And those who had been eye-witnesses told them what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine.

As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging to go with him; but he said,

"Go home to your own people, and tell them what great things God has done for you, and has had mercy upon you."

So he went and began to publish abroad in the District of the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and every one was astonished and all men marveled.

Then after Jesus had recrossed in a boat to the other side, a vast multitude came crowding around him; so he stayed on the seashore.

Now there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,

and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, but was no better; on the contrary, rather grew worse.

She had heard about Jesus, so she came in the crowd behind and touched his cloak.

Jesus, instantly conscious that the power within him had gone forth, turned about in the crowd, and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

But he kept looking about to see who had done it,

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

King Herod heard it, for the name of Jesus had become well known, People were saying, "John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and on that account these powers are working in him."

Now this Herod had sent and arrested John, and bound him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

For John had often told Herod, "It is not right for you to live with your brother's wife."

When the apostles had come back to Jesus, they told him all the things they had done, and all they had taught.

"How many loaves have you?" he answered. "Go and see." When they had found out, they said, "Five, and two fishes."

All ate and had enough; and they carried away broken fragments of bread and of fish, enough to fill twelve baskets.

After he had taken leave of them, he went away into the mountain to pray.

for they had not understood about the loaves; on the contrary their heart was hardened.

When they had crossed over they landed at Gennesaret and moored to the shore.

One day the Pharisees came to him in a body with some Scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

They had noticed that some of his disciples were eating with "common," that is to say, unwashed hands.

After he had left the crowd and gone indoors his disciples began asking him about the parable.

In those days when a large crowd had again assembled and had nothing to eat, Jesus called together his disciples and said to them.

So he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground; and when he had taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave to his disciples to distribute to the crowd.

They had also a few small fish; after blessing these he told his disciples to distribute them also.

They that had eaten were about four thousand.

Now they had forgotten to take bread, and had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.

And they began arguing with one another because they had no bread, He noted this and said to them.

As they came down the mountain he strictly forbade them to narrate to any one what they had seen, until after the Son of man had risen from the dead.

When Jesus had gone into the house, his disciples asked him in private, "Why could not we cast it out?"

for he was explaining to his disciples that the Son of man was to be betrayed into the hands of men, and that they would put him to death, but that after he had been put to death, he would rise again after three days,

But his face fell at these words, and he went away saddened, for he was one who had great wealth.

When he had looked at them, Jesus said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."

So they answered them just as Jesus had told them, and they let them take it.

Then they brought the colt to Jesus, and when they had thrown cloaks upon it, Jesus seated himself on it.

Then many spread their cloaks on the road, and others, soft leafy branches, which they had cut from the fields;

Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple, and after he had looked around at everything, as the hour was now late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

On the other hand, if we say, 'From men'!" They were afraid, however, of the people, for every one held that John had been really a prophet.

He had still one, a Son beloved, He sent him last to them, saying, "'They will reverence my Son.'

And they kept seeking to lay hold on him, but were afraid of the crowd, for they knew well that he had spoken this parable about them; so they left him and went away.

and the seven had her, and died without issue.

And last of all the woman too died. In the resurrection whose wife shall she be? For the seven had her as wife."

Just then up came one of the Scribes who had heard them arguing, and realized that Jesus had answered them admirably. "What commandment," he asked, "is the first of all?"

Jesus saw that he had answered with discrimination, and said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." After that no one ventured to question him.

When he had seated himself on the Mount of Olives, facing the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

And had not the Lord cut short those days, not a single person would escape; but for the elect's sake whom he has chosen, he has cut them short.

So the disciples went off, and came into the city, and found everything as he had told them.

For the Son of man is going his way, as the Scripture says, but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for that man if he had never been born."

Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank of it,

Now the betrayer had given them a sign. "The one I kiss," he said, "is the man. Arrest him, and take him away safely."

Peter also had followed Jesus at a distance, until he was inside the court of the high priest. There he was sitting among the officers, warming himself in the light of the fire.

At that instant for the second time a cock crew. Then Peter recalled the word which Jesus had spoken to him, "Before the cock crows twice you will disown me thrice." And as he thought of it, he began to weep aloud.

As soon as it was down, after the high priests had conferred with the elders and the whole Sanhedrin, they bound Jesus, and took him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

A man named Barabbas was there in prison, with some rioters who had committed murder during an uprising.

For he recognized that it was through spite that the high priests had handed him over.

So Pilate, who wished to make himself strong with the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and gave Jesus over for crucifixion, after he had scourged him.

The Christ! The King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe." They also who had been crucified with Jesus kept reviling him.

women who used to follow him when he was in Galilee, and minister to him; and many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him.

But Pilate wondered whether he were already dead. So he summoned the army captain, and inquired if he had been any time dead;

So Joseph bought him a sheet, and took Jesus down, wound him in the sheet, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock, and then rolled a stone against the opening of the tomb;

So they went out, and ran from the tomb, for they were trembling and amazed; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid??9 Now after his resurrection, early on the first day of the week he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

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

But they, although they heard that he was living and had been seen by her did not believe it.

Afterward he appeared to the Eleven themselves, as they were eating, and reproached them for their lack of faith, and stubborn hearts, because they disbelieved those who had seen him 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 reign of Herod, King of Judea, there was a certain priest, named Zachariah, belonging to the class of Abijah. He had a wife named Elizabeth,

Now they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren, and both were far advanced in years.

And when he came out he could not speak to them, and then they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept making signs to them and remained dumb.

and her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her; and they rejoiced with her,

Now when the angels had left them, and gone away to heaven, the shepherds said to one to another, "Let us go now even to Bethlehem, and see this saying which has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us."

When they had seen, they made known about the words which had been spoken to them concerning the child.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying God and praising him for all those things that they had seen and heard, even as it was told to them.

When eight days had passed, and the time had come to circumcise him, he was called Jesus, the name given him by the angel before his conception in the womb.

And when the days for purification according to the law of Moses had passed, they took him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord,

Now it has been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

"Because my eyes had seen the salvation,

As soon as all that the law required had been done, they returned to Galilee to their own town, Nazareth.

He answered, "Why is it that you have been looking for me, did you not realize that I had to be in my Father's house?"

but Herod, the Tetrarch, when reproved by him because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the wicked deeds that he had done,

Now after all the people had been baptized, and Jesus himself had been baptized and was praying,

Then he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up. and, as was his custom, he entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath Day, and stood up to read.

When they had heard these words, those in the synagogue were filled with fury;

And Jesus rebuked him, saying. "Be quiet! Come out of him." And when the demon had thrown the man down before them, he came out of him without doing him any harm.

At sunset all they who had any sick with any sort of disease brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.

But he saw two fishing-boats on the shore of the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Push out into deep water, and let down your nets for a haul."

And when they had done this they enclosed a great multitude of fish; and their nets began to break.

(For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the haul of fish which they had made;

So when they had brought their boats to land they left everything and followed him.

One day he was teaching, and near to him were seated Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

And instantly he arose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and went away to his house, glorifying God.

They were Simon, whom he had also called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John;

"He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock.

After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he went to Capernaum.

And those who had been sent, on returning to the house, found the slave well.

A great crowd accompanied her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."

And the report of what Jesus had done went forth throughout Judea and the surrounding regions.

but the Pharisees and lawyers who had refused his baptism, frustrated God's purpose for themselves.

When he noticed this the Pharisee, who had invited him, said to himself, "If this man were really a prophet he would have perceived who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, and would know that she is a sinner."