John was clad in clothing of camels' hair, with a belt of leather round his waist, and lived on locusts and wild honey;

Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying ill with fever, and they at once told Jesus about her.

Jesus went up to her and, grasping her hand, raised her up; the fever left her, and she began to wait upon them.

But that you may know that the Son of Man has power to forgive sins on earth"--here he said to the paralyzed man--

Then he looked around on the people sitting in a circle round him, and said: "Here are my mother and my brothers!

And Jesus said: "Let any one who has ears to hear with hear."

'Though they have eyes, they may see without perceiving; And though they have ears, they may hear without understanding; Lest some day they should turn and be forgiven.'

Those meant by the seed sown among the brambles are different; they are the people who hear the Message,

But the people meant by the seed sown on the good ground are those who hear the Message, and welcome it, and yield a return, thirty, sixty, and even a hundred fold."

Let all who have ears to hear with hear.

"My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death; I beg you to come and place your hands on her, that her life may be spared."

At once the mischief was stopped, and she felt in herself that she was cured of her complaint.

Then the woman, in fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and threw herself down before him, and told him the whole truth.

Taking her hand, Jesus said to her: "Taleitha, koum!"--which means 'little girl, I am speaking to you--Rise!'

But Jesus repeatedly cautioned them not to let any one know of it, and told them to give her something to eat.

Is not he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters, too, living here among us?" This proved a hindrance to their believing in him;

For Herod himself had sent and arrested John, and put him in prison, in chains, to please Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because Herod had married her.

And he swore to her that he would give her whatever she asked him--up to half his kingdom.

The girl went out, and said to her mother 'What must I ask for?' 'The head of John the Baptizer,' answered her mother.

So she went in as quickly as possible to the King, and made her request. 'I want you,' she said, 'to give me at once, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist.'

The King was much distressed; yet, on account of his oath and of the guests at his table, he did not like to refuse her.

And, bringing his head on a dish, gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

But they had no sooner left her than the people, recognizing Jesus,

For a woman, whose little daughter had a foul spirit in her, heard of him immediately, and came and threw herself at his feet--

The woman was a foreigner, a native of Syrian Phoenicia--and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

The woman went home, and found the child lying on her bed, and the demon gone.

And a profound impression was made upon the people. "He has done everything well!" they exclaimed. "He makes even the deaf hear and the dumb speak!"

Here the Pharisees came out, and began to argue with Jesus, asking him for some sign from the heavens, to test him.

'Though you have eyes, do you not see? and though you have ears, do you not hear?' Do not you remember,

"I tell you," he added, "that some of those who are standing here will not know death till they have seen the Kingdom of God come in power."

"Rabbi," said Peter, interposing, "it is good to be here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

Then a cloud came down and enveloped them; and from the cloud there came a voice--"This is my Son, the Beloved; him you must hear."

And, if the woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she is guilty of adultery."

And, if any one says to you 'Why are you doing that?', say 'The Master wants it, and will be sure to send it back here at once.'"

But those tenants said to one another 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and his inheritance will be ours.'

And the second took her, and died without family; and so did the third.

At the resurrection whose wife will she be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?"

"The first," answered Jesus, "is--'Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is the one Lord;

For every one else put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, put in all she had--everything that she had to live on."

"Do you see these great buildings?" asked Jesus. "Not a single stone will be left here upon another, which shall not be thrown down."

And, when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; such things must occur; but the end is not yet.

And at that time if any one should say to you 'Look, here is the Christ!' 'Look, there he is!', do not believe it;

In those days, after that time of distress, 'the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light,

But about 'That Day,' or 'The Hour,' no one knows--not even the angels in Heaven, nor yet the Son--but only the Father.

"Let her alone," said Jesus, as they began to find fault with her, "why are you troubling her? This is a beautiful deed that she has done for me.

And I tell you, wherever, in the whole world, the Good News is proclaimed, what this woman has done will be told in memory of her."

They were glad to hear what he said, and promised to pay him. So he looked for a way to betray Jesus opportunely.

Presently they came to a garden known as Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples "Sit down here while I pray."

"I am sad at heart," he said, "sad even to death; wait here, and watch."

Going on a little further, he threw himself on the ground, and began to pray that, if it were possible, he might be spared that hour.

Then he came and found the three Apostles asleep. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Could not you watch for one hour?

But Pilate was surprised to hear that he had already died. So he sent for the Officer, and asked if he were already dead;

"Do not be dismayed; you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified; he has risen, he is not here! Look! Here is the place where they laid him.

Yet even they, when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, did not believe it.