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Nowe Iohn was clothed wt camels heare, and with a girdle of a skinne about his loynes: and he did eate Locusts and wilde hony,

And as he walked by the sea of Galile, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, (for they were fishers.)

And when hee had gone a litle further thence, he sawe Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother, as they were in the ship, mending their nets.

And anon hee called them: and they left their father Zebedeus in the shippe with his hired seruants, and went their way after him.

And they were astonied at his doctrine, for he taught them as one that had authoritie, and not as the Scribes.

And immediatly his fame spred abroade throughout all the region bordering on Galile.

And Iesus had compassion, and put foorth his hand, and touched him, and said to him, I wil: be thou cleane.

And immediatly when Iesus perceiued in his spirite, that thus they reasoned wt themselues, he sayde vnto them, Why reason yee these things in your hearts?

And by and by he arose, and tooke vp his bed, and went foorth before them all, in so much that they were all amased, and glorified God, saying, We neuer sawe such a thing.

And it came to passe, as Iesus sate at table in his house, many Publicanes & sinners sate at table also with Iesus, and his disciples: for there were many that followed him.

And when the Scribes and Pharises sawe him eate with the Publicanes and sinners, they sayd vnto his disciples, Howe is it, that hee eateth and drinketh with Publicanes and sinners?

And it came to passe as hee went through the corne on the Sabbath day, that his disciples, as they went on their way, began to plucke the eares of corne.

Then hee looked rounde about on them angerly, mourning also for the hardnesse of their hearts, and saide to the man, Stretch foorth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hande was restored, as whole as the other.

But Iesus auoided with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude followed him from Galile, and from Iudea,

And he commanded his disciples, that a litle shippe should waite for him, because of the multitude, lest they shoulde throng him.

And when his kinsfolkes heard of it, they went out to laie hold on him: for they sayde that he was beside himselfe.

No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goods, except hee first binde that strong man, and then spoyle his house.

Then came his brethren and mother, and stoode without, and sent vnto him, and called him.

And he taught them many things in parables, and said vnto them in his doctrine,

And without parables spake hee nothing vnto them: but he expounded all thinges to his disciples apart.