S. LUKE. Of loving d36 Be ye therefore merciful, d 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: d 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it i shall be measured to you again. i 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. our enemies. clearly to pull out the mote 44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. t 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. 46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: 48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. d41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy bro-i 49 But he that heareth, and ther's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. g CHAP. VII. Thou hypocrite, cast out first NOW when he had ended all his sayings in the authe beam out of thine own dience of the people, he enye, and then shalt thou sectered into Capernaum. The centurion's faith. CHAP. f2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. VII. The dead raised. 11 ¶ And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. 3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him thes 12 Now when he came nigh elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. 4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. h 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on 5 For he loveth our nation, her, and said unto her, Weep and he hath built us a syna-not. gogue. 6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: 14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. m15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. 16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visit 7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word,and my servant shall be healed. t 8 For I also am a man set under authority, having un-ed his people. der me soldiers, and I say un- g 17 And this rumour of him to one, Go, and he goeth; and went forth throughout all to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. mio And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick. Judea, and throughout all 19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto Ithee, saying, Art thou he Christ's testimony S. LUKE. of John. that should come? or look we] least in the kingdom of God for another? is greater than he. m21 And in the same hour he f23 And blessed is he, who- 29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. p 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. 31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? i 32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have 24 And when the mes-piped unto you, and ye have sengers of John were de-not danced; we have mourned parted, he began to speak to you, and ye have not wept. unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. 34 The Son of man is come 25 But what went ye out eating and drinking; and ye for to see? A man clothed in say, Behold a gluttonous soft raiment? Behold, they man, and a wine-bibber, a which are gorgeously appar-friend of publicans and sinelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. 26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. p27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. t 28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is ners! 35 But wisdom is justified of all her children, ƒ 36 ¶ And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. d37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and be Christ's feet anointed. CHAP. VIII. Parable of the sower. gan to wash his feet with man hath anointed my feet tears, and did wipe them with with ointment. 48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. the hairs of her head, and t 47 Wherefore I say unto kissed his feet, and anointed thee, Her sins, which are them with the ointment. many, are forgiven; for she 39 Now when the Pharisee loved much: but to whom which had bidden him saw little is forgiven, the same it, he spake within himself, loveth little. saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of wo- 49 And they that sat at meat man this is that toucheth with him began to say withhim: for she is a sinner. in themselves, Who is this c 40 And Jesus answering that forgiveth sins also? said unto him, Simon, I have d 50 And he said to the wosomewhat to say unto thee. man, Thy faith hath saved And he saith, Master, say on. thee: go in peace. 41 There was a certain creditor which had two debt ors: the one owed five hunt dred pence, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most? CHAP. VIII. AND it came to pass af terward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, 2 And certain women, which had been healed of 43 Simon answered and evil spirits and infirmities, said, I suppose that he, to Mary called Magdalene, out whom he forgave most. And of whom went seven devils, he said unto him, Thou hast d 3 And Joanna the wife of rightly judged. Chuza Herod's steward, and d44 And he turned to the Susanna, and many others, woman, and said unto Si-which ministered unto him mon, Seest thou this woman? of their substance. I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. 45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: i 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 46 My head with oil thou 6 And some fell upon a didst not anoint: but this wo-rock; and as soon as it was lighted a candle, covereth it Parable of the sower. S. LUKE. and of the candle. sprung up, it withered away, d 16¶ No man, when he hath because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns;and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundred fold, And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? d 18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and t 10 And he said, Unto you whosoever hath not, from it is given to know the mys-him shall be taken even that teries of the kingdom of God: which he seemeth to have. but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. f 19¶ Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.. 20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. d 21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. 13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, f 22¶ Now it came to pass on receive the word with joy, a certain day, that he went and these have no root, which into a ship with his disciples: for a while believe, and in and he said unto them, Let us time of temptation fall away. go over unto the other side of 14 And that which fell the lake. And they launched among thorns are they, forth. which, when they have heard, 23 But as they sailed he go forth, and are choked with fell asleep: and there came cares and riches and plea- down a storm of wind on the sures of this life, and bring lake; and they were filled no fruit to perfection. with water, and were in jeopardy. e 15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an m24 And they came to him, honest and good heart,having and awoke him, saying, Masheard the word, keep it, and ter, master, we perish. Then bringforthfruit with patience. The arose, and rebuked the |