.

51 They ought to be diligent, who have to be wise not only for themselves, but who have to dispense the wisdom of God to others.Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

52 Then sayd hee vnto them, Therefore euery Scribe which is taught vnto the kingdome of heauen, is like vnto an householder, which bringeth foorth out of his treasure things both newe and olde.

53 And it came to passe, that when Iesus had ended these parables, he departed thence,

54 Men not only sin because of ignorance, but also knowingly and willingly they lay stumbling blocks in their own ways, that when God calls them, they may not obey, and so most plainly destroy and cast away themselves.And when he was come into his 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?

55 Is not this the carpenters sonne? Is not his mother called Marie, and his brethren Iames and Ioses, and Simon and Iudas?

56 And are not his sisters all with vs? Whence then hath he all these things?

57 And they were offended with him. Then Iesus said to them, A Prophet is not without honour, saue in his owne countrey, and in his owne house.

58 And he did not many great woorkes there, for their vnbeliefes sake.

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1 Here is in John, an example of an invincible courage, which all faithful ministers of God's word ought to follow: in Herod, an example of tyrannous vanity, pride, and cruelty, and in short, of a refined conscience, and of their miserable slavery, who have given themselves over to pleasure: in Herodias and her daughter, an example of whore-like licentious women, and womanly cruelty.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 By works he means that force and power by which works are performed, and not the works which are often seen before. works do shew forth themselves in him.

3 For Herod had taken Iohn, and bounde him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.

4 For Iohn saide vnto him, It is not lawfull for thee to haue her.

5 And when hee woulde haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.

6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased There were three Herods: the first of them was Antipater's son, who is also called Ascalonius, in whose reign Christ was born, and it was he that caused the children to be slain. The second was called Antipas, Magnus his son, whose mother's name was Malthaca or Martaca, and he was called Tetrarch, because he enlarged his dominion, when Archelaus was banished to Vienna in France. The third was Agrippa, Magnus his nephew by Aristobulus, and it was he that slew James. Herod.

7 Wherefore he promised with an othe, that he would giue her whatsoeuer she would aske.

8 And shee being before instructed of her mother, sayde, Giue mee here Iohn Baptists head in a platter.

9 And the King was sorie: neuerthelesse because of the othe, and them that sate with him at the table, he commanded it to be giuen her,

10 And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.

11 And his head was brought in a platter, and giuen to the maide, and shee brought it vnto her mother.

12 And his disciples came, and tooke vp the bodie, and buried it, and went, and tolde Iesus.

13 And when Iesus heard it, hee departed thence by shippe into a desert place apart; when the multitude had heard it, they followed him on foote out of the cities.

14 Christ feeds a great multitude with five loaves and two little fish, showing by it that they will lack nothing who lay all things aside and seek the kingdom of heaven.And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

15 And when euen was come, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desart place, and the time is alreadie past: let the multitude depart, that they may goe into the townes, and bye them vitailes.

16 But Iesus saide to them, They haue no neede to goe away: giue yee them to eate.

17 Then saide they vnto him, Wee haue here but fiue loaues, and two fishes.

18 And he saide, Bring them hither to me.

19 And hee commanded the multitude to sit downe on the grasse, and tooke the fiue loaues and the two fishes, and looked vp to heauen and blessed, and brake, and gaue the loaues to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

20 And they did all eate, and were sufficed, and they tooke vp of the fragments that remained, twelue baskets full.

21 And they that had eaten, were about fiue thousande men, beside women and litle children.

22 And straightway Iesus compelled his disciples to enter into a shippe, and to goe ouer before him, while he sent the multitude away.

23 And assoone as hee had sent the multitude away, he went vp into a moutaine alone to pray: and when the euening was come, hee was there alone.

24 We must sail even through mighty tempests, and Christ will never forsake us, so that we can go wherever he has commanded us to go.But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

25 And in the By the fourth watch is meant the time nearer to day break: for in ancient times they divided the night into four watches in which they posted watches. 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 A spirit, as it is taken here, is that which a man imagines to himself vainly in his mind, persuading himself that he sees something when he sees nothing. spirit; and they cried out for fear.

27 But straight way Iesus spake vnto them, saying, Be of good comfort, It is I: be not afraide.

28 By faith we tread under our feet even the tempests themselves, but only by the power of Christ, which helps that faith, which he by his mercy has given.And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.

29 And he saide, Come; when Peter was come downe out of the shippe, he walked on the water, to goe to Iesus.

30 But when he sawe a mightie winde, he was afraide: and as he began to sinke, he cried, saying, Master, saue me.

31 So immediatly Iesus stretched foorth his hande, and caught him, and saide to him, O thou of litle faith, wherefore diddest thou doubt?

32 And assoone as they were come into the ship, the winde ceased.

33 Then they that were in the ship, came and worshipped him, saying, Of a trueth thou art the Sonne of God.

34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of This Gennesaret was a lake near Capernaum, which is also called the Sea of Galilee or Tiberias; so the country itself grew to be called Gennesaret. Gennesaret.

35 In that act where Christ heals the sick, we are shown that we must seek remedy for spiritual diseases at his hands: and that we ourselves are bound to not only run to him, but also to bring others unto him.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 touch the hemme of his garment onely: and as many as touched it, were made whole.

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1 None commonly are more bold condemners of God, then they whom God has appointed keepers of his law.Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they Which they received handed down from their ancestors, or their elders allowed, who were the governors of the Church. wash not their hands when they eat bread.

3 Their wicked boldness in corrupting the commandments of God (and that upon the pretence of godliness) and usurping authority to make laws, is reproved here.But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

4 For God commanded, saying, By honour is meant every duty which children owe to their parents. Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

5 But ye say, The meaning is this: whatever I bestow upon the temple, is to your profit, for it is as good as if I gave it to you, for (as the Pharisees of our time say) it will be meritorious for you: for under this form of religion, they gathered all to themselves, as though he that had given anything to the temple, had done the duty of a child. Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

6 And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none As much as you could, you destroyed the power and authority of the commandment: for otherwise the commandments of God stand fast in the Church of God, in spite of the world and Satan. effect by your tradition.

7 The same men are condemned for hypocrisy and superstition, because they made the kingdom of God to consist of outward things.[Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

8 This people draweth neere vnto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with the lips, but their heart is farre off from me.

9 But in vaine they worship me, teaching for doctrines, mens precepts.

10 Christ teaches us that the hypocrisy of false teachers who deceive our souls is not to be endured at all, not even in small matters, and there is no reason why their office or position should blind our eyes: otherwise we are likely to perish with them.And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

11 That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man, but that which commeth out of the mouth, that defileth the man.

12 Then came his disciples, and saide vnto him, Perceiuest thou not, that the Pharises are offended in hearing this saying?

13 But hee answered and saide, Euery plant which mine heauenly Father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp.

14 Let them alone, they be the blinde leaders of the blinde: and if the blinde leade ye blinde, both shall fall into the ditche.

15 Then answered Peter, and said to him, Declare vnto vs this parable.

16 Then said Iesus, Are ye yet without vnderstanding?

17 Perceiue ye not yet, that whatsoeuer entreth into the mouth, goeth into the bellie, and is cast out into the draught?

18 But those thinges which proceede out of the mouth, come from the heart, and they defile the man.

19 For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slaunders.

20 These are the things, which defile the man: but to eat with vnwashen hands, defileth not ye man.

21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the Coasts which were next to Tyre and Sidon, that is in that region where Palestine faces toward Venice, and the sea of Syria. coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

22 And, behold, a woman of Of the people of the Canaanites, who dwelt in Phoenicia. 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 In that Christ sometimes shuts his ears, as it were, to the prayers of his saints, he does it for his glory, and our profit.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 Of the people of Israel, who were divided into tribes, but all those tribes came from one family. house of Israel.

25 Yet she came, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, helpe me.

26 And he answered, and said, It is not good to take the childrens bread, and to cast it to whelps.

27 But she said, Trueth, Lord: yet in deede the whelpes eate of the crommes, which fall from their masters table.

28 Then Iesus answered, and saide vnto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it to thee, as thou desirest; her daughter was made whole at that houre.

29 Christ does not cease to be beneficial even where he is condemned, and in the midst of wolves he gathers together and cares for his flock.And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them [those that were] lame, blind, dumb, Whose members were weakened with paralysis, or by nature, for after it is said that he healed them. Now Christ preferred to heal in this way, that such members as were weak, he restored to health, and yet he could easily, if he had wanted, have given them hands and feet and other members which they lacked. maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

31 In so much that the multitude wondered, to see the dumme speake, the maimed whole, the halt to goe, and the blinde to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

32 By doing this miracle again, Christ shows that he who follows Christ will never be in need, not even in the wilderness.Then Jesus called his disciples [unto him], and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they Go not from my side. continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

33 And his disciples saide vnto him, Whence should we get so much bread in the wildernes, as should suffice so great a multitude!

34 And Iesus said vnto them, How many loaues haue ye? And they said, Seuen, & a few litle fishes.

35 And he commanded the multitude to Literally, «to lie down backwards», as rowers do in rowing, when they draw their oars to themselves. sit down on the ground.

36 And tooke the seuen loaues, and the fishes, and gaue thankes, and brake them, and gaue to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken [meat] that was left seven A kind of container made with twigs. baskets full.

38 And they that had eaten, were foure thousand men, beside women, and litle children.

39 Then Iesus sent away the multitude, and tooke ship, and came into the partes of Magdala.

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1 The The wicked who otherwise disagree with one another, agree well together against Christ, but do what they can, Christ is victorious, and triumphs over them. Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and To see whether he could do that which they desired, but their purpose was useless for they thought to find something in him by it, in which case they might have just occasion to reprehend him: or else distrust and curiosity moved them to do so, for by such means also is God said to be tempted, that is to say, provoked to anger, as though men would strive with him. tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

2 But he answered, and said vnto them, When it is euening, ye say, Faire wether: for ye skie is red.

3 And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O [ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the The outward show and countenance, as it were, of all things, is called in the Hebrew language, a face. face of the sky; but can ye not [discern] the signs of the times?

4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but The article shows how notable the sign is. the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

5 False teachers must be taken warning of.And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

6 Then Iesus said vnto them, Take heede and beware of the leauen of the Pharises & Sadduces.

7 And they reasoned among themselues, saying, It is because we haue brought no bread.

8 [Which] when Jesus Not by others, but by virtue of his divinity. perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the That five thousand men were filled with so many loaves? five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

10 Neither the seuen loaues when there were foure thousande men, and howe many baskets tooke ye vp?

11 How is it that ye do not A demand or question joined with wonder. understand that I «Spake» for commanded. spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

12 Then vnderstood they that he had not said that they should beware of the leauen of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharises, and Sadduces.

13 There are many judgments and opinions of Christ, nevertheless he is known by his followers alone.When Jesus came into the coasts of There were two Caesareas, the one called Stratonis upon the Mediterranean Sea, which Herod built extravagantly in the honour of Octavius; Josephus lib. 15. The other was Caesarea Philippi, which Herod the great the Tetrarch's son by Cleopatra, built in the honour of Tiberius at the foot of Lebanon; Josephus lib. 15. Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

14 And they said, Some [say that thou art] As Herod thought. John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 He said vnto them, But whome say ye that I am?

16 Then Simon Peter answered, & said, Thou art that Christ, the Sonne of the liuing God.

17 Faith is of grace, not of nature.And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for By this kind of speech is meant man's natural procreation upon the earth, the one who was made, not being destroyed, but deformed through sin: So then this is the meaning: this was not revealed to you by any understanding of man, but God showed it to you from heaven. flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18 That is true faith, which confesses Christ, the virtue of which is invincible.And I say also unto thee, That thou art Christ spoke in the Syrian tongue, and therefore did not use this discourse to distinguish between Petros, which signifies Peter, and Petra, which signifies a rock, but in both places used the word Cephas: but his meaning is what is written in Greek, in which the different word endings distinguish between Peter, who is a piece of the building, and Christ the Petra, that is, the rock and foundation: or else he named him Peter because of the confession of his faith, which is the Church's as well as his, as the old fathers witness, for so says Theophylact. That confession which you have made, shall be the foundation of the believers. Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the The enemies of the Church are compared to a strong kingdom, and therefore by «gates» are meant cities which are made strong with wise preparation and fortifications, and this is the meaning: whatever Satan can do by cunning or strength. So does Paul, calling them strongholds; (2Co_10:4). gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

19 The authority of the Church is from God.And I will give unto thee the A metaphor taken from stewards who carry the keys: and here is set forth the power of the ministers of the word, as (Isa_22:22) says, and that power is common to all ministers, as (Mat_18:18) says, and therefore the ministry of the gospel may rightly be called the key of the kingdom of heaven. keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt They are bound whose sins are retained; heaven is shut against them, because they do not receive Christ by faith: on the other hand, how happy are they to whom heaven is open, who embrace Christ and are delivered by him, and become fellow heirs with him! bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

20 Men must first learn, and then teach.Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

21 The minds of men are at this time to be prepared and made ready against the stumbling block of persecution.From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the It was a name of dignity and not of age: and it is used for those who were the judges, whom the Hebrews call the Sanhedrin. elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

22 Then Peter Took him by the hand and led him aside, as they used to do, which meant to talk familiarly with one. took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.

23 Against a preposterous zeal.But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, The Hebrews call him Satan, that is to say an adversary, whom the Greeks call diabolos, that is to say, slanderer, or tempter: but it is spoken of them, that either of malice, as Judas, (Joh_6:70), or of lightness and pride resist the will of God. Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou By this word we are taught that Peter sinned through a false persuasion of himself. savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

24 No men do more harm to themselves, than they that love themselves more than God.Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall Shall gain himself: And this is his meaning, they that deny Christ to save themselves, not only not gain that which they look for, but also lose the thing they would have kept, that is, themselves, which is the greatest loss of all: but as for them that doubt not to die for Christ, it goes well with them otherwise. find it.

26 For what shall it profite a man though he should winne the whole worlde, if hee lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man giue for recompence of his soule?

27 For the Son of man shall come Like a King, as (Mat_6:29). in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his By his kingdom is understood the glory of his ascension, and what follows after that, (Eph_4:10), or the preaching of the gospel, (Mar_9:1). kingdom.

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1 And Christ in his present company is humble in the gospel, but all the while he is Lord both of heaven and earth.Luke counts eight days, containing in that number the first and last, and Matthew speaks but of the days between them. after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

2 And was Changed into another colour. transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

3 And beholde, there appeared vnto them Moses, and Elias, talking with him.

4 Then answered Peter, and saide to Iesus, Master, it is good for vs to be here: if thou wilt, let vs make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is The word «my» distinguishes Christ from other children. For he is God's natural son, we by adoption; therefore he is called the first begotten among the brethren, because although he is by right the only son, yet he is chief among many, in that he is the source and head of the adoption. my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

6 And when the disciples heard [it], they Fell down flat on their faces and worshipped him, as in (Mat_2:11). fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

7 Then Iesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraide.

8 And when they lifted vp their eyes, they sawe no man, saue Iesus onely.

9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the Which they saw, otherwise the word used in this place is usually used in referring to that which is seen in a dream. vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the Scribes that Elias must first come?

11 And Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Certeinely Elias must first come, and restore all thinges.

12 But I say vnto you that Elias is come alreadie, and they knewe him not, but haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would: likewise shal also the Sonne of man suffer of them.

13 Then the disciples perceiued that he spake vnto them of Iohn Baptist.

14 Men are unworthy of Christ's goodness, yet nonetheless he pays attention to them.And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a [certain] man, As men used to do when making supplication. kneeling down to him, and saying,

15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is They that at certain times of the moon are troubled with the falling sickness, or any other kind of disease: but in this case, we must so understand it, that besides the natural disease he had a demonic derangement. lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heale him.

17 Then Iesus answered, and said, O generation faithlesse, and crooked, how long now shall I be with you! Howe long nowe shall I suffer you! Bring him hither to me.

18 And Iesus rebuked the deuill, and he went out of him: and the childe was healed at that houre.

19 Incredulity and distrust hinder and break the direction of God's benefits.Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

20 And Iesus said vnto them, Because of your vnbeliefe: for verely I say vnto you, if ye haue faith as much as is a graine of mustarde seede, ye shall say vnto this mountaine, Remooue hence to yonder place, and it shall remoue: and nothing shalbe vnpossible vnto you.

21 The remedy against distrust.Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by To help us to understand the watchfulness and diligence of earnest prayer, which cannot be without sobriety. prayer and fasting.

22 Our minds must be prepared more and more for the offence of the cross.And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:

23 And they shall kill him, but the thirde day shall he rise againe: and they were very sorie.

24 In that Christ willingly obeys Caesar's edicts, he shows that civil policy is not taken away by the Gospel.And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute [money] came to Peter, and said, Doth He does not deny, but he asks. not your master Should he not pay? pay They that were from twenty years of age to fifty, paid half a shekel to the Sanctuary, (Exo_30:13). This was an Attic didrachma which the Roman exacted after they had subdued Judea. tribute?

25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own By children we must not understand subjects who pay tribute, but natural children. children, or of strangers?

26 Peter sayd vnto him, Of strangers. Then said Iesus vnto him, Then are the children free.

27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a The word used here is «stater», which is in value four didrachmas; every drachma is about five pence. piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

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1 The same time the disciples came vnto Iesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen?

2 Humbleness of mind is the right way to preeminence.And Jesus called a A child in years. little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be An idiom taken from the Hebrews which is equivalent to «repent». converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

4 Whosoeuer therefore shal humble himselfe as this litle childe, the same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen.

5 And whosoeuer shall receiue one such litle childe in my name, receiueth me.

6 We ought to have great respect for our brethren no matter how base they may be: and he that does otherwise shall be sharply punished.But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

7 A good man cannot help but experience offences, yet he must by no means offer offence.Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that Obstructions and hindrances which stop the course of good works. The Greek word conveys the sense of things which we stumble at. offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot {{See Mat_5:29}} offend thee, cut them off, and cast [them] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

9 And if thine eye cause thee to offende, plucke it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, then hauing two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

10 The weaker that a man is, the greater care we ought to have for his salvation, as God teaches us by his own example.Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

11 For the Sonne of man is come to saue that which was lost.

12 How thinke ye? If a man haue an hundreth sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doeth he not leaue ninetie & nine, & go into the mountaines, and seeke that which is gone astray?

13 And if so be that he finde it, verely I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine which went not astray:

14 So is it not ye wil of your Father which is in heauen, that one of these litle ones should perish.

15 We must strive for agreement, and not to revenge injuries.Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against If his offence is such that only you know your brother's offence. thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

16 But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or two more, that in the That is, by the word and witness; the mouth is sometimes taken for the word of speech, (Num_3:16), and also for a still witness, namely, when the matter speaks for itself, as below in (Mat_21:16). mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be Sure and certain. established.

17 He that condemns the judgment of the Church, condemns God.And if he shall Literally, «does not condescend to hear», or «make as though he did not hear». neglect to hear them, tell [it] unto the He speaks not of just any policy, but of an ecclesiastical assembly, for he speaks afterward of the power of loosing and binding, which belonged to the Church, and he has regard for the order used in those days, at which time the elders had the judgment of Church matters in their hands, (Joh_9:22; Joh_12:42; Joh_16:2), and used casting out of the synagogue for a punishment, as we do now by excommunication. church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as Profane, and void of religion: such men, the Jews called Gentiles: whose company they shunned, as they did the publicans. an heathen man and a publican.

18 Verely I say vnto you, Whatsoeuer ye bind on earth, shall be bound in heauen: and whatsoeuer ye loose on earth, shalbe loosed in heauen.

19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall This word, which is normally used of the body, is here used of the mind, for it belongs properly to poetry. agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

20 For where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the mids of them.

21 They will find God severe and not too pleased, who do not forgive their brethren even if they have been purposely and grievously injured by them.Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

22 Iesus said vnto him, I say not to thee, Vnto seuen times, but, Vnto seuentie times seuen times.

23 Thereefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine King, which would take an account of his seruants.

24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him Here is set down a very great sum of six thousand crowns, that the difference may be the greater, for there is no proportion between them. ten thousand talents.

25 And because he had nothing to pay, his Lord commanded him to be solde, and his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and the dette to be payed.

26 The servant therefore fell down, and This was a polite reverence which was very common in the East. worshipped him, saying, Lord, Yield not too much to your anger against me: so is God called in the Scripture, slow to anger, that is to say, gentle, and one that refrains his fierce wrath, (Psa_86:5); patient and of great mercy. have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

27 Then that seruants Lord had compassion, and loosed him, and forgaue him the dette.

28 But when the seruant was departed, hee found one of his felow seruants, which ought him an hundred pence, & he layde hands on him, and thratled him, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

29 Then his fellow seruant fell downe at his feete, and besought him, saying, Refraine thine anger towards me, and I will pay thee all.

30 Yet he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the dette.

31 And when his other felowe seruants sawe what was done, they were very sory, & came, and declared vnto their Lord all that was done.

32 Then his Lord called him vnto him, and sayd to him, O euil seruant, I forgaue thee all that dette, because thou prayedst me.

33 Oughtest not thou also to haue had pitie on thy fellowe seruant, euen as I had pitie on thee?

34 So his Lord was wroth, and deliuered him to the tormentours, till he should pay all that was due to him.

35 So likewise shall mine heauenly Father doe vnto you, except ye forgiue from your hearts, eche one to his brother their trespasses.

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1 And it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished these sayings, he Passed over the water out of Galilee into the borders of Judea. departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;

2 And great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

3 The band of marriage ought not to be broken, unless it is because of fornication.The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to To send her a bill of divorce; see (Mat_1:19). put away his wife for every cause?

4 And he answered & sayd vnto them, Haue ye not read, that hee which made them at the beginning, made them male and female,

5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall The Greek word conveys «to be glued unto», by which it signifies the union by marriage, which is between man and wife, as though they were glued together. cleave to his wife: and they They who were two become one as it were: and this word «flesh» is figuratively taken for the whole man, or the body, after the manner of the Hebrews. twain shall be one flesh?

6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath Has made them yokefellows, as the marriage itself is called a yoke, by a borrowed kind of speech. joined together, let not man put asunder.

7 Because political laws are adjusted to allow some things, it does not follow that God therefore approves of them.They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

8 He saith unto them, Moses Being brought about because of the hardness of your hearts. because of the hardness of your hearts By a political law, not by the moral law: for the moral law is a perpetual law of God's justice; the other bows and bends as the carpenter's bevel. suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except [it be] Therefore in these days the laws that were made against adulterers were not regarded: for they would have no need of divorce, if the marriage had been severed by punishment of death. for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

10 His disciples say unto him, If the If the matter stands in this way between man and wife, or in marriage. case of the man be so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.

11 The gift of celibacy is peculiar, and therefore no man can set a law to himself of perpetual celibacy.But he said unto them, All [men] cannot Receive and admit, as by translation we say, that a straight and narrow place is not able to receive many things. receive this saying, save [they] to whom it is given.

12 For there are some A man can become a eunuch in one of two ways: the first is by castration or emasculation, and the other by natural causes, such as a rupture. eunuchs, which were so born from [their] mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have Who abstain from marriage, and live as celibates through the gift of God. made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive [it], let him receive [it].

13 The elect infants and little children are contained in the free covenant of God. (Ed.)Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put [his] hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

14 But Iesus sayd, Suffer the litle children, and forbid them not to come to me: for of such is the kingdome of heauen.

15 And when he had put his hands on them, he departed thence.

16 Those who seek to be saved by the law do not even know the law themselves.And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

17 And he said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, eue God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keepe ye commandemets.

18 He sayd to him, Which? And Iesus sayde, These, Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not commit adulterie: Thou shalt not steale: Thou shalt not beare false witnesse.

19 Honour thy father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

20 The yong man sayd vnto him, I haue obserued all these things from my youth: what lacke I yet?

21 Jesus said unto him, If The young man did not answer truly in saying that he had kept all the commandments: and therefore Christ sets forth an example of true charity before him, to show the disease that lay lurking in his mind. thou wilt be perfect, go [and] sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come [and] follow me.

22 And when the yong man heard that saying, he went away sorowfull: for he had great possessions.

23 Rich men have need of a singular gift of God to escape out of the snares of Satan.Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

24 And again I say unto you, It is Literally, «it is of less labour». easier for a Theophylact notes, that by this word is meant a cable rope, but Caninius alleges out of the Talmuds that it is a proverb, and the word «Camel» signifies the beast itself. camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

25 And whe his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amased, saying, Who then can be saued?

26 And Iesus behelde them, and sayde vnto them, With men this is vnpossible, but with God all things are possible.

27 Then answered Peter, and said to him, Beholde, we haue forsaken all, and followed thee: what therefore shall we haue?

28 It is not lost, that is neglected for God's sake.And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the The regeneration is understood to mean that day when the elect will begin to live a new life, that is to say, when they will enjoy the heavenly inheritance, both in body and soul. regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

29 And whosoeuer shal forsake houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names sake, he shall receiue an hundreth folde more, and shall inherite euerlasting life.

30 To have begun well, and not to continue unto the end, is not only unprofitable, but also hurts very much.But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last [shall be] first.

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1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man [that is] an God is bound to no man, and therefore he calls whoever and whenever he desires. This only every man ought to take heed of, and upon this bestow his whole endeavour, that he go forward and come to the mark without stopping at all or staggering, and to not curiously examine the doings of other men, or the judgments of God. householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

2 And when he had Literally, «fell in time»: it is a kind of speech taken from poetry. agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3 And he went out about the third houre, & sawe other standing idle in the market place,

4 And sayd vnto them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, I will giue you: and they went their way.

5 Againe he went out about the sixt & ninth houre, and did likewise.

6 And about the The last hour: for the day was twelve hours long, and the first hour began at sunrise. eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

7 They sayd vnto him, Because no man hath hired vs. He sayd to them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, that shall ye receiue.

8 And when euen was come, the master of the vineyard sayd vnto his steward, Call the labourers, and giue them their hire, beginning at the last, till thou come to the first.

9 And they which were hired about ye eleuenth houre, came and receiued euery man a penie.

10 Nowe when the first came, they supposed that they should receiue more, but they likewise receiued euery man a penie.

11 And when they had receiued it, they murmured against the master of the house,

12 Saying, These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burden & heate of the day.

13 And hee answered one of them, saying, Friend, I doe thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penie?

14 Take that which is thine owne, and go thy way: I will giue vnto this last, as much as to thee.

15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye Naught, that is to say, do you envy at my goodness towards them? For by an «evil eye» the Hebrews mean «envy», because such dispositions appear chiefly in the eyes, as above in (Mat_6:23). It is set in opposition to the word «single», and it is taken there for corrupt: for whereas he said before in verse 22, «If thine eye be single», he adds in verse 23, «but if thine eye by wicked», or «corrupt», the word being the same in that place as it is here. (Mat_6:22-23) evil, because I am good?

16 So the last shalbe first, and the first last: for many are called, but fewe chosen.

17 Christ goes to the cross necessarily, and yet willingly.And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

18 They that should be persecuting him the least, are the greatest persecutors of Christ.Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

19 The shame of the cross is the sure way to the glory of everlasting life.And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify [him]: and the third day he shall rise again.

20 The manner of the heavenly kingdom is quite contrary to the earthly kingdom.Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping [him], and desiring a certain thing of him.

21 And he said vnto her, What wouldest thou? She said to him, Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy kingdome.

22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to «Taking the cup» is figurative speech for that which is contained in the cup. And again, the Hebrews understand by the word «cup», sometimes the manner of punishment which is rendered to sin, as (Psa_11:6), or the joy that is given to the faithful, as (Psa_23:5), and sometimes a lot or condition, as (Psa_16:5). drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the This is in reference to afflictions, as David commonly uses. baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is The almightiness of Christ's divinity is not shut out by this, but it shows the debasing of himself by taking man's nature upon him. not mine to give, but [it shall be given to them] for whom it is prepared of my Father.

24 And when the other ten heard this, they disdained at the two brethren.

25 But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise Somewhat sharply and roughly. dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant.

27 And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.

28 Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.

29 Christ by healing these blind men with only one touch, shows that he is the only light of the world.And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

30 And beholde, two blinde men, sitting by the way side, when they heard that Iesus passed by, cryed, saying, O Lorde, the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.

31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should holde their peace: but they cried the more, saying, O Lord, the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.

32 And Jesus stood still, and Himself, not by the means of other men. called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?

33 They saide to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

34 And Iesus mooued with compassion, touched their eyes, & immediatly their eyes receiued sight, and they followed him.

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1 And Christ by his humility, triumphing over the pride of this world, ascends to true glory by the shame of the cross. when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

2 Saying to them, Goe into the towne that is ouer against you, and anon yee shall finde an asse bounde, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them vnto me.

3 And if any [man] say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway He that will say anything to you will let them go, that is, the ass and the colt. he will send them.

4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying,

5 Tell ye the The city of Sion. This is a Hebrew idiom, common in the Lamentations of Jeremiah. daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

6 So the disciples went, and did as Iesus had commaunded them,

7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their Their uppermost garment. clothes, and they set [him] Upon their garments, not upon the ass and the colt. thereon.

8 And a great multitude spred their garments in the way: and other cut downe branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, This was an ancient kind of cry, which they voiced in the feast of Tabernacles, when they carried boughs according as God commanded; (Lev_23:40). And the word is corruptly made of two, for we should say, «Hoshiang-na», which is as much as to say, «Save I pray thee». Hosanna to the Son of David: Well is it to him that comes in the Name of the Lord, that is to say, whom the Lord has given us for our King. Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, That is, all the men of Jerusalem were moved. all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

11 And the people said, This is Iesus that Prophet of Nazareth in Galile.

12 And Iesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them that solde and bought in the Temple, and ouerthrew the tables of the money chagers, & the seates of them that sold doues,

13 And said to them, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.

14 Then the blinde, and the halt came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.

15 Those that should be masters of godliness are the ones that envy most the glory of Christ: but in vain.And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast You have made most perfect. We read in David, «Thou hast established» or «grounded», and if the matter is considered well, the evangelist says here the same thing, for that which is most perfect is stable and sure. perfected praise?

17 Christ does in this way forsake the wicked, for he has a consideration and regard for his Church.And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.

18 Hypocrites will at length have their masks discovered, and any false faces taken away.Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

19 And seeing a figge tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaues onely, and said to it, Neuer fruite grow on thee henceforwards; anon the figge tree withered.

20 And when his disciples saw it, they marueiled, saying, How soone is the figge tree withered!

21 How great the force of faith is.Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and The Greek word signifies a fixing or wavering of mind, so that we cannot tell which way to take. doubt not, ye shall not only do this [which is done] to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

22 And whatsoeuer ye shall aske in prayer, if ye beleeue, ye shall receiue it.

23 Against those who neglect the doctrine and bind the calling and vocation to an ordinary succession, going about by that false pretext, to stop Christ's mouth.And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what Or by what power. authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you One thing, that is to say, I will ask you one thing first before I answer your questions. one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

25 The The preaching of John is called by the figure «baptism» because he preached the baptism of repentance, etc.; (Mar_1:4; Act_19:3). baptism of John, whence was it? from From God, and so it is plainly seen how these are set one against another. heaven, or of men? And they Beat their heads about it, and mused, or laid their heads together. reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

26 And if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet.

27 Then they answered Iesus, and said, We can not tell; he said vnto them, Neither tell I you by what authoritie I doe these things.

28 But what thinke ye? A certaine man had two sonnes, and came to the elder, and saide, Sonne, goe and worke to day in my vineyarde.

29 But he answered, and said, I will not: yet afterward he repented himselfe, and went.

30 Then came he to the second, and said likewise; he answered, and said, I will, Syr: yet he went not.

31 Whether of them twain did the will of [his] father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots They hurry to the kingdom of God and you go slowly, so that you should at least have followed their example. Mark then that this word, «go into», is improperly taken in this place because none of them followed Christ. go into the kingdom of God before you.

32 For John came unto you in the Living uprightly, being of good and honest behaviour; For the Hebrews use this word «way» for life and manners. way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen [it], repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

33 Those men are often the cruellest enemies of the Church, to whose faithfulness it is committed: But the vocation of God is neither tied to time, place, nor person.Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a Made the place strong: for a tower is the strongest place of a wall. tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

34 And when the time of the fruite drewe neere, hee sent his seruants to the husbandmen to receiue the fruites thereof.

35 And ye husbandmen tooke his seruants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

36 Againe hee sent other seruants, moe then the first: and they did the like vnto them.

37 But last of all he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.

38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us Literally, «let us hold it fast». seize on his inheritance.

39 So they tooke him, and cast him out of the vineyarde, and slewe him.

40 When therefore the Lorde of the vineyarde shall come, what will hee doe to those husbandmen?

41 They say unto him, He will A kind of proverb, showing what punishment the wicked are worthy of. miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out [his] vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the Master builders, who are chief builders of the house, that is of the Church. builders rejected, the same is Began to be. become the The chiefest stone in the corner is called the head of the corner: which bears up the couplings or joints of the whole building. head of the corner: That matter (in that the stone which was cast away is made the head) is the Lord's doing which we behold and greatly marvel at. this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the They bring forth the fruits of the kingdom of God, who bring forth the fruit of the Spirit, and not of the flesh, (Gal_5:16-26). fruits thereof.

44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will As chaff used to be scattered with the wind, for he uses a word which properly signifies separating the chaff from the corn with winnowing, and to scatter it abroad. grind him to powder.

45 And when the chiefe Priestes and Pharises had heard his parables, they perceiued that hee spake of them.

46 The wicked can do nothing but what God wills.But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

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1 And Not all of the whole company of those that are called by the voice of the gospel are the true Church before God: for the most part of them would rather follow the conveniences of this life: and some persecute very cruelly those that call them: but they are the true Church who obey when they are called, such as for the most part are those whom the world despises. Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

2 The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine King which maried his sonne,

3 And sent foorth his seruants, to call them that were bidde to the wedding, but they woulde not come.

4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and [my] fatlings [are] The word used here is commonly used in sacrifices, and is by translation used for other feasts also: For feasts and banquets usually began with sacrifices. killed, and all things [are] ready: come unto the marriage.

5 But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, and another about his marchandise.

6 And the remnant tooke his seruants, and intreated them sharpely, and slewe them.

7 A dreadful destruction of those that condemn Christ.But when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

8 Then saith he to his servants, The The marriage feast. wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

9 God first calls us when we think nothing of it.Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both The general calling offers the gospel to all men: but those who enter in have their life examined. bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

11 In the small number which come at the calling, there are some castaways who do not confirm their faith with newness of life.And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was Literally, «haltered», that is to say, he held his peace, as though he had a bridle or a halter around his neck. speechless.

13 Then said the king to the To those that served the guests. servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

14 For many are called, but fewe chosen.

15 Snare him in his words or talk. The Greek word is derived from snares which hunters lay.Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in [his] talk.

16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Those who with Herod made a new religion, composed of both heathen and Jewish religion. Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God Truly and sincerely. in truth, neither carest thou for any [man]: for thou regardest not the You are not moved with any appearance and outward show. person of men.

17 The Christians must obey their magistrates, even though they are wicked and extortioners, but only in as much as is in agreement with the commandments of God, and only in as much as his honour is not diminished.Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give The word that is used here signifies a valuing and rating of men's substance, according to the proportion of which they payed tribute in those provinces which were subject to tribute, and it is here taken for the tribute itself. tribute unto Caesar, or not?

18 But Iesus perceiued their wickednes, and sayd, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a Before (Mat_17:24) there is mention made of a didrachma, and here of a penny, whereas a didrachma is more by the seventh part then a penny: so that there seems to be an inconsistency in these two places: but they may easily be reconciled in this way: The penny was paid to the Romans for tribute, according to the proportion they were rated at, and the drachma was payed by everyone to the Temple, which also the Romans took to themselves when they had subdued India. penny.

20 And he sayde vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

21 They sayd vnto him, Cesars. Then sayd he vnto them, Giue therefore to Cesar, the things which are Cesars, and giue vnto God, those things which are Gods.

22 And when they heard it, they marueiled, and left him, and went their way.

23 Christ affirms the resurrection of the flesh, as opposed to the Sadducees.The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no Daughters are also included by this word «children», but even though they were part of his family and bore his name, the man who had only daughters was in the same position as the man who had no children at all; this is because daughters were not at this time able to carry on the family name. Therefore, by «children» here, we should understand it to be referring to «sons». children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

25 Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.

26 Likewise also the second, and the third, vnto the seuenth.

27 And last of all the woman died also.

28 Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seuen? For all had her.

29 Then Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, Ye are deceiued, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the He does not say that they will be without bodies, for then they would not be men any more; but, they will be as angels, for they will neither marry nor be married. angels of God in heaven.

31 And concerning the resurrection of the dead, haue ye not read what is spoken vuto you of God, saying,

32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the liuing.

33 And when the multitude heard it, they were astonied at his doctrine.

34 The gospel does not abolish the precepts of the law, but rather it confirms them.But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

35 Then A scribe, so it says in (Mar_12:28). To understand what a scribe is, {{See Mat_2:4}} one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,

36 Master, which is ye great commaundement in the Lawe?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy The Hebrew text in (Deu_6:5) reads, «with thine heart, soul, and strength»; and in (Mar_12:30) and (Luk_10:27) we read, «with soul, heart, strength and thought.» soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and the great commaundement.

39 And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy Another man. neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandements hangeth the whole Lawe, and the Prophets.

41 Christ manifestly proves that he is David's son, according to the flesh, but otherwise David's Lord, and very God.While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? Of whose stock or family: for the Hebrews call a man's posterity «sons». whose son is he? They say unto him, [The Son] of David.

43 He sayd vnto them, How then doeth Dauid in spirit call him Lord, saying,

44 The Lord sayd to my Lorde, Sit at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footestoole?

45 If then Dauid call him Lord, howe is he his sonne?

46 And none could answere him a worde, neither durst any from that day foorth aske him any moe questions.

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1 Then spake Iesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

2 We ought to listen to whatever we are truly taught from the word of God, even by wicked teachers, but in a way so that we abstain from their evil behaviour.Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees Because God appointed the order, the Lord would therefore have his word to be heard even from the mouth of hypocrites and hirelings. sit in Moses' seat:

3 Provided always that they deliver the doctrine of Moses which they profess, which thing the metaphor of the seat shows, which they occupied as teachers of Moses' teaching.All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, [that] observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

4 For the most part hypocrites most severely exact those things which they themselves chiefly neglect.For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay [them] on men's shoulders; but they [themselves] will not move them with one of their fingers.

5 Hypocrites are ambitious.But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their It was a thread or ribband of blue silk in the fringe of a corner, the beholding of which made them remember the laws and ordinances of God: and therefore it was called a phylactery, or as you would say, a container. See (Num_15:38; Deu_6:8), a commandment which the Jews abused afterwards, as those do today who hang the gospel of John around their necks, which was condemned many years ago in the Council of Antioch. phylacteries, and enlarge Literally, «Twisted tassels of thread which hung at the outermost hems of their garments.» the borders of their garments,

6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the When assemblies and councils are gathered together. synagogues,

7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, This word «Rabbi» signifies one that is above his fellows, and is as good as any of them: and we may see by the repeating of it how proud a title it was. Now they were called Rabbi who, by the laying on of hands, were uttered and declared to the world to be wise men. Rabbi.

8 Modesty is a singular ornament of God's minsters.But be not ye Seek not ambitiously after it: for our Lord does not forbid us to give the magistrate and our masters the honour that is due to them; Augustine in a sermon on the words of God from (Mat. 11:1-30). called Rabbi: for He seems to allude to references in (Isa_54:13) and (Jer_31:34). one is your Master, [even] Christ; and all ye are brethren.

9 And call no [man] your He attacks a custom of the Jews, for they called the rabbis «our fathers». father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

10 Neither be ye called It seems that the scribes hunted very greatly after such titles, these scribes being the ones whom he called blind guides in (Mat_23:16). masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ.

11 But he that is greatest among you, let him be your seruant.

12 And whosoever He seems to allude to the position of the rabbis, for rabbi signifies one that is in a high position. shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

13 Hypocrites cannot endure others to be better than themselves.But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Christ, when he reproves any man sharply, uses this word to show us that there is nothing more detestable than hypocrisy and falsehood in religion. hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in [yourselves], neither suffer ye them that are Who are even at the door. entering to go in.

14 It is a common thing among hypocrites to abuse the pretence of zeal when in reality they are exercising covetousness and extortion.Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and Literally, «under a colour of long praying»; and the word «and» signifies a double wickedness in them: the one, that they devoured widows goods: the other that they did it under a pretence of godliness. for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and The dry part: now that part of the earth is called dry which the Lord has given to us to live upon. land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

16 Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he Is a debtor. In the Syrian language, sins are called «Debts», and it is certain that Christ spoke in Syrian. is a debtor!

17 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that Causes the gold which is dedicated to a holy use to be considered holy. sanctifieth the gold?

18 And whosoeuer sweareth by the altar, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the offering that is vpon it, offendeth.

19 Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth the offering?

20 Whosoeuer therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

21 And whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the If heaven is God's throne, than he is without doubt above this entire world. throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

23 Hypocrites take special care in small matters, and neglect the things which matter the very most.Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and Faithfulness in the keeping of promises. faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

24 Ye blinde guides, which straine out a gnat, and swallowe a camell.

25 Hypocrites pay too much attention to outward things, and the inward things they utterly condemn.Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

26 Thou blinde Pharise, cleanse first the inside of the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be cleane also.

27 Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are like vnto whited tombes, which appeare beautifull outward, but are within full of dead mens bones, and all filthines.

28 So are ye also: for outwarde ye appeare righteous vnto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie.

29 Hypocrites, when they try the most to cover up their wickedness, it is then by the just judgment of God that they shame themselves.Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

30 And say, If we had bene in the dayes of our fathers, we would not haue bene partners with them in the blood of the Prophets.

31 So then ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the children of them that murthered the Prophets.

32 A proverb used by the Jews, which has this meaning: You go on also, and follow your ancestors, that at length your wickedness may come to its fulness.Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

33 O serpents, the generation of vipers, howe should ye escape the damnation of hell!

34 Hypocrites are cruel.Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city:

35 The punishment of those who persecute the gospel, under the pretence of zeal.That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Of Joiada, who was also called Barach-jah, that is, blessed of the Lord. Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

36 Verely I say vnto you, all these things shall come vpon this generation.

37 Where the mercy of God was greatest, it was there that there was the greatest wickedness and rebellion, and at length the sharpest judgments of God.O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have He speaks of the outward ministry, and as he was promised for the saving of this people, he was making sure that it would happen, even from the time that the promise was made to Abraham. gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!

38 Beholde, your habitation shalbe left vnto you desolate,

39 For I say vnto you, ye shall not see mee henceforth till that ye say, Blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord.

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1 And Iesus went out, and departed from the Temple, and his disciples came to him, to shewe him the building of the Temple.

2 The destruction of the city, and especially of the temple is foretold.And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

3 And as he sate vpon the mount of Oliues, his disciples came vnto him apart, saying, Tell vs when these things shall be, and what signe shalbe of thy coming, and of the ende of the world.

4 The Church will have a continual conflict with infinite miseries and offences, and furthermore, with false prophets, until the day of victory and triumph comes.And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceiue many.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all [these things] must come to pass, but the That is, when those things are fulfilled, yet the end will not come. end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in Everywhere. divers places.

8 All these [are] the beginning of Literally, «of great torments», just like women in childbirth. sorrows.

9 Then shal they deliuer you vp to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my Names sake.

10 And then shall many be offended, and shal betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11 And many false prophets shall arise, & shall deceiue many.

12 And because iniquitie shalbe increased, the loue of many shalbe colde.

13 The gospel will spread abroad, angering the world and the devil ever so much: and those who continually believe will be saved.But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14 And this Joyful tidings of the kingdom of heaven. gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the Through all that part of the world that people live in. world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

15 The kingdom of Christ will not be abolished when the city of Jerusalem is utterly destroyed, but will be stretched out even to the end of the world.When ye therefore shall see the The abomination of desolation, that is to say, the one who all men detest and cannot abide, because of the foul and shameful filthiness of it: and he speaks of the idols that were set up in the temple, or as others think, he meant the marring of the doctrine in the Church. abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

16 Then let them which be in Iudea, flee into the mountaines.

17 Let him which is on the house top, not come downe to fetch any thing out of his house.

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his This is a sign of how great the fear will be. clothes.

19 And woe shalbe to them that are with childe, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the It was not lawful to take a journey on the sabbath day; Josephus, book 13. sabbath day:

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the worlde to this time, nor shalbe.

22 And except Those things which befell the people of the Jews in the thirty-four years, when the whole land was wasted, and at length the city of Jerusalem was taken, and both it and their temple destroyed, are mixed with those things which will come to pass before the last coming of the Lord. those days should be shortened, there should no The whole nation would utterly be destroyed: and this word «flesh» is a figurative word for «man», as the Hebrews used to say. flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

23 Then if any shall say vnto you, Loe, here is Christ, or there, beleeue it not.

24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and Will openly set forth great signs for men to behold. shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

25 Beholde, I haue tolde you before.

26 Wherefore if they shall say vnto you, Beholde, he is in the desert, goe not forth: Beholde, he is in the secret places, beleeue it not.

27 For as the lightning commeth out of the East, and is seene into the West, so shall also the coming of the Sonne of man be.

28 The only remedy against the furious rage of the world is that of being gathered and joined to Christ.For wheresoever the Christ, who will come with speed; and his presence will be with a majesty to whom all will flock, just like Eagles. carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

29 Everlasting damnation will be the end of the security of the wicked, and everlasting bliss for the miseries of the godly.Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the The exceeding glory and majesty, which will bear witness that Christ the Lord of heaven and earth draws near to judge the world. sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the All nations, and he alludes to the dispersion which we read of in (Genesis 10-11), or to the dividing of the people of Israel. tribes of the earth They will be in such sorrow, that they will strike themselves: and it is transferred to the mourning. mourn, and they shall see the Son of man Sitting upon the clouds, as he was taken up into heaven. coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the From the four corners of the world. four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

32 If God has prescribed a certain order to nature, much more has he done so to his eternal judgments; but the wicked do not understand it, or rather they mock it: but the godly make note of it, and wait for it.Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet When its tenderness shows that the sap which is the life of the tree has come from the roots into the bark. tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh:

33 So likewise ye, when ye see all these things, know that the kingdom of God is nere, eue at ye doores.

34 Verily I say unto you, This This age: the word «generation» or «age» is here being used for the men of this age. generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

35 The Lord now begins the judgment, which he will finish in the latter days.Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

36 It is sufficient for us to know that God has appointed a latter day for the restoring of all things; but when it will be is hidden from us all for our sake, so that we may be all the more watchful, so that we are not taken as those were taken in the flood years ago.But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

37 But as the dayes of Noe were, so likewise shall the coming of the Sonne of man be.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were The word which the evangelist uses expresses the matter more fully then ours does: for it is a word which is used of brute beasts: and his meaning is that in those days men will pay attention to their appetites just like brute beasts: for otherwise there is nothing wrong with eating and drinking. eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39 And knewe nothing, till the flood came, and tooke them all away, so shall also the comming of the Sonne of man be.

40 Against those that persuade themselves that God will be merciful to all men, and do by this means give themselves over to sin, that they may in the meantime live in pleasure, void of all care.Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 The Greek women and the barbarians ground and baked.Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42 An example of the horrible carelessness of men in those things in which they ought to be most careful.Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

43 Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knewe at what watch the thiefe would come, he woulde surely watch, and not suffer his house to be digged through.

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in the houre that ye thinke not, will the Sonne of man come.

45 Who then is a faithfull seruaunt and wise, whom his master hath made ruler ouer his household, to giue them meate in season?

46 Blessed is that seruant, whom his master when he commeth, shall finde so doing.

47 Verely I say vnto you, he shall make him ruler ouer all his goods.

48 But if that euil seruant shal say in his heart, My master doth deferre his comming,

49 And begin to smite his fellowes, & to eate, and to drinke with the drunken,

50 That seruaunts master will come in a day, when he looketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,

51 And shall That is, from the rest, or will cut him into two pieces, which was a most cruel kind of punishment: with which, as Justin Martyr witnesses, Isaiah the Prophet was executed by the Jews: the same kind of punishment we read of in (1Sa_15:33) and (Dan_3:29). cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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1 Then We must desire strength from God's hand which may serve us as a torch while we walk through this darkness, to bring us to our desired end: otherwise, if we become slothful and negligent because we are weary of our pains and travail, we shall be kept from entering the doors. shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and The pomp of weddings was usually preferred to be done at night, and that by young unmarried women. went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2 And fiue of them were wise, & fiue foolish.

3 The foolish tooke their lampes, but tooke none oyle with them.

4 But the wise tooke oyle in their vessels with their lampes.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all Their eyes being heavy with sleep. slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a crie made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth: goe out to meete him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lampes.

8 And the foolish said to the wise, Giue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are out.

9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so, lest there will not be ynough for vs and you: but goe ye rather to them that sell, and bye for your selues.

10 And while they went to bye, the bridegrome came: and they that were readie, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut.

11 Afterwards came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs.

12 But he answered, and said, Verely I say vnto you, I knowe you not.

13 Watch therfore: for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, when the sonne of man will come.

14 Christ witnesses that there will be a long time between his departure to his Father and his coming again to us, but yet notwithstanding that, he will at that day take an account not only of the rebellious and obstinate, how they have made use of that which they received from him, but also of his household servants, who have because of slothfulness not employed those gifts which he bestowed upon them.For [the kingdom of heaven is] as a man travelling into a far country, [who] called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several According to the wisdom and skill in dealing which was given to them. ability; and straightway took his journey.

16 Then he that had receiued the fiue talents, went and occupied with them, and gained other fiue talents.

17 Likewise also, he that receiued two, he also gained other two.

18 But he that receiued that one, went & digged it in the earth, and hid his masters money.

19 But after a long season, the master of those seruants came, and reckoned with them.

20 Then came he that had receiued fiue talents, and brought other fiue talents, saying, Master, thou deliueredst vnto me fiue talents: behold, I haue gained with them other fiue talents.

21 His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: Come and receive the fruit of my goodness: now the Lord's joy is doubled; see (Joh_15:11): that my joy may remain in you, and your joy be fulfilled. enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

22 Also he that had receiued two talents, came, and said, Master, thou deliueredst vnto me two talents: behold, I haue gained two other talets more.

23 His master saide vnto him, It is well done good seruant, and faithfull, Thou hast bene faithfull in litle, I will make thee ruler ouer much: enter into thy masters ioy.

24 Then he which had receiued the one talent, came, & said, Master, I knewe that thou wast an hard man, which reapest where thou sowedst not, and gatherest where thou strawedst not:

25 I was therefore afraide, and went, & hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine owne.

26 And his master answered, & said vnto him, Thou euill seruant, and slouthfull, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not.

27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the Bankers who have their shops or tables set up abroad, where they lend money at interest. Usury or loaning money at interest is strictly forbidden by the Bible, (Exo_22:25-27; Deu_23:19-20). Even a rate as low as one per cent interest was disallowed, (Neh_5:11). This servant had already told two lies. First he said the master was an austere or harsh man. This is a lie for the Lord is merciful and gracious. Next he called his master a thief because he reaped where he did not sow. Finally the master said to him sarcastically why did you not add insult to injury and loan the money out at interest so you could call your master a «usurer» too! If the servant had done this, his master would have been responsible for his servant's actions and guilty of usury. exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

28 Take therefore the talent from him, and giue it vnto him which hath tenne talents.

29 For vnto euery man that hath, it shall be giuen, and he shall haue abundance, and from him that hath not, euen that he hath, shalbe taken away.

30 Cast therefore that vnprofitable seruant into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnasshing of teeth.

31 A graphic setting forth of the everlasting judgment which is to come.When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shalbe gathered all nations, & he shal seperate them one from another, as a shepheard separateth the sheepe from ye goates.

33 And he shall set the sheepe on his right hand, and the goates on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye Blessed and happy, upon whom my Father has most abundantly bestowed his benefits. blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me drinke: I was a stranger, and ye tooke me in vnto you.

36 I was naked, & ye clothed me: I was sicke, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came vnto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answere him, saying, Lord, when sawe we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or a thirst, and gaue thee drinke?

38 And when sawe we thee a stranger, and tooke thee in vnto vs? or naked, & clothed thee?

39 Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee?

40 And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to me.

41 Then shal he say vnto them on ye left hand, Depart from me ye cursed, into euerlasting fire, which is prepared for the deuill and his angels.

42 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me no drinke:

43 I was a stranger, & ye tooke me not in vnto you: I was naked, & ye clothed me not: sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answere him, saying, Lord, when sawe we thee an hungred, or a thirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sicke, or in prison, and did not minister vnto thee?

45 Then shall he answere them, and say, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall goe into euerlasting paine, and the righteous into life eternall.

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1 And Christ witnesses by his going to death voluntarily, that he will make full satisfaction for the sin of Adam by his obedience. it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,

2 God himself and not man appoints the time that Christ should be crucified.Ye know that after two days is [the feast of] the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

3 Then assembled together the chiefe Priests, and the Scribes, and the Elders of ye people into the hall of the high Priest called Caiaphas:

4 And consulted together that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him.

5 But they said, Not on the By the word «feast» is meant the whole feast of unleavened bread: the first and eighth day of which were so holy that they were not allowed to do any work on it, though the whole company of the Sanhedrin determined otherwise: And yet it came to pass through God's providence, that Christ suffered at that time, so that all the people of Israel might be witnesses of his everlasting sacrifice. feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.

6 By this sudden work of a sinful woman, Christ helps the guests to understand about his death and burial which was near: the gracious result of which will bring life to all sinners who flee unto him. But Judas takes an occasion here to accomplish his wicked purpose and plan.Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 For these things were done before Christ came to Jerusalem: and yet some think that the evangelists have two differing accounts.There came unto him a woman having an alabaster These boxes were of alabaster, which in ancient times men made hollow to put in ointments: for some write that alabaster keeps ointment without changing it in any way; Pliny, book 13, chap. 1. box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat [at meat].

8 But when his This is a figure of speech called synecdoche: for it is said that only Judas was moved at this; (Joh_12:4). disciples saw [it], they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this Unprofitable spending. waste?

9 For this oyntment might haue bene solde for much, and bene giuen to the poore.

10 We ought not to rashly condemn that which is not orderly done.When Jesus understood [it], he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

11 Christ, who was once anointed in his own person, must always be anointed in the poor.For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

12 For In that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to bury me. in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial.

13 Verely I say vnto you, wheresoeuer this Gospel shall bee preached throughout all the worlde, there shall also this that shee hath done, be spoken of for a memoriall of her.

14 Then one of the twelue, called Iudas Iscariot, went vnto the chiefe Priestes,

15 And said, What will ye giue me, and I will deliuer him vnto you? And they appoynted vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer.

16 And from that time, he sought opportunitie to betraie him.

17 Christ purposing to bring us into our country without delay and so, to pay the penalty of the law, truly fulfils the law, omitting the contrary tradition and custom of the Jews: and thus shows that all things will so come to pass by the ministry of men as governed by the secret plan of God.Now This was the fourteenth day of the first month: now the first day of unleavened bread should have been the fifteenth, but because the evening of this day (which after the manner of the Romans was referred to the day before) belonged by the Jews' manner to the day following, therefore it is called the first day of unleavened bread. the first [day] of the [feast of] unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

18 And he said, Goe yee into the citie to such a man, and say to him, The master saieth, My time is at hande: I will keepe the Passeouer at thine house with my disciples.

19 And the disciples did as Iesus had giuen them charge, and made readie the Passeouer.

20 Now when the even was come, he Because the Law appointed them to be wearing footwear, and to have their staffs in their hands, as though they were is haste, therefore it is to be gathered that they did not sit down when they ate the Passover, but stood, for normally when they went to eat they took off their shoes: therefore he speaks here in this place, not of the Passover, but of the supper which was celebrated after the Passover was solemnly done. sat down with the twelve.

21 And as they did eate, he sayde, Verely I say vnto you, that one of you shall betraie me.

22 And they were exceeding sorowfull, and began euery one of them to say vnto him, Is it I, Master?

23 And he answered and said, He that That is to say, he whom I invited to come to my table, alluding in this to (Psa_41:9), which is not to be understood as though just as the Lord spoke these words Judas had his hand in the dish (for that would have been an undoubted sign) but it refers to his tabling and eating with him. dippeth [his] hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

24 Surely the Sonne of man goeth his way, as it is written of him: but woe be to that man, by whom the Sonne of man is betrayed: it had bene good for that man, if hee had neuer bene borne.

25 Then Judas, Who was thinking of nothing else but to betray him. which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

26 Christ who will without delay fulfil the promises of the old covenant, institutes a new covenant with new signs.And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and Mark says, «Had given thanks»: and therefore blessing is not a consecrating with a conjuring type of murmuring and power of words: and yet the bread and the wine are changed, not in nature but in quality, for without doubt they become tokens of the body and blood of Christ, not of their own nature or force of words, but by Christ his institution, which must be recited and laid forth, that faith may find what to lay hold on, both in the word and in the elements. blessed [it], and brake [it], and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; This is a figure of speech which is called metonymy: that is to say, the giving of one name for another: so he calls the bread his body, which is the sign and sacrament of his body: and yet nonetheless, it is a figurative and changed kind of speech meaning that the faithful do indeed receive Christ with all his gifts (though by a spiritual means) and become one with him. this is my body.

27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave [it] to them, saying, Drink ye Therefore they who took away the cup from the people, disobeyed the instruction of Christ. all of it;

28 That is, this cup or wine is my blood sacramentally, as in {{See Luk_22:20}}.For this is my blood of the Or covenant, that is to say, by which the new league and covenant is made, for in the making of leagues they used the pouring of wine and shedding of blood. new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

29 I say vnto you, that I will not drinke henceforth of this fruit of the vine vntil that day, when I shal drinke it new with you in my Fathers kingdome.

30 And when they had sung When they had made an end of their solemn singing, which some think was six Psalms, (Psa_112:1; Psa_117:2). an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

31 Christ, here taking more care of his disciples than of himself, forewarns them of their falling away, and provides them with some comfort.Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

32 But after I am risen againe, I will go before you into Galile.

33 But Peter aunswered, and sayde vnto him, Though that al men should be offended by thee, yet will I neuer be offended.

34 Iesus sayde vnto him, Verely I say vnto thee, that this night, before the cocke crow, thou shalt denie me thrise.

35 Peter saide vnto him, Though I should die with thee, I will in no case denie thee. Likewise also sayd all the disciples.

36 Christ having regard to the weakness of his disciples, leaves all the rest in safety, and takes with him but three to be witnesses of his anguish, and goes on purpose into the place where he would be betrayed.Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.

37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and The word which he uses signifies great sorrow, and tremendous and deadly grief: this thing, as it indicates man's true nature, which shuns death as a thing that entered in against nature, shows that though Christ was void of sin, yet he sustained this horrible punishment, because he felt the wrath of God kindled against us for sins, which he revenged and punished in his person. very heavy.

38 Christ, a true man, who is about to suffer the punishment which we should have suffered for forsaking God, is forsaken by his own: he has a terrible conflict with the horror and fear of the curse of God: out of which he, since he escaped as a conqueror, causes us not to be afraid of death any more.Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, Let it pass me, and not touch me. let this That is, which is at hand, and is offered and prepared for me: an idiom which the Hebrews use for the wrath of God, and the punishment he sends. {{See Mat_20:22}}. cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou [wilt].

40 An example of the carelessness of man.And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

41 Watch, and praie, that yee enter not into tentation: the spirit in deede is readie, but the flesh is weake.

42 Againe he went away the second time, and praied, saying, O my Father, if this cuppe can not passe away from mee, but that I must drinke it, thy will be done.

43 And he came, and founde them a sleepe againe, for their eyes were heauie.

44 So he left them and went away againe, and praied the third time, saying the same woordes.

45 Then came he to his disciples, and said vnto them, Sleepe henceforth, & take your rest: behold, the houre is at hand, and the Sonne of man is giuen into the hands of sinners.

46 Christ offers himself willingly to be taken, that in so obeying willingly he might make satisfaction for the wilful fall of man.Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, Sent from the high Priests. from the chief priests and elders of the people.

48 Now he that betraied him, had giuen them a token, saying, Whomesoeuer I shall kisse, that is he, laie holde on him.

49 And forthwith he came to Iesus, and sayd, God saue thee, Master, and kissed him.

50 Christ is taken, that we might be delivered.And Jesus said unto him, Christ reprehends Judas tauntingly, and rebukes him sharply, for he knew well enough why he came. Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

51 And behold, one of them which were with Iesus, stretched out his hand, & drewe his sworde, and strooke a seruaunt of the high Priest, and smote off his eare.

52 Our vocation must govern our zeal.Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that They take the sword to whom the Lord has not given it, that is to say, they who use the sword and are not called to it. take the sword shall perish with the sword.

53 Christ was taken because he was willing to be taken.Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

54 By this questioning he answers a sly objection, for they might have asked him why he did not in this his great extremity of danger call to his Father for aid: but to this objection he answers by this question.But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

55 The same houre sayde Iesus to the multitude, Ye be come out as it were against a thiefe, with swordes and staues to take mee: I sate daily teaching in the Temple among you, and yee tooke me not.

56 But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the Prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsooke him, and fled.

57 Christ being innocent is condemned by the high Priest for that wickedness of which we are guilty.And they that had laid hold on Jesus led [him] away to From Annas to Caiaphas, before whom the multitude was assembled; (Joh_18:13). Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's The word used here properly denotes an open large room in the front of a house, as we see in kings' palaces and noblemen's houses: we call it a court, for it is open to the air, and by the use of synecdoche, is understood to mean the house itself. palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.

59 Nowe the chiefe Priestes and the Elders, and all the whole councill sought false witnesse against Iesus, to put him to death.

60 But they founde none, and though many false witnesses came, yet founde they none: but at the last came two false witnesses,

61 And saide, This man saide, I can destroie the Temple of God, and build it in three daies.

62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? How does it come to pass that these men witness against thee? what [is it which] these witness against thee?

63 But Iesus helde his peace. Then the chiefe Priest answered, and saide to him, I charge thee sweare vnto vs by the liuing God, to tell vs, If thou be that Christ the Sonne of God, or no.

64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, This word distinguishes his first coming from the latter. Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting Sitting with God in like and equal honour at the right hand of his power, that is, in greatest power: for the right hand signifies among the Hebrews that which is mighty and of great power. on the right hand of power, and coming in the Clouds of heaven; see above in (Mat_24:30). clouds of heaven.

65 Then the high priest This was a peculiar custom among the Jews: for so were they bound to do when they heard any Israelite blaspheme God, and it was a tradition of their talmud in the book of the magistrates, in the title, of the four kinds of death. rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

66 What thinke yee? They answered, and said, He is guiltie of death.

67 Then spet they in his face, and buffeted him, and other smote him with roddes,

68 Saying, Prophecie to vs, O Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

69 Peter by the wonderful providence of God, in being appointed to be a witness of all these things, is prepared to be an example of outstanding faithfulness through this experience of unbelief.Now Peter That is, outside the place where the bishop sat, but not outside of the house, for afterward he went from there into the porch. sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

70 But hee denied before them all, saying, I wote not what thou saiest.

71 And when hee went out into the porche, another maide sawe him, and sayde vnto them that were there, This man was also with Iesus of Nazareth.

72 And againe he denied with an oth, saying, I knowe not the man.

73 So after a while, came vnto him they that stoode by, and sayde vnto Peter, Surely thou art also one of them: for euen thy speache bewraieth thee.

74 Then began he to He swore and cursed himself. curse and to swear, [saying], I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

75 Then Peter remembred the wordes of Iesus, which had sayde vnto him, Before the cocke crowe thou shalt denie me thrise. So he went out, and wept bitterly.

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1 Vvhen the morning was come, all the chiefe Priests, and the elders of the people tooke counsell against Iesus, to put him to death,

2 And led him away bounde, and deliuered him vnto Pontius Pilate the gouernour.

3 An example of the horrible judgment of God upon those who sell Christ as opposed to those who buy Christ.Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

4 Saying, I haue sinned, betraying the innocent bloud. But they sayde, What is that to vs? see thou to it.

5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and Out of the sight of men. departed, and went and hanged himself.

6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the The treasury of the temple. treasury, because it is the price Of life and death. of blood.

7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury Strangers and guests, whom the Jews could not endure to be joined with even after they were dead. strangers in.

8 Wherefore that field is called, The field of bloud, vntill this day.

9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by As this prophecy is found in (Zec_11:12) it cannot be denied that Jeremy's name slipped into the text either through the fault of the Scribe, or by someone else's ignorance: it may also be that it came out of the margin by means of the abbreviation on one of the letters, the one being «yod» and the other being «zayin», which are very similar: But in the Syrian text the Prophet's name is not written down at all. Jeremy the prophet, saying, The evangelist does not follow the prophet's words, but instead he follows the prophet's meaning, which he shows to have been fulfilled. And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

10 And they gaue them for the potters fielde, as the Lord appointed me.)

11 Christ holds his peace when he is accused in order that we may not be accused: acknowledging our guiltiness, and at the same time his own innocence.And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

12 And when he was accused of the chiefe Priestes, and Elders, he answered nothing.

13 Then saide Pilate vnto him, Hearest thou not howe many things they lay against thee?

14 But he answered him not to one worde, in so much that the gouernour marueiled greatly.

15 Christ is first acquitted by the same judge who condemns him, that we might see how the just dies for the unjust.Now at [that] feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.

16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

17 When they were then gathered together, Pilate said vnto the, Whether will ye that I let loose vnto you Barabbas, or Iesus which is called Christ?

18 (For he knewe well, that for enuie they had deliuered him.

19 Also when he was set downe vpon the iudgement seate, his wife sent to him, saying, Haue thou nothing to do with that iust man: for I haue suffered many things this day in a dreame by reason of him.)

20 But the chiefe Priestes and the Elders had persuaded the people that they shoulde aske Barabbas, and should destroy Iesus.

21 Then the gouernour answered, and said vnto them, Whether of the twaine will ye that I let loose vnto you? And they said, Barabbas.

22 Pilate said vnto them, What shal I do then with Iesus, which is called Christ? They all said to him, Let him be crucified.

23 Then saide the gouernour, But what euill hath he done? Then they cryed the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

24 Christ being acquitted by the testimony of the judge himself is nonetheless condemned by him, in order to acquit us before God.When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and It was a custom in ancient times that when any man was murdered, or there were other slaughters, to wash their hands in water to declare themselves guiltless. washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the Of the murder; a Hebrew idiom. blood of this just person: see ye [to it].

25 Then answered all the people, and said, If there is any offence committed in slaying him, let us and our posterity suffer for it. His blood [be] on us, and on our children.

26 Thus let he Barabbas loose vnto them, and scourged Iesus, and deliuered him to be crucified.

27 Then the souldiers of the gouernour tooke Iesus into the common hall, and gathered about him the whole band,

28 Christ endures that reproach which was due to our sins; meanwhile, in spite of this, by the secret providence of God he is entitled king by those who did him that reproach.And they stripped him, and They threw a cloak about him and wrapped it around him, for it did not have any sleeves. put on him a John and Mark also mention a purple robe, which is also a very pleasant red. But these profane and impudently disrespectful soldiers clad Jesus in this array to make an additional mockery of him, this one who was indeed a true King. scarlet robe.

29 And platted a crowne of thornes, and put it vpon his head, and a reede in his right hand, and bowed their knees before him, and mocked him, saying, God saue thee King of the Iewes,

30 And spitted vpon him, and tooke a reede, and smote him on the head.

31 Thus when they had mocked him, they tooke the robe from him, and put his owne rayment on him, and led him away to crucifie him.

32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they They compelled Simon to bear his burdensome cross, by which it appears that Jesus was so poorly handled before that he fainted along the way, and was not able to bear his cross the whole distance: for John writes that he did bear the cross, that is, at the beginning. compelled to bear his cross.

33 He is led out of the city so that we might be brought into the heavenly kingdom.And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

34 Christ found no comfort anywhere, that in him we might be filled with comfort.They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted [thereof], he would not drink.

35 He is made a curse, so that in him we may be blessed: his garments are taken from him so that we might be enriched by his nakedness.And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

36 And they sate, and watched him there.

37 He is pronounced the true Messiah, even by those who reject him.And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

38 Christ then began to judge the world, when after his judgment he hung between two thieves.Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

39 To make full satisfaction for us, Christ suffered and overcame not only the torments of the body, but also the most horrible torments of the mind.And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

40 And saying, Thou that destroyest ye Temple, & buildest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe: if thou be ye Sonne of God, come downe fro ye crosse.

41 Likewise also the hie Priests mocking him, with the Scribes, and Elders, and Pharises, said,

42 He saued others, but he cannot saue him selfe: if he be ye King of Israel, let him now come downe from ye crosse, and we will beleeue in him.

43 He trusted in God, let him deliuer him nowe, if he will haue him: for he saide, I am the Sonne of God.

44 The This is spoken using the figure of speech called synecdoche, for only one of the thieves reviled him. thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

45 Heaven itself is darkened for very horror, and Jesus cries out from the depth of hell, and all during this time he is being mocked.Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou That is, in this misery: And this crying out is a natural part of his humanity, which, even though it was void of sin, still felt the wrath of God, the wrath which is due to our sins. forsaken me?

47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for They allude to Elias' name, not because they did not understand what he said, but because of a profane impudence and disrespect, and he repeated those words so that this repetition of the name might be understood. Elias.

48 And straightway one of them ran, & tooke a spondge, and filled it with vineger, and put it on a reede, and gaue him to drinke.

49 Other said, Let be: let vs see, if Elias wil come and saue him.

50 Christ, after he had overcome other enemies, at length provokes and attacks death itself.Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

51 Christ, when he is dead, shows himself to be God Almighty, and even his enemies confess the same.And, behold, the Which separated the holiest of all. veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

52 And the That is to say, the stones broke apart, and the graves opened themselves to show by this act that death was overcome: and the resurrection of the dead followed the resurrection of Christ, as the next verse indicates (Mat_27:53). graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

53 And came out of the graues after his resurrection, and went into the holy citie, and appeared vnto many.

54 When the Centurion, and they that were with him watching Iesus, saw the earthquake, and the thinges that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truely this was the Sonne of God.

55 And many women were there, beholding him a farre off, which had folowed Iesus from Galile, ministring vnto him.

56 Among whom was Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames, & Ioses, and the mother of Zebedeus sonnes.

57 Christ is buried, not privately or by stealth, but with the governor's consent, by a famous man, in a place not far distant, in a new tomb, so that his death cannot be doubted.When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

58 He went to Pilate, & asked ye body of Iesus. Then Pilate commanded ye body to be deliuered.

59 So Ioseph tooke the body, and wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth,

60 And put it in his new tombe, which he had hewen out in a rocke, and rolled a great stone to the doore of the sepulchre, and departed.

61 And there was Marie Magdalene, and the other Marie sitting ouer against the sepulchre.

62 The keeping of the tomb is committed to Christ's own murderers, so that there might be no doubt of his resurrection.Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

63 And said, Syr, we remember that that deceiuer saide, while he was yet aliue, Within three dayes I will rise.

64 Command therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure vntill the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steale him away, and say vnto the people, He is risen from the dead: so shall the last errour be worse then the first.

65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a The soldiers of the garrison who were appointed to guard the temple. watch: go your way, make [it] as sure as ye can.

66 And they went, and made the sepulchre sure with the watch, and sealed the stone.

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1 In Christ, having routed death in the tomb, rises by his own power, as the angel immediately witnesses. the At the going out of the sabbath, that is, about daybreak after the Roman manner of telling time, which considers the natural day to be from the rising of the sun to the next sunrise: and not as the Hebrews, which count from evening to evening. end of the sabbath, as it When the morning of the first day after the sabbath began to dawn: and that first day is the same as that which we now call Sunday, or the Lord's day. began to dawn toward the first [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

2 And behold, there was a great earthquake: for the Angel of the Lorde descended from heauen, and came and rolled backe the stone from the doore, and sate vpon it.

3 His The beams of his eyes, and by the figure of speech called synecdoche, this is understood as the countenance. countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

4 And for feare of him, the keepers were astonied, and became as dead men.

5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not The word «ye» is spoken with force to indicate that it was the women to whom he was speaking, as the soldiers were also afraid. ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

6 He is not here, for he is risen; as he saide: come, see the place where the Lord was laid,

7 And go quickly, & tel his disciples that he is risen fro ye dead: & behold, he goeth before you into Galile: there ye shall see him: loe, I haue told you.

8 So they departed quickly from the sepulchre, with feare and great ioye, and did runne to bring his disciples worde.

9 Christ himself appears after his resurrection, and sending the women to his disciples, shows that he has not forgotten them.And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

10 Then said Iesus vnto them, Be not afraide. Goe, and tell my brethren, that they goe into Galile, and there shall they see me.

11 The more that the sun shines, the more that the wicked are blinded.Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

12 And they gathered them together with the Elders, and tooke counsell, and gaue large money vnto the souldiers,

13 Saying, Say, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

14 And if this For it was to be feared that it would be brought to the governor's ears. come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

15 So they tooke the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is noysed among the Iewes vnto this day.

16 Christ appears also to his disciples, whom he makes apostles.Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

17 And when they sawe him, they worshipped him: but some douted.

18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, saying, All power is giuen vnto me, in heauen, and in earth.

19 The sum of the apostleship is the proclaiming of the doctrine received from Christ throughout all the world, and the ministering of the sacraments: the efficacy of which things depends not on the minsters but on the Lord.Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them Calling upon the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you Forever: and this refers to the manner of the presence of his Spirit, by means of which he makes us partakers both of himself and of all his benefits, even though he is absent from us in body. alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.