And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;

For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.

And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.

And went running through all the country round about, and took on their beds those who were ill, to where it was said that he was.

And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.

In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,

And he was very sad in spirit, and said, Why is this generation looking for a sign? truly, I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.

Then again he put his hands on his eyes; and looking hard, he was able to see, and saw all things clearly.

And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting.

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:

Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear.

And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;

For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?

But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.

And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

And he got up, and went into the country of Judaea on the other side of Jordan: and great numbers of people came together to him again; and, as was his way, he gave them teaching.

And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.

And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.

But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property.

And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were full of wonder; but those who came after him were in fear. And again he took the twelve, and gave them word of the things which were to come on him,

And they came to Jericho: and when he was going out of Jericho, with his disciples and a great number of people, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind man, was seated by the wayside, with his hand out for money.

And when it came to his ears that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he gave a cry, and said, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.

And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.

And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit.

And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead.

And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:

The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? give me an answer.

Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!

And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew said to him privately,

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head.

She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.

And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them.

And the disciples went out and came into the town, and saw that it was as he had said: and they made ready the Passover.

And when it was evening he came with the twelve.

And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Be seated here while I say a prayer.

And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority.

I was with you every day in the Temple teaching, and you did not take me; but this is done so that the Writings may come true.

And Peter had come after him at a distance, even into the house of the high priest; and he was seated with the captains, warming himself in the light of the fire.

For a number gave false witness against him and their witness was not in agreement.

And even so their witness was not in agreement.

His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death.

And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;

But again he said it was not so. And after a little time, again those who were near said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; for you are a Galilaean.

And in the same minute, the cock gave a second cry. And it came to Peter's mind how Jesus had said to him, Before the cock's second cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And at this thought he was overcome with weeping.

But Jesus gave no more answers, so that Pilate was full of wonder.

And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.

And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But their cry was the louder, To the cross!

And Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross.

And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.

And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.

And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.

And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.

And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.

Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.

And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, got spices, so that they might come and put them on him.

And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; and it was of great size.

And they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it.

And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.

And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said.

And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.

And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.

And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.

And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth,

To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?

Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit,

And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.

Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.

And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.