as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

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

And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship, mending their nets.

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

saying: Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Nazarene? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And at evening, when the sun had gone down, they brought to him all that were sick, and those who were possessed with demons.

And Simon, and those who were with him, followed after him.

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

Why does this man thus speak impiously? Who can forgive sins but God only?

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them: Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners.

And he said to them: Did you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those who were with him?

How he entered the house of God in the days of Abiathar the chief priest, and ate the loaves of the presence, which, it is not lawful, except for the priests, to eat, and gave to those also who were with him?

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

And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Arise, and come into the midst.

and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered him up. And they went into a house:

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said: He has Beelzebul; and by the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.

And he answered them and said: "Who is my mother, or my brothers?

And he looked round about on those who were sitting near him, and said: Behold, my mother and my brothers;

And when he was alone, those who were about him, with the twelve, asked him the meaning of the parable.

And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are without, all things are done in parables;

And these are they that, in like manner, received seed in stony places: who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy:

And these are they that received seed among thorns; who hear the word,

And these are they that received seed on the good ground; who hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

And they were greatly afraid, and said one to another: Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could keep him bound even with chains;

And those who fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came out to see what had been done;

and they came to Jesus and saw the demoniac, who had had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

And those who had seen it told them how it had happened to the demoniac, and also concerning the swine.

And a certain woman who had had an issue of blood for twelve years,

And Jesus, immediately perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him, turned around in the multitude and said: Who touched my clothes?

And his disciples said to him: Thou seest the multitude pressing upon thee, and dost thou say, Who touched me?

While he was yet speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue, who said: Your daughter is dead; why give the Teacher 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 derided him. But when he had put them all out, he took the father and mother of the child, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.

But when Herod heard of him, he said: John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead.

And those who ate of the loaves were about five thousand men.

And there came together to him the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem:

And they brought to him a deaf man, who spoke with difficulty; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him.

And those who had eaten were about four thousand; and he sent them away.

And Jesus and his disciples went out into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road, he asked his disciples, saying to them: Who do men say that I am?

And he said to them: But who say you that I am? Peter answered and said to him: Thou art the Christ.

And he said to them: Verily I say to you, There are some of these standing here who shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come in power.

And one of the multitude answered and said: Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a dumb spirit.

And they brought little children to him, that he might touch them: but his disciples rebuked those who brought them.

And Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples: With what difficulty will those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

And his disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus, answering again, said to them: Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!

And they were astonished beyond measure, and said among themselves: Who, then, can be saved?

who shall not receive a hundred-fold, now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.

But to sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give; but it shall be given to those for whom it is prepared.

But Jesus called them to him, and said to them: You know that those who think they rule the Gentiles, act as lords over them; and their great men exercise authority over them.

And some of those who were standing there, said to them: Why are you loosing the colt?

And those who went before, and those who followed after, cried, saying: Hosanna. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

And they came into Jerusalem; and Jesus entered the temple, and began to drive out those who sold, and those who bought in the temple; and he overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves.

And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have any thing against any one, that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your offenses.

But if you do not forgive, your Father who is in heaven will not forgive your offenses.

and said to him: By what authority do you these things? and who gave you this authority to do these things?

And again he sent another; and him they killed. And he sent many others, some of whom they scourged, and some they killed.

And the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to him, and put a question to him, saying:

And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in robes, and love salutations in the markets,

who eat up the houses of widows, and, as a pretext, make long prayers: these shall receive more abundant condemnation.

But when you see that detestable thing that makes desolate, which is spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that reads understand,) then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

But alas for those who are with child, and for those who give suck in those days.

And unless the Lord had made those days few, no flesh could be saved: but for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen, he has made those days few.

But of that day or that hour no one knows: neither the angels who are in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

The Son of man goes, as it is written of him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up! It would have been good for that man if he had never been born.

And one of those who were standing by, drew a sword, and struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his ear.

And there followed him a certain young man, who had a linen garment around his naked body. And the young men laid hold of him;

And the maid-servant saw him again, and began to say to those who stood by: This man is one of them.

He again denied. And again, after a little while, those who stood by said to Peter: Surely, you are one of them; for you are a Galilean, and your speech is like theirs.

But he began to curse and to swear, saying: I know not this man of whom you speak.

And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with his fellow-insurgents, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

And Pilate answered and said again to them: What, then, do you wish me to do with him whom you call the King of the Jews?

And they compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, (the father of Alexander and Eufus,) who was passing by, coming in from the country, to bear his cross.

And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying: Aha! you that destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. Those also who were crucified with him, reproached him.

And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said: Behold, he calls for Elijah.

And there were, at a distance, women also, looking on; among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome;

who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and many other women, who had come up with him to Jerusalem.

Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who was himself looking for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

And they said among themselves: Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the sepulcher?

But he said to them: Be not frightened; you seek Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here: see the place where they laid him.

Now when Jesus had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons.

And she went and told it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

Afterward he appeared to the eleven as they reclined at table; and he reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

And these signs shall attend those who believe. In my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;