they said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Yes," said Jesus, "have you never read Thou hast brought praise to perfection from the mouth of babes and sucklings?"

Jesus answered, "I tell you truly, if you have faith, if you have no doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree but even if you say to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

Jesus replied, "Well, I will ask you a question, and if you answer me, then I will tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you.

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner: this is the doing of the Lord, and a wonder to our eyes?

Then Jesus again addressed them in parables.

But Jesus detected their malice. He said, "Why do you tempt me, you hypocrites?

Then Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness, whose inscription is this?"

Jesus answered them, "You go wrong because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

As the Pharisees had mustered, Jesus put a question to them.

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples.

So Jesus left the temple and went on his way. His disciples came forward to point out to him the temple-buildings,

Jesus replied, "Take care that no one misleads you;

When Jesus finished saying all this he said to his disciples,

and took counsel together to get hold of Jesus by craft and have him put to death.

Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me.

On the first day of unleavened bread the disciples of Jesus came up and said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the passover?"

So the disciples did as Jesus had told them, and prepared the passover.

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all be disconcerted over me to-night, for it is written, I will strike at the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, you will disown me three times this very night, before the cock crows."

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, "Sit here till I go over there and pray."

So he went up at once to Jesus; "Hail, rabbi!" he said, and kissed him.

Jesus said, "My man, do your errand." Then they laid hands on Jesus and seized him.

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; all who draw the sword shall die by the sword.

At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you never seized me.

but those who had seized Jesus took him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.

Now the high priests and the whole of the Sanhedrin tried to secure false evidence against Jesus, in order to have him put to death;

Jesus said nothing. Then the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A maidservant came up and said to him, "You were with Jesus the Galilean too."

When he went out to the gateway another maidservant noticed him and said to those who were there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said, that 'before the cock crows you will disown me three times.' And he went outside and wept bitterly.

When morning came, all the high priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to have him put to death.

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus replied, "Certainly."

At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Jesus Bar-Abbas;

so, when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, "Who do you want released? Jesus Bar-Abbas or Jesus the so-called 'Christ'?"

(He knew quite well that Jesus had been delivered up out of envy.

But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask Bar-Abbas and to have Jesus killed.

Pilate said, "Then what am I to do with Jesus the so-called 'Christ'?" They all said, "Have him crucified!"

Then he released Bar-Abbas for them; Jesus he scourged and handed over to be crucified.

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the praetorium and got all the regiment round him;

They also put over his head his charge in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

and about three o'clock Jesus gave a loud cry, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani" (that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)

Jesus again uttered a loud scream and gave up his spirit.

Now when the army-captain and his men who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were dreadfully afraid; they said, "This man was certainly a son of God!"

There were also a number of women there looking on from a distance, women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and waited on him,

Now when evening came, a rich man from Arimathaea, called Joseph, who had become a disciple of Jesus,

went to Pilate and asked him for the body of Jesus. Pilate then ordered the body to be handed over to him.

but the angel addressed the women, saying, "Have no fear; I know you are looking for the crucified Jesus.

And Jesus himself met them, saying, "Hail!" So they went up to him and caught hold of his feet and worshipped him;

then Jesus said to them, "Have no fear! Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee; they shall see me there."

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the hill where Jesus had arranged to meet them.

Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth;

THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ [the Son of God].

Now it was in those days that Jesus arrived from Nazaret in Galilee and got baptized in the Jordan by John.

After John had been arrested, Jesus went to Galilee preaching the gospel of God;

so Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me and I will make you fish for men."

"Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? We know who you are, you are God's holy One."

But Jesus checked it; "Be quiet," he said, "come out of him."

But he went off and proceeded to proclaim it aloud and spread news of the affair both far and wide. The result was that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; he stayed outside in lonely places, and people came to him from every quarter.

and as they could not get near Jesus on account of the crowd they tore up the roof under which he stood and through the opening they lowered the pallet on which the paralytic lay.

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven."

Conscious at once that they were arguing to themselves in this way, Jesus asked them, "Why do you argue thus in your hearts?

Now Levi was at table in his own house, and he had many taxgatherers and sinners as guests along with Jesus and his disciples ??for there were many of them among his followers.

On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners."

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding fast while the bridegroom is beside them? As long as they have the bridegroom beside them they cannot fast.

Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea, and a large number of people from Galilee followed him; also a large number came to him from Judaea,

On catching sight of Jesus from afar he ran and knelt before him,

shrieking aloud, "Jesus, son of God most High, what business have you with me? By God, I adjure you, do not torture me."

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he said, "there is a host of us."

And Jesus gave them leave. Then out came the unclean spirits and entered the swine, and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea (there were about two thousand of them) and in the sea they were drowned.

and when they reached Jesus they saw the lunatic sitting down, clothed and in his sober senses ??the man who had been possessed by 'Legion.' That frightened them.

Then they began begging Jesus to leave their district.

So he went off and began to proclaim throughout Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; it made everyone astonished.

Now when Jesus had crossed in the boat to the other side again, a large crowd gathered round him; so he remained beside the sea.

So Jesus went away with him. Now a large crowd followed him; they pressed round him.

She heard about Jesus, got behind him in the crowd, and touched his robe;

Jesus was at once conscious that some healing virtue had passed from him, so he turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

Instantly Jesus ignored the remark and told the president, "Have no fear, only believe."

Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet never goes without honour except in his native place and among his kinsfolk and in his home."

Now this came to the hearing of king Herod, for the name of Jesus had become well known; people said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, that is why miraculous powers are working through him;"

Now the apostles gathered to meet Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.

So when Jesus disembarked he saw a large crowd, and out of pity for them, as they were like sheep without a shepherd, he proceeded to teach them at length.

And when they had disembarked, the people at once recognized Jesus;

Jesus forbade them to tell anyone about it, but the more he forbade them the more eagerly they made it public;

And Jesus sent him home, saying, "Do not go even into the village."

Then Jesus and his disciples set off for the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road he inquired of his disciples, "Who do people say I am?"

Six days afterwards Jesus took Peter, James and John, and led them up a high hill by themselves alone; in their presence he was transfigured,

And Elijah along with Moses appeared to them, and conversed with Jesus.

So Peter addressed Jesus, saying, "Rabbi, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"

And suddenly looking round they saw no one there except Jesus all alone beside them.

Jesus asked them, "What are you discussing with them?"

So they brought the boy to him, and when the spirit saw Jesus it at once convulsed the boy; he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

Jesus asked his father, "How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he said;

Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! Anything can be done for one who believes."

Now as Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, he checked the unclean spirit. "Deaf and dumb spirit," he said, "leave him, I command you, and never enter him again."

but, taking his hand, Jesus raised him and he got up.

Jesus said, "Do not stop him; no one who performs any miracle in my name will be ready to speak evil of me.