"I am He," Jesus answered; "yet I tell you that from this time on you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming upon the clouds of heaven."

Then Peter recalled the word that Jesus had spoken, "Before the cock crow, you shall three times deny me"??nd he went out and broke out into bitter weeping.

Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

"I have sinned," he said, "in betraying innocent blood!" "What is that to us?" they answered; "you must see to that."

That is the reason why, to this day, the field is called "The Field of Blood."

But he made no answer, not even to one charge; insomuch that the Governor was greatly astonished.

At that time they had a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

He knew well that it was because of enmity that they had brought Jesus before him.

And while he was seated upon the judgment-seat, his wife had sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered many things today, in a dream, because of him."

So when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that on the contrary a riot was threatening, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying. "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you must answer for it."

At that time two robbers, also, were crucified with him; one on his right hand, the other on his left.

But at three o'clock Jesus cried out in loud voice, "Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?" (That is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?")

When the Roman captain and the soldiers who were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were greatly terrified and said, "Certainly this man must have been God's Son."

Pilate then commanded that it be given over to him.

"We recollect, Sir, that when he was living this imposter said, 'I will rise again after three days.'

But to the women the angel said: "You need have no fear, for I know that you are seeking Jesus, the Crucified One.

Now while they were on their way, some of the guard went into the city and told the high priest all that had happened.

It was at that time that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan;

And at that very moment, there in their synagogue, a man in the grip of an unclean spirit shrieked out.

and every one was amazed so that they began questioning among themselves. "What does this mean? A new teaching with authority? He lays commands even upon unclean spirits and they obey him."

And at once his fame spread everywhere through that part of Galilee.

"Let us go away," he answered, "to the neighboring country towns, that I may preach there, too; because for that purpose I came forth."

But he went out and began to tell every one and to publish it broadcast, so that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; but he had to remain outside in lonely places, and people kept coming to him from every quarter.

and at once such a crowd gathered that there was no longer room for them, even around the door.

Jesus clearly perceived at once be the Spirit that they were thus reasoning in their hearts and said to them.

But to let you see that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins"??e said to the paralytic??11 "I bid you rise, take up your cot, and go home."

Now the disciples of John and the Pharisees were keeping a fast, and people came to ask him, "How is it that the disciples of John and the Pharisees are fasting, but your disciples are not?"

But the days will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then, on that day, they will fast.

For he had healed so many that all the people who had ailments pressed upon him so as to touch him.

Twelve of them whom he also called "Apostles," he appointed to be with him, and also that he might send them out to preach,

and James(them he surnamed Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),

Then he went into a house, but again such a multitude assembled that they could not get their food.

If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand;

if a household be divided against itself, that household cannot stand;

In solemn truth I tell you that the sons of men shall be forgiven all their sins and all the blasphemies they may utter,

"Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God, that one is my brother and sister and mother."

Afterwards Jesus began to teach by the seaside, and a vast multitude of people gathered about him, so that he went on board a boat on the sea, and sat there, while all the people stayed on shore, at the water's edge.

and as he sowed, it happened that some seed fell on the road, and birds came and picked it up;

Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it, so that it yielded no crop.

But some seed fell into good soil and yielded a crop that sprang up and increased, yielding thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold.

so that, "for all their looking they may not see, and for all their hearing, they may not understand, lest perchance they should turn and be pardoned.

When they have heard the Word, the anxieties of life and the snares of wealth, and all sorts of other ambitions, come in to choke the Word, so that it proves unfruitful.

But those, on the other hand, who were sown on that good soil, are those who listen to the Word, and welcome it, and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold."

yet when sown shoots up and becomes larger than any plant, sending out such branches that the wild birds build their nests under its shadow."

On the evening of that same day Jesus said to them, "Let us go across to the other side."

But a great gale of wind came up, and the waves were dashing into the boat so that it began to fill.

Then they were awestruck, and said one to another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey him!"

So the spirits begged him, saying, "Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them."

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.

"My little daughter," he said, "is dying. I beseech you, come and lay your hands on her, that she may recover and live."

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.

At once the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was cured of her complaint.

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

Then he took the child's hand and said to her, "Talitha, cumi," that is to say, "Little girl, I am speaking to you; arise!"

Jesus left that place, and accompanied by his disciples, came into his own part of the country.

When it came Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; many, as they listened, were deeply impressed. "Where did he get all this?" they asked; "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, and miracles such as these that happen at his hands?

And he was unable to do any miracle there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick folk and healed them.

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."

But when Herod heard, he said, "That John whom I beheaded has come back to life."

but she could not, for Herod was afraid of John because he knew that he was a just and holy man. So he kept him safe. When he listened to John he was much exercised, yet he found pleasure in listening to him.

He even swore to her that whatever she asked, he would give it to her, up to half his kingdom.

Send the people away so that they may go to the farms and villages about here, and buy themselves something to eat."

and began running over that whole country, and carrying the sick about on their beds, wherever they heard he was.

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

"It is praiseworthy, is it," he exclaimed, "to reject the command of God that you may keep your tradition!

you say that if a man tells his father or mother, 'This money which otherwise you would have received from me, is Korban' (that is, a thing devoted to God),

Thus by your tradition which you have handed down you set at naught the word of God; and you do many other things like that."

"Listen to me, all of you, and understand; there is nothing outside a man which by entering in can defile him; but it is what comes from him that defiled him."

"Are even you without understanding?" he said. "Do you not perceive that nothing whatever from without can defile a man by entering him,

After he rose and left that place, he went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. Here he went into a house and wished no one to know it but he could not be hid.

"For that saying of yours, go home," he replied; "the demon has departed from your daughter."

then looking up to heaven with a sigh, he said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened.")

They ate and were filled and they took up of broken pieces that were left, seven hampers.

They that had eaten were about four thousand.

At this Jesus sighed deeply in his spirit, and said: "Why does the present generation seek a sign? In solemn truth I tell you that no sign shall be given this generation."

And they told him. "Some say John the Baptist, others, Elijah, and others that you are one of the prophets."

and he began to explain to them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests, and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise again.

So they asked him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"

"Elijah does indeed first come," he said, "and restores all things, But how is it written about the Son of Man, that he will endure great suffering, and be rejected?

And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit. "You dumb and deaf spirit," he said, "come out of him, I command you, and never enter him again."

So with a loud shriek it came out, after throwing the boy into convulsion after convulsion. The boy looked like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead.

Jesus and his disciples, after leaving that place, passed through Galilee; but he was unwilling that any one should know it,

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,

For whoever gives you even a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, in solemn truth I tell you, that he shall certainly not lose his reward.

"If your hand cause you to stumble, cut it off! It is better to be maimed and to enter into life than to have two hands and go away into hell, into the fire that cannot be put out.

If your eye cause you to stumble, tear it out! It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God one-eyed that to keep both your eyes and be cast into hell,

On leaving that place Jesus came into the borders of Judea, on the other side of the Jordan, Once more the people flocked about him, and again, as usual, he began teaching them.

But Jesus said to them. "Moses gave you that command because of the hardness of your hearts;

so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

I tell you true that unless a man receives the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not even enter it."

"I tell you solemnly," said Jesus, "that there is no man who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake and the gospel's,

"You know not what you are asking," said Jesus. "Can you drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"

They answered him, "We can." "You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with shall you be baptized,

"You know that those who are regarded as rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make them feel their authority.

Hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began shouting and saying, "Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me!"

"What do you want me to do?" said Jesus, addressing him. And the blind man answered, "O Rabboni, that I might receive my sight!"

Jesus sent two of his disciples and told them. "Go to that village in front of you, and immediately on entering it you will find a colt tied, upon which no man has ever sat; untie him and bring him here.

And if any man asks you, 'Why are you doing that?" answer, 'The Lord has need of him, and he will immediately send him back.'"

And some of the bystanders began to say to them, "What are you trying to do, untying that colt?"

"In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, 'Up and hurl yourself into the sea!' and shall not doubt in his heart, but on the contrary shall believe that what he says will happen, it will be granted him.