then said a voice from heaven, 'Thou art my Son, the Beloved, in thee is my delight.'

he said, "The time has now come, God's reign is near: repent and believe in the gospel."

so Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me and I will make you fish for men."

But Jesus checked it; "Be quiet," he said, "come out of him."

but he said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the adjoining country-towns, so that I may preach there as well; that is why I came out here."

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven."

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he said to the paralytic,

As he passed along he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me," and he rose and followed him.

So when some scribes of the Pharisees saw he was eating with sinners and taxgatherers they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat and drink with taxgatherers and sinners?"

On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners."

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding fast while the bridegroom is beside them? As long as they have the bridegroom beside them they cannot fast.

The Pharisees said to him, "Look at what they are doing on the sabbath! That is not allowed."

He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and his men?

And he said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath:

He said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise and come forward;"

And when his family heard this, they set out to get hold of him, for what they said was, "He is out of his mind."

But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and "It is by the prince of daemons that he casts out daemons."

So he called them and said to them by way of parable, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

(This was because they said, "He has an unclean spirit.")

And glancing at those who were sitting round him in a circle he said, "There are my mother and my brothers!

He gave them many lessons in parables, and said to them in the course of his teaching:

and he said to them: "The open secret of the Realm of God is granted to you, but these outsiders get everything by way of parables,

And he said to them, "You do not understand this parable? Then how are you to understand the other parables?

He also said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be placed under a bowl or a bed? Is it not to be placed upon the stand?

Also he said to them, "Take care what you hear; the measure you deal out to others will be dealt out to yourselves, and you will receive extra.

And he said, "It is with the Realm of God as when a man has sown seed on earth;

He said also, "To what can we compare the Realm of God? how are we to put it in a parable?

That same day when evening came he said to them, "Let us cross to the other side;"

Then he said to them, "Why are you afraid like this? Have you no faith yet?"

But they were overawed and said to each other, "Whatever can he be, when the very wind and sea obey him?"

(For he had said, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.")

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he said, "there is a host of us."

but he said, "Go home to your own people, and report to them all the Lord has done for you and how he took pity on you."

with earnest entreaties. "My little girl is dying," he said, "do come and lay your hands on her that she may recover and live,"

"if I can touch even his clothes," she said to herself, "I will recover."

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd are pressing round you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be free from your complaint."

then he took the child's hand and said to her, "Talitha koum" ??which may be translated, "Little girl, I am telling you to rise."

When the sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and the large audience was astounded. "Where did he get all this?" they said. "What is the meaning of this wisdom he is endowed with? And these miracles, too, that his hands perform!

Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet never goes without honour except in his native place and among his kinsfolk and in his home."

they were to wear sandals, but not to put on two shirts, he said.

Now this came to the hearing of king Herod, for the name of Jesus had become well known; people said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, that is why miraculous powers are working through him;"

others said, "It is Elijah," others again, "It is a prophet, like one of the old prophets."

But when Herod heard of it he said, "John has risen, the John I beheaded."

The daughter of Herodias went in and danced to them, and Herod and his guests were so delighted that the king said to the girl, "Ask anything you like and I will give you it."

So she went out and said to her mother, "What am I to ask?" "John the Baptizer's head," she answered.

And he said to them, "Come away to some lonely spot and get a little rest" (for there were many people coming and going, and they could get no time even to eat).

He replied, "Give them some food, yourselves." They said, "Are we to go and buy ten pounds' worth of food and give them that to eat?"

He said, "How many loaves have you got? Go and see." When they found out they told him, "Five, and two fish."

but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost and shrieked aloud ??50 for they all saw him and were terrified. Then he spoke to them at once; "Courage," he said, "it is I, have no fear."

He said to them, "Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you hypocrites ??as it is written, This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me:

Thus, Moses said, Honour your father and mother, and, He who curses his father or mother is to suffer death.

Then he called the crowd to him again and said to them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand this:

He said to them, "So you do not understand, either? Do you not see how nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him?

"No," he said, "it is what comes from a man, that is what defiles him.

He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first of all; it is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

He said to her, "Well, go your way; the daemon has left your daughter, since you have said that."

and looking up to heaven with a sigh he said to him, "Ephphatha" (which means, Open).

In those days, when a large crowd had again gathered and when they had nothing to eat, he called the disciples and said to them,

He asked them, "How many loaves have you got?" They said, "Seven."

But he sighed in spirit and said, "Why does this generation demand a Sign? I tell you truly, no Sign shall be given this generation."

He noted this and said to them, "Why do you argue you have no bread? Do you not see, do you not understand, even yet? Are you still dull of heart?

Do you not remember how many baskets full of fragments you picked up when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand?" They said, "Twelve."

"And how many basketfuls of fragments did you pick up when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand?" They said, "Seven."

"Do you not understand now?" he said.

He began to see and said, "I can make out people, for I see them as large as trees, moving."

Then he called the crowd to him with his disciples and said to them, "If anyone wishes to follow me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and so follow me;

I tell you truly," he said, to them, "there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the coming of God's Reign with power."

Then a cloud came overshadowing them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, listen to him."

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, to restore all things; but what is written about the Son of man as well? This, that he is to endure great suffering and be rejected.

Jesus asked his father, "How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he said;

Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! Anything can be done for one who believes."

Now as Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, he checked the unclean spirit. "Deaf and dumb spirit," he said, "leave him, I command you, and never enter him again."

And it did come out, after shrieking aloud and convulsing him violently. The child turned like a corpse, so that most people said, "he is dead";

He said to them, "Nothing can make this kind come out but prayer and fasting."

But they did not understand what he said, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

They said nothing, for on the road they had been disputing about which of them was the greatest.

So he sat down and called the twelve. "If anyone wants to be first," he said to them, "he must be last of all and the servant of all."

Then he took a little child, set it among them, and putting his arms round it said to them,

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out daemons in your name; but he does not follow us, and so we stopped him."

Jesus said, "Do not stop him; no one who performs any miracle in my name will be ready to speak evil of me.

They said, "Moses permitted a man to divorce her by writing out a separation notice."

Jesus said to them, "He wrote you that command on account of the hardness of your hearts.

and he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman is an adulterer to the former,

but Jesus was angry when he saw this, and he said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

Jesus said to him, "Why call me 'good'? No one is good, no one but God.

"Teacher," he said, "I have observed all these commands from my youth."

Jesus looked at him and loved him. "There is one thing you want," he said; "go and sell all you have; give the money to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, take up the cross, and follow me."

Jesus looked round and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have money to get into the Realm of God!"

The disciples were amazed at what he said; so he repeated, "My sons, how difficult it is [for those who rely on money] to get into the Realm of God!

They were more astounded than ever; they said to themselves, "Then who ever can be saved?"

Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but not for God: anything is possible for God."

Jesus said, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

"We are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and scribes; they will sentence him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles,

So he said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

They said to him, "Give us seats, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory."

Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I have to drink, or undergo the baptism I have to undergo?"

They said to him, "We can." Jesus said, "You shall drink the cup I have to drink and undergo the baptism I have to undergo;

so Jesus called them and said, "You know the so-called rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men overbear them:

Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." Then they called the blind man and told him, "Courage! Get up, he is calling you."