bing them in their hands.

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, "Behold, thy
disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath."

But he said unto them, "Have ye not read what David did, when he had
need and was hungry, and they that were with him: how he entered into
the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for
him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the
priests? Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the
priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? But I
say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here. But if ye had
known what this meaneth, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' ye would
not have condemned the guiltless."

And he said unto them, "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for
the sabbath: so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."

MANY CALLED AND FEW CHOSEN

A MULTITUDE OF DISCIPLES.

And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto
him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments,
possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.

And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great
multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judaea, and from Jerusalem,
and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a
great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him.

And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him
because of the crowd, lest they should throng him: for he had healed
many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they
might touch him: for power came forth from him, and healed them all.

And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before
him, and cried, saying, "Thou art the Son of God."

And he charged them much that they should not make him known: that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet,
saying,

"Behold my servant whom I have chosen;
My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased;
I will put my Spirit upon him,
And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.
He shall not strive, nor cry aloud;
Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed shall he not break.
And smoking flax shall he not quench.
Till he send forth judgment unto victory.
And in his name shall the nations hope."

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