And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.

And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well,

But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had gone out from me.

Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

And by some, that Elijah had come; and by others, that one of the old prophets had come back to life.

And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.

And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

And they all took the food and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits which were over, twelve baskets full.

And about eight days after he had said these things, he took Peter and John and James with him and went up into the mountain for prayer.

And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by himself. And they kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to anyone of the things which they had seen.

But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.

For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.

And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.

But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.

And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.

But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.

And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things;

At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.

And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

And a certain man was there who had a disease.

And they had no answer to that question.

And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready.

And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.

And he said, A certain man had two sons:

And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.

But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.

But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.

And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

And when he had said this, he went on in front of them, going up to Jerusalem.

And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen;

Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.

And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.

And they had fear of putting any more questions to him.

And he went away and had a discussion with the chief priests and the rulers, about how he might give him up to them.

And they went, and it was as he had said: and they made the Passover ready.

And when the time had come, he took his seat, and the Apostles with him.

And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;

And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.

And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains of the Temple and the rulers, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks?

And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.

Now when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him.

And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another.

Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life

But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way.

And in answer to their request, he let that man go free who had been in prison for acting against the government and causing death, and Jesus he gave up to their pleasure.

For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.

And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your hands I give my spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.

And all the people who had come together to see it, when they saw the things which were done, went back again making signs of grief.

(He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:

And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

And the women who had come with him from Galilee went after him and saw the place and how his body had been put to rest;

But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready.

And they saw that the stone had been rolled away.

But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.

But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place.

And they were talking together about all those things which had taken place.

Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?

And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,

And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.

And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see.

And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.

And then their eyes were open, and they had knowledge of him, but he went from their view.

And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.

And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him.

And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his feet.

He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.