As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See! I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way.

So, they went to Capernaum [Note: This was a city in Galilee that later became Jesus' headquarters while in Galilee. See verse

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 all were amazed, so as to seek out with themselves, saying, What is this? what new teaching this? for with power also he commands the unclean spirits, and they listen to him.

And Simon and those who were with him [i.e., probably Andrew, James and John. See verse 29] followed Him.

And when they had found him, they said unto him, "All men seek for thee."

He said to them, "Let us go on to the next towns so that I can preach there also, for this was why I came out [i.e., Jesus was sent by God to preach to other towns as well as Capernaum. See Luke 4:43]."

Then a person with an infectious skin disease came to Jesus and, kneeling down before Him, begged Him, saying, "If you want to, you can heal me." [Note: Throughout this narrative the term "heal/healing" is originally "clean/cleansing" because the Jews viewed a person with such a disease as ceremonially "unclean." See Lev. 13:1-3].

And having straitly charged him, he forthwith sent him away, And saith to him, See thou say nothing to any man;

and said unto him, "See that thou say nothing to any man, but get thee hence and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimonial unto them."

After Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, it became known that He was [back] at home [i.e., possibly at the house of Peter and Andrew, where He was staying. See 1:29].

and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, 'Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

But to let you see that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins"??e said to the paralytic??11 "I bid you rise, take up your cot, and go home."

And he got up and immediately picked up his stretcher [and] went out in front of [them] all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen [anything] like this!"

And as He walked along He saw Levi [i.e., the same person as Matthew. See Matt. 9:9], the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the toll booth [i.e., collecting taxes]. He said to him, "Become my follower." And he got up and followed Him.

And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, 'Why -- that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?'

And, the Pharisees, were saying, - See! why are they doing, on the Sabbath, what is not allowed?

And He replied to them, "Did you never read what King David did when he and his men were hungry and needed something to eat? [See I Sam. 21:6].

and they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

He told His disciples to have a small boat waiting for Him [i.e., from which He could address the people. See 4:1], to prevent His being thronged by the large crowd.

Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and screamed out, “You are the Son of God!”

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew [i.e., the same as Nathaniel. See John 1:45], Matthew [i.e., the same as Levi. See Mark 2:14], Thomas [i.e., the same as Didymus. See John 11:16], James, the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus [i.e., the same as Judas, the son of James. See Luke 6:16], Simon the Canaanean [i.e., the same as the Zealot. See Luke 6:15],

And the experts in the law of Moses who had come down from Jerusalem were saying [Note: This followed the incident of Jesus healing a man with an evil spirit. See Matt. 12:22-28], "He has Beelzebub [in him]," and "He is driving out evil spirits by [the power of] the chief of evil spirits."

And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.

And the people sat about him, and said unto him, "Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek for thee without."

And, looking around on them who, about him, in a circle, were sitting, he saith, See! my mother and my brethren!

A man went out to put seed in the earth:

And it happened that while [he] was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once, because it did not have [any] depth of soil.

And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

And other [seed] fell on the good soil, and produced grain, coming up and increasing, and it bore [a crop]--one thirty and one sixty and one a hundred [times as much].

that when they see, they shall see, and not discern: and when they hear they shall hear, and not understand: lest at any time they should turn, and their sins should be forgiven them."

The seed is the word.

These are they that received seed by the wayside, where the word is sown; and when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

And these are they that, in like manner, received seed in stony places: who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy:

And these are they that received seed among thorns; who hear the word,

And these are they that received seed on the good ground; who hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

For it is not hidden, save that it may be made visible; neither did it get hidden away, but that it might come into a place where it could be seen.

And he said to them, See ye how ye hear: with what measure ye measure, shall be measured to you: and to you hearing, shall be added.

And he said, "So is the kingdom of God, even as if a man should sow seed in the ground,

and should sleep and rise up night and day: and the seed should spring, and grow up while he is not aware.

Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which when it is sown in the earth, is the least of all seeds that be in the earth:

And, having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed before him,

And the swine herders fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came out for to see, what had happened;

And they come to Jesus, and they see the possessed of demons sitting and clothed and sensible, him that had had the legion: and they were afraid.

And those who had seen [it] described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs.

and lo, there doth come one of the chiefs of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and having seen him, he doth fall at his feet,

And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing upon you, and you say 'Who touched me?'"

And he looked round about, for to see her that had done that thing.

And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and sees the tumult, and people weeping and wailing greatly.

And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? Go and see. And when they knew they say, Five, and two fishes.

The number eating the loaves of bread was five thousand men. [Note: This was besides women and children. See Matt. 14:21].

Seeing the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night (3:00-6:00 a.m.) He came to them, walking on the sea. And [acted as if] He intended to pass by them.

And they having seen him walking on the sea, thought it to be an apparition, and cried out,

and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands -- that is, unwashed -- eating bread, they found fault;

And He said to them, “Are you, too, so foolish and lacking in understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile and dishonor him,

Then he told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death until they see the kingdom of God arrive with power."

and he sighed in his spirit and said, "Why doth this generation seek a sign? Verily I say unto you, there shall no sign be given unto this generation."

So he cautioned them, "See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."

When he learned of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?

Have ye eyes and see not? And have ye ears and hear not? Do ye not remember?

And he took hold of the blind man's hand [and] led him outside the village, and [after] spitting in his eyes, he placed his hands on him [and] asked him, "Do you see anything?"

And he looked up and said, "I see the men; For I see them walk as they were trees."

After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him see. And he was restored to his sight, and saw every man clearly.

And he having turned back, and having seen his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Retire behind me, Satan: for thou hast not in mind the things of God, but the things of men.

And he said unto them, "Verily I say unto you: There be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power."

And Elias was seen to them, with Moses: and they were speaking together with Jesus.

And Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi [i.e., Teacher], it is good for us to be here. Let us build three small shelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." [See note at Matt. 17:4]

and instantly looking round about, they did not see any other person but Jesus with them.

And as they came down from the hill, he charged them, that they should tell no man what they had seen, till the son of man were risen from death again.

And when Peter, James and John [See verse 2] returned to [the rest of] the disciples, they saw a large crowd gathered around them, and the experts in the law of Moses disputing with them.

The whole crowd was very surprised to see Jesus and ran to welcome him.

And he asked the scribes, What seek ye together with them?

"Teacher," answered a man in the crowd, "I brought my son to see you, as he has a dumb spirit in him;

and they brought him unto him, and he having seen him, immediately the spirit tare him, and he, having fallen upon the earth, was wallowing -- foaming.

Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, 'Spirit -- dumb and deaf -- I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;'

And whoever causes one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of the Lord. See Matt. 18:6] who believes in me to be led astray [from God], he would have been better off to have had a huge millstone tied around his neck and thrown into the ocean [Note: This was a heavy, circular stone rolled over grain to crush it, and moved by an animal walking in a circle].

Salt is good. But if the salt be unsavoury: what shall ye salt therewith? See that ye have salt in yourselves. And have peace among yourselves, one with another."

and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, 'Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

Then Peter began to say to him, "See, we have left everything and followed you."

"See," said he, "we are going up to Jerusalem and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and the Scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will hand him over to the Gentiles,

But Jesus called them unto him, and said to them, "Ye know well that they which seem to bear rule among the gentiles, reign as Lords over them. And they that be great among them exercise authority over them.

And Jesus answered, and said unto him, "What wilt thou that I do unto thee?" The blind said unto him, "Master, that I might see."

Jesus told him, "Go. Your faith has made you well." At once the man could see again, and he began to follow Jesus down the road.

And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

Then Jesus entered the Temple in Jerusalem, and after looking around at everything [there], He left for Bethany with the twelve apostles, since it was evening by then. [Note: Jesus stayed overnight at Bethany during the week prior to His crucifixion. See verse 19].

and noticing a fig tree in leaf some distance away he went to see if he could find anything on it; but when he reached it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for figs.

The chief priests and the Scribes heard this, and they began to seek means of destroying him; for they were afraid of him because all the crowd were greatly struck with his teaching.

And Peter, remembering what Jesus had said, says to him, Rabbi, see, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is dried up.

Jesus began speaking to them [i.e., to the leading priests and experts in the law of Moses (See 11:

Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

Then the Pharisees sent certain ones of their number [See Matt. 22:15-16] along with the Herodians [Note: This refers to members of a political party favoring King Herod] to attempt to trap Him by what He said.

And when they came, they say to him, Teacher, we have seen that thou are true, and it is not a care to thee about any man, for thou look not to a personage of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to give tribute

Must we give, or must we not give? But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them: Why do you tempt me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.

let me see a penny. and when they brought it, he asked them, whose image and inscription is this? they said, Cesar's.

or, to the people (See Luke 20:9)] by using parables. He said, "A man planted a vineyard and built a fence around it. He dug a place for constructing a grape squeezing device, built a [lookout] tower [near it], then leased it out to tenant farmers and went to another country.

Teacher, Moses wrote to us, "If a mans brother die, and leave a wife and no child, his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother."

There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

And the second took her and died, leaving no seed; and the third likewise.