The birth of [Jesus] Christ came about thus. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together she was discovered to be pregnant by the holy Spirit.

In those days John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching in the desert of Judaea,

This John had his clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins; his food was locusts and wild honey.

Then Jesus came on the scene from Galilee, to get baptized by John at the Jordan.

So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."

At this the devil left him, and angels came up and ministered to him.

So when he saw the crowds, he went up the hill and sat down; his disciples came up to him

The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on rock.

The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, and down it fell ??with a mighty crash."

When he came down from the hill, he was followed by large crowds.

A leper came up and knelt before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cleanse me";

When he entered Capharnahum an army-captain came up to him and appealed to him,

Now when evening came they brought him many demoniacs, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all the invalids ??17 that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, He took away our sicknesses and he removed our diseases.

A scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you anywhere";

Now a heavy storm came on at sea, so that the boat was buried under the waves. He was sleeping.

He said to them, "Begone!" So out they came and went to the swine, and the entire drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea and perished in the water.

Then all the town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to move out of their district.

Then the disciples of John came up to him and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast a great deal, and your disciples do not fast?"

As he said this, an official came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter is just dead; do come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

Now a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel of his robe;

When he went indoors the blind men came up to him, and Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can do this?" They said, "Yes, sir."

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and here is One greater than Solomon.

He was still speaking to the crowds when his mother and brothers came and stood outside; they wanted to speak to him.

and as he sowed some seeds fell on the road and the birds came and ate them up.

Then the disciples came up and said to him, "Why do you speak in parables?"

but while men slept his enemy came and resowed weeds among the wheat and then went away.

Then he left the crowds and went indoors. And his disciples came up to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

His disciples came and removed the corpse and buried him; then they went and reported it to Jesus.

When evening fell, the disciples came up to him and said, "It is a desert place and the day is now gone; send off the crowds to buy food for themselves in the villages."

after he had dismissed the crowds he went up the hill by himself to pray. When evening came he was there alone,

On crossing over they came to land at Gennesaret.

Then Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

Then the disciples came up and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees have taken offence at what they hear you say?"

And a woman of Canaan came out of these parts and wailed, "Have pity on me, Lord, O Son of David! My daughter is cruelly possessed by a daemon."

But he made no answer to her. Then his disciples came up and pressed him, saying, "Send her away, she is wailing behind us."

But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, do help me."

And large crowds came to him bringing the lame, and the blind, the dumb, the maimed, and many others; they laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up and, in order to tempt him, asked him to show them a Sign from heaven.

Now when Jesus came to the district of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of man is?"

but Jesus came forward and touched them, saying, "Rise, have no fear."

When they reached the crowd, a man came up and knelt to him.

So Jesus checked the daemon and it came out of him, and from that hour the boy was healed.

Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"

When they reached Capharnahum, the collectors of the temple-tax came and asked Peter, "Does your teacher not pay the temple-tax?"

At that hour the disciples came and asked Jesus, "Who is greatest in the Realm of heaven?"

Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often is my brother to sin against me and be forgiven? Up to seven times?"

Then the Pharisees came up to tempt him. They asked, "Is it right to divorce one's wife for any reason?"

Up came a man and said to him, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to gain life eternal?"

I tell you again, 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."

And when he went out at five o'clock he came upon some others who were standing; he said to them, 'Why have you stood doing nothing all the day?'

Now when evening came the master of the vineyard said to his bailiff, 'Summon the labourers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and going on to the first.'

When those who had been hired about five o'clock came, they got a shilling each.

So when the first labourers came up, they supposed they would get more; but they too got each their shilling.

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedaeus came up to him with her sons, praying him for a favour.

When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Hill of Olives, then Jesus despatched two disciples,

Blind and lame people came up to him in the temple and he healed them.

In the morning as he came back to the city he felt hungry,

When he entered the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "What authority have you for acting in this way? Who gave you this authority?"

Now when the king came in to view his guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in a wedding-robe.

That same day some Sadducees came up to him, men who hold there is no resurrection. They put this question to him:

Blind guides that you are, filtering away the gnat and swallowing the camel!

So Jesus left the temple and went on his way. His disciples came forward to point out to him the temple-buildings,

So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?"

and as they knew nothing till the deluge came and swept them all away; so will the arrival of the Son of man be.

Afterwards the rest of the maidens came and said, 'Oh sir, oh sir, open the door for us!'

Now a long time afterwards the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.

Then the servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds came forward, bringing twelve hundred more; he said, 'You handed me twelve hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another twelve hundred.'

Then the servant with the five hundred pounds came forward. He said, 'You handed me five hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another five hundred.'

Then the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds came forward. He said, 'I knew you were a hard man, sir, reaping where you never sowed and gathering where you never winnowed.

Well then, you should have handed my money to the bankers and I would have got my capital with interest when I came back.

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of expensive perfume which she poured over his head as he lay at table.

On the first day of unleavened bread the disciples of Jesus came up and said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the passover?"

When evening came he lay at table with the disciples,

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, "Sit here till I go over there and pray."

While he was still speaking, up came Judas, one of the twelve, accompanied by a large mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and the elders of the people.

but they could find none, although a number of false witnesses came forward. However, two men came forward at last

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A maidservant came up and said to him, "You were with Jesus the Galilean too."

After a little the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them too. Why, your accent betrays you!"

When morning came, all the high priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to have him put to death.

When they came to a place called Golgotha (meaning the place of a skull),

But the others said, "Stop, let us see if Elijah does come to save him!" [Seizing a lance, another pricked his side, and out came water and blood.]

Now when evening came, a rich man from Arimathaea, called Joseph, who had become a disciple of Jesus,

But a great earthquake took place; an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled away the boulder and sat on it.

and told them to say that "his disciples came at night and stole him when we were asleep."

Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth;

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.