Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and reported to the chief priests all the things that had happened.

When they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.

When he had gone a little farther from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.

And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

Now at evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed.

And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above him; and when they had broken through, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come here."

For he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him.

Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

But when the sun came up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away.

Then he said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you; and more will be given you.

All by itself the earth produces grainfirst the blade, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go over to the other side."

And when he had come out of the boat, there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

for he had often been bound with shackles and chains. But the chains he wrenched apart, and the shackles he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him.

For he had said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

So those who fed the swine fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And people went out to see what it was that had happened.

And they came to Jesus, and saw the man who had been possessed sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the man who had had the legion; and they were afraid.

And those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the swine.

And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him.

Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and all men marveled.

And when Jesus had crossed over again by the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea.

And there was a woman who had endured a flow of blood for twelve years,

and she had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she owned, and was no better but rather grew worse.

And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

And he looked around to see who had done it.

But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him in fear and trembling and told him the whole truth.

And when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to him, that such mighty works are performed by his hands!

King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become well known. Some said, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why these powers are at work in him."

For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.

For John had said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

And Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

So she went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist!"

Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

And immediately the king sent an executioner and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison,

and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

The apostles gathered to Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught.

When Jesus went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began to teach them many things.

Now those who had eaten the loaves were about five thousand men.

And after he had left them, he went up on the mountain to pray.

for they had not understood about the loaves, because their hearts were hardened.

When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.

Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered together to him,

When he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.

Then they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged him to put his hand on him.

In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said to them,

They also had a few small fish; and having blessed them, he commanded that these also should be set before them.

Now the disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

And he cautioned them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."

So he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. And when he had spit on his eyes and put his hands on him, he asked him "Do you see anything?"

But when he had turned around and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."

And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"

But they kept silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest.

But he fell sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

They answered as Jesus had told them to, and they let them go.

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

Jesus entered Jerusalem, and went into the temple. And when he had looked round at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Again he sent to them another servant, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.

He still had one left to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

And they sought to arrest him, but feared the multitude, for they knew he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

So the seven had her and left no children. Last of all the woman died also.

In the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife."

And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the first of all?"

For they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in everythingall she had to live on."

And Jesus began to say to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you.

And if the Lord had not shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

But take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand.

Take heed, watch; for you do not know when the time will come.

And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly. And she broke the flask and poured it over his head.

So the disciples set out and went to the city, and found it just as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

For the Son of Man goes just as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

Then he took the cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Now the betrayer had given them a signal, saying, "The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him and lead him away under guard."

And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

And with the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.

And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he had always done for them.

For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.

So Pilate, wanting to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged him, to be crucified.

Then they struck him on the head with a reed and spat on him; and falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.

And when they had mocked him, they took the purple robe off him, and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Then he bought fine linen, took him down, and wrapped him in the linen. And he laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

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

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, though it was very large, had been rolled away.

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

Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons.

She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.

Later he appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken 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 Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well 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, for he made signs to them and remained speechless.

After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she hid herself, saying,