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he unto his disciples, The harvest is plenteous but the 38 labourers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

CH. X.

AND when he called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits so as to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and 3 James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; 4 James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus; Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered him up. These, the twelve, Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into a way of Gentiles, and into a city of 6 Samaritans enter not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the 7 house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom. 8 of heaven is at hand. Heal sick, raise up dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give. 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles; 10 nor scrip for a journey; neither two coats, nor sandals, 11 nor staff for the labourer is worthy of his food. And

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into whatsoever city or village ye may have entered, inquire 12 who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go out. And 13 as ye enter into the house salute it. And if the house be

worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, 14 let your peace return to you. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye depart out of the house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet. 15 Verily I say unto you, it will be more tolerable for the land

of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for 16 that city. Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst

of wolves be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple 17 as the doves. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and will scourge you in their syna18 gogues; and ye will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what shall speak for it will be given you in that hour what

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ye shall speak; for it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit 20 of your Father that speaks in you. Now brother will 21 deliver up brother to death, and father child: and children will rise up against parents, and will put them to death. And ye will be hated by all for my name's sake: but 22 he that endured to the end, the same will be saved. But 23 when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other: for verily I say unto you, ye will not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come. A disciple is 24 not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord. It 25 is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they surnamed the householder Beelzebul, how much more them of his household? Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered that 26 will not be revealed; and hid that will not be known. What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light and 27 what ye hear in the ear, preach upon the housetops. And be not afraid of them who kill the body, and are not able 28 to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for 29 a penny? and yet not one of them shall fall upon the earth without your Father. But the very hairs of your head have 30 been all numbered. Be not afraid therefore, ye are of more 31 value than many sparrows. Whosoever therefore shall con- 32 fess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before 33 men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. Think not that I came to send peace on the 34 earth: I came not to send peace but a sword. For I came 35 to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes will be they of his own 36 household. He that loves father or mother more than me 37 is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. not his cross, and follows after me, is He that found his life will lose his life for my sake will find it.

And he that takes 38 not worthy of me. it: and he that lost 39 He that receives you 40

receive me, and he that receives me receives him that sent 41 me. He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet

will receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will 42 receive a righteous man's reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple; verily I say unto you, he will not lose his reward.

CH.XI.

AND it came to pass, when Jesus finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

2 Now when John heard in the prison of the works of the 3 Christ, he sent through his disciples and said unto him, Art 4 thou the coming one, or must we look for another? And

Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the 5 things which ye hear and see: blind receive sight and lame walk, lepers are cleansed and deaf hear, and dead are raised, and poor have the gospel preached to them. 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended at me. 7 And as these were departing, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken with wind? 8 But why went ye out? To see a man clothed in soft raiment ? behold, they that wear the soft raiment are in 9 king's houses. But why went ye out? To see a prophet? 10 yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger 11 before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. Verily say unto you, among them that are born of women there has not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the

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kingdom of heaven is taken by violence, and violent men 13 seize it. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until 14 John; and if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah 15, 16 who was to come. He that has ears, let him hear. But

whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto little children sitting in the markets, who call to the

others and say, We piped unto you, and ye danced not; 17 we sang a dirge, and ye lamented not. For John came 18 neither eating not drinking, and they say, He has a demon. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and 19 they say, Behold a man gluttonous and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom was justified by her works.

Then began he to reproach the cities wherein most of 201 his mighty works were done, because they repented not. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaïdan! for 21 if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, it will 22 be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be 23 exalted unto heaven? Thou shalt be thrust down to hades; for if the mighty works which were done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it will be more tolerable for the 24 land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee.

At that time Jesus answered and said, I praise thee, O 25 Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and prudent ones, and didst reveal them unto babes. Yea, Father, for such was thy 26 good pleasure. All things were delivered up unto me by 27 my Father and none knows fully the Son but the Father, neither knows any one the Father fully but the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal him. Come 28 unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; 29 for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is good, and my burden 30 light.

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Ar that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the xII. cornfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck ears, and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw 2 it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon a sabbath. But he said 3

unto them, Did ye not read what David did, when he was 4 hungry, and they that were with him; how he entered into the house of God, and they did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were 6 with him, but for the priests alone? Or did ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple 6 profane the sabbath and are blameless. But I say unto 7 you, that what is greater than the temple is here. And if ye had known what this means, I desire mercy and not 8 sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the blameless. For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.

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And when he proceeded thence, he came into their 10 synagogue. And, behold, there was a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to 11 heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him. But he said unto them, What man will there be among you, who shall have one sheep, and if it have fallen into a pit on 12 the sabbath, will not lay hold of it, and raise it? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is 13 lawful to do well on the sabbath. Then says he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; 14 and it was restored whole like the other. But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, that they might destroy him.

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And when Jesus knew, he withdrew thence. And many 16 followed him, and he healed them all, and charged them 17 that they should not make him known; that it might

be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, 18 saying, Behold my servant whom I chose; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, 19 and he will announce judgment to the Gentiles. He will not strive, nor cry; neither will any one hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed will he not break, and smoking flax will he not 21 quench, till he send forth the judgment unto victory. And in his name will Gentiles hope.

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Then was brought unto him a demoniac, blind and dumb and he healed him, so that the dumb spake and And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Is

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