And there went out to him all the district of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptised by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

And straightway going up from the water, he saw the heavens parting asunder, and the Spirit, as a dove, descending upon him.

And immediately the Spirit drives him out into the wilderness.

And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.

and straightway leaving their trawl-nets they followed him.

and straightway he called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, they went away after him.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace and come out of him.

And the unclean spirit, having torn him, and uttered a cry with a loud voice, came out of him.

And all were amazed, so that they questioned together among themselves, saying, What is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.

And the mother-in-law of Simon lay in a fever. And straightway they speak to him about her.

But evening being come, when the sun had gone down, they brought to him all that were suffering, and those possessed by demons;

And he healed many suffering from various diseases; and he cast out many demons, and did not suffer the demons to speak because they knew him.

And Simon and those with him went after him:

and having found him, they say to him, All seek thee.

And there comes to him a leper, beseeching him, and falling on his knees to him, and saying to him, If thou wilt thou canst cleanse me.

But Jesus, moved with compassion, having stretched out his hand, touched him, and says to him, I will, be thou cleansed.

And as he spoke straightway the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.

And having sharply charged him, he straightway sent him away,

and says to him, See thou say nothing to any one, but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing what Moses ordained, for a testimony to them.

But he, having gone forth, began to proclaim it much, and to spread the matter abroad, so that he could no longer enter openly into the city, but was without in desert places, and they came to him from every side.

And there come to him men bringing a paralytic, borne by four;

and, not being able to get near to him on account of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having dug it up they let down the couch on which the paralytic lay.

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

And passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.

And it came to pass as he lay at table in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners lay at table with Jesus and his disciples; for they were many, and they followed him.

And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tax-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax-gatherers and sinners?

And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath what is not lawful?

And he said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and hungered, he and those with him,

how he entered into the house of God, in the section of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the shew-bread, which it is not lawful unless for the priests to eat, and gave even to those that were with him?

And they watched him if he would heal him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him.

And the Pharisees going out straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and beyond the Jordan; and they of around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, having heard what things he did, came to him.

And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him.

For he healed many, so that they beset him that they might touch him, as many as had plagues.

And the unclean spirits, when they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried saying, Thou art the Son of God.

And he rebuked them much, that they might not make him manifest.

And he goes up into the mountain, and calls whom he himself would, and they went to him.

And he appointed twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them to preach,

and Judas Iscariote, who also delivered him up. And they come to the house.

And his relatives having heard of it went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.

And having called them to him, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

And his brethren and his mother come, and standing without sent to him calling him.

And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without.

And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren:

And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that going on board ship he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were close to the sea on the land.

And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve asked him as to the parables.

If any one have ears to hear, let him hear.

For whosoever has, to him shall be given; and he who has not, even what he has shall be taken from him.

and having sent away the crowd, they take him with them, as he was, in the ship. But other ships also were with him.

And he was in the stern sleeping on the cushion. And they awake him up and say to him, Teacher, dost thou not care that we are perishing?

And they feared with great fear, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

And immediately on his going out of the ship there met him out of the tombs a man possessed by an unclean spirit,

who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;

because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered; and no one was able to subdue him.

But seeing Jesus from afar off, he ran and did him homage,

For he said to him, Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man.

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.

And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

and they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine that we may enter into them.

And they come to Jesus, and they see the possessed of demons sitting and clothed and sensible, him that had had the legion: and they were afraid.

And they began to beg him to depart from their coasts.

And as he went on board ship, the man that had been possessed by demons besought him that he might be with him.

And he suffered him not, but says to him, Go to thine home to thine own people, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and has had mercy on thee.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him; and all wondered.

And Jesus having passed over in the ship again to the other side, a great crowd gathered to him; and he was by the sea.

And behold there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and seeing him, falls down at his feet;

and he besought him much, saying, My little daughter is at extremity; I pray that thou shouldest come and lay thy hands upon her so that she may be healed, and may live.

And he went with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed on him.

And immediately Jesus, knowing in himself the power that had gone out of him, turning round in the crowd said, Who has touched my clothes?

And his disciples said to him, Thou seest the crowd pressing on thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

But the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had taken place in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

And he suffered no one to accompany him save Peter and James, and John the brother of James.

And they derided him. But he, having put them all out, takes with him the father of the child, and the mother, and those that were with him, and enters in where the child was lying.

And he went out thence and came to his own country, and his disciples follow him.

And when sabbath was come he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing were amazed, saying, Whence has this man these things? and what is the wisdom that is given to him, and such works of power are done by his hands?

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him.

And he calls the twelve to him; and he began to send them out two and two, and gave to them power over the unclean spirits;

And Herod the king heard of him (for his name had become public), and said, John the baptist is risen from among the dead, and on this account works of power are wrought by him.

For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

But Herodias kept it in her mind against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:

for Herod feared John knowing that he was a just and holy man, and kept him safe; and having heard him, did many things, and heard him gladly.

and the daughter of the same Herodias having come in, and danced, pleased Herod and those that were with him at table; and the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt and I will give it thee.

And the king, while made very sorry, on account of the oaths and those lying at table with him would not break his word with her.

And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,

And the apostles are gathered together to Jesus. And they related to him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.

And when it was already late in the day, his disciples coming to him say, The place is desert, and it is already late in the day;

And he answering said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they say to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them to eat?

But they, seeing him walking on the sea, thought that it was an apparition, and cried out.

For all saw him and were troubled. And immediately he spoke with them, and says to them, Be of good courage: it is I; be not afraid.

And on their coming out of the ship, immediately recognising him,

And wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the market-places, and besought him that they might touch if it were only the hem of his garment; and as many as touched him were healed.

And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,

then the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to what has been delivered by the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled hands?

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.

And ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;

There is nothing from outside a man entering into him which can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which defile the man.

If any one have ears to hear, let him hear.