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

So when Pilate said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release unto you?" they said, "Barabbas."

And Pilate asked, "What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?" What one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!"

But Pilate said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they kept shouting the more fiercely, "Let him be crucified!"

They stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe.

And they twisted a thorny crown for him, and put it on his head, and placed a reed in his right hand. Then they knelt before him, in mockery, crying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

And they spit upon him, and took the reed and struck him on the head, again and again.

At last, when they had finished their mocking, they took the robe off, and put his own garments on him, and led him away to crucify him.

And as they went out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, whom they compelled to go with them to carry his cross.

And when they came to a place called Golgotha (the word means "Place of a Skull"),

they gave Jesus wine to drink, mingled with gall. But after tasting it he refused to drink it.

After crucifying him, they parted his garments among them by casting lots.

Then they sat and watched him there.

They also placed above his head his accusation written, This is Jesus The King of the Jews

"He saved other," they said, "himself he cannot save. He, the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him!

When they heard this, some of the bystanders said "He is calling for Elijah!"

And coming forth out of the tombs, after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

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."

And there were present several women who were looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from a Galilee, ministering to him.

So they went and made the sepulcher secure, by sealing the stone in the presence of the guard.

On this they ran quickly from the sepulcher, in fear and great joy, to tell the news to his disciples.

And behold! Jesus himself met them, saying, "All hail!" And they went up to him and clasped his feet and worshiped him.

Then Jesus said to them. "Fear not! Go tell my brothers to depart into Galilee, and they will see men there."

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

And when they had met with the elders and conferred together, they heavily bribed the soldiers and told them to say,

"If this should reach the Governor's ears," they said, "we will satisfy him and screen you from punishment."

So the soldiers took the money, and did as they were told; and this story has been noised abroad among the Jews, and continues to this day.

And when they saw him they worshiped him; but some doubted.

And as he was passing along by the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting their net into the sea, for they were fishermen;

At once they left their nets and followed him.

Straightway he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants and went after him.

So they came to Capernaum, and as soon as the Sabbath Day came he went into the synagogue and began to teach.

They were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them with authority, not like the Scribes.

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."

On leaving the synagogue they went at once with James and John to the house of Simon and Andrew.

Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sick of fever, and without delay they told him about her.

He cured many who were ill with various diseases, and drove out many demons. But he did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who he was.

While he was speaking his message, they came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four men.

When they could not get him near to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof under which he stood, and after making an opening, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.

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

The man rose, at once took up his cot, and went out before them all; at which they were all astounded, and gave God glory, saying, "We never saw anything like this."

But when some scribes of the Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax-gatherers, they said to his disciples, "Is he eating and drinking with tax-gatherers and sinners?"

"Can friends of the bridegroom fast while he is still with them?" asked Jesus. "As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

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

One Sabbath he was walking along through the wheat-fields, and his disciples, as they began to make their way across, were pulling the heads of wheat.

"Look," said the Pharisees to him, "Why are they doing on the Sabbath Day what is against the law?"

And they kept watching Jesus to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath; so as to have some charge to bring against him.

They were silent. Then looking around upon them with anger, and deeply grieved by the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" He stretched it out, and the hand was at once completely restored.

As soon as they came out, the Pharisees plotted against him with the Herodians, in order to destroy him.

From Judea, too, and Jerusalem, and Idumea, and from beyond Jordan, and from the district of Tyre and Sidon, they came to him a vast multitude, because they heard what he was doing.

And whenever the unclean spirits beheld him, they threw themselves down at his feet, screaming out, "You are the Son of God."

Then he went up the hillside and called to him those whom he chose, and they came to him.

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

When his relatives heard of it, they came to take possession of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

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

Because they kept saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

Then his mother and his brothers came up, and standing outside, they sent a messenger to him to call him.

Now a crowd was sitting round him and they told him, "See! your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, wanting to see you."

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.

As soon as they hear it, Satan immediately comes and snatches away the Word which has been sown in them.

And like the sowing upon 'stony ground' are those who, whenever they hear the Word, at once receive it with joy,

but because they have no root in themselves they last for a time; but when suffering or persecution ensues because of the Word, they at once fall away.

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.

With many such illustrations Jesus used to tell his message to people as far as they were able to receive it;

So, leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them just as he was in the boat; and the other boats were with him.

Now he himself was sleeping on the cushion in the stern, so they woke him up, saying, "Master, do you not care if we perish?"

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

Then they came to the country of the Gadarenes, on the opposite side of the sea;

When they got to Jesus they found the demoniac sitting there clothed and in his right mind??he man who had had the "Legion"??nd they were awestruck.

Then they began to beg Jesus to depart from their district.

As they came to the house of the warden of the synagogue, he gazed upon a tumult, many weeping and wailing shrilly.

"The child is not dead, but asleep." And they began to laugh him to scorn. Then he put them all outside, took the father and mother of the child and those he brought with him, and entered the room where the child was lying.

And instantly the little girl stood up, and began to walk, for she was twelve years old, They were at once beside themselves with utter amazement.

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?

So they disapproved of him. Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native land and among his relatives and in his home."

they were to wear sandals, but not to put on two tunics.

So they fared forth and summoned men to repentance.

They cast out many demons, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them.

When John's disciples heard of this, they came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

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

Then he said to them, "Come apart, yourselves, to a quiet spot, and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they could not get time even to eat.

So they sailed away privately to a solitary place.

So when Jesus landed he saw a vast multitude, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

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

In answer he said to them, "You yourselves are to give them food." "Are we to go and buy fifty dollars worth of bread," they said, "and give them food?"

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

And they sat down like beds in a garden, by hundreds and by fifties.

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

they thought it was an apparition and shrieked aloud, for they all saw him and were terrified.

Then he got into the boat beside them, and the wind ceased, and they were utterly astounded,

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.

As soon as they got out of the boat, the people at once recognized him,

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

And whenever he entered into villages or cities or the fields they would lay the sick in the market-places and beseech him to let them touch even the tassel of his cloak, and all who touched him were made well.

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

For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat until they have ceremoniously washed their hands in obedience to the tradition of the elders;

and when they come from the market-place they do not eat without bathing first. and they have many other customs which they have received and observe, such as the washing of cups and jugs and copper pans.

So the Pharisees and Scribes asked him. "Why do your disciples not follow the traditions of the elders? Why do they eat with 'common' unwashed hands?"

But in vain do they worship me, For their teaching is only human precepts.'"