And there comes to Him a leper, beseeching Him, and kneeling down to Him, and saying to Him, "If Thou wilt, Thou canst cleanse me!"

And Jesus, moved with compassion, and stretching forth His hand, touched him, and saith to him, "I am willing; be cleansed."

And straight-way the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

And having strictly charged him, He straightway sent him away,

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

But he, going forth, began to publish it much, and to spread abroad the matter; so that He could no more openly enter into a city, but was without in desert places. And they were coming to Him from every quarter.

And they come, bringing to Him a paralytic, borne by four.

And not being able to bring him to Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was; and, having broken it up, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

And He went again by the sea; and all the multitude were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.

And passing by, He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, "Follow Me." And, rising up, he followed Him.

And it comes to pass that He reclines at table in his house, and many tax-collectors and sinners recline with Him and His disciples; for there were many, and they were following Him.

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to Him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Thy disciples fast not?"

And He said to them, "Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he and those who were with him?

How he entered into the house of God during the high priesthood of Abiathar, and ate the show-bread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"

And they were watching Him, whether He would heal him on the sabbath; that they might accuse Him.

And the Pharisees, having gone out, were straightway taking counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.

And Jesus with His disciples withdrew to the sea; and a great multitude from Galilee followed Him; and from Judaea,

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what things He was doing, came to Him.

And He spake to His disciples, that a little boat should wait, on Him, lest they should throng Him;

for He had healed many, so that as many as had plagues pressed upon Him, that they might touch Him.

And the unclean spirits, whensoever they were beholding Him, were falling down before Him, and crying, saying, "Thou art the Son of God."

And He was charging them much, that they should not make Him manifest.

And He appointed twelve [whom He also named apostles], that they might be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach,

and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And He cometh into a house.

And, hearing of it, His kinsmen went out to lay hold on Him; for they said, "He became insane!"

And, having called them to Him, He said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

And His mother and His brothers come; and, standing without, they sent to Him, calling Him.

And a multitude was sitting about Him; and they say to Him, "Behold, Thy mother and Thy brothers without are seeking for Thee."

And looking around on those who sat about Him, He saith, "Behold, My mother, and My brothers!

And again He began to teach by the seaside. And there is gathered to Him a very great multitude, so that He, having entered into a boat, was sitting in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.

And He said, "He that has ears to hear, let him hear."

And, when He was alone, those who were about Him with the twelve asked Him as to the parables.

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

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

And, leaving the multitude, they take Him with them, as He was, in the boat. And other boats were with Him.

And He Himself was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion; and they awake Him, and say to Him, "Teacher, is it no concern to Thee that we perish?"

And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, "Who, then, is This, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!"

And, when He came out of the boat, straightway there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one could any longer bind him, not even with a chain;

because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces, and no one had strength to tame him.

And, seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped Him;

For He said to him, "Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man!"

And He asked him, "What is your name?" And he says to Him, "My name is Legion, because we are many."

And he was beseeching Him much, that He would not send them away out of the country.

And they besought Him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them."

And they began to beseech Him to depart from their borders.

And, as He was entering into the boat, he that had been a demoniac was beseeching Him, that he might be with Him.

And He did not permit him, but saith to him, "Go to your house, to your own people, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for you, and how He had mercy on you."

And he went away, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus did for him; and all were wondering.

And, Jesus having crossed over in the boat again to the other side, a large multitude was gathered to Him; and He was by the sea.

And there comes one of the synagogue-rulers, Jairus by name; and, seeing Him, he falls at His feet,

and beseeches Him much, saying, "My little daughter is extremely ill; I pray that, coming, Thou wilt lay Thy hands upon her, that she may be healed and live."

And He went away with him; and a great multitude was following Him, and they were thronging Him.

And straight-way Jesus, perceiving in Himself that power had gone forth from Him, turning about in the crowd, said, "Who touched Me?"

And His disciples said to Him, "Thou seest the multitude thronging Thee, and sayest Thou, 'Who touched Me?'"

But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came, and fell down before Him, and told Him all the truth.

And He permitted no one to follow with Him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

And they were deriding Him. But He, having put them all out, taketh with Him the father of the child, and the mother, and those with Him, and goeth in where the child was.

And He went forth thence, and cometh into His own country; and His disciples follow Him.

And, when the sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many, hearing Him, were astonished, saying, "Whence hath this Man these things?" And, "What is the wisdom which is given to This Man?" And, "Such mighty works are wrought by His hands!"

"Is not This the Carpenter, 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 finding occasion of stumbling in Him.

And He calleth to Him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two, and was giving them authority over the unclean spirits;

And the king Herod heard of Him, (for His name became famous), and he said, "John the Immerser has risen from the dead; and, because of this, the powers are working in Him."

But Herod, hearing of Him, said, "It is he whom I beheaded, John, the same was raised."

For Herod himself, sending forth, laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison, for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip, his brother, because he married her.

And Herodias was holding it against him, and was wishing to kill him; and she could not;

for Herod was fearing John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he was preserving him.

and the daughter of Herodias herself coming in and dancing, it pleased Herod and those reclining at table with him; and the king said to the damsel, "Ask of me whatsoever you wish, and I will give it to you."

And, though becoming very sorrowful, the king, because of his oaths, and those reclining with him, would not thwart her.

And the king, straightway sending off one of his guard, gave orders to bring his head; and, departing, he beheaded him in the prison,

And the apostles gather themselves together to Jesus; and they reported to Him all things, whatsoever they did, and whatsoever they taught.

And, the hour being already late, His disciples, coming to Him, said, "The place is desert, and the hour is already late;

But He saith to them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said to Him, "Going, shall we buy two hundred denaries worth of loaves, and give them to eat?"

but, seeing Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and they cried out;

for they all saw Him; and were troubled. But he straight-way talked with them, and saith to them, "Be of good courage! it is I, be not afraid."

And, when they came out of the boat, straightway recognizing Him,

And wheresoever He was entering into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they placed the sick in the marketplaces, and were beseeching Him, that they might touch even the border of His garment; and as many as touched were healed.

And there gather together to Him the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem,

And the Pharisees and the scribes ask Him, "Why do not Thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?"

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.'

ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;

there is nothing from without the man, that, entering into him, can defile him; but the things proceeding out of the man are those that defile the man."

And, when He entered into the house from the multitude, His disciples asked of Him the parable.

And He saith to them, "Are ye too thus without understanding? Do ye not perceive that nothing, entering into a man from without, can defile him;

But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of Him, coming, fell down at His feet.

And the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she kept asking Him to cast forth the demon out of her daughter.

But she answered, and says to Him, "Yes, Lord; even the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs."

And they bring to Him one deaf, and speaking with difficulty; and they beseech Him to lay His hand upon him.

And, taking him aside from the multitude privately, He put His fingers into his ears; and, spitting, He touched his tongue;

and looking up to Heaven, He sighed, and saith to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."

In those days, when there was again a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, He called to Him His disciples and saith to them,

And His disciples answered Him, "Whence will any one be able to satisfy these men with bread, here in a desert place?"

And the Pharisees came out, and began to discuss with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, tempting Him.

When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did ye take up?" They say to Him "Twelve."

And they come to Bethsaida. And they bring to Him a blind man, and beseech Him to touch him.

And, taking hold of the blind man's hand, He brought him out of the village; and, spitting in his eyes, and putting His hands upon him, He asked him, "Do you see anything?"

And He sent him away to his house, saying, "Do not even enter into the village."

And they told Him, saying, 'John the Immerser;' and others, 'Elijah;' but others, 'One of the prophets.'"

And He asked them, "But Who do ye say that I am?" Peter, answering, says to Him, "Thou art the Christ."

And He charged them that they should tell no one concerning Him.