And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?

And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food.

And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.

And the Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.

And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and the other side of Jordan, and the country about Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing what great things he did, came to him.

And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;

For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.

And he went up into the mountain, and sent for those whom it was his pleasure to have with him: and they went to him.

And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers,

And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end.

But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.

And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.

And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!

And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.

And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

If any man has ears, let him give ear.

He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.

He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship;

For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.

And they said to him, Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

And they made a request to him to go out of their country.

And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

And he went on his way, and made public in the country of Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men were full of wonder.

And when Jesus had gone over again in the boat to the other side, a great number of people came to him: and he was by the sea.

And one of the rulers of the Synagogue, Jairus by name, came, and seeing him, went down at his feet,

And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

And he went with him; and a great number of people went after him, and came round him.

When she had news of the things which Jesus did, went among the people coming after him, and put her hand on his robe.

And straight away Jesus was conscious that power had gone out of him; and, turning to the people, he said, Who was touching my robe?

And his disciples said to him, You see the people round you on every side, and you say, Who was touching me?

The woman, shaking with fear, conscious of what had been done to her, came and, falling on her face before him, gave him a true account of everything.

And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

And they were laughing at him. But he, having sent them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

And he went away from there, and came into his country; and his disciples went with him.

And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?

Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.

And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;

For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.

And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you.

And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,

And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.

And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.

But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:

For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.

And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him,

And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who were ill into the market-places, requesting him that they might put their hands even on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:

You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;

There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.

And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,

But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet.

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children.

And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

And he took him on one side from the people privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he put water from his mouth on the man's tongue with his finger;

And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.

In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,

And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.

When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven.

And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.

And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?

And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town.

And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting.

And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.

Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:

And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.

And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.

And straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and running to him, gave him worship.

And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.