Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.

And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.

And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.

And news of him went out quickly everywhere into all parts of Galilee round about.

Now Simon's wife's mother was ill, with a burning heat; and they gave him word of her:

And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.

And in the evening, at sundown, they took to him all who were diseased, and those who had evil spirits.

And all the town had come together at the door.

And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.

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?

And he got up, and straight away took up the bed and went out before them all, so that they were all full of wonder, and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this.

And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.

And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.

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.

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 it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.

And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.

And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.

For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching 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:

And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

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.

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.

And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

And he went on his way, and made public in the country of Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men were full of wonder.

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.

And had undergone much at the hands of a number of medical men, and had given all she had, and was no better, but even worse,

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

And straight away the fountain of her blood was stopped, and she had a feeling in her body that her disease had gone and she was well.

And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be free from your disease.

And while he was still talking, they came from the ruler of the Synagogue's house, saying, Your daughter is dead: why are you still troubling the Master?

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

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.

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 they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well.

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

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 the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.

And the people saw them going, and a number of them, having knowledge who they were, went running there together on foot from all the towns, and got there before them.

And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

And they all took of the food and had enough.

And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.

For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.

And went running through all the country round about, and took on their beds those who were ill, to where it was said that he was.

And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who were ill into the market-places, requesting him that they might put their hands even on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:

And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

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.

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?

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.

Then again he put his hands on his eyes; and looking hard, he was able to see, and saw all things clearly.

And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after 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.

What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

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 while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back 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 straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and running to him, gave him worship.

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 Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.

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.

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.

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.