for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

'If therefore they may say to you, Lo, in the wilderness he is, ye may not go forth; lo, in the inner chambers, ye may not believe;

and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;

and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.

for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,

and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.

they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil;

'And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,

'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;

'Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?

and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill him,

and they said, 'Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'

'What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?' and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings,

and while they are eating, he said, 'Verily I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up.'

And being grieved exceedingly, they began to say to him, each of them, 'Is it I, Sir?'

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;'

And having sung a hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives;

and Jesus said to him, 'Comrade, for what art thou present?' Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and took hold on him.

And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near,

what think ye?' and they answering said, 'He is worthy of death.'

Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others did slap,

and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, 'What -- to us? thou shalt see!'

and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;

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,

then saith Pilate to him, 'Dost thou not hear how many things they witness against thee?'

And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,

and they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas,

they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, 'Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'

for he had known that because of envy they had delivered him up.

And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

and the governor answering said to them, 'Which of the two will ye that I shall release to you?' And they said, 'Barabbas.'

Pilate saith to them, 'What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all say to him, 'Let be crucified!'

And the governor said, 'Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, 'Let be crucified.'

and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak,

and having plaited him a crown out of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, 'Hail, the king of the Jews.'

And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head;

and when they had mocked him, they took off from him the cloak, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.

And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;

they gave him to drink vinegar mixed with gall, and having tasted, he would not drink.

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 sitting down, they were watching him there,

and they put up over his head, his accusation written, 'This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.'

and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.

and they, having gone, did make the sepulchre secure, having sealed the stone, together with the watch.

and from the fear of him did the keepers shake, and they became as dead men.

And having gone forth quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy, they ran to tell to his disciples;

and as they were going to tell to his disciples, then lo, Jesus met them, saying, 'Hail!' and they having come near, laid hold of his feet, and did bow to him.

Then saith Jesus to them, 'Fear ye not, go away, tell to my brethren that they may go away to Galilee, and there they shall see me.'

And while they are going on, lo, certain of the watch having come to the city, told to the chief priests all the things that happened,

and having been gathered together with the elders, counsel also having taken, they gave much money to the soldiers,

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

and having seen him, they bowed to him, but some did waver.

and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers,

and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.

And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets,

and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after 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 they were all amazed, so as to reason among themselves, saying, 'What is this? what new teaching is this? that with authority also the unclean spirits he commandeth, and they obey him!'

And immediately, having come forth out of the synagogue, they went to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John,

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

And evening having come, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all who were ill, and who were demoniacs,

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 having found him, they say to him, -- 'All do seek thee;'

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 they come unto him, bringing a paralytic, borne by four,

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 immediately Jesus, having known in his spirit that they thus reason in themselves, said to them, 'Why these things reason ye in your hearts?

And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners were reclining (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, 'They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'

And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to him, 'Wherefore do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?'

And Jesus said to them, 'Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? so long time as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;

but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast -- in those days.

and the Pharisees said to him, 'Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?'

and they were watching him, whether on the sabbaths he will heal him, that they might accuse him.

And he saith to them, 'Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save, or to kill?' but they were silent.

and the Pharisees having gone forth, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against him how they might destroy him.

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 he said to his disciples that a little boat may wait on him, because of the multitude, that they may not press upon him,

for he did heal many, so that they threw themselves on him, in order to touch him -- as many as had plagues;

and the unclean spirits, when they were seeing him, were falling down before him, and were crying, saying -- 'Thou art the Son of God;'

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

And he goeth up to the mountain, and doth call near whom he willed, and they went away to him;

and he appointed twelve, that they may be with him, and that he may send them forth to preach,

and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up; and they come into a house.

And come together again doth a multitude, so that they are not able even to eat bread;

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

'Verily I say to you, that all the sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and evil speakings with which they might speak evil,

because they said, 'He hath an unclean spirit.'

Then come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him,

and a multitude was sitting about him, and they said to him, 'Lo, thy mother and thy brethren without do seek thee.'

that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'

and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts.

'And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it,

and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.

'And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word,

'And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'