and a voice came from heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.

saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

and said to him, Take care, that thou speak not a word to any man: but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy purification, what Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

and immediately many collected round him, so that there was no room, not even at the door; and he spake the word to them.

And the unclean spirits, when they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried out saying, Thou art the Son of God.

The sower soweth the word.

Now these are they by the road side; where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan cometh, and taketh away the word sown on their hearts:

and these in like manner are they who were sown on the rocky soil; who when they have heard the word, instantly with joy receive it;

and have no root in themselves, but are temporary [professors]: afterwards, when tribulation cometh or persecution for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

And those are the sown among the thorns; such as are hearers of the word;

but the anxious cares of this world, and the seducing nature of wealth, and inordinate desires after other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And these are they who are sown on the good ground, such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty fold, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

And with many such like parables spake he to them the word.

abrogating the word of God by the tradition, which ye have transmitted down; and many such like things ye do.

And he said unto them, But who do ye say that I am? Then Peter answering, said unto him, Thou art the Messiah.

And they caught at that word, considering among themselves what this rising from the dead could mean.

And often it hath cast him into the fire, and into water, to destroy him: but if thou art able, have compassion upon us, and help us.

Then Jesus looking upon him, loved him, and said to him, In one thing thou art defective: go, sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up thy cross, and follow me.

And they come and say to him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to pay tribute to Caesar, or not?

And Jesus perceiving that he had answered as a man of intelligence, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man thenceforth presumed to question him.

But he kept silence, and made them not a word of reply. Again the high-priest questioned him, and said to him, Art thou the Messiah, the Son of the blessed?

Then he denied it, saying, I do not so much as know him, nor understand what thou art saying. And he went out into the vestibule; and the cock crew.

Then he denied it again. And after a little while, they who stood by said to Peter, Of a certainty thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech is correspondent.

And the second time the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word which Jesus spake unto him, That before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And casting his mantle over his face, he wept.

And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? He answering said to him, Thou sayest true.

But Jesus notwithstanding made not a word of reply; so that Pilate marvelled.

And they going out hastily, fled from the sepulchre, for trembling and astonishment had seized them: and they said not a word to any person, for they were affrighted.

But they going forth preached every where, the Lord working mightily with them, and confirming the word, by attendant miracles.