And Jesus and his disciples got up [and] followed him.

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him and touched the hem of his vesture:

Then Jesus turned him about, and beheld her, saying, "Daughter, be of good comfort, thy faith hath made thee safe." And she was made whole even that same hour.

he said, "Go away, because the girl is not dead, but is sleeping." And they ridiculed him.

And [as] Jesus was going away from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"

And [when he] came into the house, the blind men approached him, and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord."

But they went out [and] spread the report about him in that whole region.

Now [as] they were going away, behold, they brought to him a demon-possessed man [who was] unable to speak.

But the sight of the crowds of people filled him with pity for them, because they were bewildered and dejected, like sheep that have no shepherd.

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, so that they should cast them out, and heal every disease and every bodily weakness.

Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot--the one who also betrayed him.

Whatever town or village you come to, inquire for some suitable person, and stay with him till you leave the place.

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

"Therefore everyone who acknowledges me before people, I also will acknowledge him before my Father [who is] in heaven.

But whoever denies me before people, I also will deny him before my Father [who is] in heaven.

He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.

and whoever shall give only a cup of cold water to the meanest of you, considering him as my disciple, shall most assuredly be far from losing his reward.

When John, being in prison, heard the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said unto him,

[and] said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

And if ye are willing to receive him, this is Elijah, who was to come.

The one who has ears, let him hear!

For, when John came, neither eating nor drinking, men said 'He has a demon in him';

The Son of Man came eating and drinking with others, and they say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, a chum of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!' And yet wisdom is vindicated by her doings!"

Then Jesus began to rebuke the people of the towns where most of His powerful miracles were performed because they did not repent [when they saw Him perform them].

All [things] have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and {anyone to whom} the Son wants to reveal [him].

But [when] the Pharisees saw [it], they said to him, "Behold, your disciples are doing what it is not permitted to do on the Sabbath!"

So he said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those with him,

how he entered into the house of God and ate the bread of the presentation, which it was not permitted for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

And behold, [there was] a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath?" in order that they could accuse him.

And he said unto them, "Which of you would it be, if he had a sheep fallen into a pit on the Sabbath day, that would not take him and lift him out?

But the Pharisees went out {and plotted} against him in order that they could destroy him.

Now Jesus, [when he] learned of [it], withdrew from there, and many followed him, and he healed them all.

and charged them strictly that they should not make him publicly known:

"Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

He will not quarrel or shout, and no one will hear him shouting in the streets.

The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all.

Then a demon-possessed man [who was] blind and mute was brought to him. And he healed him so that the [man who was] mute could speak and see.

besides, how could any one enter into the house of a man of might to rob him of his goods, except he first master the strong man? and then indeed he might plunder his house.

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him either in this age or in the coming one!

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you!"

Then he goeth his way, and taketh unto him seven other spirits worse than himself, and so enter they in and dwell there. And the end of that man is worse than the beginning. Even so shall it be with this evil nation."

And [while] he was still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and brothers were standing there outside, desiring to speak to him.

And someone told him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers are standing there outside desiring to speak to you."

But he answered [and] said to the one who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"

For whoever should do the will of my Father, him in the heavens, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And large crowds gathered close around him, so that he got into a boat to sit down, and all the crowd was standing on the shore.

The one who has ears, let him hear!"

And the disciples came up [and] said to him, "{Why} do you speak to them in parables?"

For whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Hear, ye, then, the parable of him that sowed: -

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

As for him who is sown 'on stony soil,' that is the man who hears the word and accepts it at once with enthusiasm;

but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls.

As for him who is sown 'among thorns,' that is the man who listens to the word, but the worry of the world and the delight of being rich choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

As for him who is sown 'on good soil,' that is the man who hears the word and understands it; he bears fruit, producing now a hundredfold, now sixty, and now thirtyfold."

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

So the slaves of the master of the house came [and] said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have darnel?'

And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' So the slaves said to him, 'Then do you want us to go [and] gather them?'

Then he left the crowds [and] came into the house, and his disciples came to him saying, "Explain the parable of the darnel in the field to us."

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears, let him hear!

"Have you understood all these [things]?" They said to him, "Yes."

They say unto him, Yes, Lord. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man, the master of a family, who bringeth out of his storehouse things new and old.

and came in to his own country, and taught them in their synagogues, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, "Whence cometh all this wisdom and power unto him?

And are not His sisters all here with us? Whence then are these things to Him?

And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his [own] hometown and in his [own] household."

and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist! He has been raised from the dead, and for this [reason] miraculous powers are at work in him."

For Herod, [after] arresting John, bound him and put [him] in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,

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

And [although he] wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they looked upon him as a prophet.

But when Herod's birthday came, Herodias' daughter [Note: According to Josephus her name was Salome], pleased him by [her sensual] dancing in front of the party guests.

And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and those lying at table with him, he commanded it to be given.

Then John's disciples came and carried off his corpse, and buried him, and went and reported it to Jesus.

Now [when] Jesus heard [it], he withdrew from there in a boat to an isolated place by himself. And [when] the crowds heard [it], they followed him by land from the towns.

Now [when it] was evening, the disciples came to him saying, "The place is desolate and the hour {is late}. Release the crowds so that they can go away into the villages [and] purchase food for themselves."

And they said to him, "We do not have [anything] here except five loaves and two fish."

And immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent away the crowds.

But the disciples, [when they] saw him walking on the sea, were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" and they cried out in fear.

And Peter answered him [and] said, "Lord, if {it is you}, command me to come to you on the water!"

"Come," said Jesus. Then Peter climbed down from the boat and walked upon the water to go to Him.

And immediately Jesus extended his hand [and] caught him and said to him, "[You] of little faith! Why did you doubt?"

So those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God!"

And [when] the men of that place recognized him, they sent [word] into that whole surrounding region, and they brought to him all those {who were sick}.

And they were imploring him that they might only touch the edge of his cloak, and all those who touched [it] were cured.

Then some Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus, and asked Him,

For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

Let him not honour his father or his mother. Thus have ye made void the command of God thro' your tradition.

And having called to him the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:

It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him foul; no, it is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him foul."

Then the disciples came [and] said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended [when they] heard this saying?"

But Peter answered [and] said to him, "Explain this parable to us."

But whatever [word] comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what defiles and dishonors the man.

and are what corrupt him [spiritually]. But eating [a meal] with [ceremonially] unwashed hands does not [spiritually] corrupt him."

and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried to him saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came up [and] asked him, saying, "Send her away, because she is crying out after us!"

But she came [and] knelt down before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

And large crowds came to him, having with them [the] mute, blind, lame, crippled, and many others, and they put them down at his feet, and he healed them.

But Jesus, having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

And the disciples said to him, "Where in [this] desolate place {can we get} so much bread that such a great crowd could be satisfied?"