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* And (note :)Thirdly , because they preferred the ceremonial law (which was but an addition to the moral law ) before the moral law , whereas in reality they should have learned from this the true use of the ceremonial law .(:note ) he entered again into the synagogue ; and there was a man there which had a That is , unprofitable and dead . withered hand . * And they watched him , whether he would heale him on the Sabbath day , that they might accuse him . * Then he saide vnto the man which had the withered hand , Arise : stand forth in the middes . * And he saith unto them , Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days , or to do evil ? to save (note :)He uses here the figure of speech called synecdoche , for this type of saying , «to save the life », is the same as saying «to save the man ».(:note ) life , or to kill ? But they held their peace . * And when he had looked round about on them (note :)Men are angry when they have wrong done to them , but not without sin : but Christ is angry without sin , and he is not sorry for the injury that is done to him as much as he is for their wickedness ; and therefore he had pity upon them , and because of that he is said to have been grieved .(:note ) with anger , being grieved for the As though their heart had been closed up and had grown together , so that wholesome doctrine had no effect upon them . hardness of their hearts , he saith unto the man , Stretch forth thine hand . And he stretched [it ] out : and his hand was restored whole as the other . * * But Iesus auoided with his disciples to the sea : and a great multitude followed him from Galile , and from Iudea , * And from Jerusalem , and from Idumaea , and [from ] (note :)Which Josephus called stony or rocky .(:note ) 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 ship should (note :)Should always be ready for him .(:note ) wait on him because of the multitude , lest they should throng him . * For he had healed many ; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him , as many as had (note :)Diseases with which God scourges men as it were with whips .(:note ) plagues . * And (note :)In those whom they had entered into : or by the figure of speech called metonymy , it refers to those who were vexed with the unclean spirits .(:note ) unclean spirits , when they saw him , fell down before him , and cried , saying , Thou art the Son of God . * And he sharply rebuked them , to the ende they should not vtter him . * Then hee went vp into a mountaine , and called vnto him whome he woulde , and they came vnto him . * * And that they might haue power to heale sicknesses , and to cast out deuils . * And the first was Simon , and hee named Simon , Peter , * Then Iames the sonne of Zebedeus , &amp ; Iohn Iames brother (and surnamed them Boanerges , which is , the sonnes of thunder ,) * And Andrew , and Philip , and Bartholomew , and Matthew , and Thomas , and James the [son ] of Alphaeus , and (note :)Whom Luke also calls Judas : and to make a distinction the other Judas is called Iscariot .(:note ) Thaddaeus , and Simon the Canaanite , * And Judas Iscariot , which also betrayed him : and they went into an (note :)The disciples whom Christ had taken as part of his company and to live with him come home to his house , to be with him from this point on .(:note ) house . * And the multitude assembled againe , so that they could not so much as eate bread . * * And the Scribes which came downe fro Hierusalem , saide , He hath Beelzebub , &amp ; through the prince of the deuils he casteth out deuils . * But he called them vnto him , and said vnto them in parables , How can Satan driue out Sata ? * For if a kingdome bee deuided against it selfe , that kingdome can not stand . * Or if a house bee deuided against it selfe , that house can not continue . * And if (note :)Satan 's servants or followers .(:note ) Satan rise up against himself , and be divided , he cannot stand , but hath an end . * No man can enter into a strong mans house , and take away his goods , except hee first binde that strong man , and then spoyle his house . * * But hee that blasphemeth against the holy Ghost , shall neuer haue forgiuenesse , but is culpable of eternall damnation . * * There came then his (note :)By the name «brother » the Hebrews understand all that are of the same stock and blood .(:note ) brethren and his mother , and , standing without , sent unto him , calling him . * And the people sate about him , and they said vnto him , Beholde , thy mother , and thy brethren seeke for thee without . * But hee answered them , saying , Who is my mother and my brethren ? * * For whosoeuer doeth the will of God , he is my brother , and my sister , and mother .

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