I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the holy Spirit."

and in the desert he remained for forty days, while Satan tempted him; he was in the company of wild beasts, but angels ministered to him.

Then going on a little further he saw James the son of Zebedaeus and his brother John; they too were in their boat, mending their nets;

he called them at once, and they left their father Zebedaeus in the boat with the crew and went to follow him.

But Jesus checked it; "Be quiet," he said, "come out of him."

Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with fever, so they told him at once about her,

Now when evening came, when the sun set, they brought him all who were ill or possessed by daemons ??33 indeed the whole town was gathered at the door ??34 and he cured many who were ill with various diseases and cast out many daemons; but as the daemons knew him he would not let them say anything.

but he said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the adjoining country-towns, so that I may preach there as well; that is why I came out here."

But he went off and proceeded to proclaim it aloud and spread news of the affair both far and wide. The result was that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; he stayed outside in lonely places, and people came to him from every quarter.

"What does the man mean by talking like this? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins, who but God alone?"

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he said to the paralytic,

On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners."

So he told his disciples to have a small boat ready; it was to prevent him being crushed by the crowd,

But he charged them strictly and severely not to make him known.

but the crowd gathered again, so that it was impossible even to have a meal.

But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and "It is by the prince of daemons that he casts out daemons."

but whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit is never forgiven, he is guilty of an eternal sin."

Once more he proceeded to teach by the seaside, and a crowd gathered round him greater than ever, so he entered a boat on the sea and sat down, while all the crowd stayed on shore.

but when the sun rose it got scorched and withered away, because it had no root;

and he said to them: "The open secret of the Realm of God is granted to you, but these outsiders get everything by way of parables,

but they have no root in themselves, they do not last; the next thing is that when the word brings trouble or persecution, they are at once repelled.

but the worries of the world and the delight of being rich and all the other passions come in to choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

He also said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be placed under a bowl or a bed? Is it not to be placed upon the stand?

But whenever the crop is ready, he has the sickle put in at once, as harvest has come."

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

but once sown it springs up to be larger than any plant, throwing out such big branches that the wild birds can roost under its shadow."

he never spoke to them except by way of parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

so, leaving the crowd, they took him just as he was in the boat, accompanied by some other boats.

But a heavy squall of wind came on, and the waves splashed into the boat, so that the boat filled.

But they were overawed and said to each other, "Whatever can he be, when the very wind and sea obey him?"

And as soon as he stepped out of the boat a man from the tombs came to meet him, a man with an unclean spirit

As he was stepping into the boat the lunatic begged that he might accompany him;

but he said, "Go home to your own people, and report to them all the Lord has done for you and how he took pity on you."

Now when Jesus had crossed in the boat to the other side again, a large crowd gathered round him; so he remained beside the sea.

And there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years ??26 she had suffered a great deal under a number of doctors and had spent all her means but was none the better; in fact she was rather worse.

But he kept looking round to see who had done it,

and on entering he asked them, "Why make a noise and wail? The child is not dead but asleep."

They laughed at him. However, he put them all outside and taking the father and mother of the child as well as his companions he went in to where the child was lying;

But he strictly forbade them to let anyone know about it, and told them to give her something to eat.

and ordered them to take nothing but a stick for the journey, no bread, no wallet, no coppers in their girdle;

they were to wear sandals, but not to put on two shirts, he said.

But when Herod heard of it he said, "John has risen, the John I beheaded."

Herodias had a grudge against him; she wanted him killed but she could not manage it,

The king was very vexed, but for the sake of his oaths and his guests he did not like to disappoint her;

So they went away privately in the boat to a lonely spot.

Then he made the disciples at once embark in the boat and cross before him towards Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd;

Now when evening came the boat was [far out] in the middle of the sea, and he was on the land alone;

but when he saw them buffeted as they rowed (for the wind was against them) he went to them about the fourth watch of the night walking on the sea. He meant to pass them,

but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost and shrieked aloud ??50 for they all saw him and were terrified. Then he spoke to them at once; "Courage," he said, "it is I, have no fear."

And he got into the boat beside them, and the wind dropped. They were utterly astounded,

Then the Pharisees and scribes put this question to him, "Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders? Why do they take their food with 'common' hands?"

He said to them, "Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you hypocrites ??as it is written, This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me:

vain is their worship of me, for the doctrines they teach are but human precepts.

But you say that if a man tells his father or mother, 'This money might have been at your service, but it is Korban' (that is, dedicated to God),

It does not enter his heart but his belly and passes from that into the drain" (thus he pronounced all food clean).

Leaving there, he went away to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and wished no one to know of it, but he could not escape notice;

She answered him, "No, sir, but under the table the dogs do pick up the children's crumbs."

So she went home and found the child lying in bed and the daemon gone from her.

So taking him aside from the crowd by himself, he put his fingers into the man's ears, touched his tongue with saliva,

Jesus forbade them to tell anyone about it, but the more he forbade them the more eagerly they made it public;

embarked at once in the boat with his disciples, and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

But he sighed in spirit and said, "Why does this generation demand a Sign? I tell you truly, no Sign shall be given this generation."

They had forgotten to bring any bread, and had only one loaf with them in the boat.

but he turned on him and noticing his disciples reproved Peter, telling him, "Get behind me, you Satan! Your outlook is not God's but man's."

So Peter addressed Jesus, saying, "Rabbi, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"

So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, to restore all things; but what is written about the Son of man as well? This, that he is to endure great suffering and be rejected.

and whenever it seizes him it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth. He is wasting away with it; so I told your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

but, taking his hand, Jesus raised him and he got up.

He said to them, "Nothing can make this kind come out but prayer and fasting."

But they did not understand what he said, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

"Whoever receives one of these little ones in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives not me but him who sent me."

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out daemons in your name; but he does not follow us, and so we stopped him."

where their worm never dies and the fire is never put 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."

But from the beginning, when God created the world, Male and female, He created them:

and the pair shall be one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

but Jesus was angry when he saw this, and he said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

Then he put his arms round them, laid his hands on them and blessed them.

Jesus said to him, "Why call me 'good'? No one is good, no one but God.

But his face fell at that, and he went sadly away, for he had great possessions.

Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but not for God: anything is possible for God."

but it is not for me to grant seats at my right or my left hand ??these belong to the men for whom they have been destined."

for the Son of man himself has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

A number of the people checked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have pity on me!"

but some of the bystanders said to them, "What do you mean by untethering that colt?"

Then they brought the colt to Jesus, and when they had put their clothes on it Jesus seated himself.

Then he entered Jerusalem, entered the temple, and looked round at everything; but as it was late he went away with the twelve to Bethany.

and noticing a fig tree in leaf some distance away he went to see if he could find anything on it; but when he reached it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for figs.

This came to the ears of the scribes and high priests, and they tried to get him put to death, for they were afraid of him. But the multitude were all astounded at his teaching.

I tell you truly, whoever says to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' and has not a doubt in his mind but believes that what he says will happen, he will have it done.

No, let us say, From men" ??but they were afraid of the multitude, for the people all held John had been really a prophet.

but they took and flogged him and sent him off with nothing.

He sent another, but they killed him. And so they treated many others; some they flogged and some they killed.

But these vinedressers said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be our own.'

Then they tried to get hold of him, but they were afraid of the multitude. They knew he had meant the parable for them. So they left him and went away.

But they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to him for the purpose of catching him with a question.

Are we to pay, or are we not to pay?" But he saw their trick and said to them, "Why tempt me? Bring me a shilling. Let me see it."

Sadducees, men who hold there is no resurrection, also came up and put a question to him.

"Teacher," they said, "Moses has written this law for us, that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother is to take the woman and raise offspring for his brother.