And giving him a strict charge, he immediately sent him away,

and said to him, See that you say nothing to any one, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

And going out he spread and published abroad the report, to such an extent that he [Jesus] could no longer go openly into a city, but was without in solitary places; and they came to him from every quarter.

And they came to him bringing a paralytic, borne by four;

and not being able to approach him on account of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having made an opening let down the bed on which the paralytic was laid.

And he went out again by the lake, and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

And passing by he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the custom house, and said to him, Follow me; and he arose and followed him.

And he was reclining in his house, and many publicans and sinners also reclined with Jesus and his disciples, for many also followed him.

And the scribes and Pharisees seeing him eating with sinners and publicans, said to his disciples, Why does he eat and drink with sinners and publicans?

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fasted. And they came and said to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples fast not?

And the Pharisees said to him, See what they do on the sabbath, which it is not lawful to do.

And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry? both he and those with him?

How he entered into the house of God under Abiathar the chief priest, and eat the show bread, which it was not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him?

And they watched him [to see] if he would cure him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him.

And the Pharisees went out immediately with the Herodians, and took counsel against him to kill him.

And Jesus went away with his disciples to the lake; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee,

and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan. And those about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what he did, came to him.

And he told his disciples to have a boat constantly attend him on account of the multitude, that they might not throng him.

For he cured many, so that all who had diseases fell down before him, that they might touch him;

and the impure spirits when they saw him fell down before him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of God.

And he strictly charged them not to make him known.

AND he went up on the mountain, and called whom he would; and they went to him.

And he appointed twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,

And he gave to Simon the name of Peter. [He appointed him],

and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And they came into a house,

And those with him hearing of it, went out to take him; for they said, He is beside himself.

Then came his brothers and his mother, and standing without, sent to him to call him.

And a multitude sat around him. And they said to him, Behold your mother, and your brothers, and your sisters seek you without.

And looking round on those sitting about him, he said, Behold my mother, and my brothers!

AND again he taught by the lake; and a very great multitude came together to him, so that entering into a ship he sat on the lake, and all the multitude were by the lake on the land.

And he said, He that has ears, let him hear.

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

If any one has ears to hear, let him hear.

For whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him even what he has shall be taken away.

And dismissing the multitude, they took him as he was in the ship; and other ships also were with him.

And he was in the stern, on the pillow, asleep. And they awoke him and said to him, Teacher, do you not care that we perish?

And they were greatly afraid, and said one to another, What man is this, that even the wind and the lake obey him?

And as he went out of the ship, a man with an impure spirit immediately met him from the tombs,

who lived in the tombs, and none could bind him with a chain;

for he was often bound with fetters and chains, and his chains were broken by him, and his fetters crushed, and no one could subdue him.

And seeing Jesus at a distance, he ran and worshipped him,

For he said to him, Impure spirit, come out of the man.

And he asked him, What is your name? And he said to him, My name is Legion, for we are many.

And they besought him much that he would not send them out of the country.

And they besought him, saying, Send us to the swine, that we may go into them.

And they besought him to depart from their bounds.

And entering into the ship, the man that had been a demoniac besought him that he might go with him;

and he permitted him not, but said to him, Go to your home, to your friends, and relate to them what the Lord has done for you, and what mercy he has shown you.

And he went away and proclaimed in the Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and all wondered.

And Jesus having crossed again in the ship to the other side, a great multitude came together to him; and he was by the lake.

And one of the synagogue rulers came, Jairus by name, and seeing him, fell at his feet,

and besought him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death; come and lay hands on her, that she may be restored, and she shall live.

And he went away with him; and a great multitude followed him, and thronged him.

hearing of Jesus, came in the crowd behind him and touched his clothes.

And Jesus immediately knowing in himself that a power had gone out from him, turning round in the crowd said, Who touched my clothes?

And his disciples said to him, You see the multitude throng you, and do you say, Who touched me?

And the woman being afraid, and trembling, knowing what was done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

And he permitted no man to accompany him except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

And they derided him. And putting them all out, he took the father and mother of the little child, and those with him, and went in where the little child was;

AND he departed thence, and came into his own country. And his disciples followed him.

And when it was the sabbath, he taught in the synagogue; and many heard him and were astonished, and said, Whence has this man these things? and what is the wisdom given to him? And [what are] these mighty works done by his hands?

Is not this the carpenter? the son of Mary? and a brother of James, and Joset, and Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended with him.

And Herod the king, heard [of Jesus], for his name was widely known, and said, John the Baptist has risen from the dead; and on this account the mighty works are performed by him.

But Herod hearing of him, said, This is John whom I beheaded; he has been raised up.

For Herod had sent and taken John, and, put him bound in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her.

And Herodias was displeased with him, and wished to kill him, but was not able.

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he preserved him, and hearing him, did many things, and heard him gladly.

the daughter of this Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod, and those that reclined with him. And the king said to the girl, Ask me what you will and I will give it to you;

And the king was extremely sorry, but on account of the oaths, and those reclining with him, he was not willing to refuse her.

And the king immediately sending an executioner, commanded him to bring his head. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,

And the apostles came together to Jesus and reported to him all things, both what they had done and what instructions they had given.

And when much time had already passed, his disciples came to him and said, This is a solitary place, and much time has already passed;

And he answered and said to them, Give them something to eat. And they said to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii [$28] worth of bread, and give them to eat?

And he immediately constrained his disciples to go into the ship, and to go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the multitude;

And seeing him walking on the lake, they thought it was an apparition, and cried out,

And going out of the ship, they immediately knew him,

And wherever he went, in villages, or cities, or country places, they placed the sick in the markets, and besought him that they might touch the fringe of his garment, and as many as touched him were cured.

AND the Pharisees and some of the scribes having come from Jerusalem came together to him,

for Moses said, Honor your father and your mother, and, He that reviles father or mother, let him surely die.

and suffer him no longer to do any thing for his father or his mother;

Nothing which being out of a man entering into him, can defile him; but those things which proceed from the man, these are the things which defile the man.

And when he had gone from the multitude into the house, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

And he said to them, Are you also so without understanding? Do you not understand that nothing which enters into a man from without can defile him,

But he said, that which comes out of the man, this defiles him;

But immediately, a woman whose little daughter had an impure spirit, hearing of him, came and fell down at his feet;

and she was a Greek, a Syrophenician by race; and she asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

And they brought him a dumb man that stammered, and besought him to put his hand on him.

And taking him from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers in his ears, and spit, and touched his tongue,

and looking up to heaven he groaned, and said to him, Ephphatha, which is, Be opened.

IN those days, again a very great multitude being [around him], and not having any thing to eat, calling his disciples, he said to them,

And his disciples answered him, Whence will one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a wilderness?

And the Pharisees went out and questioned him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, to try him.

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many traveling baskets of fragments took you up? They said to him, Twelve.

And they came to Bethsaida; and they brought him a blind man, and besought him to touch him.

And taking the hand of the blind man, he brought him out of the village, and spitting on his eyes, and putting his hands on him, he asked him, Do you see any thing?

And he sent him to his house, saying, Go not into the village.

And they spoke to him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others still, One of the prophets.

And he asked them, And who say you that I am? Peter answered and said to him, You are the Christ.

And he charged them to tell no one of him.