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

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

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

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.

"Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?"

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."

For he had healed many, so that all those who {were suffering from diseases} pressed about him in order that they could touch him.

And he went up on the mountain and summoned [those] whom he wanted, and they came to him.

and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

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!"

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

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

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,

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,

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]."

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?"

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

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.

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

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself [that] power had gone out from himself, turned around in the crowd [and] said, "Who touched my clothing?"

And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing upon you, and you say 'Who touched me?'"

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

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?

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 [it], he said, "John whom I beheaded--this one has been raised!"

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.

And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

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}.'

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.

And Jesus and his disciples went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples, saying to them, "Who do people say [that] I am?"

And he asked them, "But who do you say [that] I am?" Peter answered [and] said to him, "You are the Christ!"

And he said to them, "Truly I say to you, that there are some of those standing here who will never experience death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power."

And one [individual] from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought to you my son who has {a spirit that makes him mute}.

But Jesus said to him, "If you are able! All [things] [are] possible for the one who believes!"

But they were silent, because they had argued with one another on the way [about] who [was] greatest.

"Whoever welcomes one of the young children such as these in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me, but the one who sent me."

But Jesus said, "Do not prevent him, because there is no one who does a miracle in my name and will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.

"And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it is better for him if instead {a large millstone} is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.

And Jesus looked around [and] said to his disciples, "How {difficult it is for} those who possess wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!"

And they were very astounded, saying to one another, "And who can be saved?"

Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields on account of me and on account of the gospel

{who will not} receive a hundred times as much now in this time--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, together with persecutions--and in the age to come, eternal life.

But many [who are] first will be last, and the last first."

Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going on ahead of them. And they were astounded, but those who were following [him] were afraid. And taking aside the twelve again, he began to tell them the things that were about to happen to him:

but to sit at my right hand or at [my] left is not mine to grant, but [is] for those for whom it has been prepared."

And Jesus called them to himself [and] said to them, "You know that those who are considered to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their [people] in high positions exercise authority over them.

And some of those who were standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"

And those who went ahead and those who were following were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered into the temple [courts] [and] began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple [courts], and overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who were selling doves.

And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive [him], so that your Father who [is] in heaven will also forgive you your sins."

and said to him, "By what authority are you doing these [things], or who gave you this authority that you do these [things]?"

And he sent another, and that one they killed. And [he sent] many others, [some] of whom they beat and [some] of whom they killed.

And Sadducees--who say there is no resurrection--came up to him and began to ask him, saying,

And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like walking around in long robes and greetings in the marketplaces

who devour the houses of widows and pray lengthy [prayers] for the sake of appearance. These will receive more severe condemnation!"

And summoning his disciples, he said to them, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all those who put [offerings] into the contribution box.

And when they arrest you [and] hand you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you should say, but whatever is given to you at that hour, say this. For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

And you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.

"But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be" (let the one who reads understand), "then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

The one who is on his housetop must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house,

and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak.

And woe to those {who are pregnant} and to those who are nursing [their babies] in those days!

And if the Lord had not shortened the days, {no human being would be saved}. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has shortened the days.

It is like a man away on a journey, who left his house and gave his slaves authority--to each one his work--and to the doorkeeper he gave orders that he should be on the alert.

And Judas Iscariot, who [was] one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.

And [while] they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, that one of you who is eating with me will betray me."

But he said to them, "[It is] one of the twelve--the one who is dipping [bread] into the bowl with me.

For the Son of Man is going just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! [It would be] better for him if that man had not been born."

Get up, let us go! Behold, the one who is betraying me is approaching!"

Now the one who was betraying him had given them a sign, saying, "[The one] whom I kiss--he is [the one]. Arrest him and lead [him] away under guard!"

And he began to curse and to swear with an oath, "I do not know this man whom you are talking about!"

Now at each feast he customarily released for them one prisoner whom they requested.

And the one named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder in the rebellion.

So Pilate answered [and] said to them again, "Then what do you want me to do with [the one] whom you call the king of the Jews?"

And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross.

And they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves [by] casting lots for them [to see] who should take what.

And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild [it] in three days,

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe! Even those who were crucified with him were reviling him.

And [when] the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

And there were also women observing from a distance, among whom [were] Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, and Salome,

who used to follow him and serve him when he was in Galilee, and many other [women] who went up with him to Jerusalem.

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the council who was also himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came acting courageously [and] went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?"

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified. He has been raised, he is not here! See the place where they laid him!

Now early on the first [day] of the week, [after he] rose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had expelled seven demons.

She went out [and] announced [it] to those who were with him [while they] were mourning and weeping.