Now John was clothed with a camel's hair garment, and a girdle of leather about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

And he preached, saying, One mightier than I is coming after me, the string of whose shoes I am not worthy, stooping down, to unloose.

And no man seweth on a patch of cloth undressed upon an old garment: but if otherwise, the new piece supplied taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

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

And they watched him if he would cure him on the sabbath; that they might accuse him.

And the Pharisees instantly going out, held a council with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

for he healed many; insomuch, that they thronged in upon him, that they might touch him, as many as had afflictive diseases.

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

And as he was going out of the vessel, immediately there met him a man with an unclean spirit,

And when he embarked on board the vessel, the demoniac besought him, that he might go with him.

And a favourable day being come for her purpose, when Herod on his birth-day made a supper for his nobles, and military commanders, and the principal personages of Galilee;

And wherever they entered into villages or cities, or country places, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch, if but the fringe on his garment; and as many as touched it, were cured.

But ye affirm, If a man say to his father or mother, it is Corban (that is, a gift), which otherwise might have been advantageous to thee from me;

The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by birth, and she entreated him that the devil might be cast out of her daughter.

Then again he put his hands upon his eyes, and made him look up again: and he was entirely restored, and saw all men distinctly.

But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female;

And they went, and found the foal tied to a gate without, where two ways met; and they untie him.

and seeing a fig-tree at a distance, full of leaves, he went to it, expecting probably that he might find some fruit upon it: and when he came to it, he found none, only leaves: for it was not a [good] season for figs.

And he taught them, saying, Is it not written, that "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations?" but ye have made it a den of thieves.

And the scribes and chief priests heard him, and sought how they might destroy him: for they were afraid of him, because all the people were exceedingly struck with his teaching,

And in the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

And they sent unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might entrap him in discourse.

NOW the passover and the feast of unleavened bread were but two days distant; and the chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might seize him by craft, and kill him.

And there were some who felt indignation within themselves, saying, Wherefore is this waste of the ointment made?

For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor. And they bitterly murmured against her.

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, that he might betray him unto them.

When they heard it, they rejoiced, and promised to give him a sum in silver. And he watched how opportunely he might deliver him up.

And he sent two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water, follow him.

And his disciples went out, and came into the city, and found as he had spoken to them; and they made ready the passover.

And he went a little farther forward, and fell on the earth, and prayed, that if it were possible the hour might pass from him.

Daily was I with you in the temple teaching, and ye laid no hold upon me: but [this is done] that the scriptures might be fulfilled.

Then the chief priests, and the whole sanhedrim, sought for witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death; yet found none.

We have heard him affirm, I will destroy this temple made with hands, and after three days I will build another not made with hands.

But he kept silence, and made them not a word of reply. Again the high-priest questioned him, and said to him, Art thou the Messiah, the Son of the blessed?

And as Peter was in the hall, at the lower end, there came to him one of the high-priest's maid-servants:

And a maid-servant observing him again; began to say to those who stood by, This man is one of them.

But Jesus notwithstanding made not a word of reply; so that Pilate marvelled.

And there was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made an insurrection with him, and had committed murder in the insurrection.

AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, purchased aromatics, that they might come, and anoint him.