him.
28 Come unto me, all yethat labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find
rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke iseasy, and my burden is light.
1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an
hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not
lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they
that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for
him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane
the sabbath, and are blameless?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is onegreater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what thismeaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not
have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10 And, behold, there was a man which had hishand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it
lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if
it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift itout?
12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the
sabbath days.
13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched itforth; and it was
restored whole, like as the other.
14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed
him, and he healed them all;
16 And charged them that they should not make him known:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will
put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth
judgment unto victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him,
insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellowdoth not cast out devils, but by
Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is
brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom
stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast themout? therefore

they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind
the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but
the blasphemy againstthe HolyGhost shall not be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but
whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world,
neither in the worldto come.
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit
corrupt: for the tree is known by hisfruit.
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man
out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account
thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a
sign from thee.
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign;
and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be
three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it:
because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas ishere.
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn
it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and,
behold, a greater than Solomon ishere.
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest,
and findeth none.
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he
findeth itempty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and
they enter in and dwell there: and the last stateof that man is worse than the first. Even so
shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, hismother and his brethren stood without,
desiring to speak with him.
47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak
with thee.
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my
brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my
brethren!
50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother,
and sister, and mother.
1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat;

and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4 And when he sowed, some seedsfell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them
up:
5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up,
because they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered
away.
7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold,
some thirtyfold.
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the
kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever
hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear
not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and
shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and theirears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they
have closed; lest at any time they should see with theireyes, and hear with theirears, and
should understand with theirheart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
16 But blessed areyour eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous menhave desired to see those
thingswhich ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those thingswhich ye hear, and have
not heard them.
18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth itnot, then cometh the
wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed
by the way side.
20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and
anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution
ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this
world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and
understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty,
some thirty.
24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man
which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good
seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that
we go and gather them up?