But what went ye forth to see? A man, in soft clothing, arrayed? Lo! they who soft clothing do wear, are in the houses of kings.

From the days of John the Immerser till now the kingdom of the heavens is achieved by force, and they committing violence seize it eagerly.

and they that go to it with violence pluck it unto them. For all the prophets and the law prophesied unto the time of John.

"To what can I compare the people living today? They're like little children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to each other,

"'We have played the flute to you,' they say, 'and you have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not beaten your breasts.'

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a man [who is] a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

Then he began to reproach the towns in which the majority of his miracles had been done, because they did not repent:

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And thou, Capernaum, which art lift up unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the miracles, which have been done in thee, had been showed in Sodom, they had remained to this day.

About that time Jesus said [in prayer], "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things [i.e., the significance of Jesus' words and works] from those who [thought they] were wise and intelligent and have [instead] revealed them to people who are child-like.

At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath. And his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck off heads of grain and eat [them].

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!"

But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

"How he went into the House of God, and there they ate the loaves of the Presence, which neither he nor his men were permitted to eat, but the priests only?

Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

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.

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

When Jesus perceived what they were doing He withdrew from that place. Many people followed Him and He healed all of them.

And he warned them that they should not {reveal his identity},

Then they brought unto him, one demonized, blind and dumb, - and he cured him, so that the dumb did speak and see.

And all the multitudes were lost in amazement, and they said, Is not this the son of David?

But the Pharisees, [when they] heard [it], said, "This man does not expel demons except by Beelzebul the ruler of demons!"

He knew what they were thinking and told them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

And if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel [them]? For this [reason] they will be your judges!

I tell you therefore, men will be forgiven any sin and blasphemy, but they will not be forgiven for blaspheming the Spirit.

But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!

Then some of the Scribes and Pharisees accosted him. "Teacher," they said, "we want to see some sign from you."

but he answered them, this wicked degenerate race demand a miracle; but no other miracle shall they have, except that of the prophet Jonas.

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, [something] greater than Jonah [is] here!

Then it goes and brings along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first. So it will be for this evil generation also!"

He was still speaking to the crowds when his mother and brothers came and stood outside; they wanted to speak to him.

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 rose they were burned up, and because of not having any root were dried up;

Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.

Now when his disciples came up to him, they said,

He answered: "It is you and not they who are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

For, to all who have, more will be given, and they shall have abundance; but, from all who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.

For this [reason] I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand,

And, again is being fulfilled in them, the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, - They shall, surely hear, and yet will not understand, and, surely see, and yet not perceive;

For the heart of this people has become dull, and with their ears they hear with difficulty, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."

But your eyes [are] blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.

But the bondmen of the house-ruler having come, they said to him, Sir, did thou not sow good seed in thy field? From where then does it have tares?

And he said unto them - An enemy, hath, done this. And they say, unto him - Wilt thou, then, that we go and collect it?

and the field is the world. And the children of the kingdom, they are the good seed. And the tares are the children of the wicked.

The Son of Man will send out his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of sin and those who do lawless deeds,

and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

which when it was filled they pulled to shore and sat down [and] collected the good [fish] into containers, but the bad they threw out.

so it shall be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and after they have separated the wicked from the just,

and will throw them into the furnace of torturing punishment. There they will wail and grind their teeth.

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

they reply'd, yes, Lord. then said he to them, thus every teacher who is instructed in the doctrine of the gospel, is like the master of a family, who taketh out of his treasure things new and old.

And he came to his hometown [and] began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were amazed and said, "From where did this man [get] this wisdom and these miracles?

This is the builder's son, isn't it? His mother is named Mary, isn't she? His brothers are James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas, aren't they?

And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has this man all these things?

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

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

When John's disciples came, they carried off the body and buried it. Then they went and told 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."

But Jesus said to them, "They do not {need} to go away. You give them [something] to eat."

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

After ordering the crowds to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them; then He broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to the disciples, and they gave them to the people.

And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.

And, they who did eat, were about five thousand, men, besides women and children.

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 they cried out for fear: but Jesus immediately spake to them, saying, Take courage, it is I, be not afraid.

And [when] they got into the boat, the wind abated.

And, they in the boat, bowed down to him, saying - Truly, God's Son, thou art!

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

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 come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying,

"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat {a meal}."

For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answering said, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God thro' your tradition?

"this people, says he, draw nigh to me, they honour me with their lips: while their hearts are far from me.

and they worship me in vain, teaching [as] doctrines the commandments of men.'"

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

Let them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

while, the things which proceed out of the mouth, out of the heart, come forth, and, they, defile the man.

But he answered her not a word. Then the disciples came up and kept beseeching him. "Send her away," they said, "because she wails after us."

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.

So then the crowd was astonished [when they] saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

And Jesus summoned his disciples [and] said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat, and I do not want to send them away hungry lest they give out on the way."

And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" So they said, "Seven, and a few little fish."

They said, Seven, and a few small fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass.

and He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks; then He broke them in pieces, and kept giving the pieces to the disciples, and they to the crowds.

And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.

but they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

And [when] the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test [him], they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

a wicked degenerate race demand a miracle; but no miracle shall they have beside that of the prophet Jonas. and so leaving them, he went away.

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

So they were discussing [this] among themselves, saying, "[It is] because we did not take bread."

Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And they said, {Some} [say] John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was the Christ.

Truly I say to you, that there are some of those standing here who will never experience death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

and presently they saw Moses and Elias conversing with him.