John was dressed in camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

They then entered Capharnahum. As soon as the sabbath came, he at once began to teach in the synagogue;

Now when evening came, when the sun set, they brought him all who were ill or possessed by daemons ??33 indeed the whole town was gathered at the door ??34 and he cured many who were ill with various diseases and cast out many daemons; but as the daemons knew him he would not let them say anything.

but he said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the adjoining country-towns, so that I may preach there as well; that is why I came out here."

A leper came to him beseeching him on bended knee, saying, "If you only choose, you can cleanse me;"

But he went off and proceeded to proclaim it aloud and spread news of the affair both far and wide. The result was that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; he stayed outside in lonely places, and people came to him from every quarter.

Then he went out again by the seaside, and all the crowd came to him and he taught them.

As the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were observing a fast, people came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples do not fast?"

Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea, and a large number of people from Galilee followed him; also a large number came to him from Judaea,

Then came his brothers and his mother, and standing outside they sent to call him;

and as he sowed it chanced that some seed fell on the road, and the birds came and ate it up;

That same day when evening came he said to them, "Let us cross to the other side;"

But a heavy squall of wind came on, and the waves splashed into the boat, so that the boat filled.

And as soon as he stepped out of the boat a man from the tombs came to meet him, a man with an unclean spirit

And Jesus gave them leave. Then out came the unclean spirits and entered the swine, and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea (there were about two thousand of them) and in the sea they were drowned.

The herdsmen fled and reported it to the town and the hamlets. So the people came to see what had happened,

A president of the synagogue called Jairus came up, and on catching sight of him fell at his feet

and the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came forward in fear and trembling and fell down before him, telling him all the truth.

He was still speaking when a message came from the house of the synagogue-president, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher to come any further?"

When the sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and the large audience was astounded. "Where did he get all this?" they said. "What is the meaning of this wisdom he is endowed with? And these miracles, too, that his hands perform!

Now this came to the hearing of king Herod, for the name of Jesus had become well known; people said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, that is why miraculous powers are working through him;"

Then came a holiday, when Herod held a feast on his birthday for his chief officials and generals and the notables of Galilee.

Then, as the day was far gone, his disciples came up to him, saying, "It is a desert place and the day is now far gone;

Now when evening came the boat was [far out] in the middle of the sea, and he was on the land alone;

On crossing over they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore.

a woman heard of him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, and she came in and fell at his feet

Now the Pharisees came out and started to argue with him, asking him for a Sign from heaven, by way of tempting him.

Then a cloud came overshadowing them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, listen to him."

Now some Pharisees came up and asked him if a man was allowed to divorce his wife. This was to tempt him.

It is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Realm of God."

James and John, the sons of Zebedaeus, came up to him saying, "Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask you."

Now when they came near Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Hill of Olives, he despatched two of his disciples,

Then they came to Jerusalem, and entering the temple he proceeded to drive out those who were buying and selling inside the temple; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the stalls of those who sold doves,

This came to the ears of the scribes and high priests, and they tried to get him put to death, for they were afraid of him. But the multitude were all astounded at his teaching.

And when evening came he went outside the city.

Once more they came to Jerusalem. And as he was walking within the temple the high priests and scribes and elders came

When the season came round he sent a servant to the vine dressers to collect from the vine dressers some of the produce of the vineyard,

They came up and said to him, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and fearless; you do not court human favour, you teach the Way of God honestly. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

Sadducees, men who hold there is no resurrection, also came up and put a question to him.

Then a scribe came up, who had listened to the discussion. Knowing Jesus had given them an apt answer, he put this question to him, "What is the chief of all the commands?"

but a poor widow came up and put in two little coins amounting to a halfpenny.

Now when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, lying at table, a woman came up with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, which had cost a great sum; the flask she broke and poured the perfume over his head.

Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, "Sit here till I pray."

Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour?

Then he came for the third time and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? No more of that! The hour has come, here is the Son of man betrayed into the hands of sinners.

At that very moment, while he was still speaking, Judas [Iscariot] one of the twelve came up accompanied by a mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and scribes and elders.

Now as Peter was downstairs in the courtyard, a maidservant of the high priest came along,

Immediately morning came, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and all the Sanhedrin, and after binding Jesus they led him off and handed him over to Pilate.

When twelve o'clock came, darkness covered the whole land till three o'clock,