His parents did not understand what he meant.

They did so, and enclosed such a great shoal of fish that their nets began to break.

Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so: "I am willing; become clean." Instantly the leprosy left the man;

Jesus' answer was: "Have not you read even of what David did, when he was hungry, he and his companions--

Then, looking round at them all, he said to the man: "Stretch out your hand." The man did so; and his hand had become sound.

Then indeed you may be glad and dance for joy, for be sure that your reward in Heaven will be great; for that is what their ancestors did to the Prophets.

Alas for you when all men speak well of you; for this is what their ancestors did to the false Prophets.

That was why I did not even venture to come to you myself; but speak, and let my manservant be cured.

Just as he approached the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out for burial--an only son, and his mother was a widow. A large number of the people of the town were with her.

The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus restored him to his mother.

So his answer to the question was: "Go and report to John what you have witnessed and heard--the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the Good News is told to the poor.

"What did you go out into the Wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in rich clothing? Why, those who are accustomed to fine clothes and luxury live in royal palaces.

What then did you go to see? A Prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a Prophet.

You did not give me one kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

You did not anoint even my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.

Before he had finished speaking, some one came from the house of the President of the Synagogue and said: "Your daughter is dead! Do not trouble the Teacher further."

When he reached the house, he did not allow any one to go in with him, except Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother.

And every one was weeping and mourning for her. "Do not weep," Jesus said, "she is not dead; she is asleep."

They began to laugh at him, for they knew that she was dead.

Prince Herod heard of all that was happening, and was perplexed, because it was said by some that John must be risen from the dead.

This they did, and got all the people seated.

And, as Moses and Elijah were passing away from Jesus, Peter exclaimed: "Sir, it is good to be here; let us make three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not know what he was saying;

But the disciples did not understand the meaning of this; it had been concealed from them so that they did not see it, and they were afraid to question him as to what he meant.

But the people there did not welcome him, because his face was set in the direction of Jerusalem.

But Jesus said: "Leave the dead to bury their dead; but go yourself and carry far and wide the news of the Kingdom of God."

To which Jesus replied: "A man was once going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him of everything, and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.

A Levite, too, did the same; he came up to the spot, but, when he saw the man, passed by on the opposite side.

Fools! did not the maker of the outside make the inside too?

No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.

For here is my son who was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found.' So they began making merry.

We could but make merry and rejoice, for here is your brother who was dead, and is alive; who was lost, and is found.'"

'But, Father Abraham,' he urged, 'if some one from the dead were to go to them, they would repent.'

'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets,' answered Abraham, 'they will not be persuaded, even if some one were to rise from the dead.'"

The Apostles did not comprehend any of this; his meaning was unintelligible to them, and they did not understand what he was saying.

As the people were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell them a parable. He did so because he was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the Kingdom of God was going to be proclaimed at once.

Then why did not you put my money into a bank? And I, on my return, could have claimed it with interest.

They will trample you down and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know 'the time of your visitation.'"

Saying as he did so: "Scripture says--'My House shall be a House of Prayer'; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"

But they began arguing together: "If we say 'divine,' he will say 'Why did not you believe him?'

So they answered that they did not know its origin.

And so, too, did all seven--dying without children.

But, for those who are thought worthy to attain to that other world and the resurrection from the dead, there is no marrying or being married,

As to the fact that the dead rise, even Moses indicated that, in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord--'The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

Now he is not God of dead men, but of living. For in his sight all are alive."

For they did not venture to question him any further.

When I was with you day after day in the Temple Courts, you did not lay hands on me; but now your time has come, and the power of Darkness."

And said to them: "You brought this man before me charged with misleading the people; and yet, for my part, though I examined him before you, I did not find this man to blame for any of the things of which you accuse him;

Nor did Herod either; for he has sent him back to us. And, as a fact, he has not done anything deserving death;

And saying as they did so: "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself."

But, when in their fear the women bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them: "Why are you looking among the dead for him who is living?

What they said seemed to the Apostles mere nonsense, and they did not believe them.

So some of our number went to the tomb and found everything just as the women had said; but they did not see Jesus."

"Scripture says that the Christ should suffer, and that he should rise again from the dead on the third day,

He was in the world; and through him the world came into being--yet the world did not know him.

He came to his own--yet his own did not receive him.

But to all who did receive him he gave power to become Children of God--to those who believe in his Name.

For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

He confessed and did not deny it, he confessed--"I am not the Christ."

I myself did not know him, but, that he may be made known to Israel, I have come, baptizing with water."

I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon him--he it is who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

And, when they had filled them to the brim, he added: "Now take some out, and carry it to the Master of the Feast." The servants did so.

Afterwards, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the passage of Scripture, and the words which Jesus had spoken.

But Jesus did not trust himself to them, since he could read every heart,

And because he did not need that others should tell him what men were; for he could of himself read what was in men.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

They who did accept his statement attested the fact that God is true.

"You have no bucket, Sir, and the well is deep," she said; "where did you get that 'living water?'

When he entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the Festival, at which they also had been present.

But the man who had been restored did not know who it was; for Jesus had moved away, because there was a crowd there.

And that was why the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.

For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases.

In truth I tell you that a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the Dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and when those who listen will live.

The disciples did so, and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves, which were left after all had eaten.

And, when they found him on the other side of the Sea, they said: "When did you get here, Rabbi?"

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "Moses did not give you the Bread from Heaven, but my Father does give you the true Bread from Heaven;

Yet there are some of you who do not believe in me." For Jesus knew from the first who they were that did not believe in him, and who it was that would betray him;

After this many of his disciples drew back, and did not go about with him any longer.

"Did not I myself choose you to be the Twelve?" replied Jesus; "and yet, even of you, one is playing the 'Devil's' part."

For even his brothers did not believe in him.

"There was one thing I did," replied Jesus, "at which you are all still wondering.

They did not understand that he meant the Father.

"Our father is Abraham," was their answer. "If you are Abraham's children," replied Jesus, "do what Abraham did.

But, as it is, you are seeking to put me to death--a man who has told you the Truth as he heard it from God. Abraham did not act in that way.

As for you, you are children of your Father the Devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.

"Now we are sure that you are possessed by a demon," the Jews replied. "Abraham died, and so did the Prophets; and yet you say 'If any one lays my Message to heart, he will never know death.'

Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; and he did see it, and was glad."

"How did you get your sight, then?" they asked.

"What did he do to you?" they asked. "How did he give you your sight?"

"I told you just now," he answered, "and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Surely you also do not want to become his disciples?"

This was the allegory that Jesus told them, but they did not understand of what he was speaking.

All who came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not listen to them.

But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.

Then he said to them plainly: "Lazarus is dead;

"Move the stone away," said Jesus. "Master," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time the smell must be offensive, for this is the fourth day since his death."

"Did not I tell you," replied Jesus, "that, if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?"

The dead man came out, wrapped hand and foot in a winding- sheet; his face, too, had been wrapped in a cloth. "Set him free," said Jesus, "and let him go."

In consequence of this, many of the Jews, who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did, learned to believe in him.

Now he did not say this of his own accord; but, as High Priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation--

In consequence of this, Jesus did not go about publicly among the Jews any more, but left that neighborhood, and went into the country bordering on the Wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.

Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living.