the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever, Ps. cxxv. 1, 2. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, Eph. iii. 17. Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving, Col. ii. 7. Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, 1 Pet. i. 5. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us, 1 John ii. 19. | A. D. 31. self, and they enter in and dwell there : and the last stute of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation, Matt. xii. 43-45. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth 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 stony 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 tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word ; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh un fruitful, xiii. 19-22. Because, even because they have seduced my peo a And every one that heareth these say-ple, saying, Peace; and there was no ings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: a Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands, Prov. xiv. 1. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great, Luke vi. 49. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? James ii. 20. VER. 27. Καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ, καὶ ἦλθον οἱ ποταμα, καὶ ἔπνευσαν οἱ ἄνεμοι, καὶ προσέκου fav rỹ oinía inɛívn, nai imeσs nai hy ʼn πτῶσις αὐτῆς μεγάλη. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; a and it fell: and great was the fall of it. a When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than him peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter: Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foun dation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD, Ez. xiii. 10-16. For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the know ledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, A. D. 31.. And they said, Is not this Joseph's VER. 29. Ἦν γὰρ διδάσκων αὐτοὺς ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων, καὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ Γραμματεῖς. For he taught them as one a having authority, band not as the Scribes. an unholy thing, and hath done de' VER. 28. And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, a the people were astonished at his doctrine: a And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Matt. xiii. 54. Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever, Ps. xlv. 2. And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the Scribes, Mark i. 22. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them, all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him, Deut. xviii. 18, 19. Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? Eccles. viii. 4. The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned, Isa. 1.4. But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin, Mic. iii. 8. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people, Acts iii. 22, 23. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake, vi. 10. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do, Heb. iv. 12, 13. Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they A. D. 31. honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men, Matt. xv. 1-9. Saying, The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments. And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, xxiii. 2-6. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools and blind for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwell eat bread. But he answered and said eth therein. And he that shall swear unto them, Why do ye also transgress by heaven, sweareth by the throne of the commandment of God by your God, and by him that sitteth thereon. tradition? For God commanded, say-Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, ing, Honour thy father and mother: hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and, He that curseth father or mother, and anise and cummin, and have let him die the death. But ye say, omitted the weightier matters of the Whosoever shall say to his father or law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever ought ye to have done, and not to thou mightest be profited by me; And leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel, 15-24. Then the Pharisees and Scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: And many such like things do ye, Mark vii. 5 13. CHAP. VIII. VER. 1. A. D. 31. Mark i. 40. And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean, Luke v. 12. b Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give, Matt. x. 8. He is a leprous man, he is unclean : the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be, Lev. xiii. 44— 46. Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell, Numb. v. 2, 3. Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Mi KaTaßávri de auræ àæò roũ õpovs, nxo- riam by the way, after that ye were λούθησαν αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοί. come forth out of Egypt, Deut. xxiv. 8,9. Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, leper; for he was cut off from the house and dwelt in a several house, being a of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land, 2 Chron. xxvi. 19— 21. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off, Luke xvii. 12. See parallels on last clause, ver. 2. chap.ii. d And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, believe ye that I am able to do this? they said, unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you, Matt. ix. 28, 29. And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief, xiii. 58. And oft-times it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief, Mark ix. 22-24. VER. 3. Καὶ ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα, ἔψατο αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, λέγων· Θέλω, καθαρίσθητι. Καὶ εὐθέως ἐκαθαρίσθη αὑτοῦ ἡ λέπρα. And Jesus a put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, b I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. a But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 2 Kings v. 11. A. D. 31. on him, vii. 32. And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened, 34. When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him, ix. 25. And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him, Luke v. 13. And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise, vii. 14. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will, John v. 21. And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth, xi. 43. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me my Father, xv. 24. and c Jesus answered and said unto them, Go, and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them, Matt. xi. 4, 5. Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean, 2 Kings v. 14. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go, shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, Luke xvii. 14, 15. bAnd God said, Let there be light: and there was light, Gen. i. 3. For he spake, and it was done: he commanded, and it stood fast, Psal. xxxiii. 9. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean, Mark i. 41. And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm, iv. 39. And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise, v. 41. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand up- | them. | VER. 4. Καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς• Ορα μηδενὶ εἴπῃς· ἀλλὰ ὕπαγε, σεαυτὸν δεῖξον τῷ ἱερεῖ, καὶ προσένεγκε τὸ δῶρον ὃ προσέταξε Μωons, els paprúpov avroïç. b And Jesus saith unto him, a 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 |