He is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make the paths straight for Him.'"

And all the Judean region and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem went out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

And John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

And immediately [as he] was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens being split apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.

And immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.

And he was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

And immediately they left their nets [and] followed him.

And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men [and] went away after him.

And they marveled at his learning. For he taught them as one that had power with him, and not as the scribes did.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!"

And [after] convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him.

And they were all amazed, so that [they began] to discuss with one another, saying, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him."

And the report about him then went out everywhere in the whole surrounding region of Galilee.

Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, suffering with a fever, and at once they told him about her.

Now [when it] was evening, when the sun had set, they began bringing to him all those {who were sick} and those who were demon-possessed.

And he healed many {who were sick} with various diseases and expelled many demons. And he did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And Simon and those [who were] with him searched diligently for him.

And they found him and said to him, "Everyone is looking for you!"

And a leper came to him, entreating him and kneeling down, saying to him, "If you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

And becoming angry, he stretched out his hand [and] touched [him], and said to him, "I am willing; be made clean."

And immediately the leprosy went away from him and he was made clean.

And warning him sternly, he sent him away at once.

And he said to him, "See to it that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and bring for your cleansing [the things] which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

and immediately many collected round him, so that there was no room, not even at the door; and he spake the word to them.

And four men came to him with one on a bed who had no power of moving.

And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.

And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.

Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say to him, 'Get up, pick up your pallet and start walking!"

And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.

And when he went by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and he said to him, Come with me. And he got up, and went with him.

And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.

And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tax-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax-gatherers and sinners?

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?

And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food.

And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.

then he looking with indignation at those about him, being concern'd at their disingenuous perverse temper, he said to the man, stretch out your hand, which he did, and his hand become sound.

And the Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.

And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and the other side of Jordan, and the country about Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing what great things he did, came to him.

And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;

For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.

And he warned them strictly that they should not make him known.

And he went up into the mountain, and sent for those whom it was his pleasure to have with him: and they went to him.

And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers,

And he gave to Simon the name of Peter. [He appointed him],

And James, him of Zebedee, and John brother of James; and he set to them names Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:

And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James him of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

Some Scribes, who were come from Jerusalem, said, he is confederate with Beelzebub, the prince of the demons enables him to dispossess demons.

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

And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to 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:

Jesus said all this because these experts in the law of Moses had been saying, "He has an evil spirit in him."

And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.

And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.

And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!

And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

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

And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

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.

But as soon as the crop will let him, the man goes in with his sickle, for the harvest time has come.

And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

And {they were terribly frightened} and began to say to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.

He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

No one was able to tame him: and all the time, night and day, he was among the tombs in the mountains, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship;

For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

And he was asking him "{What is your name}?" And he said to him, "My name [is] Legion, because we are many."

And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.

And they said to him, Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.

And they come to Jesus, and they see the possessed of demons sitting and clothed and sensible, him that had had the legion: and they were afraid.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

And they made a request to him to go out of their country.

And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

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 he went on his way, and made public in the country of Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men were full of wonder.

And when Jesus had gone over again in the boat to the other side, a great number of people came to him: and he was by the sea.

And one of the rulers of the Synagogue, Jairus by name, came, and seeing him, went down at his feet,

And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

And he went with him; and a great number of people went after him, and came round him.

Then a woman, who had been bleeding for twelve years, came to Him.

When she had news of the things which Jesus did, went among the people coming after him, and put her hand on his robe.

And straight away Jesus was conscious that power had gone out of him; and, turning to the people, he said, Who was touching my robe?

And his disciples said to him, You see the people round you on every side, and you say, Who was touching me?

Then He looked around to see who had done this [i.e., touched Him and received healing].

The woman, shaking with fear, conscious of what had been done to her, came and, falling on her face before him, gave him a true account of everything.

While he was still speaking men came from the house of the warden of the synagogue to tell him, "Your daughter is dead, why trouble the Teacher any further?"

And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

And they were laughing at him. But he, having sent them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.