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¹ And he entred agayne into ye synagoge and there was a man there which had a widdred honde.² And they watched him to se whether he wolde heale him on the Saboth daye yt they might accuse him.³ And he sayde vnto ye man which had ye wyddred honde: arise and stonde in ye middes.⁴ And he sayd to them: whether is it laufull to do a good dede on ye Saboth dayes or an evyll? to save life or kyll? But they helde their peace.⁵ And he loked round aboute on them angerly mournyge on the blindnes of their hertes and sayde to the man: stretch forth thyne honde. And he stretched it oute. And his honde was restored even as whole as the other.⁶ And ye Pharises departed and streyght waye gaddred a counsell with the that belonged to Herode agaynst him yt they might destroye him.⁷ And Iesus auoyded wt his disciples to ye sea. And a greate multitude folowed him fro Galile and fro Iurie⁸ and fro Hierusalem and fro Idumea and fro beyonde Iordane: and they yt dwelled about Tyre and Sidon a greate multitude: which whe they had herde what thinges he dyd came vnto him.⁹ And he comaunded his disciples yt a shippe shuld wayte on him because of the people leste they shuld througe him.¹⁰ For he had healed many in somoche that they preased apon him for to touche him as many as had plages.¹¹ And when the vnclene sprites sawe him they fell doune before him and cryed sayinge: thou arte the sonne of God.¹² And he straygtly charged them that they shuld not vtter him.

¹³ And he wet vp into a mountayne and called vnto him whom he wolde and they came vnto him.¹⁴ And he ordeyned ye .xii. that they shuld be wt him and that he myght sende the to preache:¹⁵ and that they might have power to heale syknesses and to cast out devyls.¹⁶ And he gave vnto Simon to name Peter.¹⁷ And he called Iames the sonne of zebede and Iohn Iames brother and gave them Bonarges to name which is to saye the sonnes of thounder.¹⁸ And Andrew and Philip and Bartlemew and Mathew and Thomas and Iames the sonne of Alphey and Taddeus and Symon of Cane¹⁹ and Iudas Iscarioth which same also betrayed him. And they came vnto housse²⁰ and the people assembled togedder agayne so greatly that they had not leesar so moche as to eate breed.²¹ And when they that longed vnto him hearde of it they went out to holde him. For they thought he had bene beside him selfe.

²² And ye Scribes which came fro Ierusalem sayde: he hath Belzebub and by ye power of the chefe devyll casteth out devyls.²³ And he called them vnto him and sayde vnto them in similitudes. How can Satan drive out Satan?²⁴ For yf a realme be devided ageynste it silfe that realme cannot endure.²⁵ Or yf a housse be devided agaynste it silfe that housse cannot continue:²⁶ So yf Sata make insurreccion agaynste himsilfe and be devided he cannot continue but is at an ende.²⁷ No man can entre into a stronge mans housse and take awaye hys gooddes excepte he fyrst bynde that stronge man and then spoyle hys housse.²⁸ Verely I saye vnto you all synnes shalbe forgeven vnto mens chyldren and blasphemy wherwith they blaspheme.²⁹ But he that blasphemeth ye holy goost shall never have forgevenes: but is in dauger of eternall dapnacion:³⁰ because they sayde he had an vnclene sprete.

³¹ Then came his mother and his brethre and stode with out and sent vnto him and called him.³² And the people sate aboute hym and sayde vnto him: beholde thy mother and thy brethre seke for the with out.³³ And he answered them sayinge: who is my mother and my brethre?³⁴ And he loked rounde about on his disciples which sate in compasse about hym and sayde: beholde my mother and my brethren.³⁵ For whosoever doeth ye will of God he is my brother my syster and mother.