and they say to him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority, that thou shouldest do these things?

but should we say, Of men they feared the people; for all held of John that he was truly a prophet.

And he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

Have ye not even read this scripture, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone:

And they sought to lay hold of him, and they feared the crowd; for they knew that he had spoken the parable of them. And they left him and went away.

And they send to him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in speaking.

And they come and say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not men's person, but teachest the way of God with truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?

Should we give, or should we not give? But he knowing their hypocrisy said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denarius that I may see it.

And Sadducees come to him, that say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him saying,

Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if any one's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no children, that his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

But concerning the dead that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, in the section of the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

And one of the scribes who had come up, and had heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, demanded of him, Which is the first commandment of all?

And Jesus, seeing that he had answered intelligently, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared question him any more.

And Jesus answering said as he was teaching in the temple, How do the scribes say that the Christ is son of David?

for all have cast in of that which they had in abundance, but she of her destitution has cast in all that she had, the whole of her living.

But when they shall lead you away to deliver you up, be not careful beforehand as to what ye shall say, nor prepare your discourse: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak; for ye are not the speakers, but the Holy Spirit.

And ye will be hated of all on account of my name; but he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.

But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not, (he that reads let him consider it,) then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains;

and him that is upon the housetop not come down into the house, nor enter into it to take away anything out of his house;

and him that is in the field not return back to take his garment.

But woe to those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!

And pray that it may not be in winter time;

But in those days, after that distress, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give its light;

But learn the parable from the fig-tree: when its branch already becomes tender and puts forth the leaves, ye know that the summer is near.

Thus also ye, when ye see these things happening, know that it is near, at the doors.

But of that day or of that hour no one knows, neither the angels who are in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

it is as a man gone out of the country, having left his house and given to his bondmen the authority, and to each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.

And Judas Iscariote, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests that he might deliver him up to them;

And the first day of unleavened bread, when they slew the passover, his disciples say to him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?

The Son of man goes indeed as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up; it were good for that man if he had not been born.

And he said to them, This is my blood, that of the new covenant, that shed for many.

Verily I say to you, I will no more drink at all of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

And Jesus says to him, Verily I say to thee, that thou to-day, in this night, before the cock shall crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me.

And, going forward a little, he fell upon the earth; and he prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh weak.

Arise, let us go; behold, he that delivers me up has drawn nigh.

Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign between them, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he; seize him, and lead him away safely.

I was daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me; but it is that the scriptures may be fulfilled.

And the maid, seeing him, again began to say to those that stood by, This is one of them.

And he again denied. And again, after a little, those that stood by said to Peter, Truly thou art one of them, for also thou art a Galilean.

And the second time a cock crew. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus said to him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice; and when he thought thereon he wept.

But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marvelled.

Now there was the person named Barabbas bound with those who had made insurrection with him, and that had committed murder in the insurrection.

And the crowd crying out began to beg that he would do to them as he had always done.

But Pilate answered them saying, Will ye that I release to you the King of the Jews?

for he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up through envy.

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd that he might rather release Barabbas to them.

And Pilate answering said to them again, What will ye then that I do to him whom ye call King of the Jews?

And Pilate, desirous of contenting the crowd, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified.

And when they had mocked him, they took the purple off him, and put his own clothes on him; and they lead him out that they may crucify him.

And they compel to go with them a certain passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he might carry his cross.

And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying, Aha, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days,

Let the Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and may believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.

And the centurion who stood by over against him, when he saw that he had expired having thus cried out, said, Truly this man was Son of God.

And when it was already evening, since it was the preparation, that is, the day before a sabbath,

And the sabbath being now past, Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought aromatic spices that they might come and embalm him.

And when they looked, they see that the stone has been rolled away, for it was very great.

She went and brought word to those that had been with him, who were grieving and weeping.

And when these heard that he was alive and had been seen of her, they disbelieved it.

He that believes and is baptised shall be saved, and he that disbelieves shall be condemned.

And these signs shall follow those that have believed: in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;

that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.

But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they recognised that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, and continued dumb.

And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren:

And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

And blessed is she that has believed, for there shall be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from the Lord.

and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him.

But the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth that she should bring forth, and she gave birth to a son.

And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.

to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear

But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.

And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.

(as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see the Lord's Christ.

And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and as the parents brought in the child Jesus that they might do for him according to the custom of the law,

(and even a sword shall go through thine own soul;) so that the thoughts may be revealed from many hearts.

but, supposing him to be in the company that journeyed together, they went a day's journey, and sought him among their relations and acquaintances:

And he said to them, Why is it that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be occupied in my Father's business?

And they understood not the thing that he said to them.

Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for our father, for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And he answering says to them, He that has two body-coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.

added this also to all the rest, that he shut up John in prison.

And it came to pass, all the people having been baptised, and Jesus having been baptised and praying, that the heaven was opened,

And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread.

And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.

But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon all the land,

and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow.

and rising up they cast him forth out of the city, and led him up to the brow of the mountain upon which their city was built, so that they might throw him down the precipice;

And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and would have kept him back that he should not go from them.

And it came to pass, as the crowd pressed on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:

And they beckoned to their partners who were in the other ship to come and help them, and they came, and filled both the ships, so that they were sinking.

And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

And it came to pass on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and out of Jerusalem; and the Lord's power was there to heal them.

But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralysed man, I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy little couch and go to thine house.

And immediately standing up before them, having taken up that whereon he was laid, he departed to his house, glorifying God.

And Jesus answering said to them, They that are in sound health have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

And it came to pass on the second-first sabbath, that he went through cornfields, and his disciples were plucking the ears and eating them, rubbing them in their hands.

how he entered into the house of God and took the shewbread and ate, and gave to those also who were with him, which it is not lawful that any eat, unless the priests alone?

And it came to pass on another sabbath also that he entered into the synagogue and taught; and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.