of Israel, till the Son of man be come. The disciple is not above his master, and the servant above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his Lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed ; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father and mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son and daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it. He that receiveth you, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these

little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, that men should repent, and healing everywhere, And · they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence, to teach and to preach in the cities.

AFTER THE MISSION OF THE APOSTLES, THE
FAME OF OUR BLESSED LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST, REACHES HEROD THE
TRARCH, WHO WISHES TO SEE HIM.

Matt. xiv. 1-36. Mark vi. 14-17. Luke ix. 7-9.
John vi. 14-21.

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23. At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, and all that was done by him; for his name was spread abroad; and he was perplexed, because it was said of some that John was risen from the dead; And of some that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets had risen again. And Herod said, "John have I beheaded but who is this, of whom I hear such things?" And he said unto his servants, "This is John the Baptist, whom I beheaded, he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him." And he desired to see him. For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife for he had married her. For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not. For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. And when he would have put him to

death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birth-day made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; and when the daughter of Herodias came in, and danced in the midst, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, "Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee." And he sware unto her an oath, "Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom." And she went forth and said unto her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist." And she being before instructed of her mother, came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, "I will that thou give me by and by in a charger, the head of John the Baptist." And the king was exceeding sorry, yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her, and he commanded it to be given her. And immediately the king sent the executioner, and commanded his head to be brought : And he went and beheaded him in prison, And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb, and went and told Jesus.

WHEN THE APOSTLES RETURNED ΤΟ OUR BLESSED LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, HE TAKES THEM TO BETHSAIDA, WHERE HE FEEDS FIVE THOUSAND MEN ON FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISHES.

Matt. xiv. 13-21. Mark vi. 30-44. Luke ix. 10-17. John vi. 1-13.

24. When Jesus heard of it; he departed thence. And the Apostles, when they were returned, gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. And he said unto them,

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"Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest awhile:" for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. He took them and went aside by ship privately, over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias, into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. And the people saw them departing and many knew him, and ran a foot thither out of all cities, and a great multitude followed him because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased, and outwent them, and came together unto him. And Jesus when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and began to teach them many things, and healed them that needed healing. And Jesus went up into a mountain and there he sat with his disciples. And the passover a feast of the Jews was nigh. When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, "Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?" And this he said to prove him; for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, "Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little." And when the day was now far spent, when it was evening; then came the twelve, and said unto him, "This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: send the multitude away that they may go into the villages and country round about and lodge, and buy themselves victuals, for they have nothing to eat." He answered and said unto them, "Give ye them to eat." And they say unto him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread and give them to eat?" He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see.” One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves and two small fishes: we have no more, and what are they among so many?" For they were about five thousand men. He said, "Bring them hither to me." And Jesus said,

"Make the men all sit down, by companies, by fifties in a company, upon the green grass." Now there was much grass in the place. And they did so, and made them all sit down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties, in number about five thousand. And when he had taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples, to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. And they did all eat and were filled. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost." Therefore they gathered them together, and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them, twelve baskets full, from the five barley loaves which remained over and above unto them that had eaten, and from the fishes. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

OUR BLESSED LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST SENDS HIS DISCIPLES AWAY BY SHIP, AND AFTER DISMISSING THE MULTITUDE, HE WALKS ON THE WATER. PETER WALKS ON THE WATER TO MEET JESUS.

Matt. xiv. 22-33. Mark vi. 45-52. John vi. 14-21.

25. Then those men when they had seen the miracles that Jesus did, said, "This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the world." When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come, and take him by force, to make him a king; straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. And when he had sent them and the multitudes away, He departed again into a mountain himself alone, to pray. And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, And entered into a ship and went over the sea towards Capernaum. And it was now