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¹ And heSins are the cause of our afflictions, and Christ only forgives them if we believe.entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into hisInto 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 JesusKnowing 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 theAt 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 andThe 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 theA 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 ofRaw, 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 theIt 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 willLiterally, «cast them out»: for men are very slow in a work so holy.send forth labourers into his harvest.