Get up, let us go! Behold, the one who is betraying me is approaching!"

And while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve apostles, came with a large crowd who were carrying swords and clubs. They had come from the leading priests and elders of the [Jewish] people.

Now the one who was betraying him had given them a sign, saying, "[The one] whom I kiss--he is [the one]. Arrest him!"

And behold, one of them, who were with Jesus, stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest, and smote off his ear.

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place! For all who take up the sword will die by the sword.

Now those who had arrested Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.

but they found none: and though many false witnesses came, it was not found sufficient. at last there came two false witnesses, who charg'd him with saying,

But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.

saying, "Prophesy for us, [you] Christ! Who is it who hit you?"

And [when he] went out to the gateway, another [female slave] saw him and said to those [who were] there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene."

And after a little [while] those who were standing there came up [and] said to Peter, "You really are [one] of them also, because even your accent {reveals who you are}."

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, who had said to him, Before the cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went forth without, and wept bitterly.

Then [when] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted [what he had done] [and] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders,

and said, "I have sinned, in betraying to death one who is innocent." "What does that matter to us?" they replied; it is your business."

So, they conferred together [and decided] to buy "The Potter's Field" with the money [Note: This was probably an abandoned field where clay had been obtained for making pottery], for use in burying people who were not from the local area.

Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, who said, "And they took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one who had been priced, [on] whom a price had been set by the sons of Israel,

And Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say so.

Now at each feast, the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd--the one whom they wanted.

So [after] they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you--Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?"

Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ? for he knew that out of envy they had delivered Him up.

Pilate said to them, "What then should I do [with] Jesus, the one who is called Christ?" They all said, "Let him be crucified!"

As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.

After they had crucified him, they determined who would get his clothes by throwing dice for them.

And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads

and saying, "The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild [it] in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

And in the same [way] even the robbers who were crucified with him were reviling him.

And some of those who were standing there, [when they] heard [it], said, "This man is summoning Elijah!"

And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,

Now the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus, [when they] saw the earthquake and the things that took place, were extremely frightened, saying, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

And there were many women there, observing from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him,

among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Now [when it] was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who also was a disciple of Jesus himself.

to whom Pilate replied, you have a guard, go then, and make it as secure as you can.

and, for fear of him, they who were keeping watch were thrown into a commotion, and became as dead men.

But the angel answered [and] said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

And as they were going, some of the guards who were come into the city, had told the chief priests all things which had happened.

who, after meeting and conferring with the elders, gave a considerable sum of money to the soldiers

Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,

He is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make the paths straight for Him.'"

John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.

And he was preaching, saying, "One [who is] more powerful than I is coming after me, of whom I am not worthy to bend down [and] untie the strap of his sandals.

I baptized you with water, but it is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

And there came a voice from heaven, "Thou art my dear son, in whom I delight."

And having advanced a little from there he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.

And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

And they were amazed at his teaching, because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like the scribes.

Just at that moment there was a man in their synagogue who was under the spell of a foul spirit, and so he screamed,

saying, "{Leave us alone}, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"

where Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, who presently acquainted Jesus with it.

Now [when it] was evening, when the sun had set, they began bringing to him all those {who were sick} and those who were demon-possessed.

And he healed many {who were sick} with various diseases and expelled many demons. And he did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And Simon and those [who were] with him searched diligently for him.

And there came a leper to him, who fell on his knees, and thus address'd him, "if you will, you can heal me."

And four men came to him with one on a bed who had no power of moving.

who finding it impossible to come nigh Him because of the press, uncovered the roof where He was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the cradle wherein the paralytic lay.

but there were certain of the Scribes sitting there, who were dissatisfied in their own minds, and said to themselves,

Why does this man say such things? he has no respect for God: from whom does forgiveness come but from God only?

And Jesus, who knew immediately in his spirit that they were thus reasoning within themselves, said unto them, Why do ye dispute these things in your hearts?

Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go?

While He was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were also guests with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him.

And when the scribes who belonged to the Pharisees' party saw that He was eating with notorious sinners and tax-collectors, they said to His disciples, "Why does He eat with tax-collectors and notorious sinners?"

And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.

And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

And he entered into the synagogue again, and a man who had a withered hand was there.

And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come into the middle."

and Jerusalem and Idumea and from the other side of the Jordan and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon a great many who had heard of the things he was doing came to him.

For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.

And he gave them special orders not to say who he was.

And he went up into the mountain, and sent for those whom it was his pleasure to have with him: and they went to him.

And He appointed the Twelve, to whom He gave the title, apostles, to be with Him, to send them forth to preach,

The Twelve whom He appointed were: Peter, the name which He gave to Simon,

and John the brother of James, (whom he had named Boanerges, that is to say, sons of thunder.)

And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

And they who were near to him, hearing of it, went out to secure him, - for they were saying - He is beside himself!

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.

No man who has got into a strong man's house can carry off his goods, without first securing him; and not till then will he plunder his house.

But the person who speaks against the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven, for he is guilty of a never ending sin."

And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?

And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!

"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."

Listen. Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow.

And he said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

The man who sows sows the word.

And they that are by the wayside, where the word is sown, are they to whom as soon as they have heard it, cometh immediately Satan and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;

And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

who hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

Let all who have ears to hear with hear.

And he said to them, Watch what ye hear. By what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you, and to those who hear, it will be added to you.

He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

He also was saying: "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground,

and He did not say anything to them without [using] a parable; He did, however, explain everything privately to His own disciples.

And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?

And when he came out of the boat, straightaway there met him out of the sepulchers a man with an unclean spirit who had his habitation among the sepulchers.

who {lived} among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him any longer, not even with a chain,

And those who fed the swine fled, and reported in the city and in the fields. And they came to see what it was that happened.