And it happened that in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.

And they were all amazed, so that [they began] to discuss with one another, saying, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him."

And he said to them, "Let us go elsewhere, into the neighboring rural towns, so that I can preach there also, because I have come out for this [very] reason."

And he said to him, "See to it that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and bring for your cleansing [the things] which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

But he went out [and] began to proclaim [it] freely and to spread abroad the account, so that he was no longer able to enter publicly into a town. But he was staying outside in deserted places, and they were coming to him from all directions.

And [when he] entered again into Capernaum after [some] days, it became known that he was at home.

And many had gathered, so that [there was] no longer room, not even at the door, and he was speaking the word to them.

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning like this within themselves, said to them, "Why are you considering these [things] in your hearts?

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

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 it happened that he {was dining} in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners {were dining with} Jesus and his disciples, for there were many and they were following him.

And the scribes of the Pharisees, [when they] saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, began to say to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

But days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

And it happened that he was going through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and his disciples began to make [their] way [while] plucking off the heads of grain.

And they were watching him closely [to see] if he would heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they could accuse him.

and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and the other side of the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon a great crowd came to him [because they] heard all that he was doing.

And he told his disciples that a small boat should stand ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not press upon him.

For he had healed many, so that all those who {were suffering from diseases} pressed about him in order that they could touch him.

And he warned them strictly that they should not make him known.

And he appointed twelve, so that they would be with him and so that he could send them out to preach

and James the [son] of Zebedee and John the brother of James (and he gave to them the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder"),

And he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they were not even able to eat a meal.

And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.

And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

"Truly I say to you that all the sins and the blasphemies will be forgiven the sons of men, however much they blaspheme.

And again he began to teach beside the sea, and a very large crowd was gathered to him, so that he got into a boat [and] sat on the sea, and the whole crowd was at the sea on the land.

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

so that '{they may look closely} and not perceive, and {they may listen carefully} and not understand, lest they turn and it be forgiven them.'"

And these are the ones beside the path where the word is sown, and whenever they hear [it], immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

And he said to them, "Surely a lamp is not brought so that it may be put under a bushel basket or under a bed, [is it]? [Is it] not so that it may be put on a lampstand?

For nothing is secret except so that it may be revealed, nor has become hidden except so that it will come to light.

[It is] like a mustard seed that when sown on the ground, [although it] is the smallest of all the seeds that [are] on the ground,

but when it is sown it grows up and becomes the largest of all the garden herbs, and sends out large branches so that the birds of the sky are able to nest in its shade."

And on that day, [when it] was evening, he said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side."

And a great storm of wind developed, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already being filled [with water].

And he was in the stern sleeping on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, is it not a concern to you that we are perishing?"

And {they were terribly frightened} and began to say to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

And he was imploring him many [times] that he would not send them out of the region.

and they implored him, saying, "Send us to the pigs so that we may enter into them."

And their herdsmen fled and reported [it] in the town and in the countryside, and they came to see what it was that had happened.

And [as] he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed began to implore him that he could go with him.

And he did not permit him, but said to him, "Go to your home to your [people] and tell them all that the Lord has done for you, and [that] he has had mercy on you."

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him, and they were all astonished.

And he was imploring him many [times], saying, "My little daughter {is at the point of death}! Come, lay your hands on her, so that she will get well and will live."

And she had endured many [things] under many physicians, and had spent {all that she had} and had received no [help] at all, but instead {became worse}.

And immediately her {hemorrhage stopped} and she realized in her body that she was healed of her suffering.

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself [that] power had gone out from himself, turned around in the crowd [and] said, "Who touched my clothing?"

And he commanded them strictly that no one should learn of this, and said to give her [something] to eat.

And [when] the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard [him] were amazed, saying, "Where did this man [get] these [things]? And what [is] this wisdom that has been granted to this man, and the miracles such as these performed through his hands?

And he was not able to do any miracle in that place except to lay his hands on a few sick [people] [and] heal [them].

And he commanded them that they take along nothing for the journey except only a staff--no bread, no traveler's bag, no money in their belts--

And whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, [as you] go out from there, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them."

And they went out [and] proclaimed that [people] should repent.

And the apostles regathered to Jesus and reported to him everything that they had done and that they had taught.

Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding farms and villages [and] purchase something to eat for themselves."

And taking the five loaves and the two fish [and] looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves and gave [them] to his disciples so that they could set [them] before them. And he distributed the two fish to [them] all.

But [when] they saw him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost, and they cried out.

They ran about [through] that whole region and began to carry around those {who were sick} on stretchers, wherever they heard that he was.

And wherever he would go, into villages or into towns or to farms, they would put those who were sick in the marketplaces and would implore him that if they could touch even the edge of his cloak. And all those who touched it were healed.

And they saw that some of his disciples were eating their bread with unclean--that is, unwashed--hands.

And he said to them, "You splendidly ignore the commandment of God so that you can keep your tradition.

But you say, 'If a man says to his father or to his mother, "Whatever {benefit you would have received} from me [is] corban" (that is, a gift [to God]),

[thus] making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down, and you do many similar [things] such as this."

There is nothing outside of a person that is able to defile him [by] going into him. But the things that go out of a person are the things that defile a person."

And he said to them, "So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything [that is] outside that goes into a person [is] not able to defile him?

And he said, "What comes out of a person, that defiles a person.

Now the woman was a Greek--a Syrophoenician by nationality--and she was asking him that he would expel the demon from her daughter.

And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they were imploring him that he would place his hand on him.

And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened!").

And he ordered them that they should say nothing, but as much as he ordered them [not to], they proclaimed [it] even more instead.

And he commanded the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground, and taking the seven loaves, [after he] had given thanks he broke [them] and began giving [them] to his disciples so that they could set [them] before [them]. And they set [them] before the crowd.

And they ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces that were left, seven baskets [full].

And they began to discuss with one another that they had no bread.

And knowing [this], he said to them, "Why are you discussing that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?

And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought to him a blind man and implored him that he would touch him.

And Jesus and his disciples went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples, saying to them, "Who do people say [that] I am?"

And they told him, saying, "John the Baptist, and others Elijah, and others that [you are] one of the prophets."

And he asked them, "But who do you say [that] I am?" Peter answered [and] said to him, "You are the Christ!"

And he warned them that they should tell no one about him.

And he began to teach them that it was necessary [for] the Son of Man to suffer many [things] and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise.

And he said to them, "Truly I say to you, that there are some of those standing here who will never experience death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power."

And Peter answered [and] said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good [that] we are here! And let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

And [as] they were coming down from the mountain, he ordered them that they should tell no one [the things] that they had seen, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

And they asked him, saying, "{Why do} the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

And he said to them, "Elijah indeed does come first [and] restores all [things]. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man that he should suffer many [things] and be treated with contempt?

But I tell you that indeed Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

And one [individual] from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought to you my son who has {a spirit that makes him mute}.

And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes paralyzed. And I told your disciples that they should expel it, and they were not able [to do so].

And often it has thrown him both into fire and into water, in order that it could destroy him. But if you are able [to do] anything, have compassion on us [and] help us!"

Now [when] Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter into him no more!"

And it came out, screaming and convulsing [him] greatly, and he became as if [he were] dead, so that most [of them] said, "He has died!"

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in [my] name because you are Christ's, truly I say to you that he will never lose his reward.

and the two will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two but one flesh.

And they were bringing young children to him so that he could touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.

And [as] he was setting out on [his] way, one [individual] ran up and knelt down before him [and] asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?"

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one [thing]: Go, sell all that you have, and give [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."

Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going on ahead of them. And they were astounded, but those who were following [him] were afraid. And taking aside the twelve again, he began to tell them the things that were about to happen to him:

And he said to them, "What do you want that I do for you?"

So they said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit one at your right hand and one at [your] left in your glory."

But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"