Then He said to them, "Go the whole world over, and proclaim the Good News to all mankind.

He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

"The time has fully come," He said, "and the Kingdom of God is close at hand: repent, and believe this Good News.

Then, after John had been thrown into prison, Jesus came into Galilee proclaiming God's Good News.

And signs shall attend those who believe, even such as these. By making use of my name they shall expel demons. They shall speak new languages.

The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind, and thy whole strength.'

For the Son of Man also did not come to be waited upon, but to wait on others, and to give His life as the redemption-price for a multitude of people."

"The chief Commandment," replied Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

But He rose to life early on the first day of the week, and appeared first to Mary of Magdala from whom He had expelled seven demons.

When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, in order to come and anoint His body.

Then one of the Scribes, who had heard them disputing and well knew that Jesus had given them an answer to the point, and a forcible one, came forward and asked Him, "Which is the chief of all the Commandments?"

After some days He entered Capernaum again, and it soon became known that He was at home;

If your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off: it would be better for you to enter into Life maimed, than remain in possession of both your hands and go away into Gehenna, into the fire which cannot be put out.

As He went out to resume His journey, there came a man running up to Him, who knelt at His feet and asked, "Good Rabbi, what am I to do in order to inherit the Life of the Ages?"

That is why I tell you, as to whatever you pray and make request for, if you believe that you have received it it shall be yours.

Then calling to Him the crowd and also His disciples, He said to them, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.

At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan;

So they kept the matter to themselves, although frequently asking one another what was meant by the rising from the dead.

"'If I possibly can!'" replied Jesus; "why, everything is possible to him who believes."

And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;

The same day, in the evening, He said to them, "Let us cross to the other side."

"But as to that day or the exact time no one knows--not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

One day people were bringing young children to Jesus for Him to touch them, but the disciples interfered.

So they arrived at the opposite shore of the Lake, in the country of the Gerasenes.

Then the Pharisees, with certain Scribes who had come from Jerusalem, came to Him in a body.

Why, what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

From that place Jesus and His disciples went to the villages belonging to Caesarea Philippi. On the way He began to ask His disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

and if a woman puts away her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

Is not this the carpenter, Mary's son, the brother of James and Joses, Jude and Simon? And do not his sisters live here among us?" So they turned angrily away.

but from the beginning of the creation the rule was, 'Male and female did God make them.

They came to Jericho; and as He was leaving that town--Himself and His disciples and a great crowd--Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus)

Then he will himself show you a large room upstairs, ready furnished: there make preparation for us."

Then He asked them, "Are we allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil? to save a life, or to destroy one?" They remained silent.

But at three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Elohi, Elohi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"

Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and brought them alone, apart from the rest, up a high mountain; and in their presence His appearance underwent a change.

Also during the meal He took a Passover biscuit, blessed it, and broke it. He then gave it to them, saying, "Take this, it is my body."

And now for the first time He told them, "The Son of Man must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the Elders and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise to life."

So the Lord Jesus after having thus spoken to them was taken up into Heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;

The number fed were about 4,000. Then He sent them away,

For from within, out of men's hearts, their evil purposes proceed--fornication, theft, murder, adultery,

Then He rose and left that place and went into the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon. Here He entered a house and wished no one to know it, but He could not escape observation.

Jesus, however, on seeing this, was moved to indignation, and said to them, "Let the little children come to me: do not hinder them; for to those who are childlike the Kingdom of God belongs.

But whenever you stand praying, if you have a grievance against any one, forgive it, so that your Father in Heaven may also forgive you your offences."

Having taken a seat opposite the Treasury, He observed how the people were dropping money into the Treasury, and that many of the wealthy threw in large sums.

Every one, however, who has been ashamed of me and of my teachings in this faithless and sinful age, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in His Father's glory with the holy angels."

Jesus said to them, "Have faith in God.

In the morning He rose early, while it was still quite dark, and leaving the house He went away to a solitary place and there prayed.

When they were getting near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and Bethany, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on in front, with these instructions.

When the Apostles had re-assembled round Jesus, they reported to Him all they had done and all they had taught.

Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water.

So they came to Capernaum, and on the next Sabbath He went to the synagogue and began to teach.

One day there came a leper to Jesus entreating Him, and pleading on his knees. "If you are willing," he said, "you are able to cleanse me."

So John the Baptizer came, and was in the Desert proclaiming a baptism of the penitent for forgiveness of sins.

He went on to say, "In solemn truth I tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God already come in power."

They therefore left their father Zabdi in the boat with the hired men, and went and followed Him.

Then on leaving the synagogue they came at once, with James and John, to the house of Simon and Andrew.

I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

They shall take up venomous snakes, and if they drink any deadly poison it shall do them no harm whatever. They shall lay their hands on the sick, and the sick shall recover."

Leaving that place He came into His own country, accompanied by His disciples.

In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, 'Remove, and hurl thyself into the sea,' and has no doubt about it in his heart, but stedfastly believes that what he says will happen, it shall be granted him.

At once they left their nets and followed Him.

Presently a party of Pharisees come to Him with the question--seeking to entrap Him, "May a man divorce his wife?"

He replied, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman, commits adultery against the first wife;

It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the High Priests and Scribes were bent on finding how to seize Him by stratagem and put Him to death.

Then James and John, the sons of Zabdi, came up to Him and said, "Rabbi, we wish you would grant us whatever request we make of you."

As it is written in Isaiah the Prophet, "See, I am sending My messenger before Thee, Who will prepare Thy way";

Now when He was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper, while He was at table, there came a woman with a jar of pure, sweet-scented ointment very costly: she broke the jar and poured the ointment over His head.

So they came to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you are a truthful man and you do not fear any one; for you do not recognize human distinctions, but teach God's way truly. Is it allowable to pay poll-tax to Caesar, or not?

When Jesus had re-crossed in the boat to the other side, a vast multitude came crowding to Him; and He was on the shore of the Lake,

As He was leaving the Temple, one of His disciples exclaimed, "Look, Rabbi, what wonderful stones! what wonderful buildings!"

"Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites," He replied; "as it is written, "'This People honour Me with their lips, while their hearts are far away from Me:

Then summoning the Twelve to Him, He proceeded to send them out by twos, and gave them authority over the foul spirits.

and immediately on His coming up out of the water He saw an opening in the sky, and the Spirit like a dove coming down to Him;

"As soon, however, as you see the Abomination of Desolation standing where he ought not" --let the reader observe these words--"then let those in Judaea escape to the hills;

On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread--the day for killing the Passover lamb--His disciples asked Him, "Where shall we go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

At earliest dawn, after the High Priests had held a consultation with the Elders and Scribes, they and the entire Sanhedrin bound Jesus and took Him away and handed Him over to Pilate.

"Rabbi," said John to Him, "we saw a man making use of your name to expel demons, and we tried to hinder him, on the ground that he did not follow us."

Soon on His feet once more, He enters the district of Judaea and crosses the Jordan: again the people flock to Him, and ere long, as was usual with Him, He was teaching them once more.

One day, passing along the shore of the Lake of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, throwing their nets in the Lake; for they were fisherman.

One Sabbath He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went.

So the disciples went out and came to the city, and found everything just as He had told them; and they got the Passover ready.

Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:

They also asked Him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"

They reached Jerusalem, and entering the Temple He began to drive out the buyers and sellers, and upset the money-changers' tables and the stools of the pigeon-dealers,

but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, he remains for ever unabsolved: he is guilty of a sin of the Ages."

Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said, "One thing is lacking in you: go, sell all you possess and give the proceeds to the poor, and you shall have riches in Heaven; and come and be a follower of mine."

At another time, when He went to the synagogue, there was a man there with one arm shrivelled up.

Then He began to speak to them in figurative language. "There was once a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a pit for the wine-tank, and built a strong lodge. Then he let the place to vine-dressers and went abroad.

Going on a little further He saw James the son of Zabdi and his brother John: they also were in the boat mending the nets, and He immediately called them.

and He said, "Abba! my Father! all things are possible for Thee: take this cup of suffering away from me: and yet not what I desire, but what Thou desirest."

So they came to a place called Gethsemane. There He said to His disciples, "Sit down here till I have prayed."

And they came to Bethsaida. And a blind man was brought to Jesus and they entreated Him to touch him.

But they went out and made proclamation everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming their Message by the signs which accompanied it.

"At that time, however, after that distress, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed her light;

There were also a party of women looking on from a distance; among them being both Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joses, and Salome--

"And whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe, he would be better off if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea.

Their next step was to send to Him some of the Pharisees and of Herod's partisans to entrap Him in conversation.

King Herod heard of all this (for the name of Jesus had become widely known)

At once the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the Desert,

Then He went up the hill; and those whom He Himself chose He called, and they came to Him.

Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are pardoned."

By this time His mother and His brothers arrive, and standing outside they send a message to Him to call Him.

Jesus heard the words, and He said, "It is not the healthy who require a doctor, but the sick: I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners."

"The second is this: 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as thou lovest thyself.' "Other Commandment greater than these there is none."

Later still He showed Himself to the Eleven themselves whilst they were at table, and He upbraided them with their unbelief and obstinacy in not having believed those who had seen Him alive.

As they came to rejoin the disciples, they saw an immense crowd surrounding them and a party of Scribes disputing with them.

and at once going on board with His disciples He came into the district of Dalmanutha.

but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.

Jesus looking on them said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for everything is possible with God."

The next day, after they had left Bethany, He was hungry.

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

Jesus, however, called them to Him and said to them, "You are aware how those who are deemed rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men make them feel their authority;

Immediately afterwards He made His disciples go on board the boat and cross over to Bethsaida, leaving Him behind to dismiss the crowd.

Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be bowed to in places of public resort,

The people listened with amazement to His teaching--for there was authority about it: it was very different from that of the Scribes--

"To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;

For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, will secure it.

"In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has forsaken house or brothers or sisters, or mother or father, or children or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News,

One Simon, a Cyrenaean, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing along, coming from the country: him they compelled to carry His cross.

Departing thence they passed through Galilee, and He was unwilling that any one should know it;

And alas for the women who at that time are with child or have infants!

Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

Returning from the neighbourhood of Tyre, He came by way of Sidon to the Lake of Galilee, passing through the district of the Ten Towns.

But he said to them, "Do not be terrified. It is Jesus you are looking for--the Nazarene who has been crucified. He has come back to life: He is not here: this is the place where they laid Him.

let him who is on the roof not come down and enter the house to fetch anything out of it;

The Scribes, too, who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Baal-zebul in him; and it is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he expels the demons."

He appointed twelve of them, that they might be with Him, and that He might also send them to proclaim His Message,

So they came to Capernaum; and when in the house He asked them, "What were you arguing about on the way?"

"But pray that it may not come in the winter.

But Jesus reprimanded him, saying, "Silence! come out of him."

Immediately the father cried out, "I do believe: strengthen my weak faith."

But in the distance He saw a fig-tree in full leaf, and went to see whether perhaps He could find some figs on it. When however He came to it, He found nothing but leaves (for it was not fig time)

Towards sunset, as it was the Preparation--that is, the day preceding the Sabbath--

(Now John's disciples and those of the Pharisees were keeping a fast.)

Now a woman who for twelve years had suffered from haemorrhage,

They were still on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were full of wonder, and some, though they followed, did so with fear. Then, once more calling to Him the Twelve, He began to tell them what was about to happen to Him.

"Why do you call me good?" asked Jesus in reply; "there is no one truly good except One--that is, God.

For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying signs and prodigies with a view to lead astray--if indeed that were possible--even God's own People.

"Come and follow me," said Jesus, "and I will make you fishers for men."

Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

At noon there came a darkness over the whole land, lasting till three o'clock in the afternoon.

About that time there was again an immense crowd, and they found themselves with nothing to eat. So He called His disciples to Him.

But He remained silent, and gave no reply. A second time the High Priest questioned Him. "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" he said.

"Praiseworthy indeed!" He added, "to set at nought God's Commandment in order to observe your own traditions!

"I am," replied Jesus, "and you and others will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the divine Power, and coming amid the clouds of the sky."

"You neglect God's Commandment: you hold fast to men's traditions."

they arrayed Him in crimson, placed on His head a wreath of thorny twigs which they had twisted,

"Elijah," He replied, "does indeed come first and reforms everything; but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He will endure much suffering and be held in contempt?

Shall we pay, or shall we refuse to pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, replied, "Why try to ensnare me? Bring me a shilling for me to look at."

Then the soldiers led Him away into the court of the Palace (the Praetorium)

but to go wearing sandals. "And do not," He said, "put on an extra under garment.

crying out in a loud voice, "What hast Thou to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? In God's name I implore Thee not to torment me."

And His fame spread at once everywhere in all that part of Galilee.

They brought one; and He asked them, "Whose is this likeness and this inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.

Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures say about him."

and let not him who is in the field turn back to pick up his outer garment.

But no sooner had the Pharisees left the synagogue than they held a consultation with the Herodians against Jesus, to devise some means of destroying Him.

But *you* say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, It is a Korban (that is, a thing devoted to God)

And so you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or mother,

When it was evening, He came with the Twelve.

So the foul spirit, after throwing the man into convulsions, came out of him with a loud cry.

But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."

and would not allow any one to carry anything through the Temple.

"Rabbi," he replied, "all these Commandments I have carefully obeyed from my youth."

So He went to her, and taking her hand He raised her to her feet: the fever left her, and she began to wait upon them.

Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill in bed with a fever, and without delay they informed Him about her.

and but for the fact that the Lord has cut short those days, no one would escape; but for the sake of His own People whom He has chosen for Himself He has cut short the days.

For He had said to him, "Foul spirit, come out of the man."

and He said to the tree, "Let no one ever again eat fruit from thee!" And His disciples heard this.

Heaving a deep and troubled sigh, He said, "Why do the men of to-day ask for a sign? In solemn truth I tell you that no sign will be given to the men of to-day."

and wherever it comes upon him, it dashes him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I begged your disciples to expel it, but they had not the power."

Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.

And while they were at table Jesus said, "I solemnly tell you that one of you will betray me--one who is eating with me."

"Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: 'If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.'

Wherever you enter a house, make it your home till you leave that place.

At once perceiving by His spirit that they were reasoning within themselves, Jesus asked them, "Why do you thus argue in your minds?

Now they had forgotten to take bread, nor had they more than a single loaf with them in the boat;

But many who are now first will be last, and the last, first."

they explained His words to one another by saying, "We have no bread!"

Immediately the whole multitude on beholding Him were astonished and awe-struck, and yet they ran forward and greeted Him.

At these words his brow darkened, and he went away sad; for he was possessed of great wealth.

So they brought him to Jesus. And the spirit, when he saw Jesus, immediately threw the youth into convulsions, so that he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

When evening came on, Jesus and His disciples used to leave the city.

and when He admonished them, "See to it, be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod,"

The second married her, and died, leaving no family; and the third did the same.

The disciples were amazed at His words. Jesus, however, said again, "Children, how hard a struggle is it for those who trust in riches to enter the Kingdom of God!

"Listen," He added, "every one who has ears to listen with!"

So He left them, went on board again, and came away to the other side.

There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.

Now there were some of the Scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts.

and from Judaea and Jerusalem and Idumaea and from beyond the Jordan and from the district of Tyre and Sidon there came to Him a vast crowd, hearing of all that He was doing.

and went on to salute Him with shouts of "Long live the King of the Jews."

Then He cured numbers of people who were ill with various diseases, and He drove out many demons; not allowing the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

This the High Priests and Scribes heard, and they began to devise means to destroy Him. For they were afraid of Him, because of the deep impression produced on all the people by His teaching.

but Jesus took his hand and raised him up, and he stood on his feet.

"What is the subject you are discussing?" He asked them.

And he earnestly entreated Him not to send them away out of the country.

Jesus also questioned him. "What is your name?" He said. "Legion," he replied, "for there are a host of us."

So He gave directions to His disciples to keep a small boat in constant attendance on Him because of the throng--to prevent their crushing Him.

Then they began to beat Him on the head with a cane, to spit on Him, and to do Him homage on bended knees.

For the Son of Man is going His way as it is written about Him; but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been a happy thing for that man, had he never been born."

And Simon and the others searched everywhere for Him.

And so did the rest of the seven, all dying childless. Finally the woman also died.

and the whole town was assembled at the door.

The leprosy at once left him, and he was cleansed.

and Peter, recollecting, said to Him, "Look, Rabbi, the fig-tree which you cursed is withered up."

"Let us go elsewhere, to the neighbouring country towns," He replied, "that I may proclaim my Message there also; because for that purpose I came from God."

Indoors the disciples began questioning Jesus again on the same subject.

"Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?" He added; "how then will you understand the rest of my parables?"

Over His head was the notice in writing of the charge against Him: THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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He gave them leave; and the foul spirits came out and entered into the swine, and the herd--about 2,000 in number--rushed headlong down the cliff into the Lake and were drowned in the Lake.

And the foul spirits, whenever they saw Him, threw themselves down at His feet, screaming out: "You are the Son of God."

Which is easier?--to say to this paralytic, 'Your sins are pardoned,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your mat, and walk?'

But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was.

For He had cured many of the people, so that all who had any ailments pressed upon Him, to touch Him.

"It is one of the Twelve," He replied; "he who is dipping his fingers in the dish with me.

"O unbelieving generation!" replied Jesus; "how long must I be with you? how long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy to me."

Others asserted that He was Elijah. Others again said, "He is a Prophet, like one of the great Prophets."

You have eyes! can you not see? You have ears! can you not hear? and have you no memory?

Feeding there, on the mountain slope, was a great herd of swine.

and saying, "Be careful not to tell any one, but go and show yourself to the Priest, and for your purification present the offerings that Moses appointed as evidence for them."

But when the Scribes of the Pharisee sect saw Him eating with the sinners and the tax-gatherers, they said to His disciples, "He is eating and drinking with the tax-gatherers and sinners!"

Then Jesus asked the father, "How long has he been like this?" "From early childhood," he said;

The man rose, and immediately under the eyes of all took up his mat and went out, so that they were all filled with astonishment, gave the glory to God, and said, "We never saw anything like this."

Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.

Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and handed it to them, and they all of them drank from it.

They were astonished beyond measure, and said to one another, "Who then *can* be saved?"

And He went through all Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and expelling the demons.

and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things? and who gave you authority to do them?"

"It was in consideration of your stubborn hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses enacted this law for you;

He is not the God of dead, but of living men. You are in grave error."

Or should we say, 'human?'" They were afraid of the people; for all agreed in holding John to have been really a Prophet.

"I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that to-day--this night--before the cock crows twice, you yourself will three times disown me."

For those will be times of suffering the like of which has never been from the first creation of God's world until now, and assuredly never will be again;

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He perceived what they were saying, and He said to them, "What is this discussion of yours about having no bread? Do you not yet see and understand? Are your minds so dull of comprehension?

"All may stumble and fall," said Peter, "yet I never will."

At last, having finished their sport, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

and when they came to Jesus, they beheld the demoniac quietly seated, clothed and of sane mind--the man who had had the legion; and they were awe-stricken.

Therefore Herodias hated him and wished to take his life, but could not;

and the two shall be one'; so that they are two no longer, but 'one.'

Then Jesus, seeing that an increasing crowd was running towards Him, rebuked the foul spirit, and said to it, "Dumb and deaf spirit, *I* command you, come out of him and never enter into him again."

"To you I say, 'Rise, take up your mat and go home.'"

So they besought Jesus. "Send us to the swine," they said, "so that we may enter into them."

After He had left the crowd and gone indoors, His disciples began to ask Him about this figure of speech.

And they kept looking out for an opportunity to seize Him, but were afraid of the people; for they saw that in this parable He had referred to *them*. So they left Him and went away.

"What rule did Moses lay down for you?" He answered.

"What the sower sows is the Message.

They were filled with sorrow, and began asking Him, one by one, "Not I, is it?"

and such numbers of people came together that there was no longer room for them even round the door. He was speaking His Message to them,

"Learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branch has become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.

So He came into Jerusalem and into the Temple; and after looking round upon everything there, the hour being now late He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

When they found Him they said, "Every one is looking for you."

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews--being, as they are, zealous for the traditions of the Elders--never eat without first carefully washing their hands,

The swineherds fled, and spread the news in town and country. So the people came to see what it was that had happened;

No one mends an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away from it--the new from the old--and a worse hole would be made.

covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly:

"Can a wedding party fast while the bridegroom is among them?" replied Jesus. "So long as they have the bridegroom with them, fasting is impossible.

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At the Resurrection whose wife will she be? For they all seven married her."

Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message,

He looked up and said, "I can see the people: I see them like trees--only walking."

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the wine would burst the skins, and both wine and skins would be lost. New wine needs fresh skins!"

But when Herod heard of Him, he said, "The John, whom I beheaded, has come back to life."

So the Pharisees and Scribes put the question to Him: "Why do your disciples transgress the traditions of the Elders, and eat their food with unclean hands?"

and when they come from market they will not eat without bathing first; and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally and cling to, such as the rinsing of cups and pots and of bronze utensils, and the washing of beds.)

And all the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him and said, "Ah! you who were for destroying the Sanctuary and building a new one in three days,

Why, there is nothing hidden except with a view to its being ultimately disclosed, nor has anything been made a secret but that it may at last come to light.

And Jesus went with him. And a dense crowd followed Him, and thronged Him on all sides.

Then He will send forth the angels and gather together His chosen People from north, south, east and west, from the remotest parts of the earth and the sky.

They closely watched Him to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath--so as to have a charge to bring against Him.

They had noticed that some of His disciples were eating their food with 'unclean' (that is to say, unwashed)

He wondered at their unbelief. So He went round the adjacent villages, teaching.

"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away."

"Let the children first eat all they want," He said; "it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

"And when the seven for the 4,000, how many hampers full of portions did you take away?" "Seven," they answered.

But as for yourselves, be on your guard: I have forewarned you of everything.

Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,

At length Herodias found her opportunity. Herod on his birthday gave a banquet to the nobles of his court and to the tribunes and the principal people in Galilee,

When I broke up the five loaves for the 5,000 men, how many baskets did you carry away full of broken portions?" "Twelve," they said.

Jesus at once sent him away, strictly charging him,

For John had repeatedly told Herod, "You have no right to be living with your brother's wife."

Then He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be full of terror and distress,

while those who led the way and those who followed kept shouting "God save Him!" Blessed be He who comes in the Lord's name.

Blessings on the coming Kingdom of our forefather David! God in the highest Heavens save Him!"

and Judas Iscariot, the man who also betrayed Him.

In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,

On the Sabbath He proceeded to teach in the synagogue; and many, as they heard Him, were astonished. "Where did he acquire all this?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? And what are these marvellous miracles which his hands perform?

Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."

this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our esteem?'"

But after I have risen to life again I will go before you into Galilee."

At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes.

Forthwith a woman whose little daughter was possessed by a foul spirit heard of Him, and came and flung herself at His feet.

the stars will be seen falling from the firmament, and the forces which are in the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.

But the man, when he went out, began to tell every one and to publish the matter abroad, so that it was no longer possible for Jesus to go openly into any town; but He had to remain outside in unfrequented places, where people came to Him from all parts.

but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.

Nay, no one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

how he entered the house of God in the High-priesthood of Abiathar, and ate the Presented Loaves--which none but the priests are allowed to eat--and gave some to his men also?"

"Go," He said, "to the village facing you, and immediately on entering it you will find an ass's foal tied up which no one has ever yet ridden: untie him and bring him here.

for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening.

At once, on His landing, there came from the tombs to meet Him a man possessed by a foul spirit.

She was a Gentile woman, a Syro-phoenician by nation: and again and again she begged Him to expel the demon from her daughter.

with authority to expel the demons.

"My heart yearns over the people," He said; "for this is now the third day they have remained with me, and they have nothing to eat.

"and often it has thrown him into the fire or into pools of water to destroy him. But, if you possibly can, have pity on us and help us."

"Have you never read," Jesus replied, "what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:

and To love Him with all one's heart, with all one's understanding, and with all one's strength, and to love one's fellow man no less than oneself, is far better than all our whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

And those who had seen it told them the particulars of what had happened to the demoniac, and all about the swine.

So He called them to Him, and using figurative language He appealed to them, saying, "How is it possible for Satan to expel Satan?

And together with Jesus they crucified two robbers, one at His right hand and one at His left.

"Come forward," said He to the man with the shrivelled arm.

As He was embarking, the man who had been possessed asked permission to accompany Him.

For those who have will have more given them; and from those who have not, even what they have will be taken away."

Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"

So He took the blind man by the arm and brought him out of the village, and spitting into his eyes He put His hands on him and asked him, "Can you see anything?"

John's Baptism--was it of Heavenly or of human origin? Answer me."

But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.

So the man departed, and related publicly everywhere in the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and all were astonished.

"John the Baptist," they replied, "but others say Elijah, and others, that it is one of the Prophets."

Then they began entreating Him to depart from their district.

"Do you not yet understand?" He said.

at which Herodias's own daughter came in and danced, and so charmed Herod and his guests that he said to her, "Ask me for anything you please, and I will give it to you."

and besought Him with many entreaties. "My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death: I pray you come and lay your hands upon her, that she may recover and live."

His garments also became dazzling with brilliant whiteness--such whiteness as no bleaching on earth could give.

all these wicked things come out from within and make a man unclean."

"But those men--the vine-dressers--said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the property will one day be ours.'

But a time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast.

As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

"Even if I must die with you," declared Peter again and again, "I will never disown you." In like manner protested also all the disciples.

I solemnly tell you that never again will I taste the produce of the vine till I shall drink the new wine in the Kingdom of God."

And if any one asks you, 'Why are you doing that?' say, 'The Master needs it, and will send it back here without delay.'"

So they brought the foal to Jesus, and threw their outer garments over him; and Jesus mounted.

"For those words of yours, go home," He replied; "the demon has gone out of your daughter."

Immediately Jesus, well knowing that healing power had gone from within Him, turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

So she went home, and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

when Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents--one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, "'They will treat my son with respect.'

"And I will put a question to you," replied Jesus; "answer me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

So the people ate an abundant meal; and what remained over they picked up and carried away--seven hampers of broken pieces.

and if a family splits into parties, that family cannot continue.

he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how.

What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do?" "He will come and put the vine-dressers to death," they said; "and will give the vineyard to others."

If I were to send them home hungry, they would faint on the way, some of them having come a great distance."

After the return of Jesus to the house His disciples asked Him privately, "How is it that we could not expel the spirit?"

Again he sent to them another servant: and as for him, they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully.

So He passed the word to the people to sit down on the ground. Then taking the seven loaves He blessed them, and broke them into portions and proceeded to give them to His disciples for them to distribute, and they distributed them to the people.

Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.

Then came to Him a party of Sadducees, a sect which denies that there is any Resurrection; and they proceeded to question Him.

So the Pharisees said to Him, "Look! why are they doing what on the Sabbath is unlawful?"

This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."

But on their giving the answer that Jesus had bidden them give, they let them take it.

Then many spread their outer garments to carpet the road, and others leafy branches which they had cut down in the fields;

"So they took him and killed him, and flung his body outside the vineyard.

and a voice came from the sky, saying, "Thou art My Son dearly loved: in Thee is My delight."

And constantly, day and night, he remained among the tombs or on the hills, shrieking, and mangling himself with sharp stones.

So with a loud cry he threw the boy into fit after fit, and came out. The boy looked as if he were dead, so that most of them said he was dead;

The girl immediately came in, in haste, to the King and made her request. "My desire is," she said, "that you will give me, here and now, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist."

He even swore to her, "Whatever you ask me for I will give you, up to half my kingdom."

He at once sent a soldier of his guard with orders to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Yet a third he sent, and him they killed. And he sent many besides, and them also they ill-treated, beating some and killing others.

This man lived among the tombs, nor could any one now secure him even with a chain;

Moreover there appeared to them Elijah accompanied by Moses; and the two were conversing with Jesus,

for many a time he had been left securely bound in fetters and chains, but afterwards the chains lay torn link from link, and the fetters in fragments, and there was no one strong enough to master him.

But no sooner is the crop ripe, than he sends the reapers, because the time of harvest has come."

"True, Sir," she replied, "and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps."

So if Satan has risen in arms and has made war upon himself, stand he cannot, but meets his end.

heard of Jesus. And she came in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak;

As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly forbad them to tell any one what they had seen "until after the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."

So they went and found a young ass tied up at the front door of a house. They were untying it,

for she said, "If I but touch His clothes, I shall be cured."

She at once went out and said to her mother: "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptizer," she replied.

He was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite to the Temple, when Peter, James, John, and Andrew, apart from the others asked Him,

when some of the bystanders called out, "What are you doing, untying the foal?"

"You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.

and had undergone many different treatments under a number of doctors and had spent all she had without receiving benefit but on the contrary growing worse,

He went on to say, "Is the lamp brought in in order to be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not rather in order that it may be placed on the lampstand?

For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;

They had also a few small fish. He blessed them, and He told His disciples to distribute these also.

So He sent him home, and added, "Do not even go into the village."

"Where can we possibly get bread here in this remote place to satisfy such a crowd?" answered His disciples.

For he knew not what to say: they were filled with such awe.

Some of the bystanders, hearing Him, said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"

When John's disciples heard of it, they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb.

So they led Jesus away to the High Priest, and with him there assembled all the High Priests, Elders, and Scribes.

Then for the second time He put His hands on the man's eyes, and the man, looking steadily, recovered his sight and saw everything distinctly.

And He strictly forbad them to tell this about Him to any one.

"This is my blood," He said, "which is to be poured out on behalf of many--the blood which makes the Covenant sure.

Then the King, though intensely sorry, yet for the sake of his oaths, and of his guests, would not break faith with her.

"You see the multitude pressing you on all sides," His disciples exclaimed, "and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"

Then He came and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Had you not strength to keep awake a single hour?

"What have you to do with us, Jesus the Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--God's Holy One."

In a moment the flow of her blood ceased, and she felt in herself that her complaint was cured.

Another saying of His was this: "How are we to picture the Kingdom of God? or by what figure of speech shall we represent it?

"How many loaves have you?" He asked. "Seven," they said.

"The voice of one crying aloud: 'In the Desert prepare a road for the Lord: Make His highways straight.'"

So they came out, and fled from the tomb, for they were greatly agitated and surprised; and they said not a word to any one, for they were afraid.

Again He went out to the shore of the Lake, and the whole multitude kept coming to Him, and He taught them.

And when the Centurion who stood in front of the cross saw that He was dead, he exclaimed, "This man was indeed God's Son."

And then will they see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

For Herod himself had sent and had had John arrested and had kept him in prison in chains, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.

"You see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied; "not one stone will be left here upon another--not thrown down."

Instantly they looked round, and now they could no longer see any one, but themselves and Jesus.

Then said Jesus to them, "All of you are about to stumble and fall, for it is written, 'I will strike down the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered in all directions.'

Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen.

In solemn truth I tell you that no one who does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will by any possibility enter it."

When He was alone, the Twelve and the others who were about Him requested Him to explain His figurative language.

Grieved and indignant at the hardening of their hearts, He looked round on them with anger, and said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." He stretched it out, and the arm was completely restored.

and brought his head on a dish and gave it to the young girl, who gave it to her mother.

Then He said to them, "Come away, all of you, to a quiet place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, so that they had no time even for meals.

when all at once, there in their synagogue, a man under the power of a foul spirit screamed out:

When it was evening, after sunset people came bringing Him all who were sick and the demoniacs;

They came again to Jerusalem; and as He was walking in the Temple, the High Priests, Scribes and Elders came to Him

And He remonstrated with them. "Is it not written," He said, "'My House shall be called The House of Prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it what it now is--a robbers' cave."

And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the Toll Office, and said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed Him.

But, while teaching in the Temple, Jesus asked, "How is it the Scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?

When however they are marching you along under arrest, do not be anxious beforehand about what you are to say, but speak what is given you when the time comes; for it will not be you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

where He remained for forty days, tempted by Satan; and He was among the wild beasts, but the angels waited upon Him.

These twelve were Simon (to whom He gave the surname of Peter)

Immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came and with him a crowd of men armed with swords and cudgels, sent by the High Priests and Scribes and Elders.

for He was teaching His disciples, and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will put Him to death; and after being put to death, in three days He will rise to life again."

After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

but it is not to be so among you. No, whoever desires to be great among you must be your servant;

"What comes out of a man," He added, "that it is which makes him unclean.

"Daughter," He said, "your faith has cured you: go in peace, and be free from your complaint."

Then sitting down He called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

So when Jesus landed, He saw a vast multitude; and His heart was moved with pity for them, because they were like sheep which have no shepherd, and He proceeded to teach them many things.

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when there came a party of people bringing a paralytic--four men carrying him.

For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you choose you can do acts of kindness to them; but me you have not always.

When He was sitting at table in Levi's house, a large number of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners were at table with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many such who habitually followed Him.

But go and tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you into Galilee: and that there you will see Him, as He told you."

"Listen: the sower goes out to sow.

You will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name, but those who stand firm to the End will be saved.

There went out to him people of all classes from Judaea, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem of all ranks, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, making open confession of their sins.

So Pilate questioned Him. "Are *you* the King of the Jews?" he asked. "I am," replied Jesus.

What, therefore, God has joined together let not man separate."

But there came one poor widow and dropped in two farthings, equal in value to a halfpenny.

"Go," said Jesus, "your faith has cured you." Instantly he regained his sight, and followed Him along the road.

The Pharisees followed Him and began to dispute with Him, asking Him for a sign in the sky, to make trial of Him.

For nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.

So the Scribe said to Him, "Rightly, in very truth, Rabbi, have you said that He stands alone, and there is none but He;

Now while Peter was below in the quadrangle, one of the High Priest's maidservants came,

Accordingly Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the Lake, and a vast crowd of people from Galilee followed Him;

One youth indeed did follow Him, wearing only a linen cloth round his bare body. Of him they laid hold,

But the proclamation of the Good News must be carried to all the Gentiles before the End comes.

As for John, his garment was of camel's hair, and he wore a loincloth of leather; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

when there came one of the Wardens of the Synagogue--he was called Jair--who, on beholding Him, threw himself at His feet,

"What is Caesar's," replied Jesus, "pay to Caesar--and what is God's, pay to God." And they wondered exceedingly at Him.

but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

For when they have risen from among the dead, men do not marry and women are not given in marriage, but they are as angels are in Heaven.

thus nullifying God's precept by your tradition which you have handed down. And many things of that kind you do."

Salt is a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another."

Upon entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at their right hand, clothed in a long white robe. They were astonished and terrified.

And He could not do any miracle there, except that He laid His hands on a few who were out of health and cured them; and

Moved with pity Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. "I am willing," He said; "be cleansed."

"An evil spirit of this kind," He answered, "can only be driven out by prayer."

that "'They may look and look but not see, and listen and listen but not understand, lest perchance they should return and be pardoned.'"

But as to the dead, that they rise to life, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'

In solemn truth I tell you that all their sins may be pardoned to the sons of men, and all their blasphemies, however they may have blasphemed;

So, very soon after sunrise on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb;

In the same way the High Priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on scoffing at Him, saying to one another, "He has saved others: himself he cannot save!

Now at the Festival it was customary for Pilate to release to the Jews any one prisoner whom they might beg off from punishment;

so that the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

Or if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God half-blind than remain in possession of two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna,

He, having bought a sheet of linen, took Him down, wrapped Him in the sheet and laid Him in a tomb hewn in the rock; after which he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

but will receive a hundred times as much now in this present life--houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands--and persecution with them--and in the coming age the Life of the Ages.

This Christ, the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even the men who were being crucified with Him heaped insults on Him.

Joseph of Arimathaea came, a highly respected member of the Council, who himself also was living in expectation of the Kingdom of God. He summoned up courage to go in to see Pilate and beg for the body of Jesus.

"Tell us, When will these things be? and what will be the sign when all these predictions are on the point of being fulfilled?"

There is nothing outside a man which entering him can make him unclean; but it is the things which come out of a man that make him unclean."

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said,

Be wakeful therefore, for you know not when the master of the house is coming--in the evening, at midnight, at cock-crow, or at dawn.

But then, looking up, they saw that the stone was already rolled back: for it was of immense size.

But Jesus said to them, "There is no Prophet without honour except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own home."

"See," He said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the High Priests and the Scribes. They will condemn Him to death, and will hand Him over to the Gentiles;

So He roused Himself and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!" The wind sank, and a perfect calm set in.

But when you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed: come they must, but the End is not yet.

and He said to them, "My heart is oppressed with anguish to the very point of death: wait here and keep awake."

For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother' and again, 'He who curses father or mother, let him die the death.'

Many demons they expelled, and many invalids they anointed with oil and cured.

"Whoever for my sake receives one such young child as this, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not so much me as Him who sent me."

Be wakeful, all of you, and keep on praying, that you may not come into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail."

And He went into a house. But again the crowd assembled, so that there was no opportunity for them even to snatch a meal.

So Jesus began to say to them: "Take care that no one misleads you.

and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment."

He charged them to take nothing for the journey except a stick; no bread, no bag, and not a penny in their pockets,

He also said to them, "Take care what you hear. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and that with interest.

"Why does this man use such words?" they said; "he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, God?"

David himself said, taught by the Holy Spirit, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I have made thy foes a footstool under thy feet.'

What she could she did: she has perfumed my body in preparation for my burial.

And the curtain in the Sanctuary was torn in two, from top to bottom.

Then there came a cloud spreading over them, and a voice issued from the cloud, "This is my Son, dearly loved: listen to Him."

But they said, "Not on the Festival-day, for fear there should be a riot among the people."

And I solemnly tell you that wherever in the whole world the Good News shall be proclaimed, this which she has done shall also be told in remembrance of her."

While He is yet speaking, men come from the house to the Warden, and say, "Your daughter is dead: why trouble the Rabbi further?"