Now Jesus went round to all the cities, and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people.

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

These twelve Jesus sent on a mission, after giving them their instructions: "Go not," He said, "among the Gentiles, and enter no Samaritan town;

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

Heal sick people, raise people from the dead, restore health to those with infectious skin diseases, and drive out evil spirits. You have received [blessings] freely, [now] give them out freely.

Get you no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses;

no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

Now whatever village or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go out.

If no one welcomes you or listens to your words, as you leave that house or town, shake its dust off your feet.

"Pay attention, now! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as serpents and as innocent as doves.

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into another; for truly I say to you, In no way shall you have finished the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.

No pupil is better than his teacher, and no slave is better than his master.

“So do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed [at the judgment], or kept secret that will not be made known [at the judgment].

And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

And now are all the hairs of your heads numbered.

Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.

But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.

No one who loves father or mother more than he loves me is worthy of me, and no one who loves son or daughter more than he loves me is worthy of me,

and no one who will not take up his cross and follow me is worthy of me.

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.

Now [as] these were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

If not, what did you go out there to see? A man dressed in silks and satins? No, people who dress in that way are found in the palaces of kings.

“I assure you: Among those born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has appeared, but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

For all the prophets, and the law, did no more than prophesy, till John came:

We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.

For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

And now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, they are saying 'Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and outcasts!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions."

"Alas for thee, Chorazin!" He cried. "Alas for thee, Bethsaida! For had the mighty works been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in both of you, they would long ere now have repented, covered with sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.

All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

now I tell you, that the work now in hand, is of greater consequence than that of the temple.

And if you knew what this means, 'It is mercy I desire, not sacrifice', you would not have condemned those who are without guilt.

Now a man with a withered hand was there; so in order to get a charge against him they asked him, "Is it right to heal on the sabbath?"

Of how much more worth now is a man than a sheep! So then it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.

But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

??n fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah,

He will not argue or shout,
and no one will hear His voice in the streets.

Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.

And all the crowds of people were dumbfounded, and began to say, "He is by no means the Son of David, is He?"

But when the Pharisees heard that, they said, "This fellow driveth the devils no other wise out, but by the help of Beelzebub the chief of the devils."

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

Now if Satan is driving out Satan, he has become disunited; how then can his kingdom last?

But if I through the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come nigh unto you.

He that is no with me, is, against me, - and, he that gathereth not with me, scattereth

This is why I tell you that men may find forgiveness for every other sin and impious word, but that for impious speaking against the Holy Spirit they shall find no forgiveness.

And whosoever speaketh a word against the son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the holy ghost, it shall not be forgiven him: no, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here.

The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.

"Now whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find [it].

Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean.

Now while he was talking to the people, his mother and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak with him.

Now on the same day, Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea-side:

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

Now when his disciples came up to him, they said,

He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

Now, listen to the parable of the sower.

but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended.

And the one on whom seed was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the worries and distractions of the world and the deceitfulness [the superficial pleasures and delight] of riches choke the word, and it yields no fruit.

As for him who is sown 'on good soil,' that is the man who hears the word and understands it; he bears fruit, producing now a hundredfold, now sixty, and now thirtyfold."

Now when the blade shot forth, and produced the corn, then the tares also appeared.

But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.

Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Now when Jesus finished these parables, he moved on from there.

So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, "There is no prophet left without honour except in his own country and among his own family."

And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

For John had said to him 'You have no right to be living with her.'

Now Herod wanted to have him put to death, [but hesitated], fearing the crowd, because they considered John to be a prophet.

Now King Herod became very distressed [over such a gruesome request]; but because he had [promised with] oaths and [to look good in front of] his party guests, he ordered John's head to be given [to her].

and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought it nigh to her mother.

Now when Jesus heard it , he withdrew from thence in a boat, to a desert place apart: and when the multitudes heard thereof, they followed him on foot from the cities.

And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.

But Jesus said unto them, They have no need to go away; give ye them to eat.

Now those who ate were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

But instantly Jesus spoke to them, and said, "There is no danger; it is I; do not be afraid."

And when the men of that place knew him, they sent into all that region round about, and brought unto him all that were sick,

But you say, ‘If anyone says to his father or mother, “Whatever [money or resource that] I have that would help you is [already dedicated and] given to God,”

and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him foul; no, it is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him foul."

Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?

let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. now if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

He said, "Have even you no understanding yet?

Don't you know that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and then is expelled as waste?

But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.