CHAPTER VIII.

EVENTS IN THE PUBLIC LIFE OF JESUS, EXCLUSIVE OF THE MIRACLES.

§ 84. General comparison of the manner of narration that distinguishes the several Evangelists 387 85. Isolated groups of anecdotes. Imputation of a league with Beelzebub, and demand of a sign 391 86. Visit of the mother and brethren of Jesus. The woman who pronounces the mother of Jesus blessed 394 87. Contentions for pre-eminence among the disciples. The love of Jesus for children 396 88. The purification of the temple 399 89. Narratives of the anointing of Jesus by a woman 402 90. The narratives of the woman taken in adultery, and of Mary and Martha 409