It was even written in Isaiah, the prophet [Note: Verse

John was there baptizing in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

And he was preaching, saying, "One [who is] more powerful than I is coming after me, of whom I am not worthy to bend down [and] untie the strap of his sandals.

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

And immediately [as he] was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens being split apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.

And there was a voice from the heavens: Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I delight.

And immediately the Spirit leadeth him out into the wilderness. And he was there in the wilderness forty days,

And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

And [as he] was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting [a net] into the sea (for they were fishermen).

And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching,

and they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

and every one was amazed so that they began questioning among themselves. "What does this mean? A new teaching with authority? He lays commands even upon unclean spirits and they obey him."

and the mother-in-law of Simon was lying fevered, and immediately they tell him about her,

and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

Now when evening came, after the sun had set [and the Sabbath Day had ended, in a steady stream] they were bringing to Him all who were sick and those who were under the power of demons,

And all the city was gathered together at the door.

and he healed many who were ill of manifold diseases, and many demons he cast forth, and was not suffering the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;

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

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]."

And he was preaching in their synagogues in the whole of Galilee, and casting out demons.

And His heart was moved with pity for him, so He stretched out His hand and touched him, and said, "I do want to! Be cured!"

And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.

And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.

And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

So, he got up and immediately picked up his cot and walked out in front of them all, so that everyone was amazed and gave honor to God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this before."

And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them,

As He was passing by, He saw Levi (Matthew) the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax collector’s booth, and He said to him, “Follow Me [as My disciple, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk].” And he got up and followed Him [becoming His disciple, believing and trusting in Him and following His example].

And it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

It was customary for the Pharisees, and the disciples of John, to fast; they came therefore and ask'd him, why do John's disciples, and the Pharisees fast so frequently, and not your disciples?

“No one sews a patch of unshrunk (new) cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.

And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears.

And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him?

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

And He said to the man whose hand was deformed, "Step forward."

And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon -- a great multitude -- having heard how great things he was doing, came unto him.

So he told his disciples to have a small boat ready; it was to prevent him being crushed by the crowd,

and the impure spirits, as soon as they beheld him, were falling down to him, and crying aloud, while he was speaking, Thou, art the Son of God!

and many times he was charging them that they might not make him manifest.

And he went up into the mountain, and sent for those whom it was his pleasure to have with him: and they went to him.

So he appointed the Twelve--Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),

And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

And He went into a house. But again the crowd assembled, so that there was no opportunity for them even to snatch a meal.

and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said that he was possessed by Beelzebub and drove out demons by the help of the prince of demons.

And he called them to himself [and] was speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan expel Satan?

And, if Satan did arise against himself, and was divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.

This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."

And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

"Who is my mother? and my brothers?" was his reply.

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

And he began to teach them many [things] in parables, and was saying to them in his teaching,

and as he was sowing, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

And he was saying - He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

and he was saying unto them - To you, the sacred secret hath been given of the kingdom of God, whereas, to them who are outside, in parables are all things coming to pass, - that

And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

In a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;

And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,

And those [in the last group] are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word [of God, the good news regarding the way of salvation] and accept it and bear fruit—thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much [as was sown].”

And he was saying unto them - Doth the lamp come that under the measure it should be put, or under the couch? Is it not that upon the lampstand it may be put?

For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

And he was saying unto them - Be taking heed what ye are hearing: - with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you, and added unto you;

Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:

Another saying of His was this: "How are we to picture the Kingdom of God? or by what figure of speech shall we represent it?

And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.

And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.

And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?

And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;

because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered; and no one was able to subdue him.

And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

For Jesus had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

and he was questioning him, 'What is thy name?' and he answered, saying, 'Legion is my name, because we are many;'

and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region.

Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.