As it has been written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way;

and saying, "The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the gospel!"

saying - What have we in common with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee, who thou art, The Holy One of God.

and saith unto him, See thou tell no man: but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy purification what Moses has commanded, for a testimony to them.

Why does this man say such things? he has no respect for God: from whom does forgiveness come but from God only?

But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,)

And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins: or the skins will be burst by the wine, and the wine and the skins will be wasted: but new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

therefore the son of man has a power of dispensing with the law of the sabbath.

And [when] {his family} heard [this], they went out to restrain him, for they were saying, "He has lost his mind!"

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.

And if a kingdom has become divided against itself, that kingdom cannot subsist.

And if a house has become divided against itself, that house cannot subsist.

And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand, but is at an end!

No man who has got into a strong man's house can carry off his goods, without first securing him; and not till then will he plunder his house.

But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."

Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;

And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.

And he said to them, "To you has been granted the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside everything is in parables,

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;

There is nothing covered which will not be seen openly, and nothing has been made secret which will not come to light.

If any man has ears, let him give ear.

He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as when a man has cast seed upon the ground,

But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.

and when it has been sown, mounts up and becomes greater than all herbs, and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven can roost under its shadow.

crying out in a loud voice, "What hast Thou to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? In God's name I implore Thee not to torment me."

And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

and besought him much, saying, My little daughter has a terminal condition, so that having come, thou may lay thy hands on her, that she may be saved and will live.

And immediately Jesus, knowing in himself the power that had gone out of him, turning round in the crowd said, Who has touched my clothes?

And his disciples said to him, Seest thou the crowd pressing thee, and sayest thou, Who has touched me?

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 he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be free from your disease.

[While] he was still speaking, they came from the synagogue ruler's [house] saying, "Your daughter has died. Why trouble the Teacher further?"

And entering in he says to them, Why do ye make a tumult and weep? the child has not died, but sleeps.

To this their reply is a scornful laugh. He, however, puts them all out, takes the child's father and mother and those He has brought with Him, and enters the room where the child lies.

And [when] the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard [him] were amazed, saying, "Where did this man [get] these [things]? And what [is] this wisdom that has been granted to this man, and the miracles such as these performed through his hands?

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

And, coming in straightway, with hast, unto the king, she asked, saying - I desire, that, forthwith, thou give me, upon a charger, the head of John the Immerser.

And when much time had already passed, his disciples came to him and said, This is a solitary place, and much time has already passed;

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

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?

He answered and said unto them, Well has Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

"You give up what God has commanded,

"How skilful you are," he said to them, "in nullifying what God has commanded in order to observe what has been handed down to you.

and so you set aside what God has said by what you have handed down. You have many other practices like these."

If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.

And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.

And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.

And he having turned back, and having seen his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Retire behind me, Satan: for thou hast not in mind the things of God, but the things of men.

And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.

Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly forbad them to tell any one what they had seen "until after the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."

And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

And He answered and told them, Elijah truly does come first and restores all things. And how has it been written of the Son of Man that He should suffer many things and be despised?

But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.

And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.

And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.

And it came out, screaming and convulsing [him] greatly, and he became as if [he were] dead, so that most [of them] said, "He has died!"

For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.”

And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

"Whoever welcomes one child like this on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not me but him who has sent me."

where their worm [that feeds on the dead] does not die, and the fire is not put out.

Everyone has to be consecrated by the fire of the discipline.

Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

And having risen from there, he comes into the borders of Judea through the other side of the Jordan. And multitudes come together to him again, and, as he has practiced, he taught them again.

Presently some Pharisees came up and, to test him, asked: "Has a husband the right to divorce his wife?"

And He answered them by asking, "What has Moses commanded you about it?"

Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.

I declare unto you, he that shall pretend to be admitted into the kingdom of God, and has not the temper of a little child, shall not enter therein.

the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'

And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, One thing lackest thou: go, sell whatever thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.

But having become somber at the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was a man who has many possessions.

Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready.

But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:

And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.

For the Son of Man himself has not come to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to free many others."

And Jesus came to a stop and said, Let him come. And crying out to the blind man, they said to him, Be comforted: come, he has sent for you.

And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.

And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord has need of him and will send him back straight away.

And He was teaching, and said to them, "Has it not been written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations;' but ye have made it a den of robbers!"

And Peter remembered [and] said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered!"

Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire.

For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.

Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}.

it is the Lord, that has done this, and it is marvellous in our eyes."

Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother.

Jesus said to them, "Is not this the reason that you are [so] mistaken, that you do not know [what] the Scriptures [teach] or [how much] power God has?

and the second, which has an affinity to it, is this: "you shall love your neighbour as yourself." there is no other commandment greater than these.

And the scribe said to him, Right, teacher; thou hast spoken according to the truth. For he is one, and there is none other besides him;