This was said in reply to the charge that he had a foul spirit in him.

Some fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil, and, having no depth of soil, sprang up at once;

And, as soon as Jesus had got out of the boat, he met a man coming out of the tombs, who was under the power of a foul spirit,

And who made his home in the tombs. No one had ever been able to secure him, even with a chain;

For, though he had many times been left secured with fetters and chains, he had snapped the chains and broken the fetters to pieces, and no one could master him.

For Jesus had said: "Come out from the man, you foul spirit."

On this the men who tended them ran away, and carried the news to the town, and to the country round; and the people went to see what had happened.

When they came to Jesus, they found the possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind--the very man who had had the 'Legion' in him--and they were awe-struck.

Then those who had seen it related to them all that had happened to the possessed man, as well as about the pigs;

So the man went, and began to proclaim in the district of the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and every one was amazed.

By the time Jesus had re-crossed in the boat to the opposite shore, a great number of people had gathered to meet him, and were standing by the Sea.

Meanwhile a woman who for twelve years had suffered from hemorrhage,

And undergone much at the hands of many doctors, (spending all she had without obtaining any relief, but, on the contrary, growing worse),

Jesus at once became aware of the power that had gone out from him, and, turning round in the crowd, he said: "Who touched my clothes?"

But Jesus looked about to see who had done it.

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

Before he had finished speaking, some people from the house of the President of the Synagogue came and said: "Your daughter is dead! Why should you trouble the Teacher further?"

Now King Herod heard of Jesus; for his name had become well known. People were saying--"John the Baptizer must have risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are active in him."

For Herod himself had sent and arrested John, and put him in prison, in chains, to please Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because Herod had married her.

For John had said to Herod--'You have no right to be living with your brother's wife.'

Because Herod stood in fear of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and protected him. He had listened to John, but still remained much perplexed, and yet he found pleasure in listening to him.

When the Apostles came back to Jesus, they told him all that they had done and all that they had taught.

"Come by yourselves privately to some lonely spot," he said, "and rest for a while"--for there were so many people coming and going that they had not time even to eat.

"How many loaves have you?" he asked; "Go, and see." When they had found out, they told him: "Five, and two fishes."

Every one had sufficient to eat;

After he had taken leave of the people, he went away up the hill to pray.

For they had not understood about the loaves, their minds being slow to learn.

When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret, and moored the boat.

But they had no sooner left her than the people, recognizing Jesus,

One day the Pharisees and some of the Teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus.

They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands 'defiled,' by which they meant unwashed.

For a woman, whose little daughter had a foul spirit in her, heard of him immediately, and came and threw herself at his feet--

About that time, when there was again a great crowd of people who had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said:

They had also a few small fish; and, after he had said the blessing, he told the disciples to serve out these as well.

The people had sufficient to eat, and they picked up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left.

Now the disciples had forgotten to take any bread with them, one loaf being all that they had in the boat.

Taking the blind man's hand, Jesus led him to the outskirts of the village, and, when he had put saliva on the man's eyes, he placed his hands on him, and asked him: "Do you see anything?"

As they were going down the mountain-side, Jesus cautioned them not to relate what they had seen to any one, till after the Son of Man should have risen again from the dead.

When Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately: "Why could not we drive it out?"

They came to Capernaum. When Jesus had gone into the house, he asked them: "What were you discussing on the way?"

But they were silent; for on the way they had been arguing with one another which was the greatest.

And, if any one puts a snare in the way of one of these lowly ones who believe in me, it would be far better for him if he had been thrown into the sea with a great millstone round his neck.

Some of the people were bringing little children to Jesus, for him to touch them; but the disciples found fault with those who had brought them.

But the man's face clouded at these words, and he went away distressed, for he had great possessions.

When they had almost reached Jerusalem, as far as Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two of his disciples.

And the two disciples answered as Jesus had told them; and they allowed them to go.

Then they brought the foal to Jesus, and, when they had laid their cloaks on it, he seated himself upon it.

Many of the people spread their cloaks on the road, while some strewed boughs which they had cut from the fields;

The next day, after they had left Bethany, Jesus became hungry;

Then Peter recollected what had occurred. "Look, Rabbi," he exclaimed, "the fig-tree which you doomed is withered up!"

He had still one son, who was very dear to him; and him he sent to them last of all. 'They will respect my son,' he said.

After this his enemies were eager to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed the parable. So they let him alone, and went away.

And, when they had brought it, he asked: "Whose head and title are these?" "The Emperor's," they said;

At the resurrection whose wife will she be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?"

Then came up one of the Teachers of the Law who had heard their discussions. Knowing that Jesus had answered them wisely, he asked him this question: "What is the first of all the commandments?"

Seeing that he had answered with discernment, Jesus said to him: "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." After that no one ventured to question him further.

For every one else put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, put in all she had--everything that she had to live on."

When Jesus had sat down on the Mount of Olives, facing the Temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew questioned him privately:

And, had not the Lord put a limit to those days, not a single soul would escape; but, for the sake of God's own chosen People, he did limit them.

So the disciples set out and went into the city, and found everything just as Jesus had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

And when they had taken their places and were eating, Jesus said: "I tell you that one of you is going to betray me--one who is eating with me."

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. "The man whom I kiss," he had said, "will be the one; arrest him and take him away safely."

Peter, who had followed Jesus at a distance into the court- yard of the High Priest, was sitting there among the police- officers, warming himself at the blaze of the fire.

At that moment, for the second time, a cock crowed; and Peter remembered the words that Jesus had said to him-- 'Before a cock has crowed twice, you will disown me three times'; and, as he thought of it, he began to weep.

A man called Barabbas was in prison, with the rioters who had committed murder during a riot.

For he was aware that it was out of jealousy that the Chief Priests had given Jesus up to him.

And, when they had left off mocking him, they took off the purple robe, and put his own clothes on him.

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Let the Christ, the 'King of Israel,' come down from the cross now, that we may see it and believe." Even the men who had been crucified with Jesus reviled him.

All of whom used to accompany Jesus when he was in Galilee, and attend on him--besides many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.

The evening had already fallen, when, as it was the Preparation Day--the day before the Sabbath--

But Pilate was surprised to hear that he had already died. So he sent for the Officer, and asked if he were already dead;

Joseph, having bought a linen sheet, took Jesus down, and wound the sheet round him, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of the rock; and then rolled a stone up against the entrance of the tomb.

But, on looking up, they saw that the stone had already been rolled back; it was a very large one.

After his rising again, early on the first day of the week, Jesus appeared first of all to Mary of Magdala, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

She went and told the news to those who had been with him and who were now in sorrow and tears;

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

Later on, he made himself known to the Eleven themselves as they were at a meal, and reproached them with their want of faith and their stubbornness, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen from the dead.

So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into Heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.

But they had no child, Elizabeth being barren; and both of them were advanced in years.

When he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision there. But Zechariah kept making signs to them, and remained dumb.

Now, when the angels had left them and gone back to Heaven, the shepherds said to one another: "Let us go at once to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has happened, of which the Lord has told us."

And, when they saw it, they told of all that had been said to them about this child.

And the shepherds went back, giving glory and praise to God for all that they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not die until he had seen the Lord's Christ.

And then a widow, till she had reached the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple Courts, but, fasting and praying, worshiped God night and day.

When the child's parents had done everything enjoined by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.

And had finished their visit; but, when they started to return, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, without their knowing it.

But Prince Herod, being rebuked by John respecting Herodias, the wife of Herod's brother, and for all the evil things that he had done,

Now after the baptism of all the people, and when Jesus had been baptized and was still praying, the heavens opened,

When he had tried every kind of temptation, the Devil left Jesus, till another opportunity.

Coming to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, Jesus, as was his custom, went on the Sabbath into the Synagogue, and stood up to read the Scriptures.

At sunset, all who had friends suffering from various diseases took them to Jesus; and he placed his hands upon every one of them and cured them.

The fishermen had gone away from them and were washing the nets.

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

For he and all who were with him were lost in amazement at the haul of fish which they had made;

And, when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything, and followed him.

On one of those days, when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and Doctors of the Law were sitting near by. (They had come from all the villages in Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was upon Jesus, so that he could work cures.)

Instantly the man stood up before their eyes, took up what he had been lying on, and went to his home, praising God.

Then, looking round at them all, he said to the man: "Stretch out your hand." The man did so; and his hand had become sound.

Who had come to hear him and to be restored to health. Those, too, who were troubled with foul spirits were cured;