VII doers of the word: Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit: but a corrupt CHAPTER tree bringeth forth evill fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring foorth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Not to be kingdome of heaven: but he that doth the will of my father which hearers, but is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophecied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderfull workes? And then wil I professe unto them, I never knew you: Depart from me, ye that worke iniquity. Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth like houses them, I wil liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon builded on a rocke, a rocke: and the raine descended, and the floods came, and the windes blew, and beat upon that house: and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rocke. And every one that heareth these sayings And not on of mine, and doeth them not, shall bee likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the raine descended, and the floods came, and the windes blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it. And it came to passe, when Iesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine. For he taught them as one having authoritie, and not as the Scribes. W CHAPTER VIII HEN he was come downe from the Mountaine, great the sand. multitudes folowed him. And behold, there came Christ clenseth a leper, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, If thou wilt, the leper, thou canst make me cleane. And Iesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will, bee thou cleane. And immediatly his leprosie was cleansed. And Iesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man, but go thy way, shew thy selfe to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimonie unto them. servant, And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came unto healeth the him a Centurion, beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant Centurions lieth at home sicke of the palsie, grievously tormented. And Iesus saith unto him, I will come, and heale him. The Centurion answered, and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roofe: but speake the word onely, and my servant shalbe healed. For I am a man under authority, having souldiers under me and I say to this man, Goe, and he goeth: and to another, Come, and he commeth: and to my servant, Doe this, and CHAPTER Peters mother in lawe, and many other diseased: Sheweth how he is to be followed: stilleth the tempest on the Sea, driveth the devils out of two men possessed, he doth it. When Iesus heard it, he marveiled, and said to them that followed, Verely, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel. And I say unto you, that many shall come from the East and West, and shal sit downe with Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob, in the kingdome of heaven: but the children of the kingdome shall be cast out into outer darkenesse: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth. And Iesus said unto the Centurion, Go thy way, and as thou hast beleeved, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the self same houre. And when Iesus was come into Peters house, hee saw his wives mother laid, and sicke of a fever: and he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministred unto them. When the Even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and hee cast out the spirits with his worde, and healed all that were sicke, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying, Himselfe tooke our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. Now when Iesus saw great multitudes about him, hee gave commaundement to depart unto the other side. And a certaine Scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Iesus saith unto him, The Foxes have holes, and the birds of the ayre have nests: but the sonne of man hath not where to lay his head. And another of his Disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to goe, and bury my father. But Iesus said unto him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead. And when he was entred into a ship, his Disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great tempest in the Sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleepe. And his Disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us : we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are yee fearefull, O yee of litle faith? Then hee arose, and rebuked the winds and the Sea, and there was a great calme. But the men marveiled, saying, What maner of man is this, that even the winds and the Sea obey him? And when hee was come to the other side, into the countrey of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, comming out of the tombes, exceeding fierce, so that no man might passe by that way. And behold, they cryed out, saying, What have we to doe with thee, Iesus thou sonne of God? Art thou come hither to torment us befor the time? And there was a good way off from them, an heard of many swine, feeding. So the devils besought into the swine. him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to goe away into the herd and suffereth them to goe : of swine. And he said unto them, Goe. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine and behold, the whole herd of swine ranne violently downe a steepe place into the Sea, and perished in the waters. And they that kept them, fled, and went their waies into the citie, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. And behold, the whole citie came out to meete Iesus: and when they saw him they besought him that hee would depart out of their coasts. A CHAPTER IX CHAPTER VIII ND hee entred into a ship, and passed over, and came into his owne citie. And behold, they brought to him a man Christ curing sicke of the palsie, lying on a bed: and Iesus seeing their one sicke of faith, said unto the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, be of good cheere, the palsey, thy sinnes be forgiven thee. And behold, certaine of the Scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. And Iesus knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore thinke yee evill in your hearts? For whether is easier to say, Thy sinnes be forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walke? But that yee may know that the sonne of man hath power on earth to forgive sinnes, (Then saith hee to the sicke of the palsie) Arise, take up thy bed, and goe unto thine house. And he arose, and departed to his house. But when the multitudes saw it, they marveiled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men. And as Iesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man named calleth Matthew from the receite Matthew, sitting at the receite of custome: and he saith unto him, of custome, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. And it came to passe, as Iesus sate at meate in the house, behold, eateth with many publicanes and sinners, came and sate downe with him and Publicanes, and sinners, his Disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your master with publicanes and sinners? But when Iesus heard that, hee said unto them, They that be whole neede not a Physicion, but they that are sicke. But goe ye and learne what that meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Then came to him the disciples of Iohn, saying, Why doe we and defendeth his the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? And Iesus saide Disciples for not fasting, unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourne, as long as the bridegrome is with them? But the dayes will come when the bridegrome shall bee taken from them, and then shall they fast. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an olde garment: for that which is put in to fill it up, taketh from the garment, and the CHAPTER cureth the bloody issue, raiseth from death Iairus daughter, giveth sight to rent is made worse. Neither doe men put new wine into old bottels: else the bottels breake, and the wine runneth out, and the bottels perish but they put new wine into new bottels, and both are preserved. While hee spake these things unto them, beholde, there came 'a certaine ruler and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead but come, and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And Iesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. : (And behold, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve yeeres, came behinde him, and touched the hemme of his garment. For she said within her selfe, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But Iesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, bee of good comfort, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that houre.) And when Iesus came into the rulers house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, he said unto them, Give place, for the mayd is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorne. But when the people were put foorth, he went in, and tooke her by the hand: and the mayd arose. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. And when Iesus departed thence, two blinde men followed him, two blind men, crying, and saying, Thou sonne of David, have mercy on us. healetha dumbe of a devil, And when he was come into the house, the blinde men came to him : and Iesus saith unto them, Beleeve ye that I am able to doe this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith, bee it unto you. And their eyes were opened: and Iesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that countrey. As they went out, beholde, they brought to him a dumbe man man possessed possessed with a devill. And when the devil was cast out, the dumbe spake, and the multitudes marveiled, saying, It was never so seene in Israel. But the Pharisees said, He casteth out the devils through the prince of the devils. And Iesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their Synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdome, and healing every sickenesse, and every disease among the people. and hath com multitude. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion passion of the on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheepe having no shepheard. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truely is plenteous, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that hee will send foorth labourers into his harvest. A CHAPTER X CHAPTER X teacheth them, ND when hee had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave Christ sendeth them power against uncleane spirits, to cast them out, and out his twelve to heale all maner of sickenesse, and all maner of disease. Apostles, enabling them Now the names of the twelve Apostles are these: The first, Simon, with power to who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, Iames the sonne doe miracles, of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother: Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the Publicane, Iames the sonne of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus: Simon the Canaanite, and Iudas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. These twelve Iesus giveth them sent foorth, and commanded them, saying, Goe not into the their charge, way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not but goe rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel. And as yee goe, preach, saying, The kingdome of heaven is at hand heale the sicke, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brasse in your purses: nor scrippe for your iourney, neither two coats, neither shooes, nor yet staves: (for the workeman is worthy of his meat.) And into whatsoever city or towne ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till yee goe thence. And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace returne to you. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor heare your words: when yee depart out of that house, or city, shake off the dust of your feete. Verely I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of iudgment, then for that citie. Behold, I send you foorth as sheepe in the middest of wolves: comforteth be yee therefore wise as serpents, and harmelesse as doves. But them against beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the Councils, and persecutions: they will scourge you in their Synagogues, and yee shall be brought before Governours and Kings for my sake, for a testimonie against them, and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought, how or what ye shall speake, for it shall bee given you in that same houre what ye shall speake. For it is not yee that speake, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the childe: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And yee shall be hated of all men for my Names sake: but he that endureth to the end, shalbe saved. But when they persecute you in this citie, flee ye into another: for verely I say unto 6: C 17 |