When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home.

Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him.

Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.

And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain;

because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.

For He had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what it was that had happened.

They *came to Jesus and *observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the “legion”; and they became frightened.

Those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the demon-possessed man, and all about the swine.

As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed was imploring Him that he might accompany Him.

And He did not let him, but He *said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.”

And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

When Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He stayed by the seashore.

A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,

and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse—

Immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My garments?”

And He looked around to see the woman who had done this.

But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.

And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.”

For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.

For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not do so;

Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and had him beheaded in the prison,

The apostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught.

for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

When they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.

The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem,

and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.

When he had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.

Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice.

But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.

In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and *said to them,

They also had a few small fish; and after He had blessed them, He ordered these to be served as well.

And they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them.

They began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.

As they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man rose from the dead.

But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.

They spoke to them just as Jesus had told them, and they gave them permission.

And many spread their coats in the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.

On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry.

He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

In the resurrection, when they rise again, which one’s wife will she be? For all seven had married her.”

One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?”

When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that, no one would venture to ask Him any more questions.

for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on.”

Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

The disciples went out and came to the city, and found it just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”

And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him and lead Him away under guard.”

Peter had followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire.

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.

The man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection.

The crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them.

For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.

After they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they *led Him out to crucify Him.

When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

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

Looking up, they *saw that the stone had been rolled away, although it was extremely large.

They went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had gripped them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

[Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.

She went and reported to those who had been with Him, while they were mourning and weeping.

When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they refused to believe it.

Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen.

So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.

But when he came out, he was unable to speak to them; and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he kept making signs to them, and remained mute.

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”

“For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave;
For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed.

Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son.

Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had displayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her.

When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, “Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us.”

When they had seen this, they made known the statement which had been told them about this Child.

The shepherds went back, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as had been told them.

And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

When they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth.

And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them.

But when Herod the tetrarch was reprimanded by him because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the wicked things which Herod had done,

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.

And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;

When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.

and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff.

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, he came out of him without doing him any harm.

While the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and laying His hands on each one of them, He was healing them.

and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break;

For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken;

When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

One day He was teaching; and there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing.

Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.