where he stayed until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had said by the prophet: I called my Son from Egypt.

He went and settled in a town called Nazaret, so that what had been said by the prophets might be fulfilled: 'He shall be called a Nazarene.'

But when he noticed a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath?

John tried to prevent him; "I need to get baptized by you," he said, "and you come to me!"

And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight."

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

said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

Jesus said to him, "It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

he said, "I will give you all that if you will fall down and worship me."

for the fulfilment of what had been said by the prophet Isaiah:

so he said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men."

and he opened his lips and began to teach them. He said:

You have heard how it used to be said, Do not commit adultery.

It used to be said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a divorce-certificate.

When Jesus heard that, he marvelled; "I tell you truly," he said to his followers, "I have never met faith like this anywhere in Israel.

Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go; as you have had faith, your prayer is granted." And the servant was cured at that very hour.

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

Jesus said to him, "The foxes have their holes, the wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."

Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me go and bury my father first of all";

Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

He said to them, "Why are you afraid? How little you trust God!" Then he got up and checked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

Men marvelled at this; they said, "What sort of man is this? the very winds and sea obey him!"

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.

There a paralytic was brought to him, lying on a pallet; and when Jesus saw the faith of the bearers he said to the paralytic, "Courage, my son! your sins are forgiven."

Some scribes said to themselves, "The man is talking blasphemy!"

Jesus saw what they were thinking and said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he then said to the paralytic, "Get up, lift your pallet, and go home."

As Jesus passed along from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me"; and he rose and followed him.

So when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with taxgatherers and sinners?"

When Jesus heard it he said, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill.

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?"

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding mourn so long as the bride groom is beside them? A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will 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."

what she said to herself was this, "If I can only touch his robe, I will recover."

Then Jesus turned round, and when he saw her he said, "Courage, my daughter, your faith has made you well." And the woman was well from that hour.

he said, "Be off with you; the girl is not dead but asleep." They laughed at him.

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."

Then he touched their eyes and said, "As you believe, so your prayer is granted,"

and when the daemon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke. Then the crowd marvelled; they said, "Such a thing has never been seen in Israel!"

[vs omitted but shown in footnote] But the Pharisees said, "He casts out daemons by the prince of daemons."

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few;

At that time Jesus spoke and said, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simpleminded;

When the Pharisees noticed it, they said to him, "Look at your disciples, they are doing what is not allowed on the sabbath."

He said to them, "Is there a man of you with one sheep, who will not catch hold of it and lift it out of a pit on the sabbath, if it falls in?

Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and it was quite restored, as sound as the other.

charging them strictly not to make him known ??17 it was for the fulfilment of what had been said by the prophet Isaiah,

And all the crowds were amazed; they said, "Can this be the Son of David?"

But when the Pharisees heard of it they said, "This fellow only casts out daemons by Beelzebul the prince of daemons."

As Jesus knew what they were thinking, he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, any city or house divided against itself will never stand;

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, "Teacher, we would like to have some Sign from you."

Stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

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

He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

So the servants of the owner went to him and said, 'Did you not sow good seed in your field, sir? How then does it contain weeds?'

He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then would you like us to go and gather them?'

'No,' he said, 'for you might root up the wheat when you were gathering the weeds.

He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man takes and sows in his field.

He told them another parable. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like dough which a woman took and buried in three pecks of flour, till all of it was leavened."

Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable ??35 to fulfil what had been said by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will speak out what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.

Have you understood all this?" They said to him, "Yes."

So he said to them, "Well then, every scribe who has become a disciple of the Realm of heaven is like a householder who produces what is new and what is old from his stores."

and went to his native place, where he taught the people in the synagogue till they were astounded. They said, "Where did he get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

So they were repelled by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never goes without honour except in his native place and in his home."

And he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead. That is why miraculous powers are working through him."

And she, at the instigation of her mother, said, "Give me John the Baptist's head this moment on a dish."

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."

Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away; give them some food yourselves."

They said, "We have only five loaves with us and two fish."

He said, "Bring them here to me."

but when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified; "It is a ghost," they said and shrieked for fear.

Then Jesus spoke to them at once; "Courage," he said, "it is I, have no fear."

He said, "Come." Then Peter got out of the boat and walked over the water on his way to Jesus;

You hypocrites! Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you when he said,

Then he called the crowd and said to them, "Listen, understand this:

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

He said, "And are you totally ignorant?

"No, sir," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat. I will not send them away starving, in case they faint on the road."

The disciples said to him, "Where are we to get loaves enough in a desert to satisfy such a crowd?"

Jesus said to them, "How many loaves have you got?" They said, "Seven, and some little fish."

Jesus said to them, "See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

When Jesus noted this he said, "How little trust you have in me! Why all this talk, because you have brought no bread?

He said to them, "And who do you say I am?"

Peter took him and began to reprove him for it; "God forbid, Lord," he said, "This must not be."

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me! Your outlook is not God's but man's."

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me;

So Peter addressed Jesus and said, "Lord, it is a good thing we are here; pray let me put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

He was still speaking when a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight: listen to him."

"Ah, sir," he said, "have pity on my son; he is an epileptic and he suffers cruelly, he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

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

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you truly, if you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you could say to this hill, 'Move from here to there,' and remove it would; nothing would be impossible for you."

He said, "Yes." But when he went indoors Jesus spoke first; "Tell me, Simon," he said, "from whom do earthly kings collect customs or taxes? Is it from their own people or from aliens?"

"From aliens," he said. Then Jesus said to him, "So their own people are exempt.

and said, "I tell you truly, unless you turn and become like children, you will never get into the Realm of heaven at all.

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?"

Jesus said to him, "Seven times? I say, seventy times seven!

But as that servant went away, he met one of his fellow-servants who owed him twenty pounds, and seizing him by the throat he said, 'Pay your debt!'

Then his master summoned him and said, 'You scoundrel of a servant! I discharged all that debt for you, because you implored me.

said, Hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh?

They said to him, "Then why did Moses lay it down that we were to divorce by giving a separation-notice?"