Simeon and Anna prophesy.

Rom. 9. 33. against;

33.

I Cor. 1. 23,

24.

2 Cor. 2. 16.

1 Pet. 2.7, 8.

e Acts 28. 22.

f Ps. 42. 10.

Johu 19, 25.

g Acts 26.7.

1 Tim, 5, 5.

Preaching of John the Baptist.

dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.

51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 52 And Jesus Pincreased in wisdom and || stature, and in favour with God and man.

CHAPTER III.

be revealed.

36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;

37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers & night and day.

38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that h Mark 15.43. h1looked for redemption in || Jerusalem.

ver. 25.

ch. 21. 21.

Or, Israel.

iver. 52. ch. 1. 80.

k Ex. 23. 15,

17. & 34. 23.

Deut. 16. 1, 16.

A. D. 8.

1 Matt, 7, 28, Mark 1. 22. ch. 4. 22, 32, John 7, 15, 46.

39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

40 iAnd the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him.

41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem kevery year at the feast of the

A. D. 8.

m John 2. 16.

n ch. 9. 45, & 18.34.

o Dan. 7. 28. ver. 19.

p1 Sam. 2.26. vor. 40.

Or, age.

4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, d 'The voice of one crying in the wild Is. 40. 3. derness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;

Matt, 3. 3.

Mark 1.3.

John 1. 23.

6 And all flesh shall see the salva- e Pa. 98. 2.

tion of God.

Is. 52. 10,

ch. 2. 10.

7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, Matt, 3. 7. generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

8 Bring forth therefore fruits || wor- Or, meat for. thy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

10 And the people asked him, saying, h What shall we do then?

g Matt. 7. 19.

h Acts 2, 37.

11 He answereth and saith unto ich. 11. 41. them, i He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do

The baptism and

A. D. 26.

k Matt. 21.32. ch. 7. 29.. 1 ch. 19. 8.

| Or, Put no man in fear. m Ex. 23. 1.

Lov. 19. 11.

Ог, allowance,

|| Or,

in suspense.

Or, reason

ed, or, debat

ed.

13 And he said unto them, 1 Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, || Do violence to no man, mneither accuse any falsely; and be content with your || wages.

15 And as the people were || in_expectation, and all men || mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

16 John answered, saying unto them all, "I indeed baptize you with waMatt. 3. 11. ter; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which

of Er,

29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,

31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the tZech. 12. 12. son of David,

32 x Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,

33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,

u 2 Sam, 5.14. 1 Chr. 3, 5. Ruth 4. 18, &c.

1 Chr. 2, 10, &c.

34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was Gen. 11. 24, the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,

35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,

26.

36 Which was the son of Cainan, Ses Gen. 11.

which was the son of Arphaxad, * which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

12.

a Gen. 5.6, &c.

& 11. 10, &c.

38. Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, bwhich was b Gen. 5. 1, 2. the son of God.

CHAPTER IV.

25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,

13 He overcometh the devil: 14 beginneth to preach. 16 The people of Nazareth admire his gracious words. 33 He cureth one possessed of a devil, 38 Peter's mother in law, 40 and divers other sick persons. 41 The devils acknowledge Christ, and are reproved for it. 43 He preacheth through the cities.

which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,

27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,

28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the

Ghost, returned from Jordan,. and bwas led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

a Matt. 4. 1.

Mark 1. 12.

b ver. 14.

ch. 2. 27.

Ex. 34. 28.

1 Kings 19.8.

4 And Jesus answered him, saying, dIt is written, That man shall not dDeut. 8. 3. Christ is tempted of the devil.

A. D. 27.

& 14.30. Rev. 13. 2, 7.

Or, fall

down before

7 If thou therefore wilt || worship me, all shall be thine.

8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thec behind me, Satan: for fit 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:

14

And Jesus returned min the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

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

16 And he came to "Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, Phe went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

189 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, 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 is this Scripture fulfilled in

your ears.

son?

23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in "thy country.

24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, Nox prophet is accepted in his own country.

25 But I tell you of a truth, y many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

A. D. 31.

s John 6. 42.

t Matt. 4. 13. & 11. 23.

u Matt. 13.54. Mark 6. 1.

x Matt. 13, 67. Mark 6, 4. John 4. 44.

y 1 Kings 17. 9. & 18. 1. James 5. 17,

27 "And many lepers were in Israel 22 Kin. 5. 14. in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

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

29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the || brow of the hill whereon their city | Or, edge. was built, that they might cast him down headlong.

30 But he, "passing through the midst of them, went his way,

31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.

33 d And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

a John 8.69. &

10. 39.

Matt. 4. 13.

Mark 1. 21.

c Matt. 7. 28, 29.

Tit. 2. 15.

d Mark 1. 23.

34 Saying, || Let us alone; what have Or, Away. we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; fthe Holy One of God.

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

36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out. 37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

e ver. 41. f Ps. 16. 10. Dan. 9. 24. ch. 1. 35.

3815 And he arose out of the syna- & Matt. 8. 14.

gogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and minister

Mark 1. 29.

A. D. 31.

i Mark 1. 34. & 3. 11.

Christ cleanseth the leper.

him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

41 i And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou k Mark 1. 25, art Christ the Son of God. And khe rebuking them suffered them not || to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

34.

ver. 34, 35.

Or, to say that they knew him to

be Christ.

1 Mark 1. 35.

42 1 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. 44 mAnd he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

CHAPTER V.

1 Christ teacheth the people out of Peter's ship: 4 in a miraculous taking of fishes,

sheweth how he will make him and his partners fishers of men: 12 cleanseth the leper: 16 prayeth in the wilderness: 18 healeth one sick of the palsy: 27 calleth Matthew the publican: 29 cateth with sinners, as being the physician of souls: 34 foretelleth the fastings and afflictions of the apostles after his ascension: 86 and likeneth fainthearted and weak disciples to old bottles and worn garments.

AND ait came to pass, that, as the

people pressed

him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. 4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, b Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

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.

henceforth thou shalt catch men. 11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. 12 f 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 thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

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

A. D. 31.

d Matt. 4. 19. Mark 1. 17.

e Matt. 4. 20. & 19. 27. Mark 1. 18 ch. 18. 28.

f Matt. 8. 2. Mark 1. 40.

g Matt. 8.4.

14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, haccording as Moses commanded, h Lev. 14. 4. for a testimony unto them.

15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: iand great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

10, 21, 22.

i Matt. 4. 25. Mark 3. 7. John 6, 2.

16k And he withdrew himself in-k Matt. 14.23. Mark 6. 46.

to the wilderness, and prayed. 17 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. 18 T 1 And, behold, men brought 1 Matt. 9. 2. 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.

19 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.

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 reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your. hearts?

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 thine 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

Mark 2. 3.

In Matt. 9. 3. Mark 2. 6, 7.

n Ps. 32. 5. Ia. 43. 25.

Matthew called.

A. D. 31.

o Matt. 9. 9. Mark 2. 13,

14.

a Matt. 12. 1.

with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.

27 And 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 P 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.

30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

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

32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

33 And they said unto him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, 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.

1 Christ reproveth the Pharisees' blindness about the observation of the sabbath, by Scripture, reason, and miracle: 13 chooseth twelve apostles: 17 healcth the

diseased: 20 preacheth to his disciples before the people of blessings and curses: 27 how we must love our enemies: 46 and join the obedience of good works to the hearing of the word: lest in the evil day of temptation we fall like a house built upon the face of the earth, without any foundation.

A

ND

it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

The twelve apostles chosen.

unto them, Why do ye that b which A. D. 31. is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

b Ex. 20. 10.

3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was c1 Sam. 21.6. a hungered, and they which were with him;

4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; dwhich it is not dLev. 24. 8. lawful to eat but for the priests alone?

5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Mark 3. 1. See ch.13.14. & 14. 3. John 9, 16,

6 And it came to pass also on e Matt. 12. 9. another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.

9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? 10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus. 12 f And it came to pass in those fMatt. 14. 23. days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

131 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: gand of g Matt. 10. 1. them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

14 Simon, (h whom he also named h John 1. 42. 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 i the brother of James, i Jude 1, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

Mark 3. 7.

17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, kand a great k Matt. 4. 25. 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: and they were healed.