for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

and a certain woman, having an issue of blood twelve years,

and immediately was the fountain of her blood dried up, and she knew in the body that she hath been healed of the plague.

and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;

And he began to speak to them in similes: 'A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

and he said to them, 'This is my blood of the new covenant, which for many is being poured out;

We heard him saying -- I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;'