25 But when the

people were [i] put

forth, he went in,

he came to her, as to one that was asleep, and

and took her by the took her by the hand, and she awaked, or came

hand, and the maid to life again, and rose up.

arose.

26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying,

t

and saying, Thou

Thou which art the Messias, (which wert pro

Son of David, have mised to be of David's seed,) of whom it is oft mercy on us. prophesied, that he shall open the eyes of the blind, 28 And when he (Isa. xlii. 7. 29. 18, and xxxv. 5.) have—

was come into the

house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly [k] charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

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

32 As they went

out, behold, they

" See note [6] on chap. viii.

brought to him a * one that by the devil's possessing him was fallen

dumb man possessed dumb.

with a devil.

33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake : and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

34 But the Pha

risees said, 'He y See note [f] chap. xii. 24.

casteth out devils

* This verse is wholly omitted by the Gr. and Lat. MS., and seems to be taken in here from chap. xii. 24, to which the other places, Matt. iii. 22. and Luke xi. 15, are parallel.

through the prince of the devils.

35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages,

1 [7] teaching in their

expounding the scriptures in their synagogues, synagogues, and and on that occasion making known to them the preaching the gospel doctrine of the gospel, and healing all that were of the kingdom, and brought to him, or came in his way.

healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because "they

a

they wanted a guide or director to teach them con10 [m] fainted, and stantly, and so were wearied out with wandering up were scattered a- and down betwixt their false guides, scribes and broad, as sheep havPharisees, and were—

ing no shepherd.

b

bourers are few;

37 Then saith he There are great store of those that are willing to unto his disciples, receive instruction, but few to give it them aright; The harvest truly is and therefore it is the duty of all Christians that plenteous, but the la- have any care of the souls of their brethren, to 38 Pray ye there- pray (according as the four ember weeks have since fore the Lord of the been appointed in the church) that God will send harvest, that he will (see note []) orthodox and skilful labourers for the use of his church, to convert and instruct those that are ready for it. (This very fitly at this point of time, immediately before Christ proceeds to ordination of the twelve, chap. x. 1.)

send forth labourers into his harvest.

AND when he had

ness and all manner

of disease.

CHAP. X.

1. AND selecting twelve of his followers who called unto him his should continually be with him, and whom he might twelve disciples, he send out on any message of preaching, &c., Mark iii. gave them power against unclean spi- 15, (and who should after his death undertake the rits, [a] to cast them whole work of preaching, &c.,) he now ordains them out, and to heal to that office, and to that end he gave them powerall manner of sick- The name of the first was formerly Simon, or Simeon, which signifies hearkening, or obedient, (a 2 Now the names name aptly noting his readiness to follow Christ and of the twelve apo- become his disciple,) but by Christ he is now called stles are these; "The Cephas (see John i. 43.) in Syriac, which signifies a called [b] Peter, and stone, such as might be fit in a building to be superAndrew his brother; structed upon Christ the corner-stone, and that in James the son of Ze- the Greek is Petros, in English turned into the bedee, and John his appellative Peter, and with him, Andrew his brother, brother; and James and John, two sons of Zebedee, after called Boanerges,

first, Simon, who is

10 were strayed, or tossed and wearied.

3 Philip, and Bar

tholomew; b Thob Thomas Didymus, and Matthew or Levi, who mas, and Matthew had been a publican; James the son of Alphæus, and the publican; James Lebbæus or Judas, the brother of James, Luke vi. 16, the son of Alphæus, who also was surnamed Thaddeus. and Lebbæus, whose surname was Thaddæus ;

5 These twelve Je

5, 6. These twelve Jesus furnished then with a 4 Simon the '[c]Ca- commission which they should use at present; as on naanite, and Judas occasion he should send them out to any city, and [d] Iscariot, who al- after his death, by going and preaching the gospel so betrayed him. over all the cities of Judæa, against which time he sus sent forth, and now gave them command, saying, When you go commanded them, about that work, preach the gospel first to the Jews saying, Go not into strictly taken, the cities of the seed of Abraham the way of the Gen- through all Judæa, and till you have first preached tiles, and into any city of the Samari- through all their region, (see Acts xiii. 46,) go not to any of the cities that border upon Galilee, nor to Sa6 But go rather to maria, nor to any other city from them. See note [e] the lost sheep of the on chap. iv.

tans enter ye not:

house of Israel.

7 And as ye go,

A remarkable visitation from heaven approachpreach, saying, The eth, as of notable punishments upon the unreformed, kingdom of heaven so of deliverance and protection to the penitent among you that shall timely receive the faith of 8 Heal the sick, Christ.

is at hand.

cleanse the lepers,

raise the dead, cast 8. And wherever ye come, make use of the power out devils: freely ye which I now give you, with the same frankness and have received, freely liberality that is used toward you; work all manner of give. healing merciful miracles wheresoever ye come, to all that beg them from you.

9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your [e] purses,

10 Nor scrip for

9. Make no provision of money, much or little.

10. Nor of victuals, nor clothes to carry with your journey, nei- you, nor of any thing for your defence by the way. ther two coats, nei- For taking so much pains for the benefit of others, ye ther shoes, nor yet staves: for the may very reasonably expect to be entertained for all workman is worthy necessaries by them who profit by you.

3

of his meat.

11. Whensoever therefore you come into a town II And into what- or village, enquire what pious person there is dwellsoever city or town ye shall enter, en- ing there, and there fasten your station, and eat and quire who in it is drink what they set before you, Luke x. 7, and go not worthy; and there from that house to any other while you stay in the abide till ye go town.

thence.

12 And when ye dsay, Peace (that is, all kind of prosperity) be come into an house, to this house! "salute it.

13 And if the house

13. And if those of the house be qualified to receive it, your blessing shall rest upon it; but if not, peace come upon it: your blessing shall return upon you, and they shall

be worthy, let your

1 Canaanite or Zelot.

páßbov, see note [e.]

delivered him up, see note [d] on chap. xvii.

3

a staff,

but if it be not wor- receive no advantage (but the contrary) by your comthy, let your peace ing among them on a design of so much charity.

e

return to you. depart from them, and use that expression of 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, shaking off the dust from your feet, as a testimony to nor hear your words, them, that in their rejecting or not receiving of you, when ye depart out they have rejected the only remaining means of their of that house or city, salvation; and as a testimony against them that will one day be brought to give in a sad evidence, the 15 Verily I say un- dust shaken off from your feet (as it signifies that to you, it shall be you have been there, and thus been fain to depart more tolerable for from them) will fall very heavy upon them.

shake off the dust of

your feet.

the land of Sodom

and Gomorrha in 15. I assure you the punishment or destruction the day of judgment, that will light upon that city shall be such, that the than for that city. destruction of Sodom shall appear to have been more 16 ¶ Behold, I tolerable than that. See note [c] on chap. iii. send you forth as f and therefore, though ye may be allowed to be sheep in the midst of wolves: [f] be ye as prudent and wary as may be to preserve yourtherefore wise as ser- selves, because they among whom you go are rapents, and '[g]harm- venous as wolves, yet ye must most strictly preserve 17 But beware of your mildness and meekness.

less as doves.

'men: for they will 17. Your greatest danger will be from the men, deliver you up to the as they are called, 1 Pet. ii. are called, 1 Pet. ii. 4, those you wot of, of councils, and they the Jewish sanhedrin and consistories; for you shall will scourge you in be accused and brought before them, who, if your their synagogues; offences be not conceived capital, shall scourge you 18 And ye shall be brought before go- (according to Deut. xxv. 2.) in their assemblies. vernors and kings 18. But if they desire to have you punished capifor my sake, for a tally, they will remove you from thence to the Rotestimony against them and the Gen- man governors, requiring you to be put to death (as it was with Christ, John xviii. 30.); and this car19 But when they rying you from the Jewish to the heathen, from one deliver you up, take tribunal to another, will be a means to proclaim and no thought how or testify the gospel to Gentiles as well as Jews.

tiles.

8

g

what ye shall speak:

you

for it shall be given make no provision beforehand what answers in that same ye shall give, ye shall at the time be directed what hour what ye shall answers to make. And how suspicious soever ye speak. may be of your own abilities, yet this need not 20 For it is not ye trouble you, for God will enable you to speak that that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which is most fit and proper to be spoken by you; and which speaketh in sure they that have God to enable and direct them, need not fear they shall want answers.

you.

21 And the brother shall deliver up the

the father the child:

21. And one Christian (at least such as pretend to brother to death, and be so) shall accuse and deliver up another to the perand the children shall secutors, and forgetting all natural affection, the nearrise up against their est kindred shall mischief one another, and cause

5

* mild, meek, wrathless. the men, τῶν ἀνθρ. 6 consistories, σvvédpia. blies: see note [d] on chap. vi. and note [6] on James ii. 8 to them, autoîs.

parents, and cause them to be put to death. See chap. xxiv. 9, 10. and them to be put to 2 Tim. iii. 3, 4.

death.

saved.

22. And the Jews, wheresoever you come, shall 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for persecute you for preaching of Christ; but there is a my name's sake: but fatal day approaching for these Jews, and they that he that [h] endureth in despite of all these persecutions, ver. 18-22, to the end shall be shall stick fast to their Christian profession, they shall, 23 But when they beside their crown in another world, have a remarkpersecute you in this able deliverance here out of that destruction which city, flee ye into an- universally lighteth upon all others. other: for verily I h when they thus persecute you in one city, you say unto you, Ye shall not have may flee to another; and be assured from me, that over the cities of Is- by that time you have gone through all the cities rael, till the Son of of the Jews, ver. 6, this fatal day shall come upon man be come. your persecutors: see note [h].

gone

[not above his

24 The disciple is 24. How reasonable it is for you to expect this ill master, nor the ser- usage among men, ye may judge by what ye see alvant above his lord. ready, and shall more largely hereafter discern to be25 It is enough for fall me: the disciple cannot in reason expect to be the disciple that he better used than his master, nor the servant than his be as his master, and lord.

the servant as his

how much more shall

houshold?

you

lord. If they have 25. The most that a disciple or servant can aspire called the master of to, is to come to his master's perfection, Luke vi. 40. the house Beelzebub, And if they have called me Beelzebub, how much reathey call them of his son have you to expect that they shall deal with as with the wickedest apostates in the world, revile 26 Fear them not you proportionably in your places and orders! therefore: for there 26. Be ye therefore courageous, not terrified by that shall not be re any thing that can befall you; this fear or foresight of vealed; and hid, the danger must not make you conceal any thing that that shall not be I have taught you. See Mark iv.

is nothing covered,

known.

housetops.

22.

27. And therefore what I say now in parables to 27 What I tell you in darkness, that you, do ye courageously publish to all; and what I speak ye in light: more privately impart to you as my disciples, and not and what ye [k] hear to the multitude, chap. v. 1, do you stand on the top in the ear, that of the houses and proclaim from the battlements to preach ye upon the the people in the streets as publicly as ye can. 28. And never be afraid of any man, armed with them which kill the the most power or malice; for the utmost he can do body, but are not is to kill your bodies, but your souls he cannot touch. able to kill the soul: And what an improvidence would it be in you, if to which is able to de- escape those terrors ye should neglect your duty, and stroy both soul and so incur that far greater danger from God, who hath body in hell.

28 And fear not

but rather fear him

29 Are not two

employed you, whose punishments are far more terrible, casting unprofitable servants' bodies and souls, into eternal misery and torments.

29. Besides, consider that all the power of men

9 escape.