And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

saying, "{Leave us alone}, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"

The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area.

and found him, and say unto him - All, are seeking thee;

And a leper came to him, entreating him and kneeling down, saying to him, "If you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

"See, you are not to say a word to anybody; away and show yourself to the priest and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, to notify men."

And when they were unable to get near Jesus, because of the [large] crowd, they removed [a section of] the roof [directly above Him]. [Note: The roof was a flat area, where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., and easily accessible from an outside stairway]. And when they had broken open [a sizable hole], they lowered the cot on which the paralyzed man was lying.

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the sick of the palsy, "Son, thy sins are forgiven thee."

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning like this within themselves, said to them, "Why are you considering these [things] in your hearts?

Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy; thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, arise, take up thy bed and walk?

And [when] Jesus heard [it], he said to them, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Now the disciples of John and the Pharisees were keeping a fast, and people came to ask him, "How is it that the disciples of John and the Pharisees are fasting, but your disciples are not?"

And Jesus said to them, "The {bridegroom's attendants} are not able to fast while the bridegroom is with them, [are they]? As long a time [as] they have the bridegroom with them, they are not able to fast.

But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.

In like wise, no man poureth new wine into old vessels, for if he do, the new wine breaketh the vessels, and the wine runneth out, and the vessels are marred. But new wine must be poured into new vessels."

And the Pharisees began to say to him, "Behold, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?"

How he went into the House of God, in the time of Abiathar the High Priest, and ate 'the consecrated bread,' which only the priests are allowed to eat, and gave some to his comrades as well?"

Then He asked them, "Are we allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil? to save a life, or to destroy one?" They remained silent.

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, were falling down before him and crying out, saying, "You are the Son of God!"

And come together again doth a multitude, so that they are not able even to eat bread;

and the scribes who are from Jerusalem having come down, said -- 'He hath Beelzeboul,' and -- 'By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'

And a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers [are] outside looking for you."

And, answering them, he saith - Who are my mother and my brethren?

Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

"Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God, that one is my brother and sister and mother."

And he said unto them, "To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: But unto them that are without, shall all things be done in similitudes:

And he said to them, "You do not understand this parable? Then how are you to understand the other parables?

"What the Sower sows is the Word. There are those 'on the wayside' where the Word is sown.

And they that are by the wayside, where the word is sown, are they to whom as soon as they have heard it, cometh immediately Satan and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

And likewise, they that are sown on the stony ground: which when they have heard the word, at once they receive it with gladness;

And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then [when] affliction or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

And these are they that are sown among the thorns; which are such as hear the word of God,

And those that were sown in good ground, are they that hear the word and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty fold some sixty fold, some a hundred fold."

For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been kept secret, but that it would come to light [that is, things are hidden only temporarily, until the appropriate time comes for them to be known].

And he was saying unto them - Be taking heed what ye are hearing: - with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you, and added unto you;

He said also, "To what can we compare the Realm of God? how are we to put it in a parable?

[It is] like a mustard seed that when sown on the ground, [although it] is the smallest of all the seeds that [are] on the ground,

but when it is sown it grows up and becomes the largest of all the garden herbs, and sends out large branches so that the birds of the sky are able to nest in its shade."

And he was in the stern sleeping on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, is it not a concern to you that we are perishing?"

and he said unto them, "Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?"

And he asked him, "What is thy name?" and he answered him, saying, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

He told him, "My name is Legion, because there are many of us." He kept pleading with Jesus not to send them out of that region.

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd are pressing round you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"

And while he was still talking, they came from the ruler of the Synagogue's house, saying, Your daughter is dead: why are you still troubling the Master?

And [when he] entered, he said to them, "Why are you agitated and weeping? The child is not dead, but is sleeping."

And when the Sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many that heard him were astonished, and said, "From whence hath he these things? And what wisdom is this that is given unto him? And such virtues that are wrought by his hands?

Is not this that carpenter: Mary's son, the brother of James, and Joseph and of Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they were offended by the reason of him.

And Jesus said unto them, "A prophet is not despised but in his own country, and among his own kin, and among them that are of the same household."

He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the area.

And, whatsoever place shall not welcome you nor hearken unto you, when ye are going forth from thence, shake off the dust that is under you feet, for a witness against them.

And king Herod heard of him, for his name was spread abroad; And he said, "John Baptist is risen again from death, and therefore miracles are wrought by him."

And the apostles are gathered together to Jesus. And they related to him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.

In answer he said to them, "You yourselves are to give them food." "Are we to go and buy fifty dollars worth of bread," they said, "and give them food?"

And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,

and, observing certain of his disciples, that, with defiled hands, that is unwashed, they are eating bread, - -

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews--being, as they are, zealous for the traditions of the Elders--never eat without first carefully washing their hands,

And [when they come] from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other [traditions] which they have received [and] hold fast to--[for example,] the washing of cups and pitchers and bronze kettles and dining couches.)

"Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, hypocrites," he answered. "As it is written, 'This people honor me with their lips, While their hearts are far from me;

In vain they worship me, teaching doctrines which are nothing but the commandments of men,

For having left the commandment of God, you are holding the tradition of men.

you cling to what men hand down. You are fine teachers to cancel what God commanded, in order to keep what men have handed down!

then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother [since helping them would violate his vow of Corban];

cancelling the word of God by your tradition which ye have delivered. And, many such similar things, are ye doing!

There is nothing without a man that can defile him when it entereth into him, but those things which proceed out of him are those which defile the man.

and he said unto them, "Are ye so without understanding? Do ye not yet perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into a man, it cannot defile him,

For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer." (This means all foods are clean.)

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the purposes which are evil: adulteries, lewd actions, murders,

all these vices come from within, and are what defile the man.

So, He said to her, "Children should be the first ones to eat until they are full, for it is not proper to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs."

for they were transported with admiration, and said, all his actions are beneficent! he gives hearing to the deaf, and speech to the dumb.

and if I should dismiss them to their home fasting, they will faint on the way; for some of them are come from far.

And knowing [this], he said to them, "Why are you discussing that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?

Are your minds so slow to comprehend? You have eyes, do you not see? You have ears, do you not hear?

He looked up and said, "I can see people, for they look to me like trees, only they are moving about."

miles north of Lake Galilee]. On their way, He asked His disciples, "Who are people saying that I am?"

And forth went Jesus and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea of Philip. And, in the way, he was questioning his disciples, saying unto them - Who, are men saying that I am?

And they told him, saying, "John the Baptist, and others Elijah, and others that [you are] one of the prophets."

And he asked them, "But who do you say [that] I am?" Peter answered [and] said to him, "You are the Christ!"

Peter answered him, "You are the Messiah!" Jesus sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.

But turning around and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan, because you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but the things of people!"

And he said to them, "Truly I say to you, that there are some of those standing here who will never experience death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power."

And Peter answered [and] said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good [that] we are here! And let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

And as they are coming down from the mount, he charged them that they may declare to no one the things that they saw, except when the Son of Man may rise out of the dead;

Then His disciples asked Him, "Why is it, [since you are obviously the Messiah], that the experts in the law of Moses say that Elijah must come first?"

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

And often it has thrown him both into fire and into water, in order that it could destroy him. But if you are able [to do] anything, have compassion on us [and] help us!"

And Jesus said unto him, "Yea if thou couldest believe, all things are possible to him that believeth."

And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

"And whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink for my name's sake because ye are belonging to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

For in hell the worm of those who are there will never die [i.e., their gnawing punishment will never cease] and the fire [there] will never go out.

Salt is excellent: but if salt is tasteless, how are you to restore its flavour? Let there be 'salt between you'; be at peace with one another."

and they twain shall be made one flesh.' So then are they now not twain, but one flesh.

Jesus, however, on seeing this, was moved to indignation, and said to them, "Let the little children come to me: do not hinder them; for to those who are childlike the Kingdom of God belongs.

As He was leaving on His journey, a man ran up and knelt before Him and asked Him, “Good Teacher [You who are essentially good and morally perfect], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [that is, eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?”

Jesus answered him, "Why are you calling me good? Nobody is good except One, that is, God.

Then Jesus looked around and told his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!"

Jesus looked upon them, and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible."

Many that are first, shall be last. And the last, first."

"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles.

they replied, when you are in your glory, grant that we may sit, the one on your right hand, and the other on your left.