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

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

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.

And Jesus answered and said, while he was teaching in the temple, How is it that the scribes say, that the Christ is Davids son?

And he sat over against the treasury, and was beholding how the people cast money into the treasury. And many that were rich were casting in much.

And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

And two days after was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by craft, and put him to death.

And when he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster bottle of ointment of pure spikenard, very precious; and breaking the bottle, she poured it on his head.

And when it was evening, he cometh with the twelve.

And going on a little farther, he fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it was possible, the hour might pass from him.

And immediately, while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and elders.

I was daily with you in the temple, teaching, and ye did not lay hands on me; but [thus it is], that the Scriptures may be fulfilled.

And Peter followed him afar off, even into the court of the palace of the highpriest, and was sitting with the officers, and warming himself at the fire.

But he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the highpriest asked him, and saith to him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

And as Peter was below in the court, there cometh one of the maidservants of the highpriest;

and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, Thou too wast with the Nazarene, Jesus.

And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests, having held a consultation with the elders and the scribes, and the whole council, bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

Now at the feast he was wont to release to them one prisoner, whom they might ask.

And there was one named Barabbas, who lay bound with insurgents who had committed murder in the insurrection.

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenaean, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

And it was the third hour when they crucified him.

And on the cross the inscription of the charge against him was written: "The king of the Jews."

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

And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.

And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that he so expired, said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

There were also women looking on from a distance; among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and rendered him their services; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

And evening having now come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable councilor, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, came, and boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

And Pilate wondered that he was already dead; and calling to him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been long dead.

And having bought fine linen, he took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a tomb which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the tomb.

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

And when the sabbath was past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

And looking up they see that the stone had been rolled back; for it was very large.

But he saith to them, Be not affrighted; ye seek Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified; he hath risen; he is not here; behold the place where they laid him.

{The remaining twelve verses, according to Tischendorf and others, made originally no part of Marks Gospel. As the passage was added very early, however, since it is referred to by Irenaeus in the latter part of the second century, it is here given, as an appendix.} [And having risen early, on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons.

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

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

that thou mightst know the exact truth with regard to those things in which thou wast instructed.

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zachariah, of the course of Abijah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both far advanced in years.

And it came to pass, that, while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his course,

And the whole multitude of the people was praying without at the time of the incense.

And Zachariah was troubled at the sight, and fear fell upon him.

But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zachariah; for thy prayer was heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name John.

And the angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to thee, and to tell thee these glad tidings.

And on coming out, he was not able to speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he was beckoning to them, and remained speechless.

And in her sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, called Nazareth,

to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgins name was Mary.

And she was troubled at the words, and was considering what this salutation could mean.

And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue was loosed; and he spoke, blessing God.

And all that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What then will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit; and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

(This registering was the first made while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

And Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth into Judaea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,

to be registered with Mary who had been betrothed to him, who was with child.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swathingclothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

And when eight days were completed for him to be circumcised, his name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

And lo! there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and he was a righteous and devout man, waiting for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him;

And his father and his mother marveled at what was spoken concerning him.

And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel: of the tribe of Asher; she was of great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;

and she was a widow eightyfour years old, who never left the temple, worshipping with fastings and prayers night and day.

And the child grew, and waxed strong, being filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him.

And when he was twelve years old, and they went up, after the custom of the feast,

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.

And it came to pass, when all the people had been baptized, and Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying, that the heaven was opened,

And Jesus himself was, when he began, about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, who was the son of Heli,

who was the son of Matthath, who was the son of Levi, who was the son of Melchi, who was the son of Jannai, who was the son of Joseph,

who was the son of Mattathias, who was the son of Amos, who was the son of Nahum, who was the son of Esli, who was the son of Naggai,

who was the son of Maath, who was the son of Mattathias, who was the son of Shimei, who was the son of Josech, who was the son of Joda,

who was the son of Joanan, who was the son of Rhesa, who was the son of Zerubbabel, who was the son of Shealtiel, who was the son of Neri,

who was the son of Melchi, who was the son of Addi, who was the son of Kosam, who was the son of Elmadam, who was the son of Er,

who was the son of Jesus, who was the son of Eliezer, who was the son of Jorim, who was the son of Matthath, who was the son of Levi,

who was the son of Simeon, who was the son of Judah, who was the son of Joseph, who was the son of Jonam, who was the son of Eliakim,

who was the son of Melea, who was the son of Menna, who was the son of Mattatha, who was the son of Nathan, who was the son of David,

who was the son of Jesse, who was the son of Obed, who was the son of Boaz, who was the son of Salma, who was the son of Nahshon,

who was the son of Amminadab, who was the son of Admin, who was the son of Arni, who was the son of Hezron, who was the son of Pharez, who was the son of Judah,

who was the son of Jacob, who was the son of Isaac, who was the son of Abraham, who was the son of Terah, who was the son of Nahor,

who was the son of Serug, who was the son of Reu, who was the son of Peleg, who was the son of Eber, who was the son of Shelah,

who was the son of Cainan, who was the son of Arphaxad, who was the son of Shem, who was the son of Noah, who was the son of Lamech,

who was the son of Methuselah, who was the son of Enoch, who was the son of Jared, who was the son of Mahalaleel, who was the son of Cainan,

who was the son of Enos, who was the son of Seth, who was the son of Adam, who was the son of God.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness

forty days, tempted by the Devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry.

And he came to Nazara, where he had been brought up, and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbathday; and stood up to read.

And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah; and unrolling the book, he found the place where it was written,

But I tell you in truth, that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;

and yet to none of them was Elijah sent, but to Sarepta in Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow.

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.

And they rose up, and forced him out of the city and took him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, to cast him down headlong;

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbath.

And they were astonished at his teaching; for his word was with authority.

And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

And he arose and went from the synagogue into the house of Simon. And Simons wifes mother was seized with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

And when the sun was setting, all who had any sick with divers diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

And demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And he rebuked them, and did not suffer them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

And when it was day, he went out, and betook himself to a desert place; and the multitudes went in search of him; and they came to him, and would have prevented him from leaving them.