I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.

And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.

And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.

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.

And being moved with pity, he put out his hand, and touching him said to him, It is my pleasure; be made clean.

See that you say nothing to any man: but go and let the priest see you, and make yourself clean by an offering of the things ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

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.

And four men came to him with one on a bed who had no power of moving.

And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.

But there were certain of the scribes seated there, and reasoning in their hearts,

Why does this man say such things? he has no respect for God: from whom does forgiveness come but from God only?

Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go?

But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,)

I say to you, Get up, take up your bed, and go to your house.

And he got up, and straight away took up the bed and went out before them all, so that they were all full of wonder, and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this.

And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?

But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.

And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins: or the skins will be burst by the wine, and the wine and the skins will be wasted: but new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.

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 out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.

And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;

And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end.

But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.

But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

A man went out to put seed in the earth:

And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.

And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.

And he said to them, When the light comes in, do people put it under a vessel, or under the bed, and not on its table?

And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.

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

And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.

And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

And when Jesus had gone over again in the boat to the other side, a great number of people came to him: and he was by the sea.

And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

And had undergone much at the hands of a number of medical men, and had given all she had, and was no better, but even worse,

When she had news of the things which Jesus did, went among the people coming after him, and put her hand on his robe.

For she said, If I may only put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.

And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

And they were laughing at him. But he, having sent them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.

And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets;

And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

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

But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets.

But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.

And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;

And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place.

And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.

But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.

And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:

For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.

And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves;

For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.

And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land.

And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him,

And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who were ill into the market-places, requesting him that they might put their hands even on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,

There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.

And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet.

But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children.

And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the evil spirit gone out.

And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

And he took him on one side from the people privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he put water from his mouth on the man's tongue with his finger;

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 he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.

And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.

And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.

And he got into the boat with his disciples straight away, and came into the country of Dalmanutha.