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

from Isa. 40:3], "Look, I am sending my messenger on ahead of you. He will prepare the way for you.

And John was dressed in camel's hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

He was preaching: “Someone more powerful than I will come after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals.

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

And he was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

And Jesus said to them, "{Follow} me and I will make you become fishers of people."

And there comes to him a leper, beseeching him, and falling on his knees to him, and saying to him, If thou wilt thou canst cleanse me.

But Jesus, moved with compassion, having stretched out his hand, touched him, and says to him, I will, be thou cleansed.

But, so you will know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (He then said to the paralyzed man),

And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food.

But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; if he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and the tear is made worse.

And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins: or the skins will be burst by the wine, and the wine and the skins will be wasted: but new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

and they were watching him, whether on the sabbaths he will heal him, that they might accuse him.

If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;

And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;

And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end.

But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.

Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:

But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

For whoever does the will of God, this person is my brother and sister and mother."

He said to them, "You disciples are being given an understanding of the secret of the kingdom of God, but to outsiders everything will be told in parables.

So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

There is nothing covered which will not be seen openly, and nothing has been made secret which will not come to light.

And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.

He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

But as soon as the crop Will permit it, he puts in the sickle, for the reaping time has come."

And he said, "To what will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we use for it?

but when it is properly sown, it comes up and grows to be the largest of all the plants, and produces branches so large that the wild birds can roost under its shade."

On the side of a [nearby] mountain, a large herd of [wild] hogs was grazing.

The evil spirits begged Him, saying, "Send us into those [wild] hogs, so we can enter their bodies."

And He gave them permission to do it. So, the evil spirits went out of the man's body and entered the bodies of the [wild] hogs. The herd then rushed down the cliff into the lake. There were about two thousand that drowned in the lake.

Those who saw this told the people what had happened to the man dominated by the evil spirits and about the [wild] hogs.

And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

For she said, If I may only put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you.

And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.

And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, "I will, that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John Baptist."

(For the Pharisees, in fact all the Jews, will not eat unless they wash their hands ritually, keeping the tradition of the elders.

and will never eat until they have carefully washed their hands, and they never eat anything brought from the market until they wash it; and they have many other religious practices which they got from their forefathers, as the washing of cups, pitchers, and pans.

He replied, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders), as it is written [in Scripture],

‘These people honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.

If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

Then he told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death until they see the kingdom of God arrive with power."

And he was very sad in spirit, and said, Why is this generation looking for a sign? truly, I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.

And he called the people unto him, with his disciples also, and said unto them, "Whosoever will follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

For what benefit will it be to a man to gain the whole world and fail to gain the higher life?

Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and we will make three tabernacles, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah;

And as they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no man what they saw, except when the Son of man will rise from the dead.

And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.

And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.

For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.

But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.

Whoever gives you a cup of water, because you are Christ's, truly I say to you, he will in no way be without his reward.

Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

And if thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that will never be extinguished;

If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched --

For in hell the worm of those who are there will never die [i.e., their gnawing punishment will never cease] and the fire [there] will never go out.

Everyone will be salted with fire.

Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

And he says to them, Whoever may divorce his wife, and will marry another, commits adultery against her.

And if a woman should divorce her husband, and will be married to another, she commits adultery.

Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

And [as] he was setting out on [his] way, one [individual] ran up and knelt down before him [and] asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?"

And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

And Jesus having looked around, he says to his disciples, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God.

Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.

But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

Saying, See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given up to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will give an order for his death, and will give him up to the Gentiles:

And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.

And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Master, will you give us whatever may be our request?

He said unto them, What will ye that I should do for you?

But Jesus said to them, "You [really] do not know what you are asking for. Are you able to drink the cup [i.e., of suffering] that I will drink? Or [are you able] to be immersed with the immersion that I am [to be] immersed with?" [i.e., to be overwhelmed with agony].

And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, You will take of the cup from which I take; and the baptism which I am about to undergo you will undergo:

but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared."

So shall it not be among you: but whosoever of you will be great among you, shall be your minister.

And whosoever will be chief, shall be servant unto all.

And Jesus answering says to him, What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And the blind man said to him, Rabboni, that I may see.

And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord has need of him and will send him back straight away.

And having seen a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he will find anything on it. And when he came to it he found nothing except leaves, for it was not the time of figs.

Therefore, He said to the tree, "From now on no one will ever eat fruit from you." Now His disciples heard Him say this.

And he began to teach and was saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire.

For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.

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."

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

And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.