The beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ.

John was baptizing in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism about repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a beast's skin about his loins. And he did eat locusts and wild honey,

Now about that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

Now after John had been arrested, Jesus went to Galilee and proclaimed the gospel about the kingdom of God.

and saying, "The appointed time has arrived and the kingdom of God is near. So, you people should repent [i.e, change your hearts and lives] and believe the good news [about the kingdom]."

And as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew the brother of Simon, throwing a net about in the sea; for they were fishers.

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

And the report about him then went out everywhere in the whole surrounding region of Galilee.

Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, suffering with a fever, and at once they told him about her.

until the whole city had gathered together at the door.

And he went about making his proclamation in their Synagogues all through Galilee, and driving out the demons.

"See that you tell nobody a single word about it. Be gone, show yourself to the priest, and to prove it to the people, make the offering for your purification which Moses prescribed."

The man, however, went away, and began to speak about it publicly, and to spread the story so widely, that Jesus could no longer go openly into a town, but stayed outside in lonely places; and people came to him from every direction.

Jesus returned to Capernaum, and a few days later the news went out that He was at home.

And anon many gathered together, insomuch that now there was no room to receive them: no, not so much as about the door. And he preached the word unto them.

At once, Jesus knew in his spirit what they were saying to themselves. "Why are you arguing about such things among yourselves?" he asked them.

Which is easier?--to say to the paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven'? or to say 'Get up, and take up your mat, and walk about'?

Jesus went out again along the [Galilean] seashore; and all the people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.

And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.

When Jesus heard [about] this, He said to them, "People who are healthy do not need a doctor, but [only] sick people do. I did not come to call those who do right, but sinners [instead]."

And it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.

And he looked round about on them, angrily mourning on the blindness of their hearts. And said to the man, "Stretch forth thine hand." And he stretched it out: And his hand was restored, even as whole as the other.

And the Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan: and they that dwelled about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude: which when they had heard what things he did, came unto him.

For he had healed many, so that all those who {were suffering from diseases} pressed about him in order that they could touch him.

When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!"

And the people sat about him, and said unto him, "Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek for thee without."

And he looked round about on his disciples, which sat in compass about him, and said, "Behold, my mother, and my brethren:

Afterwards Jesus began to teach by the seaside, and a vast multitude of people gathered about him, so that he went on board a boat on the sea, and sat there, while all the people stayed on shore, at the water's edge.

And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked him of the similitude.

He told them, "The secret about the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside, everything comes in parables

And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

and, the anxieties of the age, and the deceit of wealth, and the covetings about the remaining things, entering in, choke up the word, and, unfruitful, it becometh;

And he said to them, "Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

But he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are about to die?"

And anon Jesus gave them leave; And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine. And the herd startled, and ran headlong into the sea. They were about two thousand swine, and they were drowned in the sea.

And those who had seen [it] described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs.

But Jesus would not allow him, saying to the man, "Go home to your friends [and family?] and tell them about the great things the Lord has done for you and how He had pity on you."

But the man went away and began telling people throughout Decapolis about all of the great things Jesus had done for him. [Note: "Decapolis" means "ten cities" and was a region located east of the Jordan River].

When Jesus again had crossed in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about Him, as He was standing on the seashore.

About then a man named Jairus, one of the officials of the synagogue, came to Jesus and, upon seeing Him, fell to the ground at His feet.

He begged Him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is about to die; [please] come and place your hands on her so she may be healed and live."

So he went with him, and a great crowd followed him and thronged about him.

[When she] heard about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind [him] [and] touched his cloak,

And Jesus immediately felt, in himself, the virtue that went out of him, and turned him round about in the press, and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

"You see the crowd thronging about you," said his disciples, "and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'"

And he looked round about, for to see her that had done that thing.

And, straightway, the damsel arose, and was walking about; for she was twelve years of age. And they were beside themselves, straightway, with a great transport;

He, however, repeatedly cautioned them not to let any one know about it, and directed them to give her something to eat.

When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

And he marveled at their unbelief. And he went about by the towns that lay on every side, teaching.

King Herod heard about this, because Jesus' name had become well-known. He was saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead! That's why he is able to do these miracles."

But when Herod heard about it, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised,"

Herodias felt bitterly toward him and wanted him killed. But she could not bring it about,

When John's disciples heard about this, they came and carried off his body and laid it in a tomb.

And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.

let them depart, that they may go into the country round about, and into the towns, and buy them bread: for they have nothing to eat."

But He replied, “You give them something to eat!” And they asked Him, “Shall we go and buy 200 denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?”

And they sat down in ranks, about one hundred, and about fifty.

And they that ate were about five thousand men.

And about then Jesus compelled His disciples to get into a boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side [i.e., to the west side of Lake Galilee] to Bethsaida [Note: This was apparently a different "Bethsaida" from the one mentioned in Luke 9:10, which was on the east side of Lake Galilee], while He Himself sent the crowd away.

and he saw them troubled in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them. And about the fourth quarter of the night, he came unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

for they had not understood about the loaves; on the contrary their heart was hardened.

and ran forth throughout all the region round about, and began to carry about in beds all that were sick, to place where they heard tell that he was there.

The Pharisees met about Him, and also some scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

they decline to eat what comes from the market till they have washed it; and they have a number of other traditions to keep about washing cups and jugs and basins [and beds].)

So he said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me.

for laying aside what is of divine appointment, you stick to their human traditions, about the washing of pots, and cups, and many other the like practices.

For Moses said, [Ex. 20:12] 'Give honor to your father and mother,' and [Ex. 21:17 says], 'Whoever says bad things about his father or mother should surely be put to death.'

17 When he had entered into a house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

But immediately a woman whose young daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, [when she] heard about him, came [and] fell down at his feet,

Then He charged them not to tell anybody about it, but the more He kept charging them, the more they kept spreading the news.

About that time, when there was again a great crowd of people who had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said:

And they that ate were in number about four thousand. And he sent them away.

So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread.

When he learned of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?

The man looked up and said, "I can make out the people, for as they move about, I see them like trees."

Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the villages [in the vicinity] of Caesarea Philippi [Note: This was a city about

And he warned them that they should tell no one about him.

And he was speaking openly [about] the subject, and Peter took him aside [and] began to rebuke him.

Then he turned about, and looked on his disciples, and rebuked Peter saying, "Go after me Satan. For thou savourest not the things of God but the things of men."

And suddenly, they looked round about them and saw no man, more than Jesus only with them.

They kept the matter to themselves but argued about what "rising from the dead" meant.

"Elijah does indeed first come," he said, "and restores all things, But how is it written about the Son of Man, that he will endure great suffering, and be rejected?

But I tell you that indeed Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

And he came to his disciples, and saw much people about them, and the scribes disputing with them.

And he asked them, "What are you arguing [about] with them?"

They brought the boy to Him. When the [demonic] spirit saw Him, immediately it threw the boy into a convulsion, and falling to the ground he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

Then they left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus didn't want anyone to find out about it,

For he taught his disciples, and said to them, The Son of man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he hath been put to death, after three days he will rise again.

but they did not comprehend the meaning, and were ashamed to ask him about it.

Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was at home, he asked the disciples, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

But they were silent, because they had argued with one another on the way [about] who [was] greatest.

But Jesus said, "Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.

And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones, that believe in me: it were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were cast into the sea.

On leaving that place Jesus came into the borders of Judea, on the other side of the Jordan, Once more the people flocked about him, and again, as usual, he began teaching them.

And He answered them by asking, "What has Moses commanded you about it?"