The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

When he had gone a little farther from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.

As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew.

Now at evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed.

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"he said to the paralytic,

As he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed him.

So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."

James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder";

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot;

but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"

But when the sun came up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away.

And these are the ones along the path where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in them.

And these likewise are the ones sown on rocky ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;

And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the word,

But these are the ones sown on good soil, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit thirtyfold, sixty, and a hundred."

It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is the smallest of all seeds in the earth;

yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade."

And crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me."

Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside.

So all the demons begged him, "Send us to the swine, that we may enter them."

So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea.

So those who fed the swine fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And people went out to see what it was that had happened.

And those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the swine.

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.

The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to test him.

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation."

And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"

And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

Then he said to them, "Elijah does come first and restores all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man, that he must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

And one of the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, who has a mute spirit.

For he was teaching his disciples and said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for no one who does a miracle in my name can soon afterward speak evil of me.

"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, to the fire that shall never be quenched.

And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.

And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles;

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside begging.

And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

He still had one left to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

And Jesus said, while he taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

Therefore David himself calls him 'Lord'; how is he then his son?" And the common people heard him gladly.

"Tell us, when will this be? And what will be the sign when these things are all to be fulfilled?"

"But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.

"But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

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

Then he came the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough! The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

But he was silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

And Jesus said, "I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."

So when the centurion, who stood opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

And very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.

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