And all the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.

Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

And immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.

He was in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.

And immediately they left the nets, and followed him.

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

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him."

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

And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him."

And the report of him went out immediately into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area.

Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.

And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And Simon and those who were with him followed after him;

and they found him, and told him, "Everyone is looking for you."

And a leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, "If you want to, you can make me clean."

And being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing. Be cleansed."

And immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.

And he strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out,

and said to him, "See you say nothing to anyone, 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 freely, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.

And four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.

And when they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof above him. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.

And he went out again by the seaside. All the crowd came to him, and he taught them.

And as he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him.

It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

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

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

And the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

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 into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"

And They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

And the Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great crowd, when they heard what great things he did, came to him.

And he told his disciples that a small boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would not press on him.

For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and shouted, saying, "You are the Son of God."

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

And he went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.

and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

And when his family heard it, they went out to take charge of him: for they said, "He is out of his mind."

And then his brothers and his mother came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.

And a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."

And looking around at those who sat around him, he said, "Look, my mother and my brothers.

And again he began to teach by the seaside. And a great crowd was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the crowd were on the land by the sea.

And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."

And when he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

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

For whoever has, more will be given, and he who does not have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."

And leaving the crowd, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other boats were also with him.

And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are dying?"

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

And when he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.

He lived in the tombs. And no one could bind him any more, not even with chains,

because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. No one had the strength to tame him.

And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,

For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit."

And then he asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

And he begged him much that he would not send them away out of the region.

And they begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them."

They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.

And those who saw it declared to them how it happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.

Then they began to beg him to depart from their region.

As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.

And he did not allow him, but said to him, "Go to your house, to your own, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you."

So he went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.

And when Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great crowd was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.

One of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,

and pleaded with him repeatedly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live."

And he went with him, and a great crowd followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides.

having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd, and touched his clothes.

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

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

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

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

And he went out from there and came into his own country, and his disciples followed him.

And when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Are not his sisters here with us?" They were offended at him.

King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him."

For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.

So Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she could not,

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed, but he heard him gladly.

And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you."

So immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Then the apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.

But they saw them going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities and they arrived before them.

And when it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, "This place is desolate, and it is late in the day.

But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?"

but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and began to scream;

for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, "Cheer up. It is I. Do not be afraid."

When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,

Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they placed the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.

Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.

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

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'

then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,

There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man."

17 When he had entered into a house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

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