And as he was passing along by the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting their net into the sea, for they were fishermen;

At once they left their nets and followed him.

Straightway he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants and went after him.

So they came to Capernaum, and as soon as the Sabbath Day came he went into the synagogue and began to teach.

They were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them with authority, not like the Scribes.

and every one was amazed so that they began questioning among themselves. "What does this mean? A new teaching with authority? He lays commands even upon unclean spirits and they obey him."

On leaving the synagogue they went at once with James and John to the house of Simon and Andrew.

Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sick of fever, and without delay they told him about her.

He cured many who were ill with various diseases, and drove out many demons. But he did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who he was.

While he was speaking his message, they came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four men.

When they could not get him near to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof under which he stood, and after making an opening, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.

Jesus clearly perceived at once be the Spirit that they were thus reasoning in their hearts and said to them.

The man rose, at once took up his cot, and went out before them all; at which they were all astounded, and gave God glory, saying, "We never saw anything like this."

But when some scribes of the Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax-gatherers, they said to his disciples, "Is he eating and drinking with tax-gatherers and sinners?"

"Can friends of the bridegroom fast while he is still with them?" asked Jesus. "As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

But the days will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then, on that day, they will fast.

One Sabbath he was walking along through the wheat-fields, and his disciples, as they began to make their way across, were pulling the heads of wheat.

"Look," said the Pharisees to him, "Why are they doing on the Sabbath Day what is against the law?"

And they kept watching Jesus to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath; so as to have some charge to bring against him.

They were silent. Then looking around upon them with anger, and deeply grieved by the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" He stretched it out, and the hand was at once completely restored.

As soon as they came out, the Pharisees plotted against him with the Herodians, in order to destroy him.

From Judea, too, and Jerusalem, and Idumea, and from beyond Jordan, and from the district of Tyre and Sidon, they came to him a vast multitude, because they heard what he was doing.

And whenever the unclean spirits beheld him, they threw themselves down at his feet, screaming out, "You are the Son of God."

Then he went up the hillside and called to him those whom he chose, and they came to him.

Then he went into a house, but again such a multitude assembled that they could not get their food.

When his relatives heard of it, they came to take possession of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

In solemn truth I tell you that the sons of men shall be forgiven all their sins and all the blasphemies they may utter,

Because they kept saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

Then his mother and his brothers came up, and standing outside, they sent a messenger to him to call him.

Now a crowd was sitting round him and they told him, "See! your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, wanting to see you."

so that, "for all their looking they may not see, and for all their hearing, they may not understand, lest perchance they should turn and be pardoned.

As soon as they hear it, Satan immediately comes and snatches away the Word which has been sown in them.

And like the sowing upon 'stony ground' are those who, whenever they hear the Word, at once receive it with joy,

but because they have no root in themselves they last for a time; but when suffering or persecution ensues because of the Word, they at once fall away.

When they have heard the Word, the anxieties of life and the snares of wealth, and all sorts of other ambitions, come in to choke the Word, so that it proves unfruitful.

With many such illustrations Jesus used to tell his message to people as far as they were able to receive it;

So, leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them just as he was in the boat; and the other boats were with him.

Now he himself was sleeping on the cushion in the stern, so they woke him up, saying, "Master, do you not care if we perish?"

Then they were awestruck, and said one to another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey him!"

Then they came to the country of the Gadarenes, on the opposite side of the sea;

When they got to Jesus they found the demoniac sitting there clothed and in his right mind??he man who had had the "Legion"??nd they were awestruck.

Then they began to beg Jesus to depart from their district.

As they came to the house of the warden of the synagogue, he gazed upon a tumult, many weeping and wailing shrilly.

"The child is not dead, but asleep." And they began to laugh him to scorn. Then he put them all outside, took the father and mother of the child and those he brought with him, and entered the room where the child was lying.

And instantly the little girl stood up, and began to walk, for she was twelve years old, They were at once beside themselves with utter amazement.

When it came Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; many, as they listened, were deeply impressed. "Where did he get all this?" they asked; "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, and miracles such as these that happen at his hands?

So they disapproved of him. Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native land and among his relatives and in his home."

they were to wear sandals, but not to put on two tunics.

So they fared forth and summoned men to repentance.

They cast out many demons, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them.

When John's disciples heard of this, they came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

When the apostles had come back to Jesus, they told him all the things they had done, and all they had taught.

Then he said to them, "Come apart, yourselves, to a quiet spot, and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they could not get time even to eat.

So they sailed away privately to a solitary place.

So when Jesus landed he saw a vast multitude, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

Send the people away so that they may go to the farms and villages about here, and buy themselves something to eat."

In answer he said to them, "You yourselves are to give them food." "Are we to go and buy fifty dollars worth of bread," they said, "and give them food?"

"How many loaves have you?" he answered. "Go and see." When they had found out, they said, "Five, and two fishes."

And they sat down like beds in a garden, by hundreds and by fifties.

All ate and had enough; and they carried away broken fragments of bread and of fish, enough to fill twelve baskets.

they thought it was an apparition and shrieked aloud, for they all saw him and were terrified.

Then he got into the boat beside them, and the wind ceased, and they were utterly astounded,

for they had not understood about the loaves; on the contrary their heart was hardened.

When they had crossed over they landed at Gennesaret and moored to the shore.

As soon as they got out of the boat, the people at once recognized him,

and began running over that whole country, and carrying the sick about on their beds, wherever they heard he was.

And whenever he entered into villages or cities or the fields they would lay the sick in the market-places and beseech him to let them touch even the tassel of his cloak, and all who touched him were made well.

They had noticed that some of his disciples were eating with "common," that is to say, unwashed hands.

For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat until they have ceremoniously washed their hands in obedience to the tradition of the elders;

and when they come from the market-place they do not eat without bathing first. and they have many other customs which they have received and observe, such as the washing of cups and jugs and copper pans.

So the Pharisees and Scribes asked him. "Why do your disciples not follow the traditions of the elders? Why do they eat with 'common' unwashed hands?"

But in vain do they worship me, For their teaching is only human precepts.'"

And they brought to him a deaf man who stammered, and begged him to lay his hands upon him.

Then Jesus charged them not to tell any one, but the more he charged them, the more they published it;

"My heart aches for the crowd, because they have remained with me three days now, and they have nothing to eat;

and if I send them away fasting to their homes, they will faint on the way. Moreover, some of them are from a distance."

He asked them, "How many loaves have you?" "Seven," they said.

They had also a few small fish; after blessing these he told his disciples to distribute them also.

They ate and were filled and they took up of broken pieces that were left, seven hampers.

They that had eaten were about four thousand.

Now they had forgotten to take bread, and had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.

And they began arguing with one another because they had no bread, He noted this and said to them.

Do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets of broken pieces did you take up?" "Twelve," they said.

Then they came to Bethsaida, where some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and begged him to touch him.

The man looked up and said, "I can make out the people, for as they move about, I see them like trees."

And they told him. "Some say John the Baptist, others, Elijah, and others that you are one of the prophets."

"In solemn truth I tell you," he said, "there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God, come with power."

Moreover there appeared to them Elijah, with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.

(For he did not know what to say, they were so awestruck.)

And suddenly as they looked around, they saw no one any more beside them, but Jesus alone.

As they came down the mountain he strictly forbade them to narrate to any one what they had seen, until after the Son of man had risen from the dead.

This order they faithfully kept, questioning among themselves what "rising again from the dead" meant.

So they asked him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"

"Elijah indeed has already come," he added, "and they have done to him whatever they pleased, even as it is written of him."

When they rejoined the disciples they saw a great crowd surrounding them, and some Scribes disputing with them.

As soon as they saw him, all the people were astounded and ran up to greet him.

and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and is wasting away. I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

So they brought the boy to him, and when he saw Jesus, the spirit at once convulsed him, and he fell to the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.

for he was explaining to his disciples that the Son of man was to be betrayed into the hands of men, and that they would put him to death, but that after he had been put to death, he would rise again after three days,

But they did not understand his words, and were afraid to ask him the meaning.