And all the country of Judea and the inhabitants of Jerusalem went out to him, and were all immersed by him in the river Jordan, con fessing their sins.

And immediately on coming up from the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him.

And immediately the Spirit compelled him to go forth into the wilderness.

And he was there in the wilderness forty days, to be tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.

And immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

And he immediately called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Be silent, and come out of him.

And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions, and cried with a loud voice, and came out of him.

And all were amazed, so that they questioned one another, saying: What means this? What new teaching is this, that with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him?

Now the mother-in-law of Simon lay sick of a fever. And at once they told him of her.

And at evening, when the sun had gone down, they brought to him all that were sick, and those who were possessed with demons.

And he cured many that were sick of various diseases, and cast out many demons, and did not suffer the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And Simon, and those who were with him, followed after him.

And when they had found him, they said to him: All are seeking for thee.

And there came to him a leper, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying to him: If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

And Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and said to him: I will; be clean.

And when he had spoken, the leprosy immediately departed from him, and he was cleansed.

And he strictly charged him, and forthwith sent him away,

and said to him: See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to publish the matter abroad, so that he was no longer able to enter a city openly, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

And they came to him, bringing a paralytic, who was carried by four men.

And not being able to come near him, on account of the multitude, they took off the roof where he was, and having broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.

And he went out again by the sea: and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphoeus sitting at the custom-house; and he said to him: Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And it came to pass, as Jesus reclined at table in his house, that many publicans and sinners reclined with him and his disciples; for there were many, and they followed him.

And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eating with publicans and sinners, they said to his disciples: Why is it that he eats and drinks with publicans and sinners?

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were in the habit of fasting; and they came, and said to him: Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples fast not?

And the Pharisees said to him: See, why are they doing on the sabbath-day what is not lawful?

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

How he entered the house of God in the days of Abiathar the chief priest, and ate the loaves of the presence, which, it is not lawful, except for the priests, to eat, and gave to those also who were with him?

And they watched him, whether he would cure him on the sabbath-day, that they might accuse him.

And the Pharisees immediately went out with the Herodians, and held a consultation against him, that they might destroy him.

And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea; and there followed him a great multitude from Galilee, and from Judea,

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan: and those about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard what things he was doing, came to him.

And he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should continue near him, because of the multitude, that they might not press upon him.

For he cured many, so that as many as had diseases rushed upon him, that they might touch him.

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

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

And he went up into a mountain, and called to him such as he wished, and they came to him.

And he appointed twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered him up. And they went into a house:

And when his relatives heard of it, they came out to take him; for they said: He is beside himself.

And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?

His mother and his brothers came, therefore, and standing without, sent to him, and called him.

And the multitude was sitting about him; and they said to him: Behold, your mother and your brothers are without, seeking you.

And he looked round about on those who were sitting near him, and said: Behold, my mother and my brothers;

And again he began to teach by the sea; and a great multitude came together to him, so that he went into a ship, and sat in the sea: and the whole multitude was on the land near the sea.

And he said: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

And when he was alone, those who were about him, with the twelve, asked him the meaning of the parable.

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

for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, even that which he has shall be taken from him.

And when they had sent the multitude away, they took him with them, as he was in the ship; and there were other little ships with him.

And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on the pillow. And they awoke him, and said to him: Teacher, carest thou not that we perish?

And they were greatly afraid, and said one to another: Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there met him from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could keep him bound even with chains;

because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been pulled to pieces by him, and the fetters had been broken, and no one had strength to subdue him;

And when he saw Jesus at a distance, he ran and did him homage;

For he had said to him: Unclean spirit, come out of the man.

And he asked him: What is your name? And he said to him: My name is Legion; for we are many.

And he earnestly besought him that he would not send them out of the country.

And the demons besought him, saying: Send us to the swine, that we may enter into them.

And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.

And when he had entered the ship, he that had been possessed with the demons besought him that he might be with him.

And he did not permit him, but said to him: Go home to your relatives, and make known to them what things the Lord has done for you, and that he has had compassion on you.

And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what things Jesus had done for him. And all were astonished.

And when Jesus had again gone over in the ship to the opposite side, a great multitude came together to him; and he was near the sea.

And behold, there came one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,

and besought him earnestly, saying: My little daughter is at the point of death; come, lay thy hands on her, that she may be saved, and she will live.

And he went with him; and a great multitude followed him, and pressed upon him.

when she heard of Jesus, came be hind him in the multitude, and touched his mantle;

And Jesus, immediately perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him, turned around in the multitude and said: Who touched my clothes?

And his disciples said to him: Thou seest the multitude pressing upon thee, and dost thou say, Who touched me?

But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing; what had been done within her. came and fell down before him; and told him all the truth.

And he suffered no one to follow him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

And they derided him. But when he had put them all out, he took the father and mother of the child, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.

And he departed thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples followed him.

And when the sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many that heard him were astonished, and said: Whence has this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given to him, that even such mighty deeds are done by his hands?

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they found in him cause for offense.

And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out, two and two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

And Herod the king heard of him, for his name had be come known; and he said: John the Immerser has risen from the dead, and for this reason, the powers of the spiritual world are active within him.

But when Herod heard of him, he said: John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead.

For Herod himself had sent and taken John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip; for he had married her.

And Herodias was angry with him, and desired to have him killed, and was not able;

for Herod feared John, because he knew him to be a just and holy man; and he kept him in safety. And having heard him, he did many things, and heard him with pleasure.

And he went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish, and gave it to the maiden; and the maiden gave it to her mother.

And the apostles came together to Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.

And many saw them departing, and recognized him; and they ran thither on foot from all the cities, and went before them, and came together to him.

And when much of the day was now spent, his disciples came to him, and said: This is a desert place, and much of the day is now spent;

He answered and said to them: Do you give them food. And they said to him: Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them food?

And he immediately compelled his disciples to get into the ship, and to go before him to the opposite side, to Bethsaida, while he sent the multitude away.

But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a specter, and cried out;

for they all saw him, and were troubled. And he immediately spoke to them, and said: Take courage; it is I; be not afraid.

And when they had come out of the ship, the people immediately recognized him,

And whatever place he entered, whether villages or cities or country, they laid the sick in the market-places, and besought him that they might touch even the fringe of his mantle: and as many as touched him were saved.

And there came together to him the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem:

then the Pharisees and the scribes asked him: Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?

you no longer suffer him to do any thing for his father or mother,

And he called the whole multitude to him, and said to them: Hear me, all of you, and understand.

There is nothing with out that, by entering into a man, can defile him. But those things which come out of the man, defile him.