As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee.

The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Lord. Make his paths straight.

It came to pass, that John was immersing in the wilderness and preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins.

And all the land of Judea and the Jerusalemites went out to him, and they were all immersed 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 immersed by John in the Jordan.

And straightaway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens divided, and the Spirit descending upon him as a dove.

And a voice occurred out of the heavens, Thou are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

And they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scholars.

And a man was in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,

saying, Oh no! What is with us and with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Did thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou are, the Holy man of God.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be thou muzzled, and come out of him.

And the unclean spirit, having convulsed him and having cried in a great voice, came out of him.

And they were all amazed, so as to question among themselves, saying, What is this? What is this new doctrine, that he commands with authority, and the unclean spirits also obey him?

And straightaway, when they came forth out of the synagogue they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

And he healed many who were faring badly with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he did not allow the demons to speak, because they had recognized him.

And having risen early, very much in the night, he came out and departed into a desolate place, and prayed there.

And he was preaching in their synagogues in all Galilee, and casting out the demons.

And Jesus, having felt compassion, having reached out his hand, he touched him, and says to him, I will, be thou clean.

And having strictly warned him, straightaway he sent him out.

But having gone out, he began to proclaim it much, and to spread abroad the matter, so as for him to no longer be able to enter openly into a city, but was outside in desolate places. And they came to him from all directions.

And having again entered into Capernaum, after some days it was heard that he was in a house.

And straightaway he arose, and having taken up the bed, he went forth before them all, so as for all to be amazed, and to glorify God, saying, We never saw it like this.

And as he passed by he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And he says to him, Follow thou me. And having risen, he followed him.

And it came to pass, while he was dining in his house, that many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

And the scholars of the Pharisees, when they saw him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?

And when Jesus heard it he says to them, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those faring badly. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners for repentance.

And no man sews a new patch of cloth on an old garment, otherwise the patch of it pulls away, the new from the old, and a tear becomes worse.

And it came to pass, that he was passing through the grain fields on the Sabbath day, and his disciples began to make a path while plucking the ears.

And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath day?

And he said to them, Did ye never read what David did when he had need, and was hungry, he and those with him?

How he entered into the house of God under Abiathar the high priest, and ate the loaves of the presentation, which is not permitted to eat except for the priests. And he also gave to those who were with him?

And he says to them, Is it permitted to do good on the Sabbath day or to do harm, to save life or to kill? But they were silent.

And having looked around on them with anger, being grieved at the callousness of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as the other.

And the Pharisees having gone out, they straightaway were making a plot with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried out, saying, Thou are the Son of God.

and to have authority to heal diseases and to cast out demons.

And the multitude comes together again, so as for them, no, not even to be able to eat bread.

And when those with him heard it, they went out to grasp him, for they said, He is beside himself.

And the scholars who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.

And having summoned them, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

And having looked around at those who sat about him, he says, Behold, my mother and my brothers.

And it came to pass during the sowing, some fell by the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

And others fell on the rocky ground where it had not much soil. And straightaway it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

And when the sun was risen it was scorched, and because it had no root it dried out.

And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it gave no fruit.

And these in like manner are those being sown upon the rocky places, who, whenever they may hear the word, straightaway receive it with joy.

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the cravings about other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

And these are those that were sown upon the good ground, who hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

And he said to them, Does the lamp come so that it might be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not so that it might be put on the lampstand?

For there is not anything hid, except that it may be revealed, nor become secret, but that it may come to be visible.

And he said to them, Watch what ye hear. By what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you, and to those who hear, it will be added to you.

For whoever has, to him it will be given. And he who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.

And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or by what parable shall we compare it?

It is like a grain of the mustard plant, which, when it is sown in the ground, is smaller than all the seeds upon the ground.

Yet when it is sown, it goes up and becomes greater than all the plants, and it makes great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under the shade of it.

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

And a great storm of wind develops, and the waves were thrown into the boat, so as for it now to be filling.

And he himself was in the stern sleeping on the cushion. And they awake him, and say to him, Teacher, does it not concern thee that we perish?

And having awaken, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Be quiet! Silence! And the wind ceased, and it became a great calm.

And when he came out of the boat, straightaway there met him out of the sepulchers a man with an unclean spirit who had his habitation among the sepulchers.

And always, night and day, in the mountains and in the sepulchers, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

And having cried out in a great voice, he said, What is with me and with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, do not torment me.

For he said to him, Come out from the man, thou unclean spirit.

And he demanded him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion, because we are many.

And straightaway, Jesus allowed them. And the unclean spirits having come out, entered into the swine. And the herd stampeded down the slope into the sea, and were drowned in the sea. And there were about two thousand.

And those who fed the swine fled, and reported in the city and in the fields. And they came to see what it was that happened.

And those who saw it related to them how it happened to the man who was demon-possessed, and about the swine.

And behold, one of the synagogue rulers comes, Jairus by name. And having seen him, he falls at his feet,

But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what has happened to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

And they ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, takes the father of the child and the mother and those with him, and enters in where the child was laying.

And he commanded them much that no man should know this. And he said to give her to eat.

And he went out from there, and came into his fatherland, and his disciples follow him.

And having become Sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astonished, saying, How are these things in this man? and, What is the wisdom that was given to him, and such mighty works happen by his han

And as many as might not receive you nor hear you, as ye depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to them. Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in the day of judgment than

And they cast out many demons, and anointed many feeble men with olive oil, and healed them.

For John said to Herod, It is not permitted for thee to have thy brother's wife.

And having gone out, she said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the immerser.

And having come in straightaway with haste to the king, she asked, saying, I want that thou may give me, of it on a platter, the head of John the immerser.

and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the maiden. And the maiden gave it to her mother.

And when his disciples heard, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a sepulcher.

And he said to them, Come ye yourselves in private into a desolate place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no opportunity even to eat.

And Jesus having come out, he saw a great multitude. And he felt compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

And now many an hour having come to pass, his disciples having come to him, they say, The place is desolate, and it is now many an hour.

Send them away, so that after going into the fields and villages around, they may buy loaves for themselves, for they do not have what they may eat.

But having answered, he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they say to him, After departing, shall we buy loaves of two hundred denarii, and give them to eat?

And they all ate, and were filled.

And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed it to be a ghost, and cried out.

For they all saw him, and were troubled. And straightaway he spoke with them, and says to them, Cheer up. It is I, fear not.

And when they came out of the boat, straightaway, having recognized him,

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands carefully, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders.

And coming from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe. And there are many other things that they have taken in to retain: washings of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and beds.)

Then the Pharisees and the scholars demand of him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?

And having answered, he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me.

There is nothing outside the man, entering into him that can defile him, but the things coming out of him those are the things that defile the man.

because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the toilet (making all foods clean)?

And he said, That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man.

And having risen from there, he went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And having entered into a house, he wanted no man to know it, and yet he could not be hid.

For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, after hearing about him, having come, she fell down at his feet.

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter.