The Life of Jesus

But some of them said, He casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of ye deuils.

And others tempted him, seeking of him a signe from heauen.

But he knew their thoughts, and said vnto them, Euery kingdom deuided against it self, shall be desolate, and an house deuided against an house, falleth.

So if Satan also bee deuided against himselfe, howe shall his kingdome stande, because yee say that I cast out deuils through Beelzebub?

If I through Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whome doe your children cast them out? Therefore shall they be your iudges.

But if I by ye finger of God cast out deuils, doutles the kingdome of God is come vnto you.

When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, the thinges that hee possesseth, are in peace.

But when a stronger then hee, commeth vpon him, and ouercommeth him: hee taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and deuideth his spoiles.

He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man, he walketh through drie places, seeking rest: and when he findeth none he saieth, I wil returne vnto mine house whence I came out.

And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

Then goeth hee, and taketh to him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe: and they enter in, and dwel there: so the last state of that man is worse then the first.

And it came to passe as he sayde these thinges, a certaine woman of the companie lifted vp her voyce, and sayde vnto him, Blessed is the wombe that bare thee, and the pappes which thou hast sucked.

But hee saide, Yea, rather blessed are they that heare the woorde of God, and keepe it.

And when the people were gathered thicke together, he began to say, This is a wicked generation: they seeke a signe, and there shall no signe be giuen them, but the signe of Ionas the Prophet.

For as Ionas was a signe to the Niniuites: so shall also the Sonne of man bee to this generation.

The Queene of the South shall rise in iudgement, with the men of this generation, and shall condemne them: for shee came from the vtmost partes of the earth to heare the wisedome of Salomon, and beholde, a greater then Salomon is here.

The men of Niniue shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and shall condemne it: for they repented at the preaching of Ionas: and beholde, a greater then Ionas is here.

No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a priuie place, neither vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, that they which come in, may see the light.

The light of the bodie is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, then is thy whole bodie light: but if thine eye be euill, then thy bodie is darke.

Take heede therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkenesse.

If therefore thy whole body shall be light, hauing no part darke, then shall all be light, euen as when a candle doth light thee with the brightnesse.

And as hee spake, a certaine Pharise besought him to dine with him: and hee went in, and sate downe at table.

And when the Pharise saw it, he marueiled that he had not first washed before dinner.

And the Lord saide to him, In deede yee Pharises make cleane the outside of the cuppe, and of the platter: but the inwarde part is full of rauening and wickednesse.