heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: 'I came not 'my special business for which I am sent is to to call the righteous, reduce wicked men to new life. but sinners to repent ance. 18 And the disci ples of John and 2 of the Pharisees 3 used according to their custom of frequent fasting, to fast: and they were now on a day of fast: and they— come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can" the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old gar h See note [e] on Matt. ix. 15. ment: else the new i if he do not take care not to run that error, that piece that filled it up patch of new cloth (see Matt. ix. 16.) taketh away— taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. 22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be 'marred but new wine must be put into new bottles. 23 And it came to pass, that he went Or, the Pharisees; for the King's MS. (and divers others) read, kal oi Papiraloi; and in the end of the verse kai oi Tŵr Papioaíwv is left out. 4 perish, ἀπολοῦνται. 3 were fasting, ἦσαν νηστεύοντες. through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples [a] began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. 24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? 25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? 26 How he went into the house of God [b]in the days * See Matt. xii. 1. in the time of Abimelech, just before Abiathar's of Abiathar the high coming to the high priesthood, and did eat priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. AND he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2 And they watch 28. See note [a] on Matt. xii. CHAP. III. a the synagogue at Capernaum, ch. i. 21. 2. And the Pharisees, ver. 6, desirous to have ed him, whether he somewhat to lay to his charge, thought they had now would heal him on an opportunity, and therefore observed greedily what he would do to this lame man, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day or no. the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. 5 about, or before Abiathar's being high priest. saith 4 And he unto them, Is it b Which do you conceive to be most unlawful on lawful to do good on the sabbath day, to hurt by not helping, when I am the sabbath days, able, to be guilty of killing one whom I can save? life, or to kill? But or else to work a cure, to deliver one in distress or they held their peace. danger? or to do evil? to save 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, с being grieved for ⚫ that their hearts were so hardened, as flesh which the hardness of their hath a thick skin grown over it, keeping his words or hearts, he saith unto miracles from having impression on them. the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out and his hand was restored whole as the other. 6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway d took d entered a consultation with the Herodians; see counsel with the He- note [b] on Matt. xxii. rodians against him, how they might destroy him. 7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judæa, 8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumæa, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. 9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. 10 For he had heal ed many; 1insomuch e they besought him to give them leave but to touch that they [a]press- him, and as many of them as had any disease upon ed upon him for to them, (see note [c] on 1 Cor. iv.) touch him, as many as had plagues. 11. And those that were possessed with devils, or 11 And unclean the devils in the possessed, when 1 so that they fell down before him. spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. 12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known. 13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him % whom he 2 would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they f those that were thus cured by him, and dispossessed (see note [b] on Matt. viii.) g a select number: and they— should be with him, h be continually attendant on him as disciples are and that he might wont, and go on his errands, to preach his doctrine, send them forth to preach, 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils : 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them [b] Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the 3 Canaanite. 19 And Judas Iscariot, which also ✦ betrayed him : and they went into an house. 5 20 And the multi &c. 15. And to those he gave power— 16. And these twelve were, 1. Simon, on whom he bestowed a surname, signifying a stone, or rock. i the forementioned house in Capernaum, ch. ii. 1. 20. And again so great a multitude came in unto tude cometh to- him, that they had no time or vacancy to take food, gether again, so that he and his disciples. they could not SO much as eat bread. 21 And when his friends heard of it, 21. And when his kindred heard the reports abroad they went out to lay concerning him, they came to him to get him home 2 pleased, 0λev: see note on Col. ii. 18. 3 Zelot: see note on Matt. x. 4. 4 delivered him up, παρέδωκεν αὐτόν. 5 come into the house, ἔρχονται εἰς οἶκον. hold on him for with them; for it was commonly reported that he was 6 : they said, He is in some excess or transportation. [e] beside himself. 22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusa lem said, He hath He is possessed with the devil, the prince or chief Beelzebub, and by of the devils, (see note [f] on Mark xii.) and by his the prince of the power it is, not by any divine authority, that he cures devils casteth he out and casts out devils. devils. 23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan 1 See Luke xi. 18. m the whole community of devils make an insurrec rise up against him- tion and schism against one another, they will cerself, and be divided, tainly be destroyed and not long continue. he cannot stand, but hath an end. 27 No man can en 27. No man can come into the house of a strong ter into a strong man, and rob him. See Matt. xii. 29. man's house, and spoil his goods, exrept he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. 28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 29 But he that gainst 28. See Matt. xii. 31. A shall blaspheme a- " shall resist the Holy Spirit, (see note [h] on Matt. the Holy xii.) there is no pardon to be had for him, without forgiveness, but is particular repentance and reformation, but is Ghost hath never in danger of eter nal damnation : 30 Because they • The miracles he doth are by the power of the said, He hath an unclean spirit. devil, ver. 22. That he was out of himself. 7 take away or plunder his household stuff, diapráσai tà σκεύη. 8 liable to, evoxos. |