Chrisi beginneth to preach:

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those days he did eat nothing; and when they were & Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed,
He casteth out an evil spirit.
ended, he afterward hungered.
saving Naaman the Syrian.

d

3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son?
of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written,
That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every
word of God.

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dl Deut 8,5. 5 And the devil taking him up into a high mounMat. 4, & tain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

f Deut. 6,

13. & 10, 20.

g Mat. 4, 5.

6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will
I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is deliv-3
ered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou, therefore, wilt worship me, all shall be
thine.

8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee 1 Sam. 7,3. behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee;

b Ps. 91, 11.

i Deut. 6,16.

k John 14, 30.

11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest
at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
12 And Jesus answering, said unto him, It is said,
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

13 And when the devil had ended all the temptaHeb. 4, 15. tion, he departed from him for a season.

I Mat. 4, 12.
Mark. 1, 14.

14 And Jesus returned in the power of the} John 4, 43. Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

Acts 10, 37.

15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glo.rified of all.

161And he came to Nazareth, where he had been m Neh. 8,5, brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the Mat. 2, 29. Synagogue on the sabbath-day, and stood up forto read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of John 443. the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

& 13, 64.

Mark 6, 1.

n Isa. 42, 7. & 61, 1, 2.

o Lev. 25,

n

heard these things, were filled with wrath,
28 And all they in the synagogue, when they

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led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city
29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and
was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
went his way,
30" But he, passing through the midst of them, u John &

59. & 10, 39.

Mark 1, 21 y Mat. 7,

Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath-days.
31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of M
his word was with power.
32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for 28, 29.

Mark 1, 21. z Mark 1,

331'And in the synagogue there was a man 23. out with a loud voice, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and he cried

a

Dan. 9, 24

with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to Mat. 8, 29.
34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do a Ps. 16, 18.
destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy
One of God.

and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown
35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace,
him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

36 And they were all amazed, and spake among
authority and power he commandeth the unclean
themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with
spirits, and they come out.

37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

ch. 1, 35, &

Acts 2, 31.

b Mat. 8, 14

entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's
38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and Mark 1, 29,
sought him for her.
mother was taken with a great fever; and they be-

C

9.

fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose
39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the 2Sam. 1,
and ministered unto them.

Mark 1, 32

that had any sick with divers diseases brought them & 7,32. & 40 I Now when the sun was setting, all they a Mat. 8, 16. unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of 8, 23, 25. them, and healed them.

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verse 14

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because
Mat. 11, 5. he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor:
he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to
the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to
the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them
that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them, This day isdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. & 3, 11.
41 And devils also came out of many, crying e Mark 1,
And he, rebuking them, suffered them not to speak :
for they knew that he was Christ.

26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that 4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto was a widow. nets for a draught. Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your

27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of

A leper cleansed.

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d Jer. 16,16. Ezek. 47,40.

CHAPTER VI.

5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we}
have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing:
nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
6 And when they had this done, they enclosed a
great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which
were in the other ship, that they should come and
help them. And they came, and filled both the
ships, so that they began to sink.

8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord

d

9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: 10 And so was also James and John, the sons of Mat. 4, 19. Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Mark 1, 17. Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

12 1'And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold, a man full of leprosy; who seeing Jesus, fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if Mark 1,40 thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

ch. 18, 28. f Mat. 8, 2.

§ Lev. 13

& 14, 2,

21, 22, Mat. 8, 4.

h Mat. 4, 23 Mark 3,7.

13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

15 But so much the more went there a fame John 6,1 abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 16 'And he withdrew himself into the wilderness,

i Mat. 14,

23.

Mark 6, 46. and prayed.

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27 1And after these things he went forth, and
saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of
custom and he said unto him, Follow me.

28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
29 ¶ And Levi made him a great feast in his own
house: and there was a great company of publicans
and of others that sat down with them.

17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors1 Mark 6, 54. of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

1 Deut. 28,
15, 22, 27.

Mat. 9, 2.
Mark 2, 3.

& 9, 2. Acts 9, 39. 1 Cor. 11,

30.

31.

o Mat. 9, 9. Mark 2, 14

pMat. 9, 10. chap. 15, 1.

Mark 2, 15.

32.

30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured Gen. 43, against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink Psal. 101, 5. with publicans and sinners?

31And Jesus answering, said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.

Dan. 1, 8. chap. 1,39.

Acts

10,28 1 Cor. 5,11

2 John verse 10.

36 "And he spake also a parable unto them: No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an 16, 17. old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, Mark 2, 21 and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.

37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

38 But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both are preserved.

39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better. CHAPTER VI.

a

Touching the ears of corn that were plucked by the disci-
ples on the sabbath....13 Christ chooseth the twelve, 17 heal-
eth divers diseases, 20 pronounceth blessings, &c.

22.

a

25.

AND it came to pass on the second sabbath after 3 Deut 25%, the first, that he went through the corn-fields; Mat. 12, 5 and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did Mark 2, 23. eat, rubbing them in their hands.

10. & 23,

2 b And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, b Exod. 20. Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days?

3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was a hungered, and they which were with him;

12. & S1, 15. & 35, 2.

e1 Sam.

2!, 6.

18 T'And, behold, men brought in a bed a man? which was taken with a palsy: and they sought John 5,14 means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. 19 And when they could not find by what way they? might bring him in because of the multitude, they? James 5, 15. went upon the house-top, and let him down through the tiling, with his couch, into the midst before Jesus. 20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, { Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. 21 "And the scribes and the Pharisees began to 4 "How he went into the house of God, and did dEx. 29, 32, Isa. 43, 25. reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphe-take and eat the shew-bread, and gave also to them Lev. 8, 32 mies? Who can forgive sins but God alone? that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat, 22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he but for the priests alone? answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts ?

m Job 14, 4. Psal. 32, 5.

& 44, 22.

■ Mat. 9, 5. 23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thy house.

25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.

26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day

k

13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named Apostles;

14 Simon (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes,

16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

m

17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and JeruSalem, and from the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: chap. 8, 46. and they were healed.

o Ps. 51, 17. Isaiah 61, 1. & 6.3, 2.

19 "And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all. 20 1° And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, 16&19, 23. and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the king1 Cor. 1,26. dom of God.

Mat. 5, 2. & 11, 5. & 13,

John 48.

James 2, 5.

p Isa. 35,

21 P Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall 10. & 55, 1. be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

& 61, 2, 3.

55, 13.

& 66, 10. chap. 1, 59.

16. & 6,

22 Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and 2017 when they shall separate you from their company, 10 & 11, 27. and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

1 Thess. 4,

17.

James 1, 12.
Rev. 7, 14,

23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, 17. & 21,4 behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the Mat. 5, 11. like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. 24 But wo unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

John 9, 22.

& 12, 42.

& 16, 2.

1 Pet. 2, 19.

& 3, 14. & 4, 14.

1 Kings

19, 10.

2 Chr. 36,

25 Wo unto you that are full! for ye shall hun-{ ger. Wo unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

26" Wo unto you when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. 27 1*But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you;

28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

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29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one Amos, cheek offer also the other; and him.that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.

1, 3.

t Pr. 14, 13. Eccles. 2, 2.

a

30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and Isa. 5, 13. of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

& 7, 3.

eb. 15, 25.

James 4, 9.

& 5, 1.

42 m Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, i Isa. 9, 16. when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in & 42, 19 thine own eye? Thou hypocrite! cast out first the Mat. 15, 14 beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see k Mat. 10, clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. John 15, 16 43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt & 15, 20. fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 1 Mat. 7, 3. 44 For every tree is known by his own fruit: for mPr. 18, 17 of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramblebush gather they grapes.

45 PA good man out of the good treasure of his
heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil
man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth
forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the
heart his mouth speaketh.

46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do
not the things which I say?
47Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my
sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom
he is like:

48 He is like a man which built a house, and dig-
ged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock; and
when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently
upon that house, and could not shake it; for it was
founded upon a rock.

49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth, against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

CHAPTER VII.

1 The centurion's faith; 10 Christ healeth his servant, being
absent; 11 raiseth the widow's son....24 Christ's testimony
of John....36 Mary Magdalene anointeth Christ's feet.
[OW when he had ended all his sayings in the

31 And as ye would that men should do to you,N audience of the people, he entered into Caper

do ye also to them likewise.

c

32 For if ye love them which love you, what John 45 thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

1 Ex. 23, 4. Pr. 25, 21.

33 And if ve do good to them which do good to you, Pet. 5, 9. what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the

1 Cor. 4, 12.

naum.

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2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was & MAL. 7,23. dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.

3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

ST. LUKE. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius called Anno was governor of Syria.)

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a Mat. 27, 55, 56.

CHAPTER VIII.

ST. LUKE.

1 Devout women minister unto Christ....4 The parable of the
sower, 16 and of the candle....26 The legion of the devils
cast out, &c.

AND it came to pass afterward, that he went
throughout every city and village, preaching
and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God:
and the twelve were with him,

a

2 And certain women which had been healed of Mark 16,2 evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

John 19, 25.

b Mat. 13, 3. Mark 4, 3.

e Mat. 13,

10.

The legion of devils, cast out.

word of God, and do it.
mother and my brethren are these which hear the

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22 1" Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said Mark 4, 35

unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.

23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they

24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, 3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's stew-rebuked the wind and the raging of the water and Master, Master, we perish! Then he arose, and ard, and Susanna, and many others which ministered they ceased, and there was a calm. unto him of their substance.

4 ¶ And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way-side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns
sprang up with it, and choked it.

8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up,
and bare fruit a hundred-fold.
said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear,
And when he had
let him hear.

c

91 And his disciples asked him, saying, What Mark 4,10. might this parable be?

d Isa. 6, 3. Ezek. 12, 2.

10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the Mat. 11, 25, mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in 4&16,17 parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearJohn 12,40, ing they might not understand.

26. & 15, 11,

Mark

Acts 28 26. Rom. 11, 8.

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11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the 1 Cor. 210. Word of God.

2 Cor. 8, 5,

14.

1

27.

12 Those by the way-side are they that hear; then John 2, cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13' They on the rock are they, which, when they Jaines 1,21. hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no Isa. 58, 2. root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

e Mat. 13, 18. Mark 4, 13.

Ezek. 33,

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Mat. 13, 20.
Mark 4, 16.

14 And that which fell among thorns are they, John 5, 35. which, when they have heard, go forth and are 2 Tim. 1, 15, choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this Mat. 13, life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

g

Mark 4, 18.

& 10, 23.

15 But that on the good ground are they, which, ch. 18, 24. in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, 2 Tim. 4, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

1 Tim. 6, 3.

10, 16.

Mark 4, 21.

h

16 1 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, Mat. 5,15 covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; ch. 1, 33. but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.

1 Job. 12,

2.

17 For nothing is secret tlat shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid that shall not be chap. 12, 2. known and come abroad.

Mark 4, 22.

k Mat. 13, 25,

18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoMark123 ever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he John 15, 2 seemeth to have.

10, 42.

1 Cor. 10,

Rev.

¡ Mat. 12,

12. 14, 37. 19 'Then came to him his mother and his
tes.2, 11. brethren, and could not come at him for the press.
4. & 13, 56. 20 And it was told him by certam, which said,
Mark 3, 31. Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring
in John 15, to see thee.

14.

2 Cor. 5, 16.

21 And he answered and said unto them, My

down before him, and with a loud voice said, What
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell 2 Pet 2,4
high? I beseech thee torment me not.
have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most

come out of the man.
29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to
For oftentimes it had caught
fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of
him and he was kept bound with chains and in
the devil into the wilderness.)

30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy
were entered into him.
name? And he said, || Legion: because many devils

command them to go out into the deep.
31 And they besought him that he would not

32 And there was there a herd of many swine
that he would suffer them to enter into them and he
feeding on the mountain; and they besought him
suffered them.

33 Then went the devils out of the man, and en-
down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
tered into the swine: and the herd ran violently

they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the
34 When they that fed them saw what was done,

country.

Some say it

men, and

consisted of 6100 foot

727 horec men, Mat. 26, 53.

r Acts 16

came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the 35 Then they went out to see what was done; and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, means he that was possessed of the devils was healed. 36 They also which saw it told them by what the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart 37 Then the whole multitude of the country of $9. from them; for they were taken with great fear: and : he went up into the ship, and returned back again. departed besought him that he might be with him: 38 Now the man out of whom the devils were Mark 5, but Jesus sent him away, saying,