20 and concerning all the evils which Herod did, added this also to all; he shut up John in prison.

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And it came to pass, that when all the people were baptized, and Jesus was baptized and was praying, the 22 heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.

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And Jesus himself was about thirty years of age when he began, being the son, as was supposed, of Joseph, the 24 son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son 25 of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son

of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the 26 son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Shimei, the son of Josech, the son 27 of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of 28 Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri, the son

of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of 29 Elmadam, the son of Er, the son of Jesus, the son of

Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of 30 Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of 31 Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son

of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son 32 of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of

Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Naasson, 33 the son of Aminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni,

the son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah, 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, 35 the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the

son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of 36 Shelah, the son of Cainam, the son of Arphaxad, the son 37 of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methusaleh, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of 38 Mahalaleel, the son of Caïnam, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

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And Jesus full of the Holy Spirit returned from the 2 Jordan, and was being led in the Spirit in the wilderness, tempted forty days by the devil. And in those days he did

eat nothing: and when they were ended he was hungry. And the devil said unto him, If thou art God's son, com- 3 mand this stone that it become a loaf. And Jesus answered 4 him, It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone. And 5 having taken him up he showed him all the kingdoms of the earth in a moment of time. And the devil said unto 6 him, All this authority will I give thee, and the glory of them, for unto me it has been delivered up; and to whomsoever I will I give it: if then thou wilt worship before 7 me, it shall all be thine. And Jesus answered and said 8 unto him, It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. And he brought him 9 into Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou art God's son, cast thyself down hence for it is written, He will give his angels charge 10 concerning thee, to keep thee: and on their hands they will 11 bear thee up, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. And 12 Jesus answered and said unto him, It has been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. And having finished 13 every temptation, the devil departed from him for a season.

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into 14 Galilee and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. And he was teaching in their 15 synagogues, glorified by all.

And he came into Nazara, where he had been brought 16 up, and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. And there was 17 delivered unto him a book of the prophet Isaiah; and having unrolled the book, he found a place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he 18 anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim deliverance to captives, and recovering of sight to blind, to set at liberty the oppressed, to proclaim an acceptable 19 year of the Lord. And having rolled up the book, he 20 gave it back to the minister and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing earnestly at him. And 21 he began to say unto them, To-day has this scripture been fulfilled in your ears. And all were bearing him witness 22

and marvelling at the words of grace proceeding out of his 23 mouth, and they said, Is not this Joseph's son? And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever things we heard done 24 in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. But he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own 25 country. But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came 26 upon all the land; and unto none of them was Elijah sent, save unto Sarepta of Sidonia, unto a woman that 27 was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time

of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, 28 save Naaman the Syrian. And all in the synagogue, 29 hearing these things, were filled with passion, and rose

up, and cast him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, to cast him 30 down headlong: but he passed through the midst of them and went away.

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And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, 32 and was teaching them on the sabbath; and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority. And in the synagogue there was a man, having a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 Ha! what have we to do with thee, Jesus Nazarene ? camest thou to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, 35 the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked it, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the demon threw him into the midst, it came out of him and 36 hurt him not. And amazement came upon all, and they spake among themselves, saying, What word is this! that with authority and power he commands the unclean 37 spirits and they come out. And there went out a rumour concerning him into every place of the region round

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And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was seized 39 with a great fever; and they asked him about her. And

he stood over her, and rebuked the fever, and it left her: and immediately she rose and was ministering unto them.

Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any 40 sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. And 41 demons also came out of many, crying and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

And when it was day, he went out and proceeded unto 42 a desert place, and the multitudes were seeking after him: and they came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. But he said unto them, I must 43 preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also: for therefore was I sent forth. And he was preaching in the 44 synagogues of Galilee.

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AND it came to pass, that, as the multitude was pressing v. upon him and hearing the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing 2 by the lake: but the fishermen went out of them and washed the nets. And he entered into one of the ships, 3 which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land; and he sat down in the ship, and was teaching the multitudes. Now when he ceased speaking, he said unto 4 Simon, Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answered and said, Master, we laboured 5 all night and took nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the nets. And when they did this, they 6 enclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their nets began to break. And they beckoned unto their partners in the 7 other ship, that they should come and help them; and they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' 8 knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, Lord. For he was amazed, and all that were with him, at 9 the draught of the fishes which they took; and in like 10 manner also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not from henceforth thou wilt be catching men. And 11

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when they brought their ships to the land, they left all and followed him.

And it came to pass, when he was in one of the cities, behold a man full of leprosy; and seeing Jesus he fell on his face and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou 13 canst cleanse me. And he put forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will, be thou cleansed. And immediately 14 the leprosy departed from him. And he charged him to tell no one: But go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing as Moses commanded, for a testi15 mony unto them. But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him; and great multitudes were coming 16 together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities: but he was wont to withdraw into the desert places and pray.

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And it came to pass on one of the days that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord 18 was present that he might heal. And, behold, men bringing

on a bed a man who was paralytic; and they were seeking 19 to bring him in, and to lay him before him. And when they did not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with the couch into 20 the midst before Jesus. And seeing their faith, he said, 21 Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. And the scribes and the

Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaks 22 blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone? But Jesus knowing fully their reasonings, answered and said 23 unto them, What reason ye in your hearts? Which is

easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise 24 and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man has

authority on the earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralytic, I say unto thee, arise and take thy couch and go unto 25 thine house. And immediately he rose up before them, and

took that whereon he lay, and went away to his house, 26 glorifying God. And amazement seized all, and they were