And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?

And Jesus said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's. And they were full of wonder at him.

Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother.

Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?

When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven.

But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error.

And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?

Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;

And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.

And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.

And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.

For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.

We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.

The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of God.

And after a song of praise to God they went out to the Mountain of Olives.

Get up, let us be going; see, he who gives me up is near.

Now he who had been false to him had given them a sign, saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he; take him, and get him away safely.

But he got away unclothed, without the linen cloth.

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any.

Then some got up and gave false witness against him, saying,

And the high priest got up in the middle of them, and said to Jesus, Do you say nothing in answer? what is it which these say against you?

But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?

His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death.

And the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band.

And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?

And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.

There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, got spices, so that they might come and put them on him.

And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.

They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

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

And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.

He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

For there is nothing which God is not able to do.

Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;

My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,

Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,

And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.

Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.

Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,

And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem.

And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.

And all flesh will see the salvation of God.

Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.

John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.

And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;

The son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.

And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.

And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,

And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.

And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so that they might send him down to his death.

Let us be! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I have knowledge who you are, the Holy One of God.

And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.

And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her

He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs.

And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.

But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns, because that is why I was sent.

Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.

And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;

And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.

And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.

And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?

Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.

And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.