And the moment he rose from the water he saw the heavens cleft and the Spirit coming down upon him like a dove;

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 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.

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him they fell down before him, screaming, "You are the Son of God!"

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."

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.

And Jesus gave them leave. Then out came the unclean spirits and entered the swine, and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea (there were about two thousand of them) and in the sea they were drowned.

The herdsmen fled and reported it to the town and the hamlets. So the people came to see what had happened,

and when they reached Jesus they saw the lunatic sitting down, clothed and in his sober senses ??the man who had been possessed by 'Legion.' That frightened them.

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."

So he went off and began to proclaim throughout Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; it made everyone astonished.

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

and the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came forward in fear and trembling and fell down before him, telling him all the truth.

Now the apostles gathered to meet Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.

He replied, "Give them some food, yourselves." They said, "Are we to go and buy ten pounds' worth of food and give them that to eat?"

Then he gave orders that they were to make all the people lie down in parties on the green grass;

whatever village or town or hamlet he went to, they would lay their invalids in the marketplace, begging him to let them touch even the tassel of his robe ??and all who touched him recovered.

they were astounded in the extreme, saying, "How splendidly he has done everything! He actually makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak!"

As they went down the hill, he forbade them to tell anyone what they had seen, till such time as the Son of man rose from the dead.

As for Elijah, I tell you he has come already, and they have done to him whatever they pleased ??as it is written of him."

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."

Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! Anything can be done for one who believes."

So he sat down and called the twelve. "If anyone wants to be first," he said to them, "he must be last of all and the servant of all."

So he replied, "What did Moses lay down for you?"

As he went out on the road a man ran up and knelt down before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit life eternal?"

Now when the ten heard of this, they burst into anger at James and John;

also he taught them. "Is it not written," he asked, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations? You have made it a den of robbers."

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.

Sitting down opposite the treasury, he watched the people putting their money into the treasury. A number of the rich were putting in large sums,

Jesus said to him, "You see these great buildings? Not a stone shall be left on another, without being torn down."

a man on the housetop must not go down into the house or go inside to fetch anything out of his house,

But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

She has done all she could ??she has anticipated the perfuming of my body for burial.

I tell you truly, wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

Peter followed him at a distance till he got inside the courtyard of the high priest, where he sat down with the attendants to warm himself at the fire.

"Why," said Pilate, "what has he done wrong?" But they shouted more fiercely than ever, "Crucify him!"

Come down from the cross and save yourself!"

Let 'the Christ,' 'the king of Israel' come down now from the cross! Let us see that and we will believe!" Those who were crucified with him also denounced him.

One man ran off, soaked a sponge in vinegar, and put it on the end of a stick to give him a drink, saying, "Come on, let us see if Elijah does come to take him down!"

He, after buying a linen sheet, took him down and swathed him in the linen, laying him in a tomb which had been cut out of the rock and rolling a boulder up against the opening of the tomb.

Then after speaking to them the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God,