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§ 11*. And again he entered into Capernaum. †And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors 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. And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone? But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts? Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? 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 unto thine house. And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed unto his own house, glorifying God. And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day.

§ 12. And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he left all, rose up, and followed him.

* Mark ii. 1. + Luke v. 17 to 26.

Mark ii. 13, 14.

|| Luke v. 28.

CHAPTER IV.

OUR LORD'S SECOND PASSOVER, AND THE SUBSEQUENT TRANSACTIONS UNTIL THE THIRD,

TIME-One Year.

SECTION 1. Christ at the Pool of Bethesda, healeth an impotent man on the Sabbath day; the Jews revile and persecute him for it. He discourseth and showeth who he is.-§ 2. The disciples pluck ears of corn on the Sabbath day, Christ reproveth the Pharisees.-§ 3. Healeth a withered hand on the Sabbath day, arrives at the sea of Tiberias and is followed by multitudes.—§ 4. He withdraws to a mountain and chooses the twelve; is followed by the multitude, and cureth many.— § 5. The sermon on the mount.-§ 6. Christ healeth the centurion's servant. § 7. Raiseth from death the widow's son.-§ 8. John the Baptist in prison; sends disciples to Christ.-§ 9. Christ upbraideth the unbelieving cities, and praiseth his Father's wisdom in revealing the Gospel to the simple.-§ 10. Mary Magdalene anointeth the feet of Christ. § 11. Christ, with the twelve, makes a second circuit in Galilee, healeth a demoniac: of blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. -§ 12. The Scribes and Pharisees seek a sign of Christ; his reply. -§ 13. The true disciples of Christ his nearest relatives.-§ 14. At a Pharisee's table Christ reproves the Pharisees, Scribes and Lawyers. -§ 15. Christ teacheth his disciples and the people.-§ 16. Christ preacheth repentance, and citeth the example of the slaughtered Galileans. The parable of the fruitless fig tree.-§ 17. He speaketh, to the people, many parables, and expoundeth them to his disciples.— § 18. Stilleth the tempest.-§ 19. Healeth two demoniacs at Gadara and is rejected by the Gadarenes.-§ 20. Levi's feast. Christ's discourse with the Publicans and Pharisees thereat; the raising of Jairus' daughter.-§ 21. Healeth two blind men.- 22. He casteth out a dumb spirit. Christ again visits Nazareth and is again rejected.§ 23. A third circuit in Galilee, the twelve instructed and sent forth. § 24. Herod's reasons for beheading John the Baptist. Herod hears

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of the fame of Christ, and takes him to be John the Baptist, whom he had beheaded.—§ 25. The twelve return, Christ retires with them across the lake. Miraculously feedeth five thousand persons.26. Christ walketh on the water. § 27. Christ preacheth in the synagogue at Capernaum. Peter's profession of faith.

Section 1*. THERE was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked and on the same day was the Sabbath.

The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed and walk. Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. Afterwards Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,

Take up thy bed and walk?

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Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

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Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath submitted all judgment unto the Son that all men should honour the Son even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and he shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death into life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

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I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. He was a burning and a shining light and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

But I have a greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time,' nor seen his shape. And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words.