1   At that time ^note Iesvs vvent through the corne on the Sabboth: and his Disciples being hungrie, began to plucke the eares, and to eate.

2   And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him. Loe, thy Disciples doe that vvhich is not lavvful

for them to doe on the Sabboth-dayes.

3   But he sayd to them, Haue you not read vvhat ^note Dauid did vvhen he vvas an hungred, and they that vvere vvith him:

4   hovv he entred into the house of God, and did eate the loaues of proposition, vvhich it vvas not lavvful for him to eate, nor for them that vvere vvith him, ^note but for priestes only?

5   Or haue ye not read in the ^note Lavv, that on Sabboth-dayes the priestes in the temple do breake the Sabboth, and are vvithout blame?

6   but I tel you that there is here a greater then the t&ebar;ple.

7   And if you did knovv vvhat it is, I wil mercie, and not ^note sacrifice: ^note you vvould neuer haue condemned the innocentes.

8   For the Sonne of man is lord of the Sabboth also.

9   And vvhen he had passed from thence, he came into their synagogue.

10   And ^note behold there vvas a man vvhich had a vvithered hand, and they asked him saying, Whether is it lavvful to cure on the Sabboths? that they might accuse him.

11   But he sayd to them, what man shal there be of you, that shal haue one sheepe: and if the same fall into a ditche on the Sabboths, vvil he not take hold and lift it vp?

12   Hovv much better is a man more then a sheepe? therfore it is lavvful on the Sabboths to doe a good deede.

13   Then he sayth to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. and he stretched it forth, and it vvas restored to health euen as the other.

14   And the Pharisees going forth made a c&obar;sultation agaynst him, hovv they might destroy him.

15   But Iesvs knovving it, retired from thence: and many folovved him, and he cured them all.

16   and he charged them that they should not disclose him.

17   That it might be fulfilled vvhich vvas spoken by Esay the Prophete, saying.

18   Behold my seruant vvhom I haue chosen, my beloued in vvhom my soul hath vvel liked. I vvil put my spirit vpon him, and iudgement to the Gentiles shal he shew.

19   He shal not contend nor crie out, neither shal any man heare in the streetes his voyce.

20   The reede bruised he shal not breake, and smoking flaxe he shal not extinguish: til he cast forth iudgement vnto victorie.

21   And in his name the Gentiles shal hope. ^note

22   Then ^note vvas offered to him one possessed vvith a deuil, blinde and dumme: and he cured him, so that he spake & saw.

23   And al the multitudes vvere amased, and sayd, Whether this be the Sonne of Dauid?

24   But the Pharisees hearing it, sayd. This felovv casteth not out diuels but09Q0432 in Beelzebub the Prince of the diuels.

25   And Iesvs knovving their cogitations, said to them.

25   Euery kingdom ^note deuided against it self shal be made

desolate: and euery citie or house deuided agaynst it self, shal not stand.

26   And if Satan cast our Satan, he is deuided against him self: hovv then shal his kingdom stand?

27   And if I in Beelzebub cast out deuils: your children in vvhom do they cast out? Therfore they shal be your iudges.

28   But if I in the Spirit of God do cast out deuils, then is the kingdom of God come vpon you.

29   Or hovv can a man enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his vessel, vnles he first binde the strong? and then he vvil rifle his house.

30   He that is09Q0433 not vvith me, is agaynst me: and he that09Q0434 gathereth not vvith me, scattereth.

31   Therfore I say to you, euery sinne and blasphemie shal be forgiuen men, but09Q0435 the blasphemie of the Spirit shal not be forgiuen.

32   And vvhosoeuer shal speake a vvord agaynst the09Q0436 Sonne of man, it shal be forgiuen him: but he that shal speake against the Holy Ghost, it shal not be forgiuen him neither in this vvorld, nor09Q0437 in the vvorld to come.

33   Either ^note make the tree good, and his fruite good: or make the tree euil, and his fruite euil. for of the fruite the tree is know&ebar;.

34   You vipers broodes, hovv can you speake good things, vvhereas you are euil? for of the aboundance of the hart the mouth speaketh.

35   A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an euil man out of an euil treasure bringeth forth euil things.

36   But I say vnto you, that euery09Q0438 idle vvord that men shal speake, they shal render an account for it in the day of iudgement.

37   For of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and of thy vvordes thou shalt be condemned.

38    ^noteThen ansvvered him certaine of the Scribes and Pharisees, saying, Maister, vve vvould see a signe from thee.

39   who ansvvered, and said to them,

39   The vvicked and aduouterous generation secketh a signe: and a signe shal not be giuen it, but the signe of Ionas the Prophet.

40   For as ^note Ionas vvas in the vvhales belly three dayes and three nightes: so shal the Sonne of man be in the hart of the earth three dayes and three nightes.

41   The men of Niniuee shal rise in the iudgem&ebar;t vvith this generati&obar;, and shal condemne it: because ^note they did penance at the preaching of Ionas. And behold more then Ionas here.

42   The ^note Queene of the South shal rise in the iudgement vvith this generation, and shal condemne it: because she came from the endes of the earth to heare the vvisedom of Salom&obar;, and behold more

then Salomon here.

43   And ^note vvhen an vncleane spirit shal goe out of a man, he vvalketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth not.

44   Then he saith, I vvil returne into my house vvhence I came out. And coming he findeth it vacant, svvept vvith besoms, and trimmed.

45   Then goeth he, and taketh vvith him seuen other spirites more vvicked then him self, and they enter in and dvvel there: and ^note the last of that man be made vvorse then the first. So shal it be also to this vvicked generation.

46    ^noteAs he vvas yet speaking to the multitudes, ^note behold his mother and his brethren stoode vvithout, seeking to speake to him.

47   And one said vnto him, Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking thee.

48   But he ansvvering him that told him, said,09Q0439 who is my mother, and vvho are my brethren?

49   And stretching forth his hand vpon his Disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren.

50   For vvhosoeuer shal doe the vvil of my father, that is in heauen: he is my brother, and sister, and mother. &cross4;

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