Now John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

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

Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,

Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,

And the whole city was gathered together at the door.

And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.

But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was outside in the deserted places; and people came to him from every quarter.

And when he entered Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was home.

And many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And he preached the word to them.

And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above him; and when they had broken through, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.

But he said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those who were with him:

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how many things he was doing, came to him.

And a crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you."

Again he began to teach by the sea. and a very large crowd gathered around him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.

But when the sun came up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away.

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

And these are the ones along the path where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in them.

And leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him.

And a great storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.

But he was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. And they woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care if we perish?"

Then he rose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.

Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside.

So those who fed the swine fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And people went out to see what it was that had happened.

And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him.

And when Jesus had crossed over again by the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea.

And there was a woman who had endured a flow of blood for twelve years,

and she had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she owned, and was no better but rather grew worse.

And immediately the bleeding stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.

While he was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue's house who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?"

And they laughed at him. But after he put them all outside, he took the child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

Immediately the girl stood up and walked (she was twelve years of age). And they were overcome with great amazement.

for Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard him, he was much perplexed; and yet he heard him gladly.

And the king was exceedingly sorry; but, because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and already the hour is late.

When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on land.

And he saw the disciples straining at the oars, for the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He was about to pass by them,

but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out;

and ran about that whole region, and began to carry those who were sick around on pallets to wherever they heard he was.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders.

When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash themselves. And there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of cups and pitchers and copper vessels.)

But a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit heard about him, and she came and fell at his feet.

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

Then they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged him to put his hand on him.

And [immediately] his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

Then he put his hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored, and saw everything clearly.

After six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,

And the spirit cried out, convulsed him terribly, and came out. And the boy was like a corpse; so that many of them said, "He is dead."

For he was teaching his disciples and said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

And they came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, "What were you discussing on the road?"

But they kept silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest.

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name and we forbade him, because he was not one of us."

Then he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his custom was, he taught them.

But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me; and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And he took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was to happen to him.

And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside begging.

And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Jesus entered Jerusalem, and went into the temple. And when he had looked round at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

On the next day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.

And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him.

But if we say, 'From men'"they feared the people, for all held that John was a real prophet.

this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him.

And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly. And she broke the flask and poured it over his head.

But there were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was this ointment wasted?

And when it was evening he came with the twelve.

They went to a place which was called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."

And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But the scriptures must be fulfilled."

But he was silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came.

But Jesus still made no answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Now at the feast he was accustomed to release for them one prisoner whom they requested.

And with the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.

For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.

Then they compelled a certain man, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to carry his cross.

And it was the third hour, when they crucified him.

And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

So when the centurion, who stood opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

who also followed him and ministered to him when he was in Galilee; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Josnt of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Pilate marveled that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if he was already dead.

And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph.

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, though it was very large, had been rolled away.

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.

And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.