So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them:

"This is Jesus, the Prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee," replied the crowds.

Entering the Temple, Jesus drove out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the money-changers' tables and the seats of the pigeon-dealers.

"I solemnly tell you," said Jesus, "that if you have an unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to this mountain, 'Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' it shall be done;

"And I also have a question to ask *you*," replied Jesus, "and if you answer me, I in turn will tell you by what authority I do these things.

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," He replied, "by what authority I do these things."

Which of the two did as his father desired?" "The first," they said. "I solemnly tell you,' replied Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners are entering the Kingdom of God in front of you.

"Have you never read in the Scriptures," said Jesus, "'The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone: this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes'?

Again Jesus spoke to them in figurative language.

Perceiving their wickedness, Jesus replied, "Why are you hypocrites trying to ensnare me?

The reply of Jesus was, "You are in error, through ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God.

While the Pharisees were still assembled there, Jesus put a question to them.

Then Jesus addressed the crowds and His disciples.

Jesus had left the Temple and was going on His way, when His disciples came and called His attention to the Temple buildings.

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

When Jesus had ended all these discourses, He said to His disciples,

and consulted how to get Jesus into their power by stratagem and put Him to death.

Now when Jesus was come to Bethany and was at the house of Simon the Leper,

But Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Why are you vexing her? For she has done a most gracious act towards me.

On the first day of the Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus with the question, "Where shall we make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"

The disciples did as Jesus directed them, and got the Passover ready.

and the meal was proceeding, when Jesus said, "In solemn truth I tell you that one of you will betray me."

During the meal Jesus took a Passover biscuit, blessed it and broke it. He then gave it to the disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it: it is my body."

Then said Jesus, "This night all of you will stumble and fail in your fidelity to me; for it is written, 'I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered in all directions.'

"In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that this very night, before the cock crows, you will three times disown me."

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane. And He said to the disciples, "Sit down here, whilst I go yonder and there pray."

So he went straight to Jesus and said, "Peace to you, Rabbi!" And he kissed Him eagerly.

"Friend," said Jesus, "carry out your intention." Then they came and laid their hands on Jesus and seized Him firmly.

But one of those with Jesus drew his sword and struck the High Priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

"Put back your sword again," said Jesus, "for all who draw the sword shall perish by the sword.

Then said Jesus to the crowds, "Have you come out as if to fight with a robber, with swords and bludgeons to apprehend me? Day after day I have been sitting teaching in the Temple, and you did not arrest me.

But the officers who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the High Priest, at whose house the Scribes and the Elders had assembled.

Meanwhile the High Priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death;

Jesus however remained silent. Again the High Priest addressed Him. "In the name of the ever-living God," he said, "I now put you on your oath. Tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

"I am He," replied Jesus. "But I tell you that, later on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Omnipotence, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

Peter meanwhile was sitting outside in the court of the palace, when one of the maidservants came over to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilaean."

Soon afterwards he went out and stood in the gateway, when another girl saw him, and said, addressing the people there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene."

and Peter recollected the words of Jesus, how He had said, "Before the cock crows you will three times disown me." And he went out and wept aloud, bitterly.

When morning came all the High Priests and the Elders of the people consulted together against Jesus to put Him to death;

Meanwhile Jesus was brought before the Governor, and the latter put the question, "Are you the King of the Jews?" "I am their King," He answered.

So when they were now assembled Pilate appealed to them. "Whom shall I release to you," he said, "Barabbas, or Jesus the so-called Christ?"

For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been brought before him.

The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus.

"What then," said Pilate, "shall I do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?" With one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!"

Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he ordered to be scourged, and gave Him up to be crucified.

Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him.

Over His head they placed a written statement of the charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

but about three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"

But Jesus uttered another loud cry and then yielded up His spirit.

As for the Captain and the soldiers who were with Him keeping guard over Jesus, when they witnessed the earthquake and the other occurrences they were filled with terror, and exclaimed, "Assuredly he was God's Son."

And there were a number of women there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to His necessities;

Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus.

He went to Pilate and begged to have the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

But the angel said to the women, "As for you, dismiss your fears. I know that it is Jesus that you are looking for--the crucified One.

And then suddenly they saw Jesus coming to meet them. "Peace be to you," He said. And they came and clasped His feet, bowing to the ground before Him.

As for the eleven disciples, they proceeded into Galilee, to the hill where Jesus had arranged to meet them.

Jesus however came near and said to them, "All power in Heaven and over the earth has been given to me.

The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan;

Then, after John had been thrown into prison, Jesus came into Galilee proclaiming God's Good News.

"Come and follow me," said Jesus, "and I will make you fishers for men."

"What have you to do with us, Jesus the Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--God's Holy One."

But Jesus reprimanded him, saying, "Silence! come out of him."

One day there came a leper to Jesus entreating Him, and pleading on his knees. "If you are willing," he said, "you are able to cleanse me."

Moved with pity Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. "I am willing," He said; "be cleansed."

Jesus at once sent him away, strictly charging him,

But the man, when he went out, began to tell every one and to publish the matter abroad, so that it was no longer possible for Jesus to go openly into any town; but He had to remain outside in unfrequented places, where people came to Him from all parts.

Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are pardoned."

At once perceiving by His spirit that they were reasoning within themselves, Jesus asked them, "Why do you thus argue in your minds?

When He was sitting at table in Levi's house, a large number of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners were at table with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many such who habitually followed Him.

Jesus heard the words, and He said, "It is not the healthy who require a doctor, but the sick: I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners."

"Can a wedding party fast while the bridegroom is among them?" replied Jesus. "So long as they have the bridegroom with them, fasting is impossible.

"Have you never read," Jesus replied, "what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:

And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;

But no sooner had the Pharisees left the synagogue than they held a consultation with the Herodians against Jesus, to devise some means of destroying Him.

Accordingly Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the Lake, and a vast crowd of people from Galilee followed Him;

And when he saw Jesus in the distance, he ran and threw himself at His feet,

crying out in a loud voice, "What hast Thou to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? In God's name I implore Thee not to torment me."

Jesus also questioned him. "What is your name?" He said. "Legion," he replied, "for there are a host of us."

So they besought Jesus. "Send us to the swine," they said, "so that we may enter into them."

and when they came to Jesus, they beheld the demoniac quietly seated, clothed and of sane mind--the man who had had the legion; and they were awe-stricken.

So the man departed, and related publicly everywhere in the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and all were astonished.

When Jesus had re-crossed in the boat to the other side, a vast multitude came crowding to Him; and He was on the shore of the Lake,

And Jesus went with him. And a dense crowd followed Him, and thronged Him on all sides.

heard of Jesus. And she came in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak;

Immediately Jesus, well knowing that healing power had gone from within Him, turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

But Jesus, overhearing the words, said to the Warden, "Do not be afraid; only have faith."

But Jesus said to them, "There is no Prophet without honour except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own home."

King Herod heard of all this (for the name of Jesus had become widely known)

When the Apostles had re-assembled round Jesus, they reported to Him all they had done and all they had taught.

So when Jesus landed, He saw a vast multitude; and His heart was moved with pity for them, because they were like sheep which have no shepherd, and He proceeded to teach them many things.

Then Jesus called the people to Him again. "Listen to me, all of you," He said, "and understand.

because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and passes away ejected from him?" By these words Jesus pronounced all kinds of food clean.

So Jesus taking him aside, apart from the crowd, put His fingers into his ears, and spat, and moistened his tongue;

Then Jesus charged them to tell no one; but the more He charged them, all the more did they spread the news far and wide.

And they came to Bethsaida. And a blind man was brought to Jesus and they entreated Him to touch him.

From that place Jesus and His disciples went to the villages belonging to Caesarea Philippi. On the way He began to ask His disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and brought them alone, apart from the rest, up a high mountain; and in their presence His appearance underwent a change.

Moreover there appeared to them Elijah accompanied by Moses; and the two were conversing with Jesus,