Jesus preaches the Sermon on the Mount—Its teachings replace and transcend some aspects of the Law of Moses—Men are commanded to be perfect like their Father in heaven.

 ¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were ^afishers.

 And he saith unto them, ^aFollow^• me, and I will make you ^bfishers of men.

 And they straightway left their nets, and ^afollowed him.

 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of ^aZebedee^•, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he ^bcalled them.

 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become ^afishers of men.

 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

 And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

 And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

 AND it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a ^adraught^•.

 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have ^atoiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net ^abrake^•.

 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:

 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt ^acatch^• men.

 And when they had brought their ships to land, they ^aforsook^• all, and ^bfollowed him.

Jesus preaches the Sermon on the Mount—Its teachings replace and transcend some aspects of the Law of Moses—Men are commanded to be perfect like their Father in heaven.

 THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the ^asea^• side.

 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

 Some fell upon ^astony^• places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

 And some fell among ^athorns^•; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

 But other fell into good ground, and ^abrought^• forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in ^aparables^•?

 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the ^amysteries^• of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

 ^aFor^• whosoever hath, to him shall be ^bgiven^•, and he shall have more ^cabundance^•: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall ^ahear^•, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

 For this people’s ^aheart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their ^beyes they have ^cclosed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should ^dheal^• them.

 But blessed are your ^aeyes^•, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

 For verily I say unto you, That many ^aprophets^• and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

 ¶ ^aHear^• ye therefore the parable of the sower.

 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and ^aunderstandeth^• it not, then cometh the wicked one, and ^bcatcheth^• away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

 But he that received the seed into ^astony^• places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when ^atribulation or ^bpersecution^• ariseth because of the word, by and by ^che^• is offended.

 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this ^aworld^•, and the ^bdeceitfulness of ^criches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that ^aheareth the word, and ^bunderstandeth^• it; which also beareth ^cfruit^•, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

 ¶ Another ^aparable^• put he forth unto them, saying, The ^bkingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good ^cseed^• in his field:

 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed ^atares among the wheat, and went his way.

 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

 Let both grow together until the ^aharvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together ^bfirst^• the tares, and bind them in bundles to ^cburn^• them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a ^agrain^• of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the ^abirds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

 ¶ Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto ^aleaven^•, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in ^aparables^•; I will utter things which have been kept ^bsecret^• from the foundation of the world.

 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the ^atares^• of the field.

 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good ^aseed^• is the Son of man;

 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the ^atares^• are the children of the wicked one;

 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; ^athe^{• b}harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the ^aend of this world.

 The Son of man shall send forth his ^aangels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that ^boffend, and them which do iniquity;

 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be ^awailing^• and ^bgnashing of teeth.

 Then shall the ^arighteous^{• b}shine forth as the ^csun^• in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto ^atreasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

 Who, when he had found one ^apearl^• of great price, went and sold ^ball^• that he had, and bought it.

 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and ^agathered^• of every kind:

 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

 So shall it be at the ^aend of the world: ^bthe^• angels shall come forth, and ^csever^• the wicked from among the ^djust,

 ^aAnd^• shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

 Then said he unto them, Therefore every ^ascribe ^bwhich^• is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

 AND he began again to teach by the ^asea^• side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his ^adoctrine^•,

 Hearken; Behold, there went out a ^asower^• to sow:

 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

 And when he was ^aalone^•, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the ^amystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in ^bparables^•:

 That seeing they may see, and not ^aperceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be ^bforgiven them.

 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

 ¶ The sower soweth the word.

 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, ^aSatan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately ^areceive^• it with gladness;

 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when ^aaffliction^• or ^bpersecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of ^ariches, and the ^blusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

 ¶ And he said unto them, Is a ^acandle^• brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: ^aand^• unto you that hear shall more be ^bgiven^•.

 ^aFor^• he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be ^btaken^• even that which he hath.

 ¶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and ^agrow^• up, he knoweth not how.

 For the earth bringeth forth ^afruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the ^aharvest is come.

 ¶ And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were ^aable^• to hear it.

 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

 WHEN he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

 And, behold, there came a ^aleper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was ^acleansed.

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

 ¶ And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

 And, behold, there arose a great ^atempest^• in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

 And he saith unto them, Why are ye ^afearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and ^brebuked^• the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the ^asea^• obey him!

 ¶ And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with ^adevils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

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

 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.

 And, behold, the whole city came out to ^ameet^• Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their ^bcoasts^•.

 ¶ While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ^aruler^•, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy ^bhand upon her, and she shall ^clive^•.

 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.

 ¶ And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an ^aissue^• of ^bblood^• twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be ^awhole^•.

 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee ^awhole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

 And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they ^alaughed^• him to scorn.

 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.

 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.

 ¶ And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.

 And when he was come into the house, the ^ablind^• men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, ^bBelieve^• ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your ^afaith be it unto you.

 And their ^aeyes^• were ^bopened; and Jesus ^cstraitly^• charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

 But they, when they were departed, ^aspread^• abroad his ^bfame^• in all that country.

 ¶ As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a ^adevil^•.

 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,

 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy ^ahands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.

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 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?

 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only ^abelieve^•.

 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ^aado^•, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

 And they ^alaughed^• him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, ^aarise.

 And straightway the damsel ^aarose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.

 And he ^acharged^• them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.

 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with ^acompassion toward them, and he healed their ^bsick.

 ¶ And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves ^avictuals^•.

 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

 He said, Bring them hither to me.

 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and ^abrake^•, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they ^atook^• up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

 And they that had eaten were about ^afive^• thousand men, beside women and children.

 AND it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a ^adraught^•.

 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have ^atoiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net ^abrake^•.

 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:

 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,

 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 unto him.

 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ^aship^• should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

 For he had healed many; insomuch that they ^apressed^• upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

 And ^aunclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.

 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the ^ashepherd^•, and the sheep shall be scattered.

 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

 AFTER these things Jesus ^ashewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.

 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of ^aZebedee^•, and two other of his disciples.

 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

 But when the morning was now come, Jesus ^astood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.

 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.

 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.

 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.

 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, and hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.

 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.

 This is now the ^athird^• time that Jesus ^bshewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.

 ¶ So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, ^aFeed^• my sheep.

 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, ^aFeed my ^bsheep.

 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be ^aold, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

 This spake he, signifying by what ^adeath^• he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?

 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he ^atarry^• till I come, what is that to thee? ^bfollow thou me.

 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not ^adie^•: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?