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no anxious thought about the morrow: for the morrow will take anxious thought for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil.

CH. VII. "Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what

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judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye deal out, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the splinter which is in thy brother's eye, but observest not the beam which is in thine 4 own eye? Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Let me take the splinter out of thine eye :' and, behold, a 5 beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first take the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly to take the splinter out of thy brother's eye.

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"Give not that food which is holy to dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them under their feet, and turn and rend you.

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; 8 knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one

that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and 9 to him that knocketh it shall be opened. What man is

there among you, who, if his son shall ask bread, will 10 give him a stone? or, if he shall ask a fish, will give him 11 a serpent? If ye therefore, being evil, know how to give

good gifts unto your children, how much more will your Father, that is in heaven, give good things to those that 12 ask him? All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye likewise so unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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"Enter in by the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leadeth to destruction, and there 14 are many that enter by it. How strait is the gate, and how narrow is the way which leadeth to life; and how few 15 are there who find it! But beware of false prophets, who

come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are raven16 ous wolves. By their fruits ye will know them. Do men 17 gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? In like

manner every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a 18 corrupt tree bringeth forth bad fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit; nor can a corrupt tree bring 19 forth good fruit. Every tree which bringeth not forth 20 good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye will know them.

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21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,' shall

enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the 22 will of my Father that is in heaven. Many will say unto

me in that day; Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy 23 name done many wonderful works? But I will then declare unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, 'I ye that work iniquity.'

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"Whosoever therefore heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built 25 his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the

streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that 26 house, and it fell not: for it was founded on a rock. And

whosoever heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, will be likened to a foolish man, who built his house 27 on the sand and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell, and the fall of it was great."

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And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these words, that the people were amazed at his teaching for he taught them as having authority; and not as the Scribes. CH. VIII. Now when Jesus was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

2 AND, behold, a leper came and did him obeisance, say3 ing, "Sir, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean." And Jesus stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, "I will; be thou made clean." And immediately his 4 leprosy was made clean. Then Jesus saith unto him, "See thou tell no man; but go show thyself to the priest,

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and offer the gift which Moses commanded; for a testimony unto them."

AND when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, a centu6 rion came to him, beseeching him, and saying, "Sir, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, greatly af7 flicted." And Jesus saith unto him, "I will come and cure him."

8 Then the centurion answered and said, "Sir, I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: but only 9 command by word, and my servant will be healed. For I also, who am a man under authority, have soldiers under me and I say to this man, Go,' and he goeth, and to another, Come,' and he cometh and to my ser10 vant, Do this,' and he doeth it." And when Jesus heard it, he wondered, and said to those who followed, Verily, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, even 11 in Israel. And I say unto you, that many shall come

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from the east and the west, and shall place themselves at table* with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the 12 kingdom of heaven: but the heirs of the kingdom shall be put forth into the outer darkness: there will be weep13 ing, and gnashing of teeth." And Jesus said to the cen

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turion, "Go; and according as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee." And his servant was healed in that very hour.

And Jesus came into Peter's house, and saw his wife's 15 mother lying on a bed, and sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered to them.

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Now when evening was come, many that had demons were brought unto him: and he cast out the spirits with 17 a word, and cured all who were sick so that it was fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, saying, "He took away our infirmities, and removed our diseases."

*be guests with, N. shall recline, Gr.

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Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side of the 19 lake. And a certain scribe came, and said unto him,

Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 20 And Jesus saith unto him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have roosts: but the Son of man hath 21 not where to rest his head." And another of his disciples said unto him, Sir, suffer me first to go and bury 22 my father." But Jesus said unto him, "Follow me; 23 and let the dead bury their dead." And when Jesus 24 had gone into a ship, his disciples followed him. And,

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behold, a great tempest rose in the lake, so that the ship 25 was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And

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his disciples came near, and awoke him, saying, "Mas26 ter*, save us: we perish." And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?" Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea: and there was a 27 great calm. And the men wondered, saying, “What great man† is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!"

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And when he was come to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two who had demons‡, coming out of the sepulchres, very fierce, so that 29 no man could pass along by that way. And, lo, they

cried out, saying, "What have we to do with thee, thou Son of God? Art thou come hither to torment us before 30 the time?" Now there was at some distance from them 31 an herd of many swine feeding. So the demons besought

him, saying, “If thou cast us out, send us into the herd 32 of swine." And he said unto them, "Go." And when they were come out, they went into the swine¶: and, lo, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place 33 into the lake, and perished in the waters. And those who kept them fled, and went away into the city, and told all

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suffer us to go away into, &c. R. T.

+ What kind of man, N.

§ Jesus, thou Son of God, R. T. ¶the insanity passed into the swine.

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this; and the things concerning those that had the de34 mons. And, lo, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their borders.

CH. IX. AND he went into a ship, and passed over, and came 2 to his own city. And, behold, there was brought to him

a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed and when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the sick of the palsy, "Take 3 courage, son; thy sins are forgiven thee." And, behold,

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some of the Scribes said within themselves, "This man 4 blasphemeth." But Jesus perceived their thoughts, and 5 said, "Why think ye evil in your hearts? For which is easier? to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee?' or to say, 6 Arise, and walk?' But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins," (then he saith to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, 7 and go to thine house."" And he arose, and departed to 8 his house. And when the multitudes saw it, they wondered, and glorified God, who had given such power

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And as Jesus passed by from that place, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom; and saith unto him, "Follow me." Follow me." And Matthew rose up,

and followed him.

And it came to pass as Jesus was at meat in the house of Matthew, that, behold, many publicans and sinners came, 11 and placed themselves with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why 12 eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?" But when Jesus heard that, he said [unto them], "Those that are well need not a physician, but those that are sick. 13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I desire pity, and not sacrifice:' for I came not to call righteous men to repentance, but sinners."

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Then the disciples of John come to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but thy disciples fast

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