all Judea, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, went out to meet him, and having confess'd their sins, he baptized them in the river Jordan.

And John was dressed in camel's hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

and Jesus threatned him, be mute, said he, and come out.

and he went up to her and taking her hand made her rise; the fever left her at once and she ministered to them.

And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there.

And he says to them, We should lead into the next small cities, that I might proclaim there also: for, for this have I come forth.

And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean.

And being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean.

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

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.

When they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus; and when they had dug out an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

When Jesus saw their [active] faith [springing from confidence in Him], He said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

and immediately Jesus perceiving by his spirit, that they made these secret reflections, said, why do you entertain such suggestions?

Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your mat and walk’?

And that ye might know that the Son of man has power to remit sins upon earth, (he says to the paralytic)

“I say to you, get up, pick up your mat and go home.”

And he got up and immediately picked up the mat and went out before them all, so that they all were astonished and they glorified and praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

And as He walked along He saw Levi [i.e., the same person as Matthew. See Matt. 9:9], the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the toll booth [i.e., collecting taxes]. He said to him, "Become my follower." And he got up and followed Him.

And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

And no one puts freshly squeezed grape juice into bottles made of previously used animal skins. If he does, the grape juice will [cause cracks and] burst the [dried-out] animal skins and the grape juice will [all leak out and] be wasted, and the animal skin bottles will become useless. But people put freshly squeezed grape juice into newly prepared animal skin bottles."

One Sabbath He was walking along [with His disciples] through the grainfields, and as they went along, His disciples began picking the heads of grain.

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

And Jesus entered the synagogue again and there He met a man with a deformed hand.

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

And he said to them, "Is it allowable to do people good on the Sabbath, or to do them harm? To save life or kill?" But they made no answer.

And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.

And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and the territory about Jordan, a considerable number of the inhabitants about Tyre and Sidon having heard of his great actions, came likewise to meet him.

And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him.

for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they might touch him.

Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and screamed out, “You are the Son of God!”

And he rebuked them much, that they might not make him manifest.

And Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; and they went to him.

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

And that they might have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils.

And the experts in the law of Moses who had come down from Jerusalem were saying [Note: This followed the incident of Jesus healing a man with an evil spirit. See Matt. 12:22-28], "He has Beelzebub [in him]," and "He is driving out evil spirits by [the power of] the chief of evil spirits."

and if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;

and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;

and if the Adversary did rise against himself, and hath been divided, he cannot be made to stand, but hath an end.

'Verily I say to you, that all the sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and evil speakings with which they might speak evil,

Then Jesus' mother and [half-] brothers came and stood outside [i.e., of a large house. See Matt. 12:46-13:1]. They sent a message to Him, asking Him to come out to them.

so that

they may look and look,
yet not perceive;
they may listen and listen,
yet not understand;
otherwise, they might turn back—
and be forgiven.”

but having no root at the bottom, they are only occasional professors, for if they meet with any trouble or persecution upon account of the word, immediately they revolt.

and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things enter in, and choke the word, and it is made unfruitful.

And he said to them, Does the lamp come so that it might be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not so that it might be put on the lampstand?

For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

And with many such similitudes he preached the word unto them, after as they might hear it.

And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

And awaking up he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Silence; be mute. And the wind fell, and there was a great calm.

Then Jesus and His disciples [finally] arrived on the other side of the lake [i.e., the east side] in the district of Geresa [Note: Matt. 8:28 says 'Gadara.' Geresa and Gadara were two towns

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

And who made his home in the tombs. No one had ever been able to secure him, even with a chain;

And catching sight of Jesus in the distance he ran up and made obeisance to him

And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

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

And all the demons besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we might enter into them.

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

And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.

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.

By the time Jesus had re-crossed in the boat to the opposite shore, a great number of people had gathered to meet him, and were standing by the Sea.

and beseecheth him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: I pray thee , that thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made whole, and live.

For she said, If I touch but his garments, I shall be made whole.

And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

but He gave strict injunctions that the matter should not be made known, and directed them to give her something to eat.

He was astonished at their lack of faith. Then he made a tour round the villages, teaching.

And as many as might not receive you nor hear you, as ye depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to them. Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in the day of judgment than

And having gone forth they were preaching that men might reform,

And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well.

And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;

and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and them that sat at meat with him; and the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

"Ask me for anything you like and I will give it to you." And he made oath to her, "I will give you whatever you ask me for, up to half my kingdom."

The girl immediately came in, in haste, to the King and made her request. "My desire is," she said, "that you will give me, here and now, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist."

And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her.

Now the apostles gathered to meet Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.

Loose them, that having departed to the fields and towns round about, they might buy to themselves loaves: for they have nothing they might eat.

And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass.

And having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples that they might set them before them. And the two fishes he divided among all.

And the pieces they took up from the loaves made twelve basketfuls besides the pieces from the fish.

The number eating the loaves of bread was five thousand men. [Note: This was besides women and children. See Matt. 14:21].

And immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself dismissed the crowd.

And having passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and made the shore.

And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

Now the Pharisees gathered to meet him, with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves [completely according to ritual]; and there are many other things [oral, man-made laws and traditions handed down to them] which they follow diligently, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper utensils.)

He said to them, "Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you hypocrites ??as it is written, This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me:

And he said to them, Well do ye abrogate the command of God, that ye might keep your tradition.

But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or mother: Whatever benefit you might have received from me is Corban’” (that is, a gift committed to the temple),

For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated.” (As a result, He made all foods clean.)

And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

And they bring to him a deaf man who could not speak right, and they beseech him that he might lay his hand on him.

And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.

And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much the more they made it public.

And they were amazed beyond all measure, saying, "He has done all [things] well! He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak!"

In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,