As has been written in the prophets; Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee;

and saying, That the time is fulfilled: the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.

And they were astonished at His teaching; for Ile was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

saying, Let me alone; what is there to us and thee, thou Jesus, the Nazarene? You have come to destroy us; I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And they were all astonished, so that they were inquiring one to another, saying, What is this? what new teaching is this? Because according to authority He commands the unclean spirits, and they obey Him;

And He says to them, Let us go into the surrounding villages and cities, that I may preach there; for unto this I have come out.

Why does He speak blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins, except the one God?

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take thy bed, and walk about?

And Jesus said to them, Whether are the sons of the bride-chamber able to fast while the bridegroom is with them? So long a time as they have with them the bridegroom they are not able to fast.

No one putteth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: lest the new take its fullness from the old, and the rent is made worse.

No one puts new wine in old bottles: lest the new wine shall break the bottles, and the wine is poured out, and the bottles shall perish: but the new wine is put in new bottles.

And the Pharisees continued to say to Him, Behold what they are doing on the Sabbath, which is not lawful.

How he entered into the house of God, in the days of Abiathar, the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priest, and he gave it to those being with him?

So the Son of man is also Lord of the Sabbath.

And He says to them; Is it lawful to do good or to do evil on the Sabbath; to save life, or to kill? And they were silent.

For He healed many; so that they were falling before Him so that they might touch Him, so many as had diseases.

and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and on them He placed the names Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:

And those along with Him hearing came out to arrest Him: for they continued to say, He is beside Himself.

And the scribes having come down from Jerusalem were saving, He has Beelzebul and He is casting out the demons through the prince of the demons.

And calling them to Him, He continued to speak to them in parables, How is Satan able to cast out Satan?

And if a kingdom may be divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand,

and if Satan stand up against himself, and is divided, he is not able to stand, but has an end.

No one is able, having entered into the house of a strong man, to spoil his goods, unless he may first bind the strong man, and then he will spoil his house.

but whosoever may blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is subject of eternal condemnation.

And He responding to them, says, Who is my mother and my brothers?

For whosoever may do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.

And again He began to teach by the sea: and a great multitude is gathered unto Him, so that He having gone into a ship, sat on the sea; and the whole multitude was at the sea on the land.

And those who are by the way-side, where the word is sown; and when they hear it, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which was sown in their hearts.

And He said to them; Whether does the light come, that it may be placed under a bushel, or under a bed? is it not that it may be placed on a candlestick?

For there is nothing hidden which may not be made manifest; neither is there any thing concealed, but that it may come into the light.

And He said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as a man may cast seed on the ground;

and he may sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed germinates and grows, as he does not know.

And when the fruit may develop, immediately he thrusts in the sickle, because the harvest is at hand.

Tis like a grain of mustard seed, which when it may be sown upon the earth, is the smallest of all seeds which are upon the earth,

And in many such parables He continued to speak the word to them, as they were able to hear.

And He says to them, on that day, it being evening, Let us go away to the other side.

And leaving the multitude, they receive Him, as He was in the ship; and other ships were also with Him.

And He was in the stern, sleeping on a pillow: and they awaken Him, and say to Him; Teacher, is there no care to thee that we perish?

And they feared with a great fear, and continued to say to one another, Who then is this, because the wind and the sea obey Him?

and crying with a loud voice, he says, What is there to me and to thee, O Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee in the name of God, that you may not torment me.

And He asked him, What is thy name? And he says to Him, My name is Legion; because we are many.

And they intreated Him, saying, Send us into the swine, in order that we may go into them.

and intreats Him much saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: that coming He may lay hands on her, in order that she may be saved and live.

and having suffered much from many physicians, and expended all things which were with her, and being profited as to nothing, but rather having come to the worse,

And immediately the issue of her blood was dried up: and she knew in her body that she is healed of her plague.

And He still speaking, they come from the house of the chief ruler of the synagogue, saying, Thy daughter is dead: why do you still trouble the Teacher?

and having come in, He says to them, Why are you excited and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleepeth.

And taking the child by the hand, says to her, Talitha cumi; which is interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, Arise.

and it being the Sabbath day, He began to preach in the synagogue: and many hearing were astonished, saying, Whence are these things to this one? and, What wisdom is given unto Him? Such miracles are wrought by His hands.

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary? the brother of James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? Are not His sisters here with us? And they were offended in Him.

And Jesus said to them; A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, and among his relatives, and in his own house.

And whatsoever place may not receive you nor hear you, going forth thence, shake off the dust which is beneath your feet for a testimony unto them.

And king Herod heard; for His name became known: and said, John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works are wrought in Him.

And others continued to say, That He is Elijah; and others continued to say that He is a prophet, indeed one of the prophets.

But Herod hearing said, That, He is John, whom I beheaded; He is risen from the dead.

For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.

The apostles return to Jesus, and related unto Him all things, even so many as they did, and so many as they taught.

And Jesus having come out saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion in their behalf, because they were as sheep having no shepherd: and He began to teach them many things.

And already the hour being late, His disciples coming to Him, say, That it is a desert place, and the hour is already late:

they were running round all that country, and they began to carry the sick on beds, when they heard that He is there.

And when He departed into the villages, or cities, or countries, they placed the sick in the forums, and call upon Him, and continued to intreat Him that they should touch the hem of His garment: and so many as touched Him were saved.

And seeing certain ones of His disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands.

And responding He said to them, Beautifully did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as has been written, This people honor me with lips, but their heart is far from me.

But you say, If a man may say to father or mother, Corban, that is a gift, whatsoever you may be profited by me;

There is nothing without a man coming into him, which is competent to defile him: but those things coming out from him, these are the things which defile the man.

And He says to them, Are you still without understanding? Do you not know that everything external entering into a man is not able to defile him?

Because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is cast out into the excrement, purifying all edibles.

For a woman hearing concerning Him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, having come worshiped at His feet.

And He said to her, Permit the children first to be fed: for It is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to little dogs.

and looking up to heaven, he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, which is, Be thou opened.

And they were reasoning to one another, saying, It is because we have not bread.

and His raiment became resplendent, exceedingly white like snow; as no fuller on earth is able to whiten.

And Peter responding says to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah:

And there was a cloud overshadowing them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear ye Him.

And they held the word to themselves, inquiring, what it is to rise from the dead.

But I say unto you, that Elijah indeed has come, and they did unto him so many things as they wished, as has been written in reference to him.

And He asked his father, How long is it since this occurred to him? And he said, from childhood:

and frequently he cast him into the fire and into the waters, in order that he may destroy him: but if you are able to do anything, assist us, being moved with compassion towards us.

And Jesus said to him, It is this, if you are able (to believe); all things are possible to him that believeth.

And crying out, and convulsing he came out. And he became like a corpse; so that many said, that, he is dead.

And He said unto them, This kind is able to come out by nothing, but by prayer.

For He was teaching His disciples, and saying to them, The Son of man is betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and having been killed, He will rise again the third day.

And John responded to Him saying, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in Thy name, who does not follow us; and we forbade him, because he does not follow us.

And Jesus said, Forbid him not. For there is no one who shall do a miracle in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.

For whosoever is not against us, is on our side.

Whosoever may offend one of these little ones who believe in me, rather is it good for him, if a millstone is hung about his neck, and he may be cast into the sea.

And if thy hand may offend thee, cut it off: it is good for thee to go into life maimed, rather than having two hands to go away into hell, into the fire that can not be quenched.

If thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is good for thee to go into life lame, rather than have two feet to be cast into hell.

If thine eye may offend thee, cast it from thee: it is good for thee entering into the kingdom of God having one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell;

where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

Salt is good: but if the salt may become savorless, with what will you salt it? Have salt in yourselves, and live in peace with one another.

Rising up thence He comes into the coasts of Judea, through the region beyond the Jordan; and the multitudes again come to Him, and, as was His custom, He again taught them.

And the Pharisees having come forward asked Him, If it is lawful for a man to send away his wife? tempting Him.

But Jesus seeing was displeased, and said to them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

Truly, I say unto you, Whosoever may not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, can not enter into it.

And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? No one is good but One, God.

Jesus looking on him loved him, and said to him, One thing is wanting to thee: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

And the disciples were astonished at His words, and Jesus again responding, says to them, Children, how difficult it is to enter into the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of God.

And they were astonished exceedingly, saying to one another, And who is able to be saved?