for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

Another simile spake he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'

'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind,

which, when it was filled, having drawn up again upon the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they did cast out,

and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, 'Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works?

for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given;

and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought it nigh to her mother.

And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm;

and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;

and having let away the multitudes, he went up to the mountain by himself to pray, and evening having come, he was there alone,

and the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

but seeing the wind vehement, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, 'Sir, save me.'

'Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.'

and he answering said, 'I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'

And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, 'Sir, help me;'

then answering, Jesus said to her, 'O woman, great is thy faith, let it be to thee as thou wilt;' and her daughter was healed from that hour.

And Jesus having passed thence, came nigh unto the sea of Galilee, and having gone up to the mountain, he was sitting there,

And they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces seven baskets full,

And Jesus, having come to the parts of Caesarea Philippi, was asking his disciples, saying, 'Who do men say me to be -- the Son of Man?'

and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,

and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour.

'Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,

and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,

The servant then, having fallen down, was bowing to him, saying, Sir, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all;

'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet, was calling on him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all;

and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.

'And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him;

And all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying,

And he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, 'Who is this?'

the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

'Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,

'And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;

'And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.

and he saith to him, Comrade, how didst thou come in hither, not having clothing of the marriage-feast? and he was speechless.

'And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

And no one was able to answer him a word, nor durst any from that day question him any more.

'Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him observe)

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.

'And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;

'And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

'His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.

a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

and from that time he was seeking a convenient season to deliver him up.

And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with the twelve,

And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, did brake, and was giving to the disciples, and said, 'Take, eat, this is my body;'

In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, 'As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me;

and Peter was following him afar off, unto the court of the chief priest, and having gone in within, he was sitting with the officers, to see the end.

and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to him, 'I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ -- the Son of God.'

And Peter without was sitting in the court, and there came near to him a certain maid, saying, 'And thou wast with Jesus of Galilee!'

And he having gone forth to the porch, another female saw him, and saith to those there, 'And this one was with Jesus of Nazareth;'

Then Judas -- he who delivered him up -- having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying,

therefore was that field called, 'Field of blood,' unto this day.

Then was fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 'And I took the thirty silverlings, the price of him who hath been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel did price,

And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, 'I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'

And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, 'They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;'

and immediately, one of them having run, and having taken a spunge, having filled it with vinegar, and having put it on a reed, was giving him to drink,

and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent,

And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, 'Truly this was God's Son.'

among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and of Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

And evening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus,

and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it,

and his countenance was as lightning, and his clothing white as snow,

he is not here, for he rose, as he said; come, see the place where the Lord was lying;

And they, having received the money, did as they were taught, and this account was spread abroad among Jews till this day.

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, 'Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth;

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;

and he was there in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by the Adversary, and he was with the beasts, and the messengers were ministering to him.

And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching,

and they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

and the mother-in-law of Simon was lying fevered, and immediately they tell him about her,

and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

and the whole city was gathered together near the door,

and he healed many who were ill of manifold diseases, and many demons he cast forth, and was not suffering the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;

And he was preaching in their synagogues, in all Galilee, and is casting out the demons,

and he having spoken, immediately the leprosy went away from him, and he was cleansed.

And he, having gone forth, began to proclaim much, and to spread abroad the thing, so that no more he was able openly to enter into the city, but he was without in desert places, and they were coming unto him from every quarter.

And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days, and it was heard that he is in the house,

and immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door, and he was speaking to them the word.

and not being able to come near to him because of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and, having broken it up, they let down the couch on which the paralytic was lying,

And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them,

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

And he said to them, 'The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was there a man having the hand withered,

And having looked round upon them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their heart, he saith to the man, 'Stretch forth thy hand;' and he stretched forth, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon -- a great multitude -- having heard how great things he was doing, came unto him.

and many times he was charging them that they might not make him manifest.

and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,