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

saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the holy one of God.

Why does this man thus speak? he blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?

And Jesus having heard it says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners.

And he says to the man who had his hand dried up, Rise up and come into the midst.

And he goes up into the mountain, and calls whom he himself would, and they went to him.

and Judas Iscariote, who also delivered him up. And they come to the house.

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out demons.

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

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

And these are they in like manner who are sown upon the rocky places, who when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,

And others are they who are sown among the thorns: these are they who have heard the word,

And these are they who have been sown on the good ground, such as hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit; one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred fold.

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

And they feared with great fear, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

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

And a certain woman who had had a flux of blood twelve years,

And immediately Jesus, knowing in himself the power that had gone out of him, turning round in the crowd said, Who has touched my clothes?

And his disciples said to him, Thou seest the crowd pressing on thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

And he looked round about to see her who had done this.

But Herod when he heard it said, John whom I beheaded, he it is; he is risen from among the dead.

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.

And they bring to him a deaf man who could not speak right, and they beseech him that he might lay his hand on him.

And Jesus went forth and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea-Philippi. And by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am?

And he asked them, But ye, who do ye say that I am? And Peter answering says to him, Thou art the Christ.

And one out of the crowd answered him, Teacher, I brought to thee my son, who has a dumb spirit;

And they remained silent, for by the way they had been reasoning with one another who was greatest.

Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in my name, receives me; and whosoever shall receive me, does not receive me, but him who sent me.

And John answered him saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, who does not follow us, and we forbad him, because he does not follow us.

But Jesus said, Forbid him not; for there is no one who shall do a miracle in my name, and be able soon after to speak ill of me;

for he who is not against us is for us.

And whosoever shall be a snare to one of the little ones who believe in me, it were better for him if a millstone were hung about his neck, and he cast into the sea.

And the disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again answering says to them, Children, how difficult it is that those who trust in riches should enter into the kingdom of God!

And they were exceedingly astonished, saying to one another, And who can be saved?

Jesus answering said, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

but to sit on my right hand or on my left is not mine to give, but for those for whom it is prepared.

But Jesus having called them to him, says to them, Ye know that those who are esteemed to rule over the nations exercise lordship over them; and their great men exercise authority over them;

And some of those who stood there said to them, What are ye doing, loosing the colt?

And they come to Jerusalem, and entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold and who bought in the temple, and he overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of the dove-sellers,

And when ye stand praying, forgive if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your offences.

But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your offences.

and they say to him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority, that thou shouldest do these things?

For when they rise from among the dead they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels who are in the heavens.

And one of the scribes who had come up, and had heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, demanded of him, Which is the first commandment of all?

And he said to them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and salutations in the marketplaces,

who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.

And having called his disciples to him he said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:

and if the Lord had not cut short those days, no flesh should have been saved; but on account of the elect whom he has chosen, he has cut short those days.

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

And as they lay at table and were eating, Jesus said, Verily I say to you, One of you shall deliver me up; he who is eating with me.

But he answered and said to them, One of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish.

The Son of man goes indeed as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up; it were good for that man if he had not been born.

But a certain one of those who stood by, having drawn his sword, struck the bondman of the high priest, and took off his ear.

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

Now there was the person named Barabbas bound with those who had made insurrection with him, and that had committed murder in the insurrection.

And Pilate answering said to them again, What will ye then that I do to him whom ye call King of the Jews?

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

And the centurion who stood by over against him, when he saw that he had expired having thus cried out, said, Truly this man was Son of God.

And there were women also looking on from afar off, among whom were both Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered to him; and many others who came up with him to Jerusalem.

Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable councillor, who also himself was awaiting the kingdom of God, coming, emboldened himself and went in to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus.

And they said to one another, Who shall roll us away the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?

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

She went and brought word to those that had been with him, who were grieving and weeping.

Afterwards as they lay at table he was manifested to the eleven, and reproached them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him risen.