1 Or, in

Or, a leaf

3 Gr. the inhabited earth.

4 Gr. wing.

6 Or, until

• Or, a roll

Eber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of 36
Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son
of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, 37
the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of
Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of 38
Adam, the son of God.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from 1 4
the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilder-
ness during forty days, being tempted of the devil. 2
And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they
were completed, he hungered. And the devil said 3
unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command this
stone that it become bread. And Jesus answered unto 4
him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.
And he led him up, and shewed him all the kingdoms 5
of the world in a moment of time. And the devil 6
said unto him, To thee will I give all this authority,
and the glory of them: for it hath been delivered unto
me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou 7
therefore wilt worship before me, it shall all be thine.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, 8
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only
shalt thou serve. And he led him to Jerusalem, and 9
set him on the 'pinnacle of the temple, and said unto
him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down
from hence: for it is written,

and,

He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, 10 to guard thee:

On their hands they shall bear thee up,

II

Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, 12 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

And when the devil had completed every tempta- 13 tion, he departed from him for a season.

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into 14 Galilee and a fame went out concerning him through all the region round about. And he taught in their 15 synagogues, being glorified of all.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been 16 brought up and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. And there was delivered unto him the book 17

18

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of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the 'book, and 1 Or, roll found the place where it was written,

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

"Because he anointed me to preach 3good tidings
to the poor:

He hath sent me to proclaim release to the cap-
tives,

And recovering of sight to the blind,

To set at liberty them that are bruised,

Or, Wherefore

8 Or, the gospel

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the 'book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down: and the eyes of all in the 21 synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled 22 in your ears. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth and they said, Is not this Joseph's son? 23 And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in thine 24 own country. And he said, Verily I say unto you, 25 No prophet is acceptable in his own country. But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a 26 great famine over all the land; and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to 'Zarephath, in the land • Gr_Sarepta. 27 of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but 28 only Naaman the Syrian. And they were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these 29 things; and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might throw 30 him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his way.

31

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. 32 And he was teaching them on the sabbath day: and they were astonished at his teaching; for his word was 33 with authority. And in the synagogue there was a

man, which had a spirit of an unclean 'devil; and heGr. demon. 34 cried out with a loud voice, "Ah! what have we to do Or. Let alone

1 Gr. demon.

Or, this word,

that with author

vity...come out?

Gr. demons.

4 Or, gospel

: Very many ancient authorities read Juda.

with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come
to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy
One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold 35
thy peace, and come out of him. And when the
'devil had thrown him down in the midst, he came out
of him, having done him no hurt. And amazement 36
came upon all, and they spake together, one with
another, saying, What is this word? for with authority
and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and
they come out. And there went forth a rumour 37
concerning him into every place of the region round
about.

And he rose up from the synagogue, and entered 38
into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother
was holden with a great fever; and they besought
him for her. And he stood over her, and rebuked 39
the fever; and it left her: and immediately she rose
up and ministered unto them.

And when the sun was setting, all they that had 40 any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. And 'devils also came out from many, 41 crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

And when it was day, he came out and went into a 42 desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them. But he said unto them, I 43 must preach the good tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also: for therefore was I sent.

And he was preaching in the synagogues of 'Galilee. 44 Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed 1 5 upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; and he saw two 2 boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And 3. he entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the multitudes out of the boat. And when he had left speaking, he said 4 unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answered and said, 5

Master, we toiled all night, and took nothing: but at 6thy word I will let down the nets. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of 7 fishes; and their nets were breaking; and they beckoned unto their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the boats, so that they began to 8 sink. But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a 9 sinful man, O Lord. For he was amazed, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes 10 which they had taken; and so were also James and John, sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from 11 henceforth thou shalt 'catch men. And when they 1Gr. take alive. had brought their boats to land, they left all, and followed him.

2

And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy : and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, 13 Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway the 14 leprosy departed from him. And he charged him to tell no man: but go thy way, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses 15 commanded, for a testimony unto them. But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be 16 healed of their infirmities. But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.

17

Gr. that he

should heal.

And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every village of Galilee and Judæa and Jerusalem: and the 18 power of the Lord was with him to heal. And behold, men bring on a bed a man that was palsied: Many ancient and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before that he should 19 him. And not finding by what way they might bring heal them. him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with 20 his couch into the midst before Jesus. And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

1 Or, Why

Or, authority

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, 21
saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who
can forgive sins, but God alone? But Jesus perceiv- 22
ing their reasonings, answered and said unto them,
'What reason ye in your hearts? Whether is easier, 23
to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise
and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of 24
man hath power on earth to forgive sins (he said unto
him that was palsied), I say unto thee, Arise, and take
up thy couch, and go unto thy house. And imme-25
diately he rose up before them, and took up that
whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying
God. And amazement took hold on all, and they 26
glorified God; and they were filled with fear, saying,
We have seen strange things to-day.

And after these things he went forth, and beheld a 27 publican, named Levi, sitting at the place of toll, and said unto him, Follow me. And he forsook all, and 28 rose up and followed him. And Levi made him a 29 great feast in his house: and there was a great multitude of publicans and of others that were sitting at

Or, the Phari- meat with them. And 'the Pharisees and their scribes 30

sees and the

scribes among them

murmured against the disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners? And 31 Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician; but they that are sick. I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to 32 repentance. And they said unto him, The disciples 33 of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink. And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the 34 sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come; and when 35 the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then will they fast in those days. And he spake also a 36 parable unto them; No man rendeth a piece from a new garment and putteth it upon an old garment; else he will rend the new, and also the piece from the new will not agree with the old. And no man putteth 37 That is, skins new wine into old 'wine-skins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be spilled, and the skins will perish. But new wine must be put 38 into fresh wine-skins. And no man having drunk 39

used as bottles.