The Life of Jesus

And they brought vnto him one that was deafe and stambered in his speache, and prayed him to put his hand vpon him.

Then hee tooke him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers in his eares, and did spit, and touched his tongue.

And looking vp to heauen, hee sighed, and said vnto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

And straightway his eares were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and hee spake plaine.

And he commanded them, that they should tell no man: but howe much soeuer hee forbad them, the more a great deale they published it,

And were beyonde measure astonied, saying, Hee hath done all thinges well: he maketh both the deafe to heare, and the domme to speake.

In those dayes, when there was a very great multitude, and had nothing to eate, Iesus called his disciples to him, and said vnto them,

I haue compassion on the multitude, because they haue nowe continued with mee three dayes, and haue nothing to eate.

And if I sende them away fasting to their owne houses, they woulde faint by the way: for some of them came from farre.

Then his disciples answered him, Whence can a man satisfie these with bread here in the wildernes?

And hee asked them, Howe many loaues haue ye? And they said, Seuen.

Then he commanded the multitude to sit downe on the grounde: and hee tooke the seuen loaues, and gaue thankes, brake them, and gaue to his disciples to set before them, and they did set them before the people.

They had also a few small fishes: and when he had giuen thankes, he commanded them also to be set before them.

So they did eate, and were sufficed, and they tooke vp of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskets full.

(And they that had eaten, were about foure thousand) so he sent them away.

And anon he entred into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

And the Pharises came foorth, and began to dispute with him, seeking of him a signe from heauen, and tempting him.

Then hee sighed deepely in his spirit, and saide, Why doeth this generation seeke a signe? Verely I say vnto you, a signe shall not be giuen vnto this generation.

So he left them, and went into the ship againe, and departed to the other side.

And they had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the shippe with them, but one loafe.

And he charged them, saying, Take heede, and beware of the leauen of the Pharises, and of the leauen of Herod.

And they reasoned among themselues, saying, It is, because we haue no bread.

And when Iesus knew it, he said vnto them, Why reason you thus, because ye haue no bread? perceiue ye not yet, neither vnderstande? haue ye your hearts yet hardened?

Haue yee eyes, and see not? and haue yee eares, and heare not? and doe ye not remember?

When I brake the fiue loaues among fiue thousand, how many baskets full of broken meate tooke ye vp? They said vnto him, Twelue.