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!"

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

And having found him, they say to 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.

And [when] Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven."

And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

Which is easier to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say 'Get up and pick up your stretcher and walk'?

And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast. And people came and asked him, "Why is it that when John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are keeping the fast, yours are not keeping it?"

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 said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do 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, went down before him, crying out, and 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 great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.

And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?

Then looking around at the people sitting about Him, He said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.

"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."

And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

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

The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way-side, where the word is sown;

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;

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 others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

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 planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.

And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?

And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

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 had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?

Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against 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 had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in 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.

But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

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 market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.

But He answered them, "Isaiah beautifully prophesied about you hypocrites; as the Scripture says: "'This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far, far away 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!

you are not allowing him to do anything for his father or mother anymore.

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

There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.

And he said to them, "So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything [that is] outside that goes into a person [is] not able to 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 Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?

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 said to them, But who do you say I am? Peter said in answer, 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, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God 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 said, What are you questioning them about?

And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.

And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.

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.

Whoever gives you a cup of water, because you are Christ's, truly I say to you, he will in no way be without 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 the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, 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.

And Jesus, looking around, *said to His disciples, “How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!”

Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be 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.