15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus was eating in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with tax collectors and sinners?
17 When Jesus heard it, he saith to them, They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
19 And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they shall fast in those days.
21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the tear is made worse. [1]
22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. [2]
23 And it came to pass, that he went through the grain fields on the sabbath; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the heads of grain.
24 And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath that which is not lawful?
25 And he said to them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?
26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them who were with him?
27 And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
CHAP. 3.
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had a withered hand.
2 And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath; that they might accuse him.
3 And he saith to the man who had the withered hand, Stand forth. [3]
4 And he saith to them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
5 And when he had looked around on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored as whole as the other. [4]
6 And the Pharisees went forth, and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came to him.
9 And he spoke to his disciples, that a small boat should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
10 For he had healed many; so that they pressed upon him to touch him, as many as had afflictions. [5]
11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12 And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known.
13 And he goeth up upon a mountain, and calleth to him whom he would: and they came to him.
14 And he appointed twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
15 And to have authority to heal sicknesses, and to cast out demons:
16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;
17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19 And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him: and they went into an house. [6]
20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. [7]
22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the demons he casteth out demons.
23 And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
27 No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and plunder his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.
28 Verily I say to you, All sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they shall blaspheme:
29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never hath forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34 And he looked around on them who sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
35 For whoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
CHAP. 4.
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered to him a great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat on the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,
3 Hearken; Behold, a sower went out to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9 And he said to them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
11 And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are outside, all these things are done in parables:
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
13 And he said to them, Know ye
