And behold, a woman who had been suffering with a hemorrhage twelve years approached from behind [and] touched the edge of his cloak,

And Jesus coming into the ruler's house, and seeing the minstrels and the croud who cried out aloud,

As Jesus was passing on from there, he was followed by two blind men, who kept calling out: "Take pity on us, Son of David!"

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

And [after] the demon had been expelled, the one who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were astonished, saying, "{This has never been seen before} in Israel!"

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother,

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, who was surnamed Thaddaeus;

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

These were the Twelve whom Jesus sent out after he had given them these instructions: "Don't turn on to the road that leads to the unbelievers, and don't enter Samaritan towns.

Heal those who are sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, expel demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

And into whatever town or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay [there] until you depart.

"Remember it is I who am sending you out, as sheep into the midst of wolves; prove yourselves as sagacious as serpents, and as innocent as doves.

Watch out for people who will hand you over to the local councils and whip you in their synagogues.

For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Spirit of your Father [who is] speaking through you.

and you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but instead be afraid of the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

by whom the very hairs of your head are all numbred:

"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.

The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

And he who does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it.

"The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.

The one who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

And I solemnly say to you, no one who gives a cup of cold water to one of the least of my disciples, because he is a disciple, will ever fail to get his reward."

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

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.'

But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in the houses of kings.

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one who is more than a prophet.

It is this man about whom it is written: 'Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

Truly I say to you, among [those] born of women there has not arisen [one] greater than John the Baptist. But the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

And from the days of John the Baptist until the present moment the kingdom of heaven has been continuously taken by storm, and those who take it by storm are seizing it as a precious prize.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied of it until John: ??14 if you care to believe it, he is the Elijah who is to come.

and if you are willing to accept [it], he is Elijah, the one who is going to come.

The one who has ears, let him hear!

"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

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."

And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until 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.

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].

Come to me, all [of you] who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.

And he said unto them, have ye never read what, David, did, when he hungered, and they who were with him? how

How he entered into the house of God, and ate the show-bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them who were with him, but only for the priests?

"But I tell you that One is here who is greater than the temple.

If you only knew what that saying means, 'It is mercy and not sacrifice that I want,' you would not have condemned men who are not guilty.

And departing thence, he went into their synagogue. And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand.

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 he said to them, "What man will there be among you who will have one sheep and if this one fell into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift [it] out?

Aware of this, Jesus departed elsewhere; and a great number of people followed Him, all of whom He cured.

and warned them not to tell who He was.

in order that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said,

"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.

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.

But Jesus, who well knew their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate; and no city, or family, divided against itself can stand:

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

The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

O race of vipers, how can ye speak good things, who are yourselves so wicked? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Then He was accosted by some of the Scribes and of the Pharisees who said, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign given by you."

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

For whoever does the will of my Father [who is] in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother."

And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow.

The one who has ears, let him hear!"

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

for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah who saith, Hearing ye will hear, but in no wise understand, and seeing ye will see, but in no wise perceive.

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, many prophets and righteous men [who were honorable and in right standing with God] longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

Hear ye then the parable of the man who sows.

From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside.

And what was sown on the rocky ground--this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

yet he has no [substantial] root in himself, but is only temporary, and when pressure or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he stumbles and falls away [abandoning the One who is the source of salvation].

And what was sown into the thorn plants--this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of this world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word and it becomes unproductive.

But what was sown on the good soil--this is the one who hears the word and understands [it], who indeed bears fruit and produces, this one a hundred [times as much], and this one sixty, and this one thirty."

He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

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

"'It is an enemy who has done this,' he answered. "The slaves said to him, 'Do you want us to go and collect them?'

in order that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, who said, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the creation."

So he answered [and] said, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

and the field [represents] the world. The good seed [represents] the children who belong to the kingdom, and the weeds [represent] the children who belong to the evil one [i.e., the devil].

And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

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,

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

The Realm of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field; the man who finds it hides it and in his delight goes and sells all he possesses and buys that field.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a gem-dealer who was looking for beautiful pearls.

who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

At the end of the world it will be that same way. The angels will come and divide the sinful people from the ones who did what was right,

And he said to them, "For this [reason] every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of the house who brings out of his storeroom new [things] and old [things]."

he would have put him to death, but for fear of the people, who reckoned him a prophet.

who being before instructed by her mother, pray, said she, order John Baptist's head to be brought here in a charger.

And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the sake of the oath, and of them who sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given her.

whence his head was brought in a charger, and given to the young lady, who carried it to her mother.

And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.

then giving orders for the company to sit down on the grass, he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks; then breaking the loaves into pieces, he gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the company: who all of them eat,

Now those who ate were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

At once Jesus reached out his hand, caught him, and asked him, "You who have so little faith, why did you doubt?"

And those who came in the boat worshiped him, saying, Thou really 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 came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, who were of Jerusalem, saying,