⁴And Jesus saith to him: See thou tell no man: but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

⁵And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,

⁶And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grievously tormented.

⁷And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him.

⁸And the centurion, making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

⁹For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

¹⁰And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that followed him. Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.

¹¹And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:

¹²But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

¹³And Jesus said to the centurion: Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was healed at the same hour.

¹⁴And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying, and sick of a fever;

¹⁵And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered to them.

¹⁶And when evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word: and all that were sick he healed:

¹⁷That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet Isaias, saying: He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.

¹⁸And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water.

¹⁹And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.

²⁰And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

²¹And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

²²But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

²³And when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed him:

²⁴And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep.

²⁵And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.

²⁶And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up, he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm.

²⁷But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him?

²⁸And when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that none could pass by that way.

²⁹And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

³⁰And there was, not far from them, a herd of many swine feeding.

³¹And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.

³²And he said to them: Go. But they going out went into the swine, and behold the whole herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea: and they perished in the waters.

³³And they that kept them fled: and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils.

³⁴And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coast.

Chapter 9

And entering into a boat, he passed over the water and came into his own city.

²And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

³And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth.

⁴And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts?

⁵Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walk?

⁶But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.

⁷And he arose, and went into his house.

⁸And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.

⁹And when Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man sitting in the custom house, named Matthew; and he saith to him: Follow me. And he arose up and followed him.

¹⁰And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

¹¹And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?

¹²But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill.

¹³Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

¹⁴Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees, fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?

¹⁵And Jesus said to them: Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

¹⁶And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fulness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent.

¹⁷Neither do they put new wine into old bottles. Otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish. But new wine they put into new bottles: and both are preserved.

¹⁸As he was speaking these things unto them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

¹⁹And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples.

²⁰And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.

²¹For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed.

²²But Jesus turning and seeing her, said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

²³And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout,

²⁴He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

²⁵And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose.

²⁶And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.

²⁷And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two blind men crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David.

²⁸And when he was come to the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus saith to them, Do you believe, that I can do this unto you? They say to him, Yea, Lord.

²⁹Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it done unto you.

³⁰And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know this.

³¹But they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country.

³²And when they were gone out, behold they brought him a dumb man, possessed with a devil.

³³And after the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitudes wondered, saying, Never was the like seen in Israel.

³⁴But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

³⁵And Jesus went about all the cities and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity.

³⁶And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.

³⁷Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.

³⁸Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.

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