Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,

the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him' ??4 John appeared baptizing in the desert and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

In the desert came John who baptized, and preached a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

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.

I baptized you with water, but it is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

And there came a voice from heaven, "Thou art my dear son, in whom I delight."

And, going forward a little, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, and them who were in the boat putting in order the nets;

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 were amazed at his teaching, because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like the scribes.

All of a sudden, there was a man in their synagogue who had an unclean spirit! He screamed,

saying, "{Leave us alone}, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"

where Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, who presently acquainted Jesus with it.

Now [when it] was evening, when the sun had set, they began bringing to him all those {who were sick} and those who were demon-possessed.

And he healed many {who were sick} with various diseases and expelled many demons. And he did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And Simon and those [who were] with him searched diligently for him.

And there came a leper to him, who fell on his knees, and thus address'd him, "if you will, you can heal me."

And they came to him, bringing a paralytic, who was carried by four men.

who finding it impossible to come nigh Him because of the press, uncovered the roof where He was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the cradle wherein the paralytic lay.

But there were some Scribes sitting there who reasoned in their hearts.

"How doth this fellow so blaspheme? Who can forgive sins, but God only?"

And Jesus, who knew immediately in his spirit that they were thus reasoning within themselves, said unto them, Why do ye dispute these things in your hearts?

Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go?

Later on Levi was sitting at table in his house, and together with Jesus and his disciples a number of tax-gatherers and sinners were guests, for there were many of them who used to follow him.

And when the scribes who belonged to the Pharisees' party saw that He was eating with notorious sinners and tax-collectors, they said to His disciples, "Why does He eat with tax-collectors and notorious sinners?"

And [when] Jesus heard [it], he said to them, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he had need and he and those [who were] with him were hungry--

how he entered into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests) and also gave [it] to those who were with him?"

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

And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come into the middle."

and Jerusalem and Idumea and from the other side of the Jordan and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon a great many who had heard of the things he was doing came to 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.

But he sternly ordered them again and again not to tell people who he was.

And he went up into a mountain, and called unto him whom he would, and they came unto him.

and he appointed a twelve, whom also he named, Apostles, - that they might be with him, and that he might be sending them forth to make proclamation,

There was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter,

Zebedee's sons James and his brother John (whom he named Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),

and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

And they who were near to him, hearing of it, went out to secure him, - for they were saying - He is beside himself!

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul!" and "By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons!"

No man who has got into a strong man's house can carry off his goods, without first securing him; and not till then will he plunder his house.

but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit is never forgiven. Nay, he is in the grasp of an eternal sin."

And he answered them, saying, "Who is my mother, and my brethren?"

And looking around at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!

"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."

“Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.

"Any one who has ears to hear," he added, "let him listen to this."

And when he was alone they who were about him with the twelve questioned him as to the parables;

And he said to them, "To you has been granted the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside everything is in parables,

He who is sowing doth sow the word;

And they that are by the wayside, where the word is sown, are they to whom as soon as they have heard it, cometh immediately Satan and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

And these are like the ones sown on the rocky ground, who whenever they hear the word immediately receive it with joy.

And others are the ones sown among the thorn plants--these are the ones who hear the word,

who hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And those are the ones sown on the good soil, who hear the word and receive [it] and bear fruit--one thirty and one sixty and one a hundred [times as much]."

Let all who have ears to hear with hear.

And he said to them, 'Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added;

For whosoever has, to him shall be given; and he who has not, even what he has shall be taken from him.

He was also saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seeds on the ground.

and He did not say anything to them without [using] a parable; He did, however, explain everything privately to His own disciples.

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 as soon as Jesus was come out of the ship, he met a demoniack, who came from among the tombs, where he haunted,

who {lived} among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him any longer, not even with a chain,

And, they who had been feeding them, fled, and bare tidings into the city and into the fields, - and they came to see what it was that had happened.

And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting [there] clothed and in his right mind--the one who 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 [as] he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed began to implore him that he could go with him.

when there came one of the Wardens of the Synagogue--he was called Jair--who, on beholding Him, threw himself at His feet,

And [there was] a woman who was {suffering from hemorrhages} twelve years.

and had endured much [suffering] at the hands of many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but instead had become worse.

And Jesus immediately felt, in himself, the virtue that went out of him, and turned him round about in the press, and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

And his disciples said unto him, "Thou seest the people thrusting thee on every side, and yet askest, 'Who did touch me?'"

And he was looking around to see the one who had done this.

Before he had done speaking, messengers came from the ruler of the synagogue's house, who said, "your daughter is dead, why do you give the master any further trouble?"

And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult, and those who were weeping and wailing greatly.

And they began laughing at him. But he sent [them] all out [and] took along the father and mother of the child, and those [who were] with him, and went in to where the child was.

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?

is not he the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses, of Juda and Simon? are not these his sisters, who are here with us? and they were scandalized at him.

And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

They also kept driving out many demons and anointing with oil many who were sick, and healing them.

And King Herod heard [it], because his name had become known. And they were saying, "John, the one who baptizes, has been raised from the dead, and because of this these miraculous powers are at work in him."

But when Herod heard of him, he said, "It is John whom I beheaded, he is risen from death again."

Now this Herod had sent and arrested John, and bound him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

And when his daughter--that is, the daughter of Herodias--came in and danced, she delighted Herod and those who were dining with him. 'Ask me for whatever you like,' the King said to the girl, 'and I will give it to you';

And, though the king was, very grieved, yet, by reason of the oaths, and of them who were reclining, he would not refuse her.

And immediately the king sent a soldier who served as his guard and ordered him to bring John's head to him. So, he went and decapitated him in the prison,

accordingly he went, and beheaded him in the prison, and bringing the head in a charger, he presented it to the young lady, who gave it to her mother:

And he said to them, "You yourselves come privately to an isolated place and rest for a short time." For those [who were] coming and going were many, and they did not even have time 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.

Jesus then having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, look'd up to heaven and gave thanks; then breaking the loaves, he gave them to his disciples to distribute among the people: for whom he likewise divided the two fishes.

And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

It was now late in the evening, and the bark in full sea, when Jesus, who was ashore all alone,

no sooner were they ashore, but the people, who presently perceiv'd it was Jesus,

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 the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered to him.

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

She was a heathen who spoke Greek and had been born in Syro-Phenicia. And she kept begging Him to drive the demon out of 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.

Then Jesus ordered the people [who witnessed the miracle] not to tell anyone [about it], but the more He urged them not to, the more widely they publicized it.

And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.