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ples, hee departed thence to teache and to preach lifted vp vnto heauen, shalt be brought downe
in their cities. 2 And when Iohn heard in the to hell: for if the great workes, which haue bin
prison the woorkes of Christ, he sent two of his done in thee, had bene done among them of
disciples, and sayde vnto him, Art thou he that Sodom, they had remained to this day. 24 But
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shoulde come, or shall we looke for another? I say vnto you, that it shall be easier for them
4 And Iesus answering, said vnto them, Goe, and of the land of Sodom in the day of iudgement,
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shewe Iohn, what things ye heare, and see. The then for thee. 25 At that time Iesus answered,
blinde receiue sight, and the halt doe walke: the and saide, I giue thee thankes, O Father, Lord of
lepers are clensed, and the deafe heare, the dead heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these
are raised vp, and the poore receiue the Gospel. things from the wise and men of vnderstanding,
6 And blessed is he that shall not be offeded in me. and hast opened them vnto babes. 26 It is so, O
7 And as they departed, Iesus beganne to speake Father, because thy good pleasure was such. 27 All
vnto the multitude, of Iohn, What went ye out things are giuen vnto me of my Father: and no
into the wildernes to see? A reede shaken with man knoweth the Sonne, but ye Father: neither
the winde? 8 But what went ye out to see? A knoweth any man ye Father, but the Sonne, and
man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that he to whom ye Sonne will reueile him. 28 Come
weare soft clothing, are in Kings houses. 9 But vnto me, all ye that are wearie and laden, and I
what went ye out to see? A Prophet? Yea, I say will ease you. 29 Take my yoke on you, and learne
vnto you, and more then a Prophet. 10 For this of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye
is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I send my shall finde rest vnto your soules. 30 For my yoke
messenger before thy face, which shall prepare is easie, and my burden light.
thy way before thee. 11 Verely I say vnto you,
among them which are begotten of women, arose 12
there not a greater then Iohn Baptist: notwith- 1 At that time Iesus went on a Sabbath day
standing, he that is the least in the kingdome through ye corne, and his disciples were an hun-
of heauen, is greater then he. 12 And from the gred, and bega to plucke ye eares of corne and to
time of Iohn Baptist hitherto, the kingdome of eate. And when the Pharises sawe it, they saide
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heauen suffereth violence, and the violent take vnto him, Beholde, thy disciples doe that which
it by force. 13 For all the Prophetes and the Lawe 3
prophecied vnto Iohn. 14 And if ye will receiue is not lawfull to doe vpon the Sabbath. But he
it, this is that Elias, which was to come. 15 He said vnto them, Haue ye not read what Dauid did
that hath eares to heare, let him heare. 16 But when he was an hungred, and they that were with
whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like him? Howe he entred into ye house of God, and
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vnto litle children which sit in the markets, and did eate the shewe bread, which was not lawfull
call vnto their fellowes, 17 And say, We haue piped for him to eate, neither for them which were with
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vnto you, and ye haue not daunced, we haue him, but onely for the Priestes? Or haue ye not
mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented. read in the Lawe, how that on the Sabbath dayes
18 For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, the Priestes in the Temple breake the Sabbath,
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and they say, He hath a deuill. 19 The sonne and are blameles? But I say vnto you, that here
of man came eating and drinking, and they say, is one greater then the Temple. 7 Wherefore if
Beholde a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend ye knewe what this is, I will haue mercie, and
vnto Publicanes and sinners: but wisedome is not sacrifice, ye would not haue condemned the
iustified of her children. 20 Then began he to innocents. 8 For the sonne of man is Lord, euen
vpbraide the cities, wherein most of his great of the Sabbath. 9 And he departed thence, and
workes were done, because they repented not. went into their Synagogue: 10 And beholde, there
21 Woe be to thee, Chorazin: Woe be to thee, was a man which had his hand dried vp. And they
Bethsaida: for if ye great workes, which were asked him, saying, Is it lawfull to heale vpon a
done in you, had bene done in Tyrus and Sidon, Sabbath day? that they might accuse him. 11 And
they had repented long agone in sackecloth and he said vnto the, What man shall there be among
ashes. 22 But I say to you, It shalbe easier for you, that hath a sheepe, and if it fal on a Sabbath
Tyrus and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then day into a pit, doth not take it and lift it out?
for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum, which art 12 How much more then is a man better then a
sheepe? therefore, it is lawfull to doe well on a