as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way;"

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

And there was a voice from the heavens, "Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased."

And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will cause you to become fishers of men.

And he saith to them, Let us go elsewhere into the neighboring towns, that I may preach there also; for, for this I came forth.

And there cometh a leper to him beseeching him, and kneeling down, saying to him, If thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins,he saith to the palsied man,

And passing along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customhouse; and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And he answering saith to them, Who is my mother, and my brothers?

And looking round on those who sat about him, he saith, Behold my mother and my brothers.

Whoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

hat seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest they should turn, and be forgiven.

and cried out with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, do not torment me.

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith to him, Legion is my name; for we are many.

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

and besought him much, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death; I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be saved and live.

And Jesus immediately perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, turned round in the crowed, and said, Who touched my garments?

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

and the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those at table with him; and the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

And he swore to her, Whatever thou shalt ask of me, I will give thee, to the half of my kingdom.

And she came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I desire that thou wilt give me immediately on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

send them away, that they may go into the surrounding fields and villages, and buy themselves something to eat.

And he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "This people honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men."

And he said to them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition!

But ye say, If a man say to his father or mother, Whatever thou mightst receive in aid from me is Corban, that is, a gift to God, [he is not bound by the command. Thus]

And again calling the multitude to him, he said to them, Hearken to me all of you, and understand.

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have remained with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat.

But he turning about and looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith, Get thee behind me, Satan! for thy thoughts are not on the things of God, but on those of men.

And calling the multitude to him with his disciples also, he said to them, Whoever chooseth to follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For whoever chooseth to save his life, will lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for the sake of me and of the glad tidings, will save it.

For whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will also the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

And there came a cloud overshadowing them; and a voice came out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son; hear him.

And one of the multitude answered him, Teacher, I have brought to thee my son, who hath a dumb spirit.

He answereth and saith to them, O unbelieving generation! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.

The father of the child immediately cried out and said, I believe; help thou my unbelief.

Whoever receiveth one of these children in my name, receiveth me; and whoever receiveth me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

But Jesus said, Forbid him not. For no one, who shall do a miracle in my name, can readily speak evil of me.

For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, truly do I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

But Jesus seeing it was much displeased, and said to them, Suffer the children to come to me; forbid them not; for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.

And as he was going out into the way, a certain one running up and kneeling to him, asked him, Good teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit everlasting life?

And Jesus said to him, Why dost thou call me good? None is good but one, that is, God.

And he said to him, Teacher, all these have I kept from my youth.

And Jesus looking at him, loved him, and said to him, One thing thou lackest; go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

Jesus said, Truly do I say to you, There is no one who hath left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for the sake of me and of the glad tidings,

And they said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, in thy glory.

but to sit on my right hand or on my left is not mine to give, but it will be given to those for whom it hath been prepared.

And hearing that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me!

And many sharply bade him be silent; but he cried out the more, Son of David, have pity on me!

And Jesus answering said to him, What dost thou wish me to do for thee? The blind man said to him, My master, to restore my sight.

And he taught, and said to them, Is it not written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers."

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one, that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.

And Jesus said to them, I will ask you one question; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.

Still he had one beloved son; he sent him last to them, saying, They will respect my son.

Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, seeing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why are ye trying me? Bring me a denary, that I may see it.

David himself said in the Holy Spirit, "The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool."

Many will come in my name, saying, I am He; and will deceive many.

But do ye take heed to yourselves; they will deliver you up to councils, and ye will be taken into synagogues and beaten; and ye will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

And ye will be hated by all on account of my name. But he that endureth to the end will be saved.

And pray that it may not be in winter.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? A good deed hath she done for me.

For the poor ye have always with you, and whenever ye will, ye can do good to them; but me ye have not always.

She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for its burial.

and wherever he goeth in, say to the master of the house, The Teacher saith, Where is my guestchamber, where I may eat the passover with my disciples?

And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, Truly do I say to you, that one of you will betray me,one that is eating with me.

And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one that is dipping with me in the dish.

And as they were eating, he took a loaf, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, Take; this is my body.

And he said to them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is shed for many.

And Jesus saith to them, Ye will all fall away from me; for it is written, "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered."

And Jesus saith to him, Truly do I say to thee, that even thou, today, on this night, before a cock crow twice, wilt thrice deny me.

And he saith to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death; remain here and watch.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee! take away this cup from me. But not what I will, but what thou wilt.

Rise, let us be going; lo! he that delivereth me up is at hand.

And Jesus answering said to them, Ye have come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me.

I was daily with you in the temple, teaching, and ye did not lay hands on me; but [thus it is], that the Scriptures may be fulfilled.

And immediately a cock crew a second time. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus had said to him, Before a cock crows twice, thou wilt thrice deny me. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

And Pilate answering again said to them, What then would ye have me do with him whom ye call the king of the Jews?

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him were reviling him.

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani? which is, when interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And these signs will accompany believers: In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;