It was even written in Isaiah, the prophet [Note: Verse

John was there baptizing in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

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

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 it happened that in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.

And immediately [as he] was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens being split apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.

when this voice from heaven was heard, "thou art my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased."

And immediately the Spirit leadeth him out into the wilderness. And he was there in the wilderness forty days,

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.

But after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom of God,

And [as he] was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting [a net] into the sea (for they were fishermen).

And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching,

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

And so then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

and every one was amazed so that they began questioning among themselves. "What does this mean? A new teaching with authority? He lays commands even upon unclean spirits and they obey him."

Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, suffering with a fever, and at once they told him about her.

and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

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 the whole town was gathered together at the door.

And He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and would not let the demons speak a word, because they knew who He was.

And getting up early in the morning [while it was] very dark, he departed and went to a deserted place, and there he was praying.

He was praying there when Simon and his companions hunted him out

and he said unto them, let us go into the neighbouring villages, that I may preach there likewise, for that was the design of my coming.

And he was preaching in their synagogues in the whole of Galilee, and casting out demons.

And His heart was moved with pity for him, so He stretched out His hand and touched him, and said, "I do want to! Be cured!"

And immediately the leprosy went away from him and he was made clean.

But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house.

And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.

And they come to him, bringing one sick with the palsy, who was borne by four.

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.

Then he got up and at once picked up his pallet, and went out before them all. The result was that they were all dumbfounded and began to praise God and say, "We have never seen anything like this before."

And he went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he began to teach them.

And [as he] was passing by, he saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he stood up [and] followed him.

And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

It was customary for the Pharisees, and the disciples of John, to fast; they came therefore and ask'd him, why do John's disciples, and the Pharisees fast so frequently, and not your disciples?

"No one sows a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because what was supposed to cover the hole [actually] makes it larger. The new [piece of cloth] tears away from the old one and the hole is made worse.

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 he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

And he went again into the Synagogue; and there was a man there whose hand was dead.

And He said to the man whose hand was deformed, "Step forward."

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.

and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and the other side of the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon a great crowd came to him [because they] heard all that he was doing.

So he told his disciples to have a small boat ready; it was to prevent him being crushed by the crowd,

and the impure spirits, as soon as they beheld him, were falling down to him, and crying aloud, while he was speaking, Thou, art the Son of God!

And he gave them special orders not to say who he was.

And he went up into the mountain, and sent for those whom it was his pleasure to have with him: and they went to him.

there was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter,

And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

And again the crowds gathered so that it was not possible for them even to take their meals.

and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said that he was possessed by Beelzebub and drove out demons by the help of the prince of demons.

And he called them to himself [and] was speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan expel Satan?

And, if Satan did arise against himself, and was divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.

this was in answer to their saying, he was influenc'd by an impure spirit.

And a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers [are] outside looking for you."

"Who is my mother? and my brothers?" was his reply.

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 he began to teach them many [things] in parables, and was saying to them in his teaching,

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

And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

And he was saying - He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!

And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

and he was saying unto them - To you, the sacred secret hath been given of the kingdom of God, whereas, to them who are outside, in parables are all things coming to pass, - that

And these are the ones beside the path where the word is sown, and whenever they hear [it], immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

And in the same way, some [of the seed] that was sown on rocky soil represented those who heard 'the word' and immediately accepted it gladly,

And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,

But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

And he was saying unto them - Doth the lamp come that under the measure it should be put, or under the couch? Is it not that upon the lampstand it may be put?

for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.

And He was saying to them: "Take care what you hear. The measure you give will come back to you, and more besides.

He also was saying: "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground,

And he was saying - How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or, in what parable, shall we put it?

And with many parables such as these he was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear [it].

and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

And on that day, [when it] was evening, he said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side."

And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.

And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?

And [as] he was getting out of the boat, immediately from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit went to meet him,

He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

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.

(For he was saying to him, "Come out of the man, unclean spirit!")

And he was asking him "{What is your name}?" And he said to him, "My name [is] Legion, because we are many."

And he was imploring him many [times] that he would not send them out of the region.

Now on the mountain side there was a great herd of pigs getting their food.

And their herdsmen fled and reported [it] in the town and in the countryside, and they came to see what it was that had happened.

And they came out to Jesus, and they saw him that was vexed with the fiend, and had the legion, sit: both clothed and in his right mind; and were afraid.

And they that saw it told them, how it had happened unto him that was possessed with the devil: and also of the swine.

And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.