And there went out to him all the district of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptised by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptised by John at the Jordan.

And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting out a net in the sea, for they were fishers.

And there was in their synagogue a man possessed by an unclean spirit, and he cried out

And he went up to her and raised her up, having taken her by the hand, and straightway the fever left her, and she served them.

But evening being come, when the sun had gone down, they brought to him all that were suffering, and those possessed by demons;

But Jesus, moved with compassion, having stretched out his hand, touched him, and says to him, I will, be thou cleansed.

And there come to him men bringing a paralytic, borne by four;

And he went out again by the sea, and all the crowd came to him, and he taught them.

And passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.

And no one puts new wine into old skins; otherwise the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine is to be put into new skins.

And he appointed twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them to preach,

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out demons.

Verily I say unto you, that all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and all the injurious speeches with which they may speak injuriously;

And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that going on board ship he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were close to the sea on the land.

And it came to pass as he sowed, one fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it.

that beholding they may behold and not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest it may be, they should be converted and they should be forgiven.

And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?

and these are they by the wayside where the word is sown, and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

And he said to them, Does the lamp come that it should be put under the bushel or under the couch? Is it not that it should be set upon the lamp-stand?

For there is nothing hidden which shall not be made manifest; nor does any secret thing take place, but that it should come to light.

And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear; with what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to you; and there shall be more added to you.

For whosoever has, to him shall be given; and he who has not, even what he has shall be taken from him.

And awaking up he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Silence; be mute. And the wind fell, and there was a great calm.

And immediately on his going out of the ship there met him out of the tombs a man possessed by an unclean spirit,

because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered; and no one was able to subdue him.

and crying with a loud voice he says, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.

And they that had seen it related to them how it had happened to the man possessed by demons, and concerning the swine.

And as he went on board ship, the man that had been possessed by demons besought him that he might be with him.

And Jesus having passed over in the ship again to the other side, a great crowd gathered to him; and he was by the sea.

And behold there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and seeing him, falls down at his feet;

and he besought him much, saying, My little daughter is at extremity; I pray that thou shouldest come and lay thy hands upon her so that she may be healed, and may live.

for she said, If I shall touch but his clothes I shall be healed.

And he said to her, Daughter, thy faith has healed thee; go in peace, and be well of thy scourge.

And he charged them much that no one should know this; and he desired that something should be given her to eat.

And when sabbath was come he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing were amazed, saying, Whence has this man these things? and what is the wisdom that is given to him, and such works of power are done by his hands?

but be shod with sandals, and put not on two body-coats.

And Herod the king heard of him (for his name had become public), and said, John the baptist is risen from among the dead, and on this account works of power are wrought by him.

And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,

And they went away apart into a desert place by ship.

send them away that they may go into the country and villages around, and buy themselves bread, for they have not anything they can eat.

And he answering said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they say to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them to eat?

And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.

And they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties.

And seeing them labouring in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them walking on the sea, and would have passed them by.

For all saw him and were troubled. And immediately he spoke with them, and says to them, Be of good courage: it is I; be not afraid.

(for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, do not eat, holding what has been delivered by the ancients;

then the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to what has been delivered by the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled hands?

For, leaving the commandment of God, ye hold what is delivered by men to keep washings of vessels and cups, and many other such like things ye do.

And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves to keep.

But ye say, If a man say to his father or his mother, It is corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by ...

making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.

And he rose up and went away thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and having entered into a house he would not have any one know it, and he could not be hid.

(and the woman was a Greek, Syrophenician by race), and asked him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

But Jesus said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

and looking up to heaven he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a desert place?

And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed them, he desired these also to be set before them.

And groaning in his spirit, he says, Why does this generation seek a sign? Verily I say unto you, A sign shall in no wise be given to this generation.

And Jesus went forth and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea-Philippi. And by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am?

And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and of the chief priests and of the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him shall the Son of man also be ashamed when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter and James and John, and takes them up on a high mountain by themselves apart. And he was transfigured before them:

And Peter answering says to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good that we should be here; and let us make three tabernacles, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elias one.

And as they descended from the mountain, he charged them that they should relate to no one what they had seen, unless when the Son of man should be risen from among the dead.

And he answering said to them, Elias indeed, having first come, restores all things; and how is it written of the Son of man that he must suffer much, and be set at nought:

But he answering them says, O unbelieving generation! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him to me.

and often it has cast him both into fire and into waters that it might destroy him: but if thou couldst do anything, be moved with pity on us, and help us.

But Jesus, having taken hold of him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.

And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.

And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he asked them, Of what were ye reasoning by the way?

And they remained silent, for by the way they had been reasoning with one another who was greatest.

And sitting down he called the twelve; and he says to them, If any one would be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.

But Jesus said, Forbid him not; for there is no one who shall do a miracle in my name, and be able soon after to speak ill of me;

And whosoever shall be a snare to one of the little ones who believe in me, it were better for him if a millstone were hung about his neck, and he cast into the sea.

And if thy foot serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having thy two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire unquenchable;

And if thine eye serve as a snare to thee, cast it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire,

For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

Salt is good, but if the salt is become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united to his wife,

and the two shall be one flesh: so that they are no longer two but one flesh.

And they were exceedingly astonished, saying to one another, And who can be saved?

But many first shall be last, and the last first.

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered up to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him up to the nations:

And Jesus said to them, Ye do not know what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup which I drink, or be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised with?

And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, The cup that I drink ye will drink and with the baptism that I am baptised with ye will be baptised,

And the ten having heard of it, began to be indignant about James and John.

but it is not thus among you; but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your minister;

and whosoever would be first of you shall be bondman of all.

For also the Son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many.

And they come to Jericho, and as he was going out from Jericho, and his disciples and a large crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, the blind man, sat by the wayside begging.

And many rebuked him, that he might be silent; but he cried so much the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

And Jesus, standing still, desired him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying to him, Be of good courage, rise up, he calls thee.

And those going on before and those following cried out, Hosanna! blessed be he that comes in the Lord's name.

Blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest!

And he taught saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.

And passing by early in the morning they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.

Verily I say to you, that whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou taken away and cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but believe that what he says takes place, whatever he shall say shall come to pass for him.

and they say to him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority, that thou shouldest do these things?