John was immersing in the desert, and proclaiming the immersion of repentance for the remission of sins.

And John was dressed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and eating locusts and wild honey;

And it was in those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was immersed by John in Jordan.

And a voice was from the heavens; Thou art my dearly beloved Son, in whom I was contented.

And he was there in the desert forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with wild beasts; and messengers were serving him.

And after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God,

And they were struck with amazement at his teaching; for he was teaching them as having power, and not as the scribes?

And there was in the synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, saying,

And Simon's mother-in-law was laid down, affected with fever: and quickly they speak to him concerning her.

And the whole city was gathered together at the door.

And he was proclaiming in their synagogues in the whole of Galilee, and casting out demons.

And he having spoken, quickly the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

And he, having gone forth, began to proclaim many things, and to spread the word a report, so that he could no more openly enter the city, but was without in desert places: and they come to him from every quarter.

And again he went into Capernaum after the days; and it was heard that he is in the house.

And not being able to draw near to him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was and having excavated, they let down his couch upon which the paralytic was laid.

And he was quickly raised up; and having lifted up the couch, he went forth before all, so that all were affected in mind, and praised God, saying, That we never saw it thus.

And it was in his reclining at table in his house, and many publicans and sinful reclined together with Jesus and his disciples: for they were many, and they followed him.

And it was he passed by through the standing corn in the sabbaths: and his disciples began to make the way, picking out the ears of corn.

And he said to them, The sabbath was for man, and not man for the sabbath:

And he went again into the synagogue; and a man was there having the hand dried up.

And having looked round upon them with anger, grieved for the hardness of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

And again he began to teach by the sea: and a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that he, having gone into the ship, sat in the sea; and all the crowd was by the sea upon land.

And it was in sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things of heaven came and ate it down.

And the sun having risen, it was parched up; and because it had no root, it was dried up.

And when he was alone, they about him with the twelve asked him of the parable.

For not anything is hid, which should not be manifested; neither was concealed, but that it should come clear.

And having let the crowd go, they receive him as he was in the ship. And there were also other small vessels with him.

And there is a great hurricane of wind, and the waves struck against the ship, so that it was already filled.

And he was upon the back part of the ship, sleeping upon a pillow: and they aroused him, and say to him, Teacher, carest thou not that we perish?

And having risen, he censured the wind, and said to the sea, Be silent, be constricted. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

And always, night and day, was he in the mountains, and among the monuments, crying, and mangling himself with stones.

And a great herd of swine was feeding there near the mountains.

And those feeding the swine fled, and they announced in the city, and in the fields. And they came forth to see what is it that was done.

And they having seen, recounted to them how it was to him possessed with the demon, and concerning the swine.

And Jesus having passed over again in the ship on the other side, a great crowd was gathered together to him: and he was by the sea.

And quickly the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she knew in the body that she is healed from the plague.

And they laughed at him. And he, having cast them all out, takes the father and mother of the young child, and those with him, and goes where the young child was lying.

And the little girl arose quickly, and walked; for she was of twelve years. And they were affected in mind with great amazement.

And king Herod heard his name; (for it was manifest:) and said, That John the Immerser was raised from the dead, and for this the powers were energetic in him.

And Herod, having heard, said, That John whom I beheaded, this is he; he was raised from the dead.

And evening having come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone upon land.

And he saw them trying to urge forward, for the wind was contrary to them: and about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them walking upon the sea, and he would pass by them.

And having seen him walking upon the sea, they thought it was an apparition, and cried out:

For they understood not the loaves; for their heart was hardened.

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they vigorously wash hands, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

And the woman was a Grecian, a Syrophenician by birth; and she entreated him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

And quickly his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake rightly.

Then again he put hands upon his eyes, and made him look up; and he was restored, and he saw all clearly.

And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John, and brings them up into a high mountain apart alone: and he was transformed before them.

And Elias was seen to them, with Moses: and they were speaking together with Jesus.

And a cloud was overshadowing them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly beloved Son: hear ye him.

And having cried and rent him much, it came forth, and he was as dead; so that many said, That he is dead.

And having risen from thence, he comes into the bounds of Judea, through the other side of Jordan: and crowds came together again to him; and, as he was accustomed, again he taught them.

And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was leading before them; and they were amazed; and following, they were afraid. And again taking the twelve, he began to say to them the things about to happen to him,

And having seen a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if yet he shall find any thing upon it; and having come to it, he found nothing except leaves; for it was not time of the figs.

And when it was evening, he went without the city.

Was the immersion of John from heaven, or from men ? answer me.

But if we say, Of men; they feared the people : for all held John, that he was truly a prophet.

And have ye not read this writing; The stone which the builders disapproved of, this was for the head of the corner:

This was of the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes?

And after two days was the pascha, and the unleavened loaves: and the chief priests and scribes sought how, having taken him by fraud, they might kill.

Daily was I with you in the temple teaching, and ye seized me not: but that the writings might be completed.

And Peter followed him from far, even to within the court-yard of the chief priest: and he was sitting with the attendants, and warming himself near the light.

And neither so was their testimony alike.

And he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the chief priest asks him, and says to him, Art thou Christ, Son of the Praised

And seeing Peter warming himself, having looked upon him, she says, And thou wast with Jesus the Nazarene.

And there was he called Barabbas, bound with those exciting sedition, who did murder in the revolt.

And it was the third hour, and they crucified him:

And the inscription of his accusation was inscribed above, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And the writing was completed, saying, And he was reckoned with the lawless.

And being the sixth hour, darkness was upon the whole earth till the ninth hour.

And the veil of the temple was split in two from above to below.

And the centurion, standing over against him, having seen that having so cried out he expired, said, Truly this man was the Son- of God.

And women also were beholding from far: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary of James the small and the mother of Joses, and Salome;

(And they, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him;) and many other women, having come up with him to Jerusalem.

And being already evening, for it was the preparation, which is before sabbath,

Joseph came from Arimathea, a distinguished counsellor, who also himself was expecting the kingdom of God, having ventured, he went in to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

And having bought fine linen, and taken him down, he rolled in fine linen, and placed him in a tomb, which was quarried out of a rock, and he rolled a stone at the door of the tomb.

And having looked up, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

And he says to them, Be not terrified: Ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, being crucified: he was raised; he is not here: see the place where they laid him.

And having risen early the first of the sabbath, he was manifested first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast seven demons.

And they having heard that he lives, and was seen by her, believed not.

And after these things, to two of them, walking about, was he manifested in another form, they going into the field.

Afterwards to those reclining at table was he manifested, and he reproached their unbelief and hard heart, because they believed not them having seen him raised.

Truly therefore the Lord, after ho had spoken to them, was taken up into the heavens, and sat on the right hand of God.

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the daily order of Abia: and his wife the daughter of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

And no child was to them, as Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.

And it was in his being priest, in the arranging of the daily order before God,

And a messenger of the Lord was seen to him, standing from the right of the altar of fumigation.

And Zacharias having seen, was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

The messenger having answered, said to him, I am Gabriel, standing before God; and was sent to speak to thee, and announce these good news to thee.

And having come out, he could not speak to them: and they knew that he had seen a vision in the temple: and he was nodding to them, and remained dumb.

And it was when the days of his service were filled, he departed to his house.

And in the sixth month the messenger Gabriel was sent by God into a city of Galilee, to which the name Nazareth,

And having seen him, she was troubled at his words, and turned in her thoughts of what country this greeting might be.

And it was when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit:

For, behold, when the voice of thy greeting was in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

And the time was completed to Elizabeth, for her to bring forth; and she brought forth a son.

And it was in the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him by the name of his father Zacharias.

And his month was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he spake, praising God.