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¹ And he entred agayne into the synagogue, & a man was there whiche had a wythered hande:² And they watched hym, whether he woulde heale hym on the Sabboth daye, that they myght accuse hym.³ And he saide vnto the man which had the wythered hande: Aryse, [and stande] in the myddes.⁴ And he saide vnto them: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabboth dayes, or to do euyl? to saue lyfe, or to kyll? But they helde their peace.⁵ And when he had loked rounde about on them with anger, mournyng for the hardnesse of their heartes, he sayth to the man: stretch foorth thyne hande. And he stretched it out: And his hande was restored, euen as whole as the other. ⁶ And the pharisees departed, and strayghtway gathered a councell, with the Herodians, agaynst hym, that they myght destroy hym.⁷ But Iesus auoyded, with his disciples, to the sea: And a great multitude folowed hym from Galilee, and from Iurie,⁸ And from Hierusalem, & from Idumea, and from beyonde Iordane, and they that dwelled about Tyre & Sidon, a great multitude [of men:] Which, whe they had hearde what thynges he dyd, came vnto hym.⁹ And Iesus comaunded his disciples, that a shippe shoulde wayte on hym, because of the people, leste they shoulde thronge hym.¹⁰ For he had healed many: insomuche, that they preassed vpon him for to touch hym, as many as had plagues.¹¹ And when the vncleane spirites sawe hym, they fell downe before hym, and cryed, saying: Thou art the sonne of God.¹² And he straytely charged them, that they shoulde not make hym knowen.

¹³ And he went vp into a mountayne, & called vnto him whom he woulde: and they came vnto hym.¹⁴ And he ordeyned twelue, that they shoulde be with him, and that he might sende them foorth to preache,¹⁵ And that they myght haue power to heale sicknesses, and to cast out deuyls.¹⁶ And he gaue vnto Simon to name, Peter.¹⁷ And he called Iames [the sonne] of Zebedee, and Iohn, Iames brother (and gaue them to name Boanarges, which is to say, the sonnes of thunder.)¹⁸ And Andrewe, and Philip, and Bartholomewe, and Matthewe, and Thomas, and Iames the sonne of Alphee, and Thaddeus, and Simon Cananite,¹⁹ And Iudas Iscariot, which also betrayed hym. And they came into the house:²⁰ And the people assembled together agayne, so that they had no leysure so much as to eate bread.²¹ And when they that belonged vnto hym, hearde of it, they went out to laye handes vpon hym: For they sayde, he is madde.

²² And the scribes whiche came downe from Hierusalem, sayde: He hath Beelzebub, and by the chiefe deuyll, casteth he out deuyls.²³ And he called them vnto hym, & sayde vnto them in parables: Howe can Satan driue out Satan?²⁴ And yf a realme be deuided agaynst it selfe, that realme can not endure.²⁵ And yf a house be deuided agaynst it selfe, that house can not continue.²⁶ And yf Satan make insurrection agaynst him selfe & be deuided, he can not continue, but hath an ende.²⁷ No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goodes, except he first bynde the strong man, and then spoyle his house.²⁸ Ueryly I say vnto you, al sinnes shalbe forgeuen vnto the chyldren of men, & blasphemies wherewith so euer they haue blasphemed:²⁹ But he that speaketh blasphemie agaynst the holy ghoste, hath neuer forgeuenesse, but is in daunger of eternall dampnation.³⁰ For they sayde: he hath an vncleane spirite.

³¹ There came also his mother, and his brethren, and stoode without, and sent vnto hym, to call hym out.³² And the people sate about him, & saide vnto hym: Beholde, thy mother and thy brethren seke for thee without.³³ And he aunswered them, saying: who is my mother, and my brethren?³⁴ And when he had loked rounde about on his disciples, which sate in compasse about hym, he sayde: Beholde my mother, and my brethren.³⁵ For whosoeuer doeth the wyl of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.