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c. iv. 12.

of Herodias, the wife of his this, they followed him by land
brother Philip:
out of the cities.

4 for, John had said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her:

5 and though he was willing to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they regarded him as a prophet.

6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod :

7 whereupon he promised, with an oath, that he would give her whatsoever she should ask :

8 and having been instructed beforehand by her mother, she said, Give me here, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist.

9 And the king was grieved: nevertheless, on account of his oath, and of them who sat with him at the table, he commanded it to be given her:

10 and he sent and beheaded John in the prison :

11 and his head was brought on a dish, and was given to the damsel and she carried it to her mother.

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12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it; and went and told Jesus:

13 and when Jesus heard of it, he departed privately from thence by ship to a desert place: but when the people heard

14 And when Jesus came out of the ship, he saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and healed their sick:

15 and when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and it is now late; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food:

16 but Jesus said to them, They need not go away; give ye them to eat :

17 and they say to him, We have here only five loaves, and two fishes:

18 he said, Bring them hither

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while he should dismiss the multitudes :

23 and when he had dismissed the multitudes, he went up on a mountain apart, to pray; and when it was evening, he was there alone.

24 But the ship was already many furlongs from the land, tossed by the waves for the wind was contrary: 25 and in the fourth watch of the night he went to them, walking on the sea:

26 and when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, It is a phantom; and they cried out through fear.

27 But Jesus straightway spake to them, saying, Be of good courage; it is I; be not afraid :

28 and Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee on the water and he said, Come:

29 and Peter, going down from the ship, walked on the water, and went toward Jesus:

30 but, seeing the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me!

31 and immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, and caught him, and said to him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

32 And when they came into the ship, the wind ceased:

33 and those in the ship worshipped him, saying, Truly, thou art the Son of God.

34 And crossing over, they came into the land of Gennesaret:

35 and the men of that place knew him, and sent word to all the country around:

36 and they brought to him all that were diseased; and besought him, that they might only touch the hem of his garment and as many as touched it were thoroughly cured.

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2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

3 But he answered and said to them, And why do ye transgress the commandment of God, by your tradition?

4 for, God said, Honour thy father and mother; and, He that curseth father or mother, let him be put to death:

5 but ye say, Whosoever shall Mark, vii. 11 say to his father or mother, "Whatever thou mightest be "benefited by, from me, is "dedicated for a gift," will not fail in honour to his father or mother:

6 thus, ye have rendered the

Is. xxix. 13.

Mark, vii. 15.

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10 And calling the multitude to him, he said to them, Hear, and understand:

11 not that which cometh into the mouth defileth the man; but that which goeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

12 Then his disciples came, and said to him, Knowest thou, that when the Pharisees heard that saying, they revolted at it? 13 but he answered and said, Every plant that my heavenly Father hath not planted, will be rooted out:

14 let them alone; they are blind guides; and if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a ditch.

15 Then Peter answered and said to him, Declare to us this parable :

16 and Jesus said, are ye even yet without understanding?

17 do ye not understand, that whatever cometh into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

18 But, the things that go out of the mouth, come forth from the heart; and they defile the man:

19 for, from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies :

20 these are the things that defile the man: but, to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.

21 And going forth from thence, Jesus went into the territories of Tyre and of Sidon:

22 and behold a Cananæan woman, who was coming out of their borders, cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David! my daughter is grievously afflicted by a devil: but he answered her not a word;

23 and his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after

us:

24 then he answered and said, I am not sent, but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

25 And she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me!

26 but he answered her and said, It is not right to take the children's bread, and cast it to the dogs:

27 and she said, Yea, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.

28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it done to thee even as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour.

29 And returning from thence, Jesus went by the sea of Galilee; and going up on the mountain, he sat down there: 30 and great multitudes came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at his feet, and he healed them:

31 so that the multitude wondered, when they saw the deaf hear, the maimed made whole, the lame walk, and the blind see and they glorified the God of Israel.

32 And Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have not any thing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way:

33 and the disciples say to him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to satisfy so great a multitude?

34 and Jesus saith to them, how many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes:

35 and he bade the multitude to sit down on the ground:

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36 and taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake them, and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the multitude:

37 and they all eat, and were satisfied: and they took up of the remainder of the broken pieces, seven baskets full:

38 and they that had eaten were four thousand men, beside women and children.

39 And when he had dis- Mark, viii. 10 missed the multitude, he went into the ship, and came to the coasts of Magadan :

40 and the Pharisees and Sadducees came to try him; and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven:

41 but he answered them and said, A wicked and adulterous generation asketh for a sign; but no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah: and c. xii. 40. he left them and departed.

CHAPTER XVI.

AND when the disciples

were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread:

2 and Jesus said to them, See, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Saddu

cees:

3 and they thought in themselves, saying, It is because we have not taken bread :

Mark, viii. 19, 20.

Mark, viii. 27. Luke, ix. 18.

4 but Jesus, knowing it, said to them, O ye of little faith, why think ye in yourselves, that it is because ye have no bread?

5 do ye not yet understand; nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

6 nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

7 how is it that ye do not understand, that it was not concerning bread that I said to you, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

8 then they understood, that he did not bid them to beware of the leaven of the bread, but of that of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

9 And when Jesus came into the region of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am?

10 and they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets :

11 He saith to them, But Ye, whom say ye that I am?

12 and Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God! 13 and Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood revealed not this to thee,

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16 then he charged his disciples, that they should tell no one that he was the Christ.

17 From that time, Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes; and be killed, and be raised the third day.

18 But Peter, taking him up, rebuked him, saying, Mercy on thee, Lord: this shall not be to thee:

19 and he turned, and said to Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling block to me for thou regardest not the things of God, but those of men.

20 Then said he to his disciples, If any one will come after let him renounce himself, and take up his cross and follow me:

me,

21 for, he who wisheth to preserve his life, will lose it:

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