No one sews a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment. {Otherwise} the patch pulls away from it--the new from the old--and the tear becomes worse.

And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd from Galilee followed [him]. And from Judea

and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and the other side of the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon a great crowd came to him [because they] heard all that he was doing.

For he had healed many, so that all those who {were suffering from diseases} pressed about him in order that they could touch him.

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul!" and "By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons!"

For whoever has, [more] will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him."

And [as] he was getting out of the boat, immediately from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit went to meet him,

And [when he] saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him.

And they began to urge him to depart from their region.

And [there was] a woman who was {suffering from hemorrhages} twelve years.

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself [that] power had gone out from himself, turned around in the crowd [and] said, "Who touched my clothing?"

But he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be well from your suffering."

[While] he was still speaking, they came from the synagogue ruler's [house] saying, "Your daughter has died. Why trouble the Teacher further?"

And he went out from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

And he said to them, "Whenever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there.

And whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, [as you] go out from there, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them."

And King Herod heard [it], because his name had become known. And they were saying, "John, the one who baptizes, has been raised from the dead, and because of this these miraculous powers are at work in him."

And many [people] saw them leaving and recognized [them], and ran there together by land from all the towns, and arrived ahead of them.

And the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered to him.

And [when they come] from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other [traditions] which they have received [and] hold fast to--[for example,] the washing of cups and pitchers and bronze kettles and dining couches.)

So he said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me.

But you say, 'If a man says to his father or to his mother, "Whatever {benefit you would have received} from me [is] corban" (that is, a gift [to God]),

And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

All these evil [things] come from within and defile a person."

And from there he set out [and] went to the region of Tyre. And [when he] entered into a house, he wanted no one to know, and [yet] he was not able to escape notice.

Now the woman was a Greek--a Syrophoenician by nationality--and she was asking him that he would expel the demon from her daughter.

And again he went away from the region of Tyre [and] came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of the Decapolis.

And he took him away from the crowd by himself [and] put his fingers into his ears, and [after] spitting, he touched his tongue.

And if I send them away hungry to their homes they will give out on the way, and some of them have come from far away."

And the Pharisees came and began to argue with him, demanding from him a sign from heaven [in order to] test him.

And a cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"

And [as] they were coming down from the mountain, he ordered them that they should tell no one [the things] that they had seen, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

And they kept the matter to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead {meant}.

And one [individual] from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought to you my son who has {a spirit that makes him mute}.

And he asked his father how long it was since this had been happening to him. And he said, "From childhood.

And from there they went out [and] passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know,

And from there he set out [and] came to the region of Judea and the other side of the Jordan, and again crowds came together to him. And again, as he was accustomed [to do], he began to teach them.

But from the beginning of creation 'he made them male and female.

And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."

And they came to Jericho. And [as] he was setting out from Jericho along with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.

And many [people] spread their cloaks on the road, and others [spread] leafy branches [they] had cut from the fields.

And on the next day [as] they were departing from Bethany, he was hungry.

And [when he] saw from a distance a fig tree that had leaves, he went [to see] if perhaps he would find anything on it. And [when he] came up to it he found nothing except leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

And he responded [and] said to it, "Let no one eat fruit from you any more {forever}!" And his disciples heard [it].

And [as they] passed by early in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

The baptism of John--was [it] from heaven or from men? Answer me!"

And they began to discuss [this] with one another, saying, "What should we say? If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From men'"--they were afraid of the crowd, because they all looked upon John {as truly a prophet}.

And he sent a slave to the tenant farmers at the proper time, so that he could collect [some] of the fruit of the vineyard from the tenant farmers.

This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

And you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart and from your whole soul and from your whole mind and from your whole strength.'

And to love him from your whole heart and from your whole understanding and from your whole strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

And Jesus, [when he] saw that he had answered thoughtfully, said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one dared to put a question to him any longer.

For [in] those days there will be tribulation of such a kind as has not happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will happen.

and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.'

And then he will send out the angels, and will gather the elect together from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.

"Now learn the parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.

And [after] taking the cup [and] giving thanks, he gave [it] to them, and they all drank from it.

And going forward a little he fell to the ground and began to pray that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from him.

And he said, "Abba, Father, all [things] [are] possible for you! Take away this cup from me! Yet not what I will, but what you [will]."

And immediately, [while] he was still speaking, Judas--one of the twelve--arrived, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

And Peter followed him from a distance, right inside, into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the officers and warming himself by the fire.

And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross.

save yourself [by] coming down from the cross!"

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe! Even those who were crucified with him were reviling him.

And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

And there were also women observing from a distance, among whom [were] Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, and Salome,

And [when he] learned of [it] from the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

And [after] purchasing a linen cloth [and] taking him down, he wrapped [him] in the linen cloth and placed him in a tomb that had been cut from the rock. And he rolled a stone over the entrance of the tomb.

And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?"

And they went out [and] fled from the tomb, because trembling and amazement had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

Now early on the first [day] of the week, [after he] rose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had expelled seven demons.

just as those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning passed on to us,

it seemed best to me also--[because I] have followed all [things] carefully from the beginning--to write [them] down in orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus,

It happened that in the days of Herod, king of Judea, [there was] a certain priest, Zechariah by name, of the division of Abijah. And {he had a wife} from the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elizabeth.

Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee {named} Nazareth,

So Mary said, "Behold, the Lord's female slave! May it happen to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

And blessed [is] she who believed that [there] will be a fulfillment to what was spoken to her from the Lord!"

because he has looked upon the humble state of his female slave, for behold, from now on all generations will consider me blessed,

He has brought down rulers from [their] thrones, and has exalted the lowly.

just as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times--

salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all those who hate us,

[that] we, being rescued from the hand of [our] enemies, could serve him without fear

because of the merciful compassion of our God by which the dawn will visit to help us from on high,

Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire.

So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

And it happened that when the angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds began to say to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has revealed to us!"

and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.

Therefore he was saying to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

And those who served in the army were also asking him, saying, "What should we also do?" And he said to them, "Extort from no one, and do not blackmail [anyone], and be content with your pay."

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and had him stand on the highest point of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

And [when] the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a favorable time.

And [after he] set out from the synagogue, he went into Simon's house. And Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a high fever, and they asked him on behalf of her.

And [when it] was day, he departed [and] went to an isolated place. And the crowds were seeking him, and came to him and were trying to prevent him from departing from them.

And he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, [and] asked him to put out from the land a little. And he sat down [and] began to teach the crowds from the boat.