canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst "believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore,14 and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.

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28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

14 put him into great disquiet. Ham.

u 2 CHR. XX. 20: Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. MAT. xvii. 20: And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove: and nothing shall be impossible unto you. MARK, xi. 23: For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. LUKE, xvii. 6: If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. JOHN, xi. 40: Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? ACTs, xiv. 9: [Paul] perceiving that he had faith to be healed.

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▾ MAT. xvii. 19: Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing but by "prayer and 'fasting.

30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee 'Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.

31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered 15 into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?

34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be 16 the greatest.

35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first,

15 shall be delivered. Co. Ma. Cr. 16 was. Ham.

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w EPH. vi. 18: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.

* 1 COR. ix. 27: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.

y See on MAT. xvi. 21.

2 JOHN, xvi. 19: Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me and again a little while, and ye shall see me?

a MAT. xviii. 1: At the same time came the disciples to Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? LUKE, ix. 46: Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. do. xxii. 24: And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

MAT. XX. 26, 27: It shall not be so among you; but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister. And

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the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. 36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms," he said unto them,

37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

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38 ¶ And John answered him, saying, 'Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.

39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly 18 speak evil of me.

40 For he that is not "against us is on our part.

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whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant. MARK, X. 43: Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister:

c See MARK, x. 16.

"MAT. x. 40: He that receiveth you, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. LUKE, ix. 48: And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

e LUKE, ix. 49.

f NUMB. xi. 26-28: But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them, and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle, and they prophesied in the camp. And there ran a young man, and told Moses; and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. And Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.

1 COR. xii. 3: I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

LUKE, xi. 23: He that is not with me, is against me: and

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41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

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42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better 19 for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

43 And if thy hand offend thee,20 cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed,21 than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched :

44 Where their "worm dieth not, and the "fire is not quenched.

45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it

19 better would it be. Pu. 45, 47. A. V. 21 a cripple. Pu.

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he that gathereth not with me, scattereth. PHIL. i. 18: Notwithstanding every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. See on MAT. x. 42.

See on MAT. xviii. 6.

1 DEUT. xiii. 6: If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers. See on MAT. v. 29.

m ISA. lxvi. 24: They shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched. JuDITH, XVI. 17: Wo to the nations that rise up against my kindred the LORD Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgment, in putting fire and worms in their flesh; and they shall feel them, and weep for ever. ECCLUS, vii. 17: Humble thy soul greatly for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.

n JER. vii. 20: Thus saith the LORD God, Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place,-and it shall burn, and not be quenched. REV. xiv. 11: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

48 Where their worm dieth not, and the "fire is not quenched.

49 For every one shall be salted 22 with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt."

50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it ?23 Have salt in yourselves, and 'have peace one with another.

22 be seasoned. Cr. 23 what shall ye season therewith. Cr.

• See on MAT. v. 29.

P LUKE, xvi. 24: And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

9 LEV. ii. 13: Every oblation of thy meat-offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. EZEK. xliii. 24: And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

MAT. v. 13: Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. LUKE, xiv. 34: Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

EPH. iv. 29: Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. COL. iv. 6: Let your speech be alway with grace seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

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Ps. xxxiv. 14: Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. do. cxxxiii. 1: Behold, how good and how plea