And Peter kept following Him at a distance, till he came even to the court of the High Priest's palace, where he entered and sat down among the officers to see the issue.

said, 'This one said, I am able to throw down the sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.'

The high priest then stood up and said to Him, “Don’t You have an answer to what these men are testifying against You?”

But he denied it in front of everyone: “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

And again he denied it with an oath, “I don’t know the man!”

Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!" Immediately the rooster crowed.

Then [when] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted [what he had done] [and] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders,

Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Then Pilate said to Him, “Don’t You hear how much they are testifying against You?”

When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

And they platted a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And sitting down they watched him there;

And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God: let him deliver him now if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.

And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered it to be done.

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it,

But the angel told the women, “Don’t be afraid, because I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

And lo! Jesus met them, saying, All hail! And they went up, and laid hold of his feet, and knelt down before him.

Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me."

Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

So the soldiers took the money and followed their instructions; and this story has been disseminated among the Jews down to the present day.

And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted [that it was really He].

and teach them to practice all the commands that I have given you. And I myself will surely be with you all the days, down to the very close of an age."

And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;

And all were amazed and awe-struck, so they began to ask one another, "What does this mean? Here is a new sort of teaching--and a tone of authority! And even to foul spirits he issues orders and they obey him!"

Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, suffering with a fever, and at once they told him about her.

But evening being come, when the sun had gone down, they brought to him all that were suffering, and those possessed by demons;

until the whole city had gathered together at the door.

"Let's go to the neighboring town," he replied, "so I can preach there, too, because that's why I came."

And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

He told the man, "Be sure that you don't tell anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and then offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded as proof to the authorities."

But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news [of his healing], to such an extent that Jesus could no longer openly enter a city [where He was known], but stayed out in the unpopulated places; yet people were still coming to Him from everywhere.

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

He went out of the town again and along the shore, and all the people came to him and he taught them.

And it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

And the pharisees said to Him, See, why do they what is not lawful to be done on the sabbath-day?

Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.

And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea.

And it was in sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things of heaven came and ate it down.

And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.

But He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, “Teacher! Don’t You care that we’re going to die?”

And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.

He asked them, "Why are you such cowards? Don't you have any faith yet?"

He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

And [when he] saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him.

And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God, don’t torment me!”

And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

They *came to Jesus and *observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the “legion”; and they became frightened.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

And behold there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and seeing him, falls down at his feet;

And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

Before he had done speaking, messengers came from the ruler of the synagogue's house, who said, "your daughter is dead, why do you give the master any further trouble?"

But when Jesus overheard what was said, He told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.”

Then Jesus went out from there and came to His home town [i.e., Nazareth] and His disciples went with Him.

And when sabbath was come he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing were amazed, saying, Whence has this man these things? and what is the wisdom that is given to him, and such works of power are done by his hands?

Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet does not go without receiving honor, except in his own home town, and among his own relatives, and among his own family members."

And He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town.

Any place that does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet as a testimony against them [breaking all ties with them because they rejected My message].”

So Herodias had it in for him and wanted to have him killed. But she could not have it done,

And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

He replied, "Give them some food, yourselves." They said, "Are we to go and buy ten pounds' worth of food and give them that to eat?"

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he came to them, walking on the sea. He intended to go up right beside them,

for they all saw Him and were terrified. Immediately He spoke with them and said, “Have courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves;

And enter wherever He might--village or town or hamlet--they laid their sick in the open places, and entreated Him to let them touch were it but the tassel of His robe; and all, whoever touched Him, were restored to health.

(For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, holding firmly to the traditions of the elders;

and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves [completely according to ritual]; and there are many other things [oral, man-made laws and traditions handed down to them] which they follow diligently, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper utensils.)

So the Pharisees and scribes asked Jesus, “Why do Your disciples not live their lives according to the tradition of the elders, but [instead] eat their bread with [ceremonially] unwashed hands?”

But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'

"You give up what God has commanded and hold fast to what men have handed down.

And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.

[thus] making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down, and you do many similar [things] such as this."

And He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him?

But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

Soon after this Jesus left the region of Tyre, and passed through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of Decapolis [the ten Hellenistic cities].

And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

And if I send them away to their homes hungry, they will break down on the way; and some of them have come a long distance."