and out of the heavens came a voice: "You are my Son, my Beloved! You are my Chosen!"

He went on a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; they too were in their boat putting their nets in order.

As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the house of Simon and Andrew.

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

But to let you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth," turning to the paralytic he said,

And as he was passing along he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

and so the Son of Man is master even of the Sabbath."

And whenever the foul spirits saw him, they fell down before him and screamed out, "You are the Son of God!"

James the son of Zebedee, and John, James's brother (he named them Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot,

But whoever reviles the holy Spirit can never be forgiven, but is guilty of an unending sin."

but when the sun came up, it was scorched, and withered up, because it had no root.

The ones by the path are those into whose hearts the message falls, and as soon as they hear it Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.

It is so too with the ones sown on the rocky ground; they gladly accept the message as soon as they hear it,

It is different with those sown among the thorns. They are people who listen to the message,

And the ones sown in good ground are the people who listen to the message and welcome it and yield thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold.

But as soon as the crop will let him, the man goes in with his sickle, for the harvest time has come.

It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown in the ground, though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the world,

yet once sown, comes up and grows to be the largest of all the plants, and produces branches so large that the wild birds can roost under the shelter of it."

As soon as he got out of the boat, a man possessed by a foul spirit came out of the burial places near by to meet him.

and screamed out, "What do you want of me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? In God's name, I implore you, do not torture me."

And those who had seen it told them what had happened to the demoniac, and all about the pigs.

Is he not the carpenter, Mary's son, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And do not his sisters live here among us?"

As soon as they came ashore, the people recognized Jesus,

The Pharisees came out and began a discussion with him, testing him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

And he sighed deeply and said, "Why do the men of this day ask for a sign? I tell you, no sign will be given them."

Then he explained to them for the first time that the Son of Man must go through much suffering, and be refused by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, and be killed, and rise again three days after.

For if anyone is ashamed of me and my teachings in this unfaithful and sinful age, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of him, when he comes back in his Father's glory, with the holy angels."

And a cloud came and overshadowed them, and from the cloud came a voice, "This is my Son, my Beloved. Listen to him,"

As they were going down the mountain, he cautioned them to let no one know what they had seen, until the Son of Man should rise from the dead.

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, and reforms everything, and does not the Scripture say of the Son of Man that he will suffer much and be refused?

One of the crowd answered, "Master, I brought my son to you, for he is possessed by a dumb spirit,

And they brought the boy to him. As soon as the spirit saw him, it convulsed the boy, and he fell down on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and three days after he is killed he will rise again."

But Jesus said, "Do not tell him not to do so, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty act, and be able soon after to abuse me.

"See!" he said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the heathen

For the Son of Man himself has not come to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to free many others."

And they came to Jericho. As he was leaving the town with his disciples and a great crowd, Timaeus' son Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting at the roadside.

When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth he began to cry out, "Jesus, you son of David, take pity on me!"

Many of the people rebuked him and told him to be still. But he cried out all the louder, "You son of David, take pity on me!"

and said to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and as soon as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

He still had one left to send, a dearly loved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, 'They will respect my son.'

As Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he answered them and said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?

David himself calls him lord, and how can he be his son?" The mass of the people liked to hear him.

"Tell us when this is to happen, and what the sign will be when it is all just going to be carried out."

But as soon as you see the dreadful desecration standing where he has no right to stand" (the reader must take note of this), "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills;

But in those days, when that misery is over, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed its light

Then they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds with great power and glory,

"Let the fig tree teach you the lesson. As soon as its branches grow soft and put forth leaves you know that summer is coming.

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son; only the Father.

For the Son of Man is indeed to go away as the Scriptures say of him, but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born."

When he came back for the third time, he said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Enough of this! The time has come. See! the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

But Jesus was silent and made no answer. The high priest again questioned him and said to him, "Are you the Christ, the son of the Blessed One?"

But Jesus said, "I am! and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming in the clouds of the sky!"

As soon as it was daylight, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes, and they and the whole council bound Jesus and took him away and handed him over to Pilate.

And when the captain who stood facing him saw how he expired he said, "This man was certainly a son of God!"

Then very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb, when the sun had just risen.

When they heard that he was alive and that she had seen him, they would not believe it.

Still later he appeared to the Eleven themselves when they were at table, and reproached them for their obstinacy and want of faith, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had been raised from the dead.