fast. 9:16But no one puts a piece of unfilled cloth on an old garment; for it takes away its fullness from the garment, and the rent is made worse. 9:17Neither do they put new wine into old bottles; otherwise the bottles break, and the wine is poured out and the bottles destroyed; but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
9 9:18While he was saying these words to them, behold a ruler came and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is now dead, but come and put your hand on her and she shall live. 9:19And Jesus arose and followed him, and his disciples. 9:20And behold a woman having a hemorrhage of twelve years approached him from behind, and touched the fringe of his garment; 9:21for she said within herself, If I can only touch his garment I shall be cured. 9:22And Jesus turning around and seeing her, said, Daughter, be of good courage, your faith has cured you. And the woman was cured from that hour.
10 9:23And Jesus coming into the house of the ruler, and seeing the musicians and the multitude making a tumultuous noise, 9:24said, Go away; for the girl is not dead, but asleep. And they derided him. 9:25But when the multitude were removed he went in and took her hand, and the girl arose. 9:26And the report went out into all that land.
11 9:27And as Jesus was departing thence two blind men followed him, crying and saying, Have mercy on us, Son of David! 9:28And when he had gone into the house the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. 9:29Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it to you; 9:30and their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them strictly, saying, See that no one knows it. 9:31But they went out and made him known in all that land.
12 9:32And when they had gone away, behold, the people brought to him a man, a dumb demoniac. 9:33And the demon being cast out, the dumb spoke; and the multitudes wondered, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 9:34But the Pharisees said, He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.
13 9:35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease, and every infirmity. 9:36And seeing the multitudes he had compassion on them because they were faint and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd. 9:37Then he said to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers few. 9:38Pray, therefore, the Lord of the harvest to thrust laborers into his harvest.
CHAPTER VII.
THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES.
1 10:1AND calling his twelve disciples, he gave them power over impure spirits to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every infirmity. 10:2And the names of the twelve apostles are these; First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 10:3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James, the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, called Thaddeus; 10:4Simon, the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 10:5These twelve Jesus sent out and charged them, saying; Go not into a way of gentiles, and enter not into a city of Samaritans, 10:6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel; 10:7and as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand. 10:8Cure the sick, cleanse lepers, cast out demons; you have received gratuitously, gratuitously give. 10:9Take not gold, nor silver, nor copper for your purses, 10:10nor a provision sack for the way, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor staves; for the laborer is worthy of his support; 10:11and into whatever city or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till you leave. 10:12And when you go into a house, salute it; 10:13and if the house is worthy, your blessing shall come upon it; but if the house is not worthy, your blessing shall return to you. 10:14And if any one does not receive you, nor hear your words, when you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet. 10:15I tell you truly, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in a day of judgment, than for that city.
2 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves. 10:17But beware of men; for they will deliver you to Sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues, 10:18and you shall be brought before governors, and kings, for my sake, for a testimony to them and the nations. 10:19But when they have delivered you up be not anxious how you shall speak, or what you shall say, for it shall be given you in that hour what to say; 10:20for it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you. 10:21And a brother shall deliver a brother to death, and a father a son; and children shall rise up against their parents and put them to death; 10:22and you shall be hated by all men for my sake. But he that endures to the end shall be saved. 10:23And when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For I tell you truly, that you will not finish the cities of Israel till the Son of man shall come.
3 10:24A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 10:25It is sufficient for the disciple to be as his teacher, and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the members of his family by that name. 10:26Fear them not, therefore, for there is nothing concealed that shall not be revealed, nor hid that shall not be known. 10:27What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light, and what you hear in the ear, preach on the house-tops. 10:28And fear not those who kill the body and are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
4 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion [1.5 mills]? and one of them cannot fall to the ground without your Father. 10:30Even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 10:31Fear not, therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows. 10:32Every one, therefore, who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father in heaven; 10:33and whoever denies me before men, him will I also deny before my Father in heaven.
5 10:34Think not that I have come to send peace on the earth. I have not come to send peace, but a sword. 10:35I have come to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a bride against her mother-in-law; 10:36and a man's enemies shall be those of his own house. 10:37He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 10:38and he that does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 10:39He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it. 10:40He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me. 10:41He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 10:42And whoever shall give one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, I tell you truly, he shall by no means lose his reward. 11:1And when Jesus had finished his charge to his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.
CHAPTER VIII.
JOHN THE BAPTIST QUESTIONING CHRIST'S MESSIAHSHIP.
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