1    ^noteAnd he entred againe into the Synagogue, and there vvas a man there that had a vvithered hand.

2   And they vvatched him vvhether he vvould cure on the Sabboths: that they might accuse him.

3   And he saith to the man that had the vvithered hand, Rise vp into the middes.

4   And he saith to them, Is it lavvful on the Sabboths to doe vvel or il? to saue a soule, or to destroy? but they held their peace.

5   And looking round about vpon them vvith anger, being sorovvful for the blindenes of their hart, he saith to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand vvas restored vnto him.

6   And the Pharisees going forth, immediatly made a consultation vvith the Herodians against him hovv they might destroy him.

7   But Iesvs vvith his Disciples retired to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee and Ievvrie folovved him,

8   and from Hierusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond Iordan. And they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things vvhich he did, came to him.

9   And he spake to his Disciples that a boate might attend on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

10   for he healed many, so that there preased in vpon him for ^note to touch him, as many as had hurtes.

11   And the vncleane spirites, vvhen they savv him, fel dovvne vnto him: and they cryed saying,

12   09Q0600Thou art the sonne of God. And he vehemently charged them that they should not disclose him.

13   And ^note ascending into a mountaine, he called vnto him vvhom he vvould him self: and they came to him.

14   And he made that09Q0601 tvvelue should be vvith him, and that he might send them to preach.

15   And he gaue them povver to cure infirmities, and to cast out diuels.

16   And he gaue to Simon the name09Q0602 Peter.

17   and Iames of Zebedee, and Iohn the brother of Iames: and he called their names, Boanerges, vvhich is, the sonnes of thunder.

18   and Andrevv and Philippe, and Bartlemevv and Matthevv, and Thomas and Iames of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus and Simon Cananaeus,

19   and Iudas Iscariote, vvho also betrayed him.

20   And they come to a house: and the multitude resorteth together againe, so that they could not so much as eate bread.

21   And vvhen his had heard of it, they vvent forth to lay hands on him. for they said, That he vvas become ^note mad.

22   And the Scribes vvhich vvere come dovvne from Hierusalem, said, ^note That he hath Beelzebub: and that in the prince of deuils he casteth out deuils.

23   And after he had called them together, he said to them in parables, Hovv can Satan cast out Satan?

24   And if a09Q0603 kingdom be deuided against it self, that kingdom can not stand.

25   And if a house be deuided against it self, that house can not stand.

26   And if Satan be risen against him self, he is deuided, and can not stand, but hath an end.

27   No body can rifle the vessel of the strong, being entred into his house, vnles he first binde the strong, and then shal he rifle his house.

28   Amen I say to you, that al sinnes shal be forgiuen the sonnes of men, and the blasphemies wherevvith

they shal blaspheme.

29   But he that shal blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, he hath not forgiuenesse for euer, but shal be guilty of an09Q0604 eternal sinne.

30   Because they said, He hath an vncleane spirit.

31   And ^note there come his mother and brethren: and standing vvithout they sent vnto him calling him,

32   and the multitude sate about him: and they say to him, Behold thy mother and thy brethren vvithout seeke thee.

33   And ansvvering them, he said,09Q0605 Who is my mother and my brethren?

34   And looking about vpon them vvhich sate round about him, he saith, Behold my mother and my brethren.

35   For vvhosoeuer shal doe the vvil of God, he is my brother and my sister and mother.

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