That same day Jesus had left the house and was sitting on the shore of the Lake,

And many multitudes were gathered to him, so as for him (having entered in) to sit in the boat, and all the multitude had stood on the shore.

and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of the ground because of not having any depth of earth,

But when the sun was risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered.

And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

The one who has ears had better listen!"

For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one [i.e., the devil] comes to him and grabs away what had been sown in his heart. This is the person who was scattered to the side of the road.

But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

When the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all 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.

When He had dismissed the people and had returned to the house, His disciples came to Him with the request, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel sown in the field."

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!

"The kingdom of heaven is like a pot of gold which was buried in a field, which a man found and buried again; and for joy over it he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

and having found one pearl of great value, he went and sold all whatever he had and bought it.

And it happened that when Jesus had finished these parables he went away from there.

And when he had come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?

And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

and governor of that district] heard the report about what Jesus had been saying and doing.

For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

because John had been saying to him, "It is not permitted for you to have her."

Now King Herod became very distressed [over such a gruesome request]; but because he had [promised with] oaths and [to look good in front of] his party guests, he ordered John's head to be given [to her].

And he sent [orders] [and] had John beheaded in the prison,

upon which, his disciples came to take away the body, and having buried it, they went to tell Jesus what had happened.

When Jesus had heard that, he departed thence by ship into a desert place out of the way. And when the people had heard thereof, they followed him afoot out of their cities.

And [as he] got out, he saw the large crowd and had compassion on them and healed their sick.

And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

Jesus ordered the people to take their seats on the grass; and, taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to Heaven, and said the blessing, and, after he had broken the loaves, gave them to his disciples; and they gave them to the crowds.

And they all ate and had aplenty. Then they took up the pieces left over, which made twelve basketfuls.

But those that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

And He at once had the disciples get into the boat and cross to the other side ahead of Him, while He dismissed the crowds.

And as soon as he had sent the people away, he went up into a mountain alone to pray. And when night was come he was there himself alone.

And he said, Come. And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

And when they had gone up into the ship, the wind fell.

And [after they] had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.

And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were sick,

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "Hear and understand.

So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.

So when he had summoned the crowd, and seated them upon the ground,

he took the seven loaves and the fish and [after he] had given thanks, he broke [them] and began giving [them] to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the crowds.

And they all ate and had aplenty, and they took up the pieces left over, which made seven hamper-basketfuls.

And they that had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.

And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.

And [when] the disciples arrived at the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is?

It was just after that that Jesus Christ for the first time clearly taught His disciples that He had to go to Jerusalem and submit to many forms of suffering at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, but be raised to life on the third day.

And after six days [had passed], Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John aside and went up into a high mountain [i.e., an unidentified mountain nearby].

And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.

Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist.

And when they had come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man kneeling down to him, and saying,

Jesus said unto them, "Because of your unbelief. For I say verily unto you, if ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye should say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and he should remove: Neither should any thing be impossible for you to do.

And when they had come to Capernaum, they that received tribute-money, came to Peter, and said, Doth not your Master pay tribute?

He saith, Yes. And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? from their own children, or from strangers?

And calling a child [to himself], he had him stand in their midst

But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.

What do you think? If anyone had a hundred sheep, and one of them wandered away, would he not leave the ninety-nine [safe ones] and go to the mountains looking for the one that wandered away?

Truly I tell you, if he happens to find it, he is happier over it than over the ninety-nine that had not wandered away.

In this respect the gospel-kingdom may be represented by that of a temporal prince, who had a mind to call his servants to account.

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents:

And [because] he did not have [enough] to repay [it], the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children and everything that he had, and to be repaid.

So the master of that slave, [because he] had compassion, released him and forgave him the loan.

But no sooner had that servant gone out, than he met with one of his fellow servants who owed him 100 shillings; and seizing him by the throat and nearly strangling him he exclaimed, "'Pay me all you owe.'

But he refused and went out and had him put in jail until he should pay the debt.

So [when] his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were extremely distressed, and went [and] reported to their master everything that had happened.

Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as I also had compassion on thee?

And it happened that when Jesus had finished these statements, he went away from Galilee and came into the region of Judea on the other side of the Jordan.

Jesus said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives [only] because of the rebellious spirits you [Jews] had. But this was not how it was [intended to be] from the beginning [i.e., when God created one woman for one man].

Then some little children were brought to Jesus, for him to place his hands on them, and pray; but the disciples found fault with those who had brought them.

And when he had put his hands on them, he departed thence.

But [when] the young man heard the statement, he went away sorrowful, because he was one who had many possessions.

Then Peter answered Him, "We have left everything we had and followed you. What then are we to get?"

When he had contracted with the laborers at twenty cents a day, he sent them off to his vineyard.

So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and pay them their wage, beginning from the last to the first.

And they who had been hired at five o'clock came and received twenty cents each.

last of all they came who were hired first, expecting to have received more, but they had only a penny a man,

And when they had received it, they murmured against the good man of the house, saying,

And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes had sight restored to them, and they followed him.

When they were near Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead,

This took place for the fulfilment of what had been spoken by the prophet,

But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them,

They led the ass and the foal back, and, when they had put their cloaks on them, he seated himself upon them.

And when he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

But when the High Priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done and the children who were crying aloud in the Temple, "God save the Son of David," they were filled with indignation.

And he left them, and went out of the city unto Bethany, and had his abiding there.

Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.

And when He had come into the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to Him while He was teaching, and asked, "What sort of authority have you for doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say 'a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

"Now what do you think? A man had two sons. [He] approached the first [and] said, 'Son, go work in the vineyard today.'

The boy answered, 'I will not.' But later he had a change of heart and went.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

Once more he sent some other servants, more than he had sent at first, and they did the same to them.

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.

And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding celebration, and they did not want to come.