John was dressed in camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

and in the desert he remained for forty days, while Satan tempted him; he was in the company of wild beasts, but angels ministered to him.

Now when evening came, when the sun set, they brought him all who were ill or possessed by daemons ??33 indeed the whole town was gathered at the door ??34 and he cured many who were ill with various diseases and cast out many daemons; but as the daemons knew him he would not let them say anything.

But he went off and proceeded to proclaim it aloud and spread news of the affair both far and wide. The result was that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; he stayed outside in lonely places, and people came to him from every quarter.

No one stitches a piece of undressed cloth on an old coat, otherwise the patch breaks away, the new from the old, and the tear is made worse:

no one pours fresh wine into old wineskins, otherwise the wine will burst the wineskins, and both wine and wineskins are ruined."

and they watched to see if he would heal him on the sabbath, so as to get a charge against him.

but once sown it springs up to be larger than any plant, throwing out such big branches that the wild birds can roost under its shadow."

shrieking aloud, "Jesus, son of God most High, what business have you with me? By God, I adjure you, do not torture me."

He would not allow anyone to accompany him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

The girl got up at once and began to walk (she was twelve years old); and at once they were lost in utter amazement.

and ordered them to take nothing but a stick for the journey, no bread, no wallet, no coppers in their girdle;

others said, "It is Elijah," others again, "It is a prophet, like one of the old prophets."

but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost and shrieked aloud ??50 for they all saw him and were terrified. Then he spoke to them at once; "Courage," he said, "it is I, have no fear."

whatever village or town or hamlet he went to, they would lay their invalids in the marketplace, begging him to let them touch even the tassel of his robe ??and all who touched him recovered.

And a deaf man who stammered was brought to him, with the request that he would lay his hand on him.

Then they reached Bethsaida. A blind man was brought to him with the request that he would touch him.

And it did come out, after shrieking aloud and convulsing him violently. The child turned like a corpse, so that most people said, "he is dead";

for he was teaching his disciples, telling them that the Son of man would be betrayed into the hands of men, that they would kill him, and that when he was killed he would rise again after three days.

and would not allow anyone to carry a vessel through the temple;

Had not the Lord cut short those days, not a soul would be saved alive; but he has cut them short for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen.

But when that misery is past, in those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not yield her light,

"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival; that would mean a popular riot."

"Abba, Father," he said, "thou canst do anything. Take this cup away from me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt."

Pilate replied, "Would you like me to release the king of the Jews for you?"

They offered him wine flavoured with myrrh, but he would not take it.

but although they heard he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

They too went and reported it to the rest, but they would not believe them either.