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 Peter was put in mind of the declaration of Jesus, of his having said - Before a cock crow, thrice, wilt thou utterly deny me; and, going forth outside, he wept bitterly.

Now [when it] was early morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put him to death.

Then when Judas, which betrayed him, saw that he was condemned, he repented himself; and brought again the thirty plates of silver to the chief priests and elders,

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.

Therefore that field was called the field of blood, to this day.

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.

And {when he was being accused} by the chief priests and elders he answered nothing.

And he did not reply to him, not even with reference to one statement, so that the governor was very astonished.

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

And they had then an important prisoner, whose name was Barabbas.

for he was sensible that they had delivered him up out of meer envy.

And [while] he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent [a message] to him, saying, "{Have nothing to do with that righteous man}, for I have suffered much as a result of a dream today because of him.")

So Pilate, [when he] saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but instead an uproar was developing, took water [and] washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man. You see to [it]!"

They stripped off His clothing and placed a scarlet robe on Him [Note: Mark 15:17 calls this a "purple" robe because in that day, any color with a mixture of "red" in it was often called "purple," so the use of "scarlet" was appropriate].

As they were leaving [i.e., probably the city of Jerusalem], they met a man from Cyrene [Note: This was a city in the northern African country of Libya]. His name was Simon and they forced him to go with them so he could carry Jesus' cross [i.e., probably only the cross-beam portion].

And when they had come to the place called Golgotha, which means "the place of a skull" [i.e., probably because it was a skull-shaped knoll in appearance],

And they gave Him vinegar mingled with gall to drink: and tasting, He was not willing to drink it.

When they had crucified him, they parted his garments, and did cast lots. To fulfill that was spoken by the prophet, "They divided my garments among them: and upon my vesture did cast lots."

And they placed above his head the charge that was made against him, written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

he relied upon God; if he be such a favourite, let God then deliver him: for he us'd to say he was the son of God.

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour;

and immediately, one of them having run, and having taken a spunge, having filled it with vinegar, and having put it on a reed, was giving him to drink,

And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook and the rocks were split.

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!"

among whom was Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, 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.

But Mary of Magdala was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the sepulchre.

Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

saying, "Sir, we remember that [while] that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise.'

Command, therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest peradventure his disciples come, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from death: And then the last error shall be worse than the first was."

"You may have a guard," was Pilate's reply; "go and make the tomb as secure as you can."

So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.

Now late on sabbath, as it was the dusk of the next day after sabbath, came Mary of Magdala and the other Mary to look at the sepulchre.

And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came up [and] rolled away the stone and sat down on it.

Now his appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow.

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.

He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come, see the place where he was lying.

And after going quickly, tell his disciples, He was raised from the dead, and lo, he goes before you into Galilee. There ye will see him. Behold, I have told you.

And having taken the silver pieces, they did as they were instructed. And this saying was spread abroad among the Jews until this day.

And Jesus having come, he spoke to them, saying, All authority in heaven and on earth was given to me.

It was even written in Isaiah, the prophet [Note: Verse

John was there baptizing in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

And John was dressed in camel's hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

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.

And it happened that in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.

And immediately [as he] was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens being split apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.

when this voice from heaven was heard, "thou art my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased."

And immediately the Spirit leadeth him out into the wilderness. And he was there in the wilderness forty days,

And he was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

But after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom of God,

And [as he] was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting [a net] into the sea (for they were fishermen).

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 go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching,

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

And so then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

and every one was amazed so that they began questioning among themselves. "What does this mean? A new teaching with authority? He lays commands even upon unclean spirits and they obey him."

Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, suffering with a fever, and at once they told him about her.

and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

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 the whole town was gathered together at the door.

And He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and would not let the demons speak a word, because they knew who He was.

And getting up early in the morning [while it was] very dark, he departed and went to a deserted place, and there he was praying.

He was praying there when Simon and his companions hunted him out

and he said unto them, let us go into the neighbouring villages, that I may preach there likewise, for that was the design of my coming.

And he was preaching in their synagogues in the whole of Galilee, and casting out demons.

And His heart was moved with pity for him, so He stretched out His hand and touched him, and said, "I do want to! Be cured!"

And immediately the leprosy went away from him and he was made clean.

But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house.

And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.

And they come to him, bringing one sick with the palsy, who was borne by four.

And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.

Then he got up and at once picked up his pallet, and went out before them all. The result was that they were all dumbfounded and began to praise God and say, "We have never seen anything like this before."

And he went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he began to teach them.

And [as he] was passing by, he saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he stood up [and] followed him.

And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

It was customary for the Pharisees, and the disciples of John, to fast; they came therefore and ask'd him, why do John's disciples, and the Pharisees fast so frequently, and not your disciples?

"No one sows a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because what was supposed to cover the hole [actually] makes it larger. The new [piece of cloth] tears away from the old one and the hole is made worse.

And it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.

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 said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

And he went again into the Synagogue; and there was a man there whose hand was dead.

And He said to the man whose hand was deformed, "Step forward."

And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.

and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and the other side of the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon a great crowd came to him [because they] heard all that he was doing.

So he told his disciples to have a small boat ready; it was to prevent him being crushed by the crowd,

and the impure spirits, as soon as they beheld him, were falling down to him, and crying aloud, while he was speaking, Thou, art the Son of God!

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.

there was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter,

And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

And again the crowds gathered so that it was not possible for them even to take their meals.

and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said that he was possessed by Beelzebub and drove out demons by the help of the prince of demons.

And he called them to himself [and] was speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan expel Satan?