and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

and they feared a great fear, and said one to another, 'Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

And he was looking round to see her who did this,

and he charged them much, that no one may know this thing, and he said that there be given to her to eat.

and sabbath having come, he began in the synagogue to teach, and many hearing were astonished, saying, 'Whence hath this one these things? and what the wisdom that was given to him, that also such mighty works through his hands are done?

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' -- and they were being stumbled at him.

And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said -- 'John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.'

And Herod having heard, said -- 'He whom I did behead -- John -- this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

and he answering said to them -- 'Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me;

And he said to her, 'Because of this word go; the demon hath gone forth out of thy daughter;'

and having sighed deeply in his spirit, he saith, 'Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.'

for whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also shall be ashamed of him, when he may come in the glory of his Father, with the holy messengers.'

And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son -- the Beloved, hear ye him;'

And he questioned his father, 'How long time is it since this came to him?' and he said, 'From childhood,

And he said to them, 'This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'

And Jesus answering said to them, 'For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,

on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during;

and if any one may say to you, Why do ye this? say ye that the lord hath need of it, and immediately he will send it hither.'

for verily I say to you, that whoever may say to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he saith do come to pass, it shall be to him whatever he may say.

Because of this I say to you, all whatever -- praying -- ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.

and they say to him, 'By what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority that these things thou mayest do?'

and those husbandmen said among themselves -- This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance;

And this Writing did ye not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner:

from the Lord was this, and it is wonderful in our eyes.'

and they brought, and he saith to them, 'Whose is this image, and the inscription?' and they said to him, 'Caesar's;'

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Do ye not because of this go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God?

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength -- this is the first command;

and the second is like it, this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; -- greater than these there is no other command.'

And having called near his disciples, he saith to them, 'Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath put in more than all those putting into the treasury;

Verily I say to you, that this generation may not pass away till all these things may come to pass;

and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, 'For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?

for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her.

Verily I say to you, wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what also this woman did shall be spoken of -- for a memorial of her.'

And as they are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, brake, and gave to them, and said, 'Take, eat; this is my body.'

and he said to them, 'This is my blood of the new covenant, which for many is being poured out;

and Jesus saith to them -- 'All ye shall be stumbled at me this night, because it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad,

And Jesus said to him, 'Verily I say to thee, that to-day, this night, before a cock shall crow twice, thrice thou shalt deny me.'

and he said, 'Abba, Father; all things are possible to Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but what Thou.'

We heard him saying -- I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;'

And the maid having seen him again, began to say to those standing near -- 'This is of them;'

and he began to anathematize, and to swear -- 'I have not known this man of whom ye speak;'

and the centurion who was standing over-against him, having seen that, having so cried out, he yielded the spirit, said, 'Truly this man was Son of God.'

And Zacharias said unto the messenger, 'Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be.

And Mary said unto the messenger, 'How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

and whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come unto me?

And they said unto her -- 'There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,'

and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, 'What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.

this enrolment first came to pass when Cyrenius was governor of Syria --

and this is to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'

And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, 'We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.'

And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name is Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him,

and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, 'Lo, this one is set for the falling and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against --

added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.

and the Devil said to him, 'If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.'

and the Devil said to him, 'To thee I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it hath been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I do give it;

And he began to say unto them -- 'To-day hath this writing been fulfilled in your ears;'

and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, 'Is not this the son of Joseph?'

And he said unto them, 'Certainly ye will say to me this simile, Physician, heal thyself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country;'

and amazement came upon all, and they were speaking together, with one another, saying, 'What is this word, that with authority and power he doth command the unclean spirits, and they come forth?'

and he said unto them -- 'Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'

And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was breaking,

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, 'Who is this that doth speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins, except God only?'

And Jesus answering said unto them, 'Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

And they, having come near unto Jesus, were calling upon him earnestly, saying -- 'He is worthy to whom thou shalt do this,

for I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Be coming, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.'

And the account of this went forth in all Judea about him, and in all the region around.

this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

And the Lord said, 'To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, 'This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind is the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.'

And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, 'Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;

a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what time I came in, did not cease kissing my feet;

with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;

and those reclining with him (at meat) began to say within themselves, 'Who is this, who also doth forgive sins?'

And his disciples were questioning him, saying, 'What may this simile be?'

'And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

and he said to them, 'Where is your faith?' and they being afraid did wonder, saying unto one another, 'Who, then, is this, that even the winds he doth command, and the water, and they obey him?'

and Herod said, 'John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him.

And he said unto them, 'Give ye them to eat;' and they said, 'We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;'

And having charged them, he commanded them to say this to no one,

'For whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, of this one shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he may come in his glory, and the Father's, and the holy messengers';

and a voice came out of the cloud saying, 'This is My Son -- the Beloved; hear ye him;'

And they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

And there entered a reasoning among them, this, Who may be greater of them?

and said to them, 'Whoever may receive this child in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth receive Him who sent me, for he who is least among you all -- he shall be great.'

and into whatever house ye do enter, first say, Peace to this house;

And the dust that hath cleaved to us, from your city, we do wipe off against you, but this know ye, that the reign of God hath come nigh to you;

but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.'

And he said to him, 'Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.'

But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons -- your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be;

And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, 'This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,

for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

'A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, greater than Solomon here!

'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!

because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,

that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;

from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.

and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,