While he was still speaking men came from the house of the warden of the synagogue to tell him, "Your daughter is dead, why trouble the Teacher any further?"

And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

And they were laughing at him. But he, having sent them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

And he went away from there, and came into his country; and his disciples went with him.

And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?

Is not this the woodworker, 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 bitter against him.

but Jesus said to him, a prophet is never despis'd, except in his own country, among his own kindred, and in his own family:

And He could not perform any supernatural deed there [i.e., because of their lack of faith in Him], except He placed hands on a few sick people [i.e., accompanied by prayer ?] and healed them.

And He wondered at their lack of faith in Him. Then He made a circle of the villages and continued teaching.

And he calls the twelve to him; and he began to send them out two and two, and gave to them power over the unclean spirits;

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

But when Herod heard of him, he said, "It is John whom I beheaded, he is risen from death again."

For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.

upon which John told him, "it is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;

For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.

And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you.

And he swore to her that he would give her whatever she asked him--up to half his kingdom.

She left the room and asked her mother, "What shall I ask him for?" And she answered, "The head of John the Baptist."

And she hurried back at once to the king and asked him for it, saying, "I want you right away to give me John the Baptist's head on a platter."

And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,

And he went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a charger and gave it to the maiden, and the maiden gave it to her mother.

And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.

But the people spied them when they departed: and many knew him, and they ran afoot thither out of all cities, and came thither before them; And came together unto him.

And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

Then He asked them, "How many loaves have you? Go and see." They found out and told Him, "Five, and two fish."

And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.

But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:

For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.

And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him,

and hurried all over the countryside and began to bring the sick to Him on their pallets, wherever they heard He was.

And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who were ill into the market-places, requesting him that they might put their hands even on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:

You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;

And he called all the people unto him, and said unto them, "Hearken unto me every one of you and understand:

There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.

If any one have ears to hear, let him hear.

And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,

because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and passes away ejected from him?" By these words Jesus pronounced all kinds of food clean.

He kept on saying, "The thing that comes from the inside of a man is the thing that makes him foul,

All these evils come from the inside of a man and make him foul."

And from thence he rose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would that no man should have known of him: But he could not be hid.

But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet.

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children.

And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

And he took him on one side from the people privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he put water from his mouth on the man's tongue with his finger;

And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.

In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,

And his disciples answered him, "Where is anyone able to feed these [people] with bread here in the desert?"

They also had a few small fish; and when Jesus had blessed them [and given thanks], He ordered these [fish] to be set before them as well.

And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.

When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven.

And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.

And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?

After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him see. And he was restored to his sight, and saw every man clearly.

And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town.

And they told him, saying, "John the Baptist, and others Elijah, and others that [you are] one of the prophets."

And he asked them, "But who do you say [that] I am?" Peter answered [and] said to him, "You are the Christ!"

And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting.

And Peter taking hold of him, rebuked him. But he turning about, and looking on his disciples rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou savourest not the things of God, but the things of men.

And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.

Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:

And there appeared to him Elijah with Moses, and they talked with Jesus.

Then Peter addressing him, said unto him, Master, it is desirable for us to be here: and let us erect three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.

And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

it is true, said he, that Elias must come beforehand to establish every thing, and that it was predicted of him, as well as of the son of man, that he should suffer very much, and be treated with contempt.

But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.

And straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and running to him, gave him worship.

And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.

And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.

And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.

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

And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.

And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.

And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.

But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.

And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

And departing thence, he passed through Galilee, and desired that no one should know him,

For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.

John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.

But Jesus said, "Do not prevent him, because there is no one who does a miracle in my name and will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.

And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

Wherefore, if thy hand offend thee, cut him off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than to go, having two hands, into hell: into fire that never shall be quenched,