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Who had his abiding among the graues, and no man could binde him, no not with chaines:

And they came to Iesus, and sawe him that had bene possessed with the deuil, and had the legion, sit both clothed, and in his right minde: and they were afraide.

And beholde, there came one of the rulers of the Synagogue, whose name was Iairus: and when he sawe him, he fell downe at his feete,

When she had heard of Iesus, shee came in the preasse behinde, and touched his garment.

For she said, If I may but touch his clothes, I shalbe whole.

And his disciples said vnto him, Thou seest the multitude throng thee, and sayest thou, Who did touche me?

And he departed thence, and came into his owne countrey, and his disciples followed him.

And when the Sabbath was come, he began to teach in the Synagogue, and many that heard him, were astonied, and sayd, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdome is this that is giuen vnto him, that euen such great workes are done by his hands?

Is not this that carpenter Maries sonne, the brother of Iames & Ioses, and of Iuda & Simon? and are not his sisters here with vs? And they were offended in him.

Then Iesus sayd vnto them, A Prophet is not without honour, but in his owne countrey, and among his owne kindred, & in his own house.

And he could there doe no great workes, saue that hee layd his hands vpon a fewe sicke folke, and healed them,

Then King Herod heard of him (for his name was made manifest) and sayd, Iohn Baptist is risen againe from the dead, and therefore great workes are wrought by him.

For Herod him selfe had sent forth, & had taken Iohn, and bound him in prison for Herodias sake, which was his brother Philippes wife, because he had maried her.

But the time being conuenient, when Herod on his birth day made a banket to his princes and captaines, and chiefe estates of Galile:

Then the King was very sory: yet for his othes sake, and for their sakes which sate at table with him, he would not refuse her.

And immediatly the King sent the hangman, and gaue charge that his head shoulde be brought in. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

And brought his head in a charger, and gaue it to the maide, and the maide gaue it to her mother.

And when his disciples heard it, they came and tooke vp his body, and put it in a tombe.

And when the day was nowe farre spent, his disciples came vnto him, saying, This is a desart place, and nowe the day is farre passed.

And he tooke the fiue loaues, and the two fishes, and looked vp to heauen, and gaue thanks, and brake the loaues, and gaue them to his disciples to set before them, and the two fishes he deuided among them all.