Now there was a man with an unclean spirit in their synagogue, who at once shrieked out,

He was praying there when Simon and his companions hunted him out

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."

and a large number at once gathered, till there was no more room for them, not even at the door. He was speaking the word to them,

Now there were some scribes sitting there who argued in their hearts,

Now Levi was at table in his own house, and he had many taxgatherers and sinners as guests along with Jesus and his disciples ??for there were many of them among his followers.

Again he entered the synagogue. Now a man was there whose hand was withered,

there was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter,

there was a crowd sitting round him, and he was told, "Here are your mother and brothers and sisters wanting you outside."

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

As for those 'on the road,' when the seed is sown there ??as soon as they hear it, Satan at once comes and carries off the word sown within them.

And he woke up, checked the wind, and told the sea, "Peace, be quiet." The wind fell and there was a great calm.

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

Now a large drove of swine was grazing there on the hillside;

And Jesus gave them leave. Then out came the unclean spirits and entered the swine, and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea (there were about two thousand of them) and in the sea they were drowned.

And there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years ??26 she had suffered a great deal under a number of doctors and had spent all her means but was none the better; in fact she was rather worse.

Leaving there he went to his native place, followed by his disciples.

There he could not do any miracle, beyond laying his hands on a few sick people and curing them.

Also, he told them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there till you leave the place.

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).

However a number of people who saw them start and recognized them, got to the place before them by hurrying there on foot from all the towns.

Leaving there, he went away to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and wished no one to know of it, but he could not escape notice;

(There were about four thousand of them.) Then he sent them away,

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."

And suddenly looking round they saw no one there except Jesus all alone beside them.

On leaving there they passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know of their journey,

Salt is excellent: but if salt is tasteless, how are you to restore its flavour? Let there be 'salt between you'; be at peace with one another."

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."

Then Peter remembered. "Rabbi," he said, "there is the fig tree you cursed, all withered!"

Sadducees, men who hold there is no resurrection, also came up and put a question to him.

Now there were seven brothers. The first married a wife and died leaving no offspring:

The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other command greater than these."

The scribe said to him, "Right, teacher! You have truly said, He is One, and there is none else but Him.

For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be earthquakes here and there, and famines too. All that is but the beginning of the trouble.

If anyone tells you at that time, 'Look, here is the Christ,' or, 'Look, there he is,' do not believe it;

and whatever house he goes into, tell the owner that the Teacher says, 'Where is my room, that I may eat the passover there with my disciples?'

He will show you a large room upstairs, with couches spread, all ready; prepare the passover for us there."

They took Jesus away to the high priest, and all the high priests and scribes and elders met there with him.

(There was a man called Bar-Abbas in prison, among the rioters who had committed murder during the insurrection.)

There were some women also watching at a distance, among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome,

Go you and tell his disciples and Peter, 'He precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there, as he told you.'"