"The time is now come," he said, "and the kingdom of God is near! Repent and believe the gospel."

Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sick of fever, and without delay they told him about her.

Now the disciples of John and the Pharisees were keeping a fast, and people came to ask him, "How is it that the disciples of John and the Pharisees are fasting, but your disciples are not?"

Now a crowd was sitting round him and they told him, "See! your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, wanting to see you."

Now he himself was sleeping on the cushion in the stern, so they woke him up, saying, "Master, do you not care if we perish?"

Now there was on the hillside a great drove of swine feeding.

Now there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,

Now this Herod had sent and arrested John, and bound him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

Then when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him and said: "This place is desert, and the day is now far spent.

"My heart aches for the crowd, because they have remained with me three days now, and they have nothing to eat;

Now they had forgotten to take bread, and had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.

Now people were bringing little children to Jesus for him to touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.

but shall receive a hundred times as much, now in this present world, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands??nd persecutions with them??nd in the world to come eternal life.

Now when they were approaching Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives,

Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple, and after he had looked around at everything, as the hour was now late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

Now every evening he used to go outside the city;

"Have you not read this Scripture?" (he continued) "The very stone which the builders rejected Has now become the corner-stone;

"David himself then calls him Lord; so how can he be his son?" Now the great mass of the people were wont to listen to him with delight;

For those will be days of suffering the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now, and never shall be.

"From the fig tree learn now her parable; as soon as ever her branches are full of sap and bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.

Now two days later was the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. Both the chief priests and the Scribes were continually seeking how they might arrest him by a stratagem and kill him;

Now Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went away to the high priests to betray Jesus to them;

Then he came the third time, and said: "Sleep on now, and take your rest! It is over. My hour is come. Look! the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Now the betrayer had given them a sign. "The one I kiss," he said, "is the man. Arrest him, and take him away safely."

Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, there came one of the maid servants of the high priest, and saw Peter warming himself.

Now at the time of the feast it was customary to release to them a prisoner, whatever one they asked for.

Now with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand and one on his left.

The Christ! The King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe." They also who had been crucified with Jesus kept reviling him.

So they went out, and ran from the tomb, for they were trembling and amazed; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid??9 Now after his resurrection, early on the first day of the week he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.