A   And he entred agayne into the synagoge, and ther was a m&abar; there whych and a ^note wythred hande. And they watched hym, whether he wolde heale hym on the Sabboth daye, that they myght accuse hym. And he sayde vnto the man whych had the wythred h&abar;de: aryse, and st&abar;de in the middes. And he sayth vnto them, whether is it lawfull to do good on the Sabboth dayes, or to do euyll? to saue lyfe, or to kyll? But they helde their peace. And whan he had looked round aboute on them, wyth anger, mournynge on the blyndnes of their hertes, he sayeth to the m&abar;, ^note stretch forth thine hande. And he stretched it out. ^noteAnd hys h&abar;de was restored, euen as whole as the other. &cross3;

^noteAnd the Pharises departed, &abar;d streight waye gathred a councell (with them that belonged to Herode) agaynst hym, that they myght destroye him. But Iesus auoyded &wt; his disciples to the see. ^noteAnd a greate multitude folowed hym from Galile: and from Iurie, and from Ierusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyonde Iordane, ^note and they þt; dwelled about Tyre and Sidon, a greate multitude of m&ebar;: which (wh&ebar; they had herde what thinges he dyd) came vnto hym.

B   And Iesus c&obar;maunded his disciples, that a ship shuld wayt on hym, because of þe; people, leste they shuld thronge him. For he had healed many, in somoch that they preased vpon him, for to touch him, as many as had plages. And when the vncleane spretes sawe him, they fell downe before him, ∧ cryed, sayinge: thou art the sonne of God. And he straytly charged them, that they shuld not make him knowne.

And he went vp into a mountayne, ∧ called vnto hym whom he wolde, and they came vnto him. ^noteAnd he ordeyned the twelue that they shuld be with him, and þt; he myght sende th&ebar; forth to preach: C   ∧ that they myght haue power to heale syknesses, ∧ to cast out deuyls. And he gaue vnto Symon to name, Peter. And he called Iames the sonne of Zebede and Iohn, Iames brother, and gaue th&ebar; to name Boanarges, whych is to saye, the sonnes of thonder. And Andrew, ∧ Philip, and Bartholomew, and Mathew, ∧ Thomas, and Iames the sonne of Alphe, and Thaddeus, and Symon of Canaan, &abar;d Iudas Iscarioth: whych also betrayed him.

And they came into the house, and þe; people assembled together agayne, so that they had not leysar, so moch as to eate breed. And when they that belonged vnto hym, heard of it, they went out to laye handes vp&obar; him. For they sayde: he is madd. And þe; Scrybes whych came downe from Ierusalem, sayde: he hath Belzebub, and ^note by the chefe deuyll, casteth he out deuyls. And he called th&ebar; vnto him, and sayde vnto them in parables.

D   How can Satan dryue out Satan? And yf a realme be deuyded agaynste it selfe, that realme cannot endure: And yf a house be deuided againste it selfe, that house cannot c&obar;tynue. And yf Satan make insurreccyon agaynst him selfe, ∧ be deuided, he cannot c&obar;tynue, but hath an ende: No man can entre into astronge mans house, ∧ take awaye hys goodes, excepte he fyrst bynde þe; str&obar;ge man, ∧ then spoyle his house. Uerely I saye vnto you, all synnes shalbe forgeuen vnto mens children: and blasphemyes wherwith soeuer they haue blasphemed. ^noteBut he þt; speaketh blasphemy agaynst the holy goost, hath neuer forgeuenes, but is in daunger of eternall

damnacyon: For they sayde: he hath an vncleane sprete. ^noteThere came also his mother ∧ his brethr&ebar;, &abar;d stode with out, and sent vnto h&ibar; to call him out. And þe; people sat aboute him, &abar;d sayde vnto him: beholde, thy mother ∧ thy &rhand; brethren seke for the with out. And he answered them, sayinge: who is my mother and my brethren? And whan he had loked rounde about on his discyples, which sat in compasse about him, he sayde: behold my mother and my brethren. For whosoeuer doeth the wyll of God, the same is my brother and my syster and mother.

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