And it happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

And there came a voice from Heaven, saying, You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

And when He going farther from there a little, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.

And He having spoken, the leprosy instantly departed from him and he was cleansed.

But going out, he began to proclaim it very much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was outside in deserted places. And they came to Him from every quarter.

But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast in those days.

And no one sews a patch of new cloth on an old garment, else it takes away from its fullness, the new from the old, and a worse tear occurs.

And Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples. And a great crowd from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea,

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan, and those around Tyre and Sidon, a great throng came to him, having heard how much He was doing.

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.

For he who has, more shall be given to him; and he who has not, from him shall be taken even that which he has.

And He said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be whole from your plague.

While He still spoke, they came from the synagogue ruler's house, saying, Your daughter is dead; why do you still trouble the Teacher?

And He went out from there and came into His native-place. And His disciples followed Him.

And He said to them, Wherever you enter into a house, abide there until you depart from that place.

And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Truly I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

And king Herod heard of Him (for His name had become well-known,) and he said that John the Baptist had been raised from the dead, and therefore mighty works operate in him.

But hearing Herod said, It is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead!

And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced and pleased Herod, and those who reclined with him, the king said to the girl, Ask me whatever you desire from me, and I will give it to you.

And he swore to her, Whatever you shall ask from me, I will give it to you, to the half of my kingdom.

And they took up twelve hand baskets full of fragments, also from the fish.

And the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem.

And coming from the market, they do not eat without immersing, and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the dippings of cups and pots, and of copper vessels, and of tables.

But He answered and said to them, Well has Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, "This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

There is nothing from outside a man which entering into him can defile him. But the things which come out of him, those are the ones that defile the man.

And when He had entered into the house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.

And He said to them, Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters into the man from outside cannot defile him,

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

All these evil things pass out from inside and defile the man.

And He arose from there and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered into a house and desired no one to know it. But He could not be hidden.

And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came to the Sea of Galilee, in the midst of the borders of the Decapolis.

And He took him aside from the crowd and put His fingers into his ears. And He spat and touched his tongue.

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint in the way. For many of them come from afar.

And His disciples answered Him, From where can a man satisfy these with loaves here in the wilderness?

And the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking a sign from Heaven from Him, tempting Him.

And as they came down from the mountain, He commanded them that they should tell no one the things that they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

And they kept that saying within themselves, debating with one another what the rising from the dead is.

And He asked his father, How long ago has it been since this came to him? And he said, From childhood.

And going out from there, they passed through Galilee. And He desired that no one should know.

And He arose from there. And He came into the borders of Judea by the other side of the Jordan. And again a crowd came together to Him. And as was His custom, He taught them again.

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

And he answered and said to Him, Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth.

And He said to them, Go into the village over across from you. And as soon as you have entered into it, you will find a colt tied, on which no one of men has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

And passing on early, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.

The baptism of John, was it from Heaven, or from men? Answer Me.

And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, he will say, Why then did you not believe him?

But if we shall say, From men, they feared the people, for all held John to be a prophet indeed.

And at the season he sent a servant to the vinedressers, so that he might receive from the vinedressers the fruit of the vineyard.

this was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes"?

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are as the angels in Heaven.

And seeing that he had answered intelligently, Jesus said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared to question Him any more.

For all cast in from their abundance. But she, out of her poverty, has cast in all that she had, all her livelihood.

And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, across from the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked Him privately,

For in those days shall be affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.

And then He shall send His angels and shall gather His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.

And He went forward a little and fell on the ground. And He prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.

And He said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to You. Take away this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.

And immediately, while He still spoke, Judas, being one of the Twelve, came, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

And he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked.

And Peter followed Him from a distance to the inside of the court of the high priest. And he sat with the servants and warmed himself at the fire.

save yourself and come down from the cross!

Let Christ the King of Israel now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe. And they who were crucified with Him insulted Him.

And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

And when the centurion, who stood across from him, saw that He cried out so, and expired, he said, Truly this man was Son of God.

And also women were watching from a distance, among whom also was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less, and of Joses, and Salome,

And when he knew it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

And they said among themselves, Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?

And they went out quickly and fled from the tomb. For they trembled and were amazed. Neither did they say anything to anyone, for they were afraid.

After that He appeared in another form to two of them, walking and going into the country.