so that whoever had any maladies, crouded upon Him to touch Him.

and some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth, and it sprang up immediately, because it had not depth of earth;

but when the sun rose, it was burnt up, and withered because it had no root:

And in many such parables spake He the word to them, as they had ability to hear it: but spake not to them without a parable.

for he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been pulled asunder by him, and the fetters broken; and no man could tame him:

and they come to Jesus, and see the demoniac, who had been possessed by the legion, sitting and clothed, and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

And when those that saw it told them what had happened to the demoniac,

but Jesus did not permit him; but saith to him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee:

and he departed, and published in Decapolis, how great things Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.

And a woman who had been in a flux twelve years,

and had suffered a great deal from many physicians, and spent all that she had, and received no benefit, but rather grew worse,

and He looked round about to see who had done it.

But the woman being afraid and trembling, as knowing what had been done in her, came and prostrated herself to Him, and told Him all the truth:

And they laughed at Him: but when He had turned them all out, He taketh the father, and the mother of the child, and those three that were with Him, and goes in where the child was laid:

For Herod had sent and seized John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her:

For John had said to Herod, it is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

And she withdrew and consulted her mother, what to ask: and she said, The head of John the baptist.

And immediately she came in again with eagerness to the king, and said, I desire that thou wouldst give me directly the head of John the baptist in a dish.

and ordered his head to be brought:

and he went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish, and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel carried it to her mother.

And the apostles came together to Jesus, and told Him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

And He said to them, Come ye yourselves apart into a retired place, and rest a little: for there were many coming and going, and they had not time even to eat.

But He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they had examined, they said, Five, and two fishes.

And when He had taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, He looked up to heaven, and gave thanks; then He brake the loaves and gave them to his disciples, to set before them; the two fishes likewise He divided among them all.

And they that had eaten were about five thousand men.

and when He had sent them away, He retired into a mountain to pray.

And He arose and went from thence to the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and going into a house He would have had no body know it, but He could not be concealed: for a woman,

And they brought to Him a deaf man, who had likewise an impediment in his speech, and pray Him to put his hand upon him.

And they had a few small fishes: and He blessed them, and bid them set them also before the people.

and they that had eaten were about four thousand. And then He dismissed them.

And his disciples had forgot to take bread, neither had they any more than one loaf with them in the ship.

And therefore as He was giving them a charge, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod,

And as they came down from the mountain, He charged them to tell no one what they had seen, till after the Son of man were risen from the dead.

And when he had rored and vehemently convulsed him, he came out of him: and the child was as one dead, so that many said, that he was dead.

But they held their peace; for they had been disputing with each other by the way who should be the greatest.

But he was sad at that saying, and went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

And they answered them as Jesus had ordered, and they permitted them.

And Jesus went into Jerusalem, and into the temple; and when He had looked round upon every thing, it being now late in the day, He went out to Bethany with the twelve.

And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they threw stones, and wounded him on the head, and sent him away shamefully used.

And have ye not read this scripture, "The stone, which the builders refused, is become the head of the corner:

And all the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all died the woman also.

In the resurrection therefore, when they rise again, whose wife shall be of them; for all the seven had her to wife?

For they all have contributed out of their abundance: but she out of her penury hath given all that she had, even her whole living.

Take heed therefore, watch and pray; for ye know not when the time is:

And when He was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He was at table, there came a woman with an alabaster-box of ointment of spikenard, very valuable; and she brake the box and poured it on his head.

The Son of man is going indeed as it is written concerning Him; but wo to that man by whom He is betrayed; it had been good for him, if that man had never been born.

And as they were at table, Jesus took bread, and when He had blessed it He brake it, and gave it to them, and said, Take, eat, This is my body:

and He took the cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them: and they all drank of it.

And when they had sung an hymn, they went out to the mount of Olives.

(Now the traitor had given them a sign, saying, The man, whom I shall kiss, is He; lay hold of Him and lead Him away safely:)

who had only a linen cloth wrapt about him, and the young men laid hold on him;

Then Peter called to mind the word which Jesus had said to him, Before the cock crow twice thou wilt deny me thrice. And he covered his face and wept.

and there was one Barabbas under confinement with some of his accomplices in sedition, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

(for he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him up to him out of envy:)

and they clad Him in purple, and platted a crown of thorns and put it on his head,

and struck Him on the head with a reed, and spit upon Him, and bowed their knees, and did Him homage.

And when they had thus abused Him, they took off the purple from Him, and put his own clothes on Him, and brought Him out to crucify Him.

And when they had fastened Him to the cross, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what each of them should take.

But Pilate wondered that He was dead already, and therefore calling for the centurion he asked him if He had been dead any time:

Now Jesus being risen early on the first day of the week appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven devils:

but they, though they heard that He was indeed alive, and had been seen by her, did not believe it.

At last he appeared to the eleven as they were sitting at table, and upbraided them with their unbelief, and hardness of heart; because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He was risen.

Now the Lord, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

And they had no child, for Elisabeth was barren; and they were both far advanced in years.

but when he came out he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he made signs to them, and continued speechless:

and her neighbours and kindred heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they congratulated her;

even salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us,

and when they had seen it, they divulged what had been told them concerning this child:

And the shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things which they had heard and seen, according as it had been told unto them.

And it was revealed to him by the holy Spirit, that he should not die before he had seen the Anointed of the Lord.

and had been a widow about eighty four years; who departed not from the temple; serving God with fastings and prayers night and day.

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from Him for a time.

And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up: and according to his custom He went into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and stood up to read.

And He rose up and went out of the synagogue, and came into the house of Simon: now Simon's wife's mother had a violent fever, and they intreated Him on her behalf.

And at sun-set all that had any persons sick of any diseases, brought them to Him: and He laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.

And when He had done speaking, He said to Simon, Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

And when they had done this, they inclosed a multitude of fishes; and their net was breaking.

for he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of fishes which they had taken;

And when they had brought their ships to land, they left all and followed Him.

But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man that had the withered hand, Rise, and stand in the midst: and he rose up and stood forth.

Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and reject you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as infamous on account of the Son of man.

But I say unto you my hearers, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

Now when He had finished his discourse in the audience of the people, He entered into Capernaum: and a certain centurion's servant,

whom he had a great value for, was ill and ready to die;

And when they that were sent, returned to the house, they found the servant well, that had been sick.

brought an alabaster-box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind Him, weeping, and washed his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

A certain creditor had two debtors, the one owed him five hundred denaries, and the other fifty:

and turning to the woman, He said to Simon, Dost thou see this woman? I came into thine house, and thou gavest me no water for my feet; but she has bathed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

Thou didst not anoint my head with common oil, but she hath anointed even my feet with sweet ointment.

and some women that had been cured of evil spirits and other infirmities, as Mary Magdalene, out of whom were cast seven demons,

And some fell upon stony ground, and as soon as it sprung up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever improveth what he hath, to him shall more be given; and whosoever hath not, even what he seemeth to have shall be taken from him.

And when He was landed, there met Him a man out of the city, who had been possessed by demons a long while, and wore no clothes, and abode in no dwelling but the tombs.

(For He commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man; which had oftentimes seized him so violently, that tho' he was bound with chains and fetters, yet he broke the bands asunder, and was driven by the demon into those lonely places.)

saying, Return home, and relate what God hath done for thee. So he went away publishing through the whole city what great things Jesus had done to him.

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. (But as He was going, the people crouded Him:

and a woman who had been in a flux twelve years, and had spent her whole livelyhood upon physicians,

And when the woman saw that she was not concealed, she came trembling, and fell down to Him, and declared before all the people, for what reason she had touched Him, and how she was healed immediately.

and by some that Elias had appeared; and by others, that one of the ancient prophets was risen again.