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9 ¶ And he entered into a ship and passed over and came into his own city.

² And, behold, they brought him a paralyzed man, lying on a bed; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the paralyzed man, Trust, son; thy sins are forgiven thee.

³ And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes.

⁴ And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Why think ye evil in your hearts?

⁵ For what is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise, and walk?

⁶ But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins (then said he to the paralyzed man), Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

⁷ Then he arose and departed to his house.

⁸ And the multitude, seeing it, marvelled and glorified God, who had given such power unto men.

⁹ ¶ And as Jesus passed forth from there, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom; and he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

¹⁰ And it came to pass, as he sat at food in his house, behold, many publicans and sinners that had come sat down at the table with Jesus and his disciples.

¹¹ And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why does your Master eat with publicans and sinners?

¹² But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, Those that are whole need not a physician, but those that are sick.

¹³ Therefore go ye and learn what this is, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

¹⁴ ¶ Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?

¹⁵ And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they shall fast.

¹⁶ No one mends an old garment with a piece of new cloth, for that patch takes from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

¹⁷ Neither do they put new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the wineskins break, and the wine runs out, and the wineskins perish; but they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved together.

¹⁸ ¶ While he spoke these things unto them, behold, a certain ruler came and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

¹⁹ And Jesus arose and followed him, and so did his disciples.

²⁰ And, behold, a woman who was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years came behind him and touched the hem of his garment;

²¹ for she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be free.

²² But Jesus turned around, and when he saw her, he said, Trust, daughter; thy faith has made thee free. And the woman was free from that hour.

²³ And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

²⁴ he said unto them, Give place, for the maid is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed him to scorn.

²⁵ But when the people were put forth, he went in and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.

²⁶ And the fame of this went abroad into all that land.

²⁷ ¶ And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.

²⁸ And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yes, Lord.

²⁹ Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

³⁰ And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no one knows it.

³¹ But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

³² And as they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon.

³³ And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man spoke; and the multitude marvelled, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.

³⁴ But the Pharisees said, He casts out demons through the prince of the demons.

³⁵ ¶ And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every weakness among the people.

³⁶ And when he saw the multitude, he was moved with compassion on them because they fainted and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

³⁷ Then he said unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

³⁸ pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

10 ¶ Then calling his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of weakness.

² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee and John his brother;

³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

⁴ Simon the Canaanite and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

⁵ ¶ These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them, saying, Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans,

⁶ but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁷ And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has come.

⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons; freely ye have received, freely give.

⁹ Provide neither gold nor silver nor money in your girdles,

¹⁰ nor bag for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes nor a staff, for the workman is worthy of his food.

¹¹ And into whatever city or town ye shall enter, search out with diligence who in it is worthy; and there abide until ye go from there.

¹² And entering into the house, salute it.

¹³ And if the house is worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it is not worthy, your peace shall return to you.

¹⁴ And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your words, depart out of that house or city and shake off the dust of your feet.

¹⁵ Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of those of Sodom and those of Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

¹⁶ ¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore prudent as serpents and innocent as doves.

¹⁷ But keep yourselves from men, for they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

¹⁸ and ye shall even be brought before princes and kings for my sake, for testimony unto them and to the Gentiles.

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

²⁰ For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

²¹ And brother shall deliver up brother unto death, and the father the child, and children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death.

²² And ye shall be hated of all men for my name, but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another, for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel until the Son of man be come.

²⁴ The disciple is not above his master, nor the slave above his lord.

²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the slave as his lord. If they have called the husband of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?

²⁶ Fear them not therefore, for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, nor hid that shall not be known.

²⁷ What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light, and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye from the housetops.

²⁸ And fear not those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹ Fear ye not, therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

³² Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in the heavens.

³³ But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in the heavens.

³⁴ Think not that I have come to introduce peace into the land; I came not to introduce peace, but a sword.

³⁵ For I have come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

³⁶ And a man’s foes shall be those of his own household.

³⁷ He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

³⁸ And he that does not take his cross {Gr. Stauros – stake} and follow after me is not worthy of me.

³⁹ He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

⁴⁰ He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.

⁴¹ He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward, and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

⁴² And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.