11 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sin

ners?

12 But JESUS hearing it, said: They that are in health, need not a physician, but they that are ill.

13 Go then and learn what this meaneth: 3 I will have mercy, and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, 4 but sinners.

14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often: but thy disciples do not fast?

15 And JESUS said to them: Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: and then they shall fast.

16 And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment: for it taketh away the fulness thereof from the garment: and there is made a greater rent.

17 Neither do they put new wine into old bottles; otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish. new wine they put into new bottles: and both are preserved.

But

18 As he was speaking these things unto them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, say ing: Lord, my daughter is even now dead: but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

19 And JESUS rising up followed him, with his disciples.

20 And behold a woman, who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.

21 For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed.

22 But JESUS turning and seeing

24 Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laugh

ed him to scorn.

25 And when the multitude was put forth, he went in: and took her by the hand. And the maid arose. 26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.

27 And as JESUS passed from thence, there followed him two blind men crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O son of David.

28 And when he was come to the house, the blind men came to him. And JESUS saith to them: Do you believe that I can do this unto you? They say to him: Yea, Lord.

29 Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith, be it done unto you.

30 And their eyes were opened: and JESUS strictly charged them, saying: See that no man know this. 31 But they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country.

32 And when they were gone out, behold they brought him a dumb man, possessed with a devil.

33 And after the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitudes wondered saying: Never was the like seen in Israel.

34 But the Pharisees said: By the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

35 And JESUS went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity.

36 And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.

37 Then he saith to his disciples: 10 The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.

38 Pray ve therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.

CHAP. 9.-1. Mark 2, 3; Luke 5, 18.-2.

23 And when JESUS was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the

Matt. 12, 17.-4. 1 Tim. 1, 15.-5. Mark 2, 18; Luke 5, 33.-6. Mark 5, 22; Luke 3, 41.-7. Mark 5, 25; Luke 8, 43.-8. Matt. 12, 22: Luke 11, 14.-9. Mark 6, 6.-10 Luke 10, 2.

shall fall on the ground without your Father.

30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.

32 Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven:

33 But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

34 Do 10 not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword;

35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law:

36 And 11 a man's enemies, shall be they of his own household.

37 He 12 that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

38 And 13 he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.

39 He that findeth his life, shall lose it: 14 and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.

40 He 15 that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man,

42 And 16 whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple: amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

CHAP. 10.-1. Mark 3, 13; Luke 6, 13

and 9, 1.-2. Acts 13, 46.-3. Mark 6, 8; Luke 9, 3 and 10, 4.-4. Luke 10, 3.-5. Luke 12, 11.-6. Luke 6, 40; John 13, 16 and 15, 20.-7. Mark 4, 22; Luke 8, 17 and 12, 2.-8. 2 Kings 14, 11.-9. Mark 8, 38: Luke 9, 26 and 12, 8; 2 Tim. 2, 12.-10. Luke 12, 51.-11. Mich. 7, 6.-12. Luke 14, 26.-13. Matt. 16, 24; Mark 8, 31; Luke 14, 27.-14. Luke 9, 24 and 17, 33; John 12, 25.-15. Luke 10, 16; John 13, 20.-16. Mark 9, 40.

CHAPTER XI.

John sendeth his disciples to Christ, who upbraideth the Jews with their incredulity, and calleth to him such as are sensible of their burdens.

ND it came to pass, when JESUS

had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he passed from thence, to teach and preach in their cities.

2 Now 1 when John had heard in prison the works of Christ, sending two of his disciples,

3 He said to him: Art thou he, that art to come, or look we for another?

4 And JESUS making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.

5 The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them:

6 And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.

7 And when they went their way, JESUS began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind?

8 But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.

9 But what went you out to see?

a prophet? Yea I tell you, and more than a prophet.

10 For this is he of whom it is written: 5 Behold I send my Angel before thy face who shall prepare thy way before thee.

11 Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.

13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John:

14 And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is to come.

15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

16 But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like

29 Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart; and you shall find rest to your souls.

30 For 10 my yoke is sweet and my burden light.

hath a devil,

19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a winedrinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.

20 Then began he to upbraid the cities, wherein were done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance.

21 Wo to thee, Corozain, wo to thee, Bethsaida: for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the mir acles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done pen ance in sack-cloth and ashes.

22 But I say unto you: It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.

23 And thou Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven? thou shalt go down even unto hell; for if in Sodom had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee, perhaps it had remained unto this day.

24 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

25 At that time JESUS answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones.

26 Yea, Father: for so hath it seemed good in thy sight.

27 All things are delivered to me by my Father. 8 And no one knoweth the Son, but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him.

28 Come to me, all you that la bour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.

CHAP. 12, ver. 4. The loares of proposihion. So were called the twelve loaves

CHAPTER XII.

Christ reproveth the blindness of the Pharisees, and confuteth their attributing his miracles to satan.

Ti that time JESUS went through the corn on the sabbath: and his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears, and to eat.

2 And the l'harisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days.

3 But he said to them: Have you not read 2 what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:

4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not law. ful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, 3 but for the priests only?

5 Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath-days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?

6 But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.

7 And if you knew what this meaneth: 5I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent:

8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.

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

10 And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-days? that they might accuse him.

11 But he said to them: 7 What man shall there be among you, that which were placed before the sanctuary in the temple of God.

hath one sheep, and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up? 12 How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is law ful to do a good deed on the sabbath-days.

13 Then he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth, and it was restored to health even as the other.

14 And the Pharisees going out made a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.

15 But JESUS knowing it, retired from thence and many followed him, and he healed them all:

16 And he charged them that they should not make him known.

17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying:

18 Behold 8 my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom. my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the gentiles. 19 He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets:

20 The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory:

21 And in his name the gentiles shall hope.

22 Then was offered to him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, so that he spoke and saw.

23 And all the multitudes were amazed and said: Is not this the son of David?

24 But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

Ver. 31. The blasphemy of the Spirit. The sin here spoken of is that blasphemy, by which the Pharisees attributed the miracles of Christ, wrought by the Spirit of God, to Beelzebub the prince of devils. Now this kind of sin is usually accompanied with such obstinacy. and such wilful opposing the Spirit of God, and the known truth; that men who are guilty of it are seldom or never converted: And therefore are never forgiven, because they will not repent. Otherwise there is no sin which God

25 And JESUS knowing their thoughts, said to them: 10 Every kingdom divided against itself, shall be made desolate: and every city or house divided against itself, shall not stand.

26 And if satan cast out satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand?

27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.

28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you;

29 Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he will rifle his house.

30 He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

31 Therefore I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

32 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him neither in this world, nor in the world to come.

33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil: for by the fruit the tree is known.

34 O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? 12 for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

35 A good man out of a good treas ure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

36 But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, cannot or will not forgive, to such as sincerely repent, and have recourse to the keys of the church.

Ver. 32. Nor in the world to come. From these words St. Augustine (De Civ. 1. 21. c. 13.) and St. Gregory (Dialog. 1. 4. c. 39.) gather, that some sins may be remitted in the world to come: and consequently that there is a purgatory or a middle place.

Ver. 36. Every idle word. This shews there must be a place of temporal punishment hereafter, where these slighter faults shall be punished.