and they took up that which remained over of the 38 broken pieces, seven baskets full. And they that did

eat were four thousand men, beside women and chil39 dren. And he sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan. 16 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and tempting him asked him to shew them a sign from heaven. 2 But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is 3 red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather today for the heaven is red and lowring Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern 4 the signs of the times. An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

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And the disciples came to the other side and forgot 6 to take bread. And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Saddu7 cees. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, 8 We took no bread. And Jesus perceiving it said, O

ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, 9 because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, 10 and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye 11 took up? How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven 12 of the Pharisees and Šadducees. Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Saddu

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Now when Jesus came into the parts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men 14 say that the Son of man is? And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah: and others, Jeremiah, 15 or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But who 16 say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, 17 Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed 18 it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades 19 shall not prevail against it. I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and what

soever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in 20 heaven. Then charged he the disciples that they should tell no man that he was the Christ.

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21 From that time began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, 22 and be killed, and the third day be raised up. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it 23 far from thee, Lord: this shall never be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumblingblock unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men. 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his 25 cross, and follow me. For whosoever would save his

life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for 26 my sake shall find it. For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life? 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Fa

ther with his angels; and then shall he render unto 28 every man according to his deeds. Verily I say unto you, There be some of them that stand here, which shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

17 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into 2 a high mountain apart: and he was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his gar3 ments became white as the light. And behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him. 4 And Peter answered, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, I will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and 5 one for Elijah. While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in 6 whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them and said, 8 Arise, and be not afraid. And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, save Jesus only.

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And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no 10 man, until the Son of man be risen from the dead. And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the 11 scribes that Elijah must first come? And he answered

and said, Elijah indeed cometh, and shall restore all 12 things: but I say unto you, that Elijah is come already,

and they knew him not, but did unto him whatsoever they listed. Even so shall the Son of man also suffer 13 of them. Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

14 And when they were come to the multitude, there 15 came to him a man, kneeling to him, and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously: for oft-times he falleth into the fire, and 16 oft-times into the water. And I brought him to thy 17 disciples, and they could not cure him. And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear 18 with you? bring him hither to me. And Jesus rebuked

him; and the devil went out from him: and the boy was 19 cured from that hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus 20 apart, and said, Why could not we cast it out? And he saith unto them, Because of your little faith: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

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And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be delivered up into the 23 hands of men; and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised up. And they were exceeding sorry.

24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, Doth 25 not your master pay the half-shekel? He saith, Yea. And when he came into the house, Jesus spake first to him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive toll or tribute? 26 from their sons, or from strangers? And when he said,

From strangers, Jesus said unto him, Therefore the sons 27 are free. But lest we cause them to stumble, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel: that take, and give unto them for me and thee..

18 In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, 2 Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And he called to him a little child, and set him in the midst 3 of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise 4 enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever there

fore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is 5 the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth 6 me: but whoso shall cause one of these little ones which believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and 7 that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man 8 through whom the occasion cometh! And if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed or halt, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast 9 into the eternal fire. And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than 10 having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire. See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold 12 the face of my Father which is in heaven. How think ye? If any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which 13 goeth astray? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety 14 and nine which have not gone astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

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And if thy brother sin against thee, go, shew him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou 16 hast gained thy brother. But if he hear thee not, take" with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two 17 witnesses or three every word may be established. And

if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto 18 thee as the Gentile and the publican. Verily I say unto you, What things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and what things soever ye 19 shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done 20 for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three re gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

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Then came Peter, and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? 22 until seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto

thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times 23 seven. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would make a reckoning 24 with his servants. And when he had begun to reckon,

one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thous25 and talents. But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to 26 be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and 27 I will pay thee all. And the lord of that servant, being

moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him 28 the debt. But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him a hundred pence: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, 29 saying, Pay what thou owest. So his fellow-servant fell down and besought him, saying, Have patience 30 with me, and I will pay thee. And he would not: but

went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that 31 which was due. So when his fellow-servants saw what

was done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and 32 told unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord called unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou be33 soughtest me: shouldest not thou also have had mercy on 34 thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee? And

his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, 35 till he should pay all that was due. So also shall my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.

19 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the 2 borders of Judæa beyond Jordan; and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

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And there came unto him Pharisees, tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his 4 wife for every cause? And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that, he which made them from the 5 beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become 6 one flesh? So that they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let 7 not man put asunder. They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and 8 to put her away? He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: