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22 came, and sate downe with and his Disciples. And the Pharisees seeing it, sayd to his Disciples: why doth your Maister eate with Publicans and sinners? But hearing it, said: They that are in health, need not a physician, but they that are il at ease. But go your wayes & learne what it is, I wil mercie, & ″ not sacrifice. For I am not come to cal the just, but sinners. ✠

Then * came to him the Disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees ″ fast often, but thy Disciples do not fast? And sayd to them: Can the children of the Bridegroome mourne, as long as the Bridegroome is with them? But the dayes wil come when the Bridegroome shal be taken away from them, and then they shal fast. And no body putteth a peece of raw cloth to an old garment. For he taketh away the peecing therof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent. Neither do they put ″ new wine into old bottels. Otherwise the bottels breake, and the wine runneth out, and the bottels perish. But new wine they put into new bottels: and both are preserved togeather.

* As he was speaking this unto them, behold a certaine Governour approched, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shal live. And rysing up folowed him, and his Disciples. And behold a woman which was troubled with an issue of bloud ″ twelve yeares, came behind him, and touched the hemme of his garment. For she said within herself: If I shal ″ touch only his garment: I shal be safe. But turning and seeing her, said: Have a good hart daughter, thy faith hath made thee safe. And the woman became whole from that houre. And when was come into the house of the Governour, & saw minstrels and the multitude keeping a sturre, he said: Depart: for the wench is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to skorne. And when the multitude was put forth, he entred in, and held her hand. And the maid arose. And this bruit went forth into al that countrie.

And as passed forth from thence, there folowed him two blinde men crying and saying: Have mercie on us, O sonne of David. And when he was come to the house, the blind came to him. And sayth to them, ″ Do you beleeve, that I can doe this unto you? They say to him: Yea Lord. Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith, be it done to you. And their eyes were opened, and threatened them, saying: See that no man know it. But they went forth, and bruited him in al that countrie.

And when they were gone forth, * behold they brought him a dumme man, possessed with a Divel. And after the Divel was cast out, the dumme man spake, and the multitudes marveled saying: Never was the like seene in Israel. But * the Pharisees said: In the Prince of Divels he casteth out Divels.

And went about al the cities, and townes, teaching in their Synagogues, and preaching the Ghospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease, and every infirmitie. And seing the multitudes, Rh