But when the Scribes of the Pharisee sect saw Him eating with the sinners and the tax-gatherers, they said to His disciples, "He is eating and drinking with the tax-gatherers and sinners!"

When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

No one mends an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away from it--the new from the old--and a worse hole would be made.

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

But he said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those who were with him:

How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

But He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up in the crowd."

And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

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.

Then the Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians [to plot] against Him, as to how they might [fabricate some legal grounds to] put Him to death.

But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,

And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him:

But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was.

And he put on Simon the name Peter;

and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he put on them names -- Boanerges, that is, 'Sons of thunder;'

Then He came to a house [in Capernaum], and a crowd formed again, so [many people] that Jesus and His disciples could not even eat a meal [together].

But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and "It is by the prince of daemons that he casts out daemons."

So He called them to Himself and spoke to them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan?

And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

But no one can enter into the house of the strong man , and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man ; and then he will spoil his house.

But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:

And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.

And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,

A man went out to put seed in the earth:

Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Some of the seed fell among brambles; but the brambles shot up and completely choked it, and it yielded no return.

But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."

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 unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

so that they will continually look but not see, and they will continually hear but not understand, otherwise they might turn [from their rejection of the truth] and be forgiven.”

but if, said he, you don't comprehend this easy parable, how can ye understand any of the rest?

And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

And these are they likewise who have received the seed on stony ground, who when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy: But have not root in themselves, and so indure but for a time:

And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

because whoever has something, will have more given to him. But whoever has nothing, even what he has will be taken away."

And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know.

But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

And he was saying - How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or, in what parable, shall we put it?

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

And in many such parables spake He the word to them, as they had ability to hear it: but spake not to them without a parable.

But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

And leaving the multitude, they take him with them, even as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

But Jesus was in the stern, asleep [with His head] on the [sailor’s leather] cushion. And they woke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are about to die?”

But they were struck with great awe, and said to one another: "Who can this be that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

And when he was come out of the boat, straightway there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

For he had often been bound with shackles [for the feet] and with chains, and he tore apart the chains and broke the shackles into pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue and tame him.

And always both night and day he cried in the mountains and in the graves and beat himself with stones.

But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

And as he was entering into the boat, he that had been possessed with demons besought him that he might be with him.

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

But the man went away and began telling people throughout Decapolis about all of the great things Jesus had done for him. [Note: "Decapolis" means "ten cities" and was a region located east of the Jordan River].

And when Jesus had crossed over again in the boat unto the other side, a great multitude was gathered unto him; and he was by the sea.

And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

And there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years ??26 she had suffered a great deal under a number of doctors and had spent all her means but was none the better; in fact she was rather worse.

And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

When she had news of the things which Jesus did, went among the people coming after him, and put her hand on his robe.

For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

But the disciples kept saying to Him, "You see the crowd jostling you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"

But He continued looking about to see the person who had done this,

But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

But he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be well from your suffering."

But Jesus, not heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe.

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

And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

but He gave strict injunctions that the matter should not be made known, and directed them to give her something to eat.

But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

and he was not able there any mighty work to do, except on a few infirm people having put hands he did heal them;

[But] He marveled at the people's lack of faith. So, He traveled and taught throughout the [surrounding] villages.

And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets;

But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.

And He continued to say to them, "Whenever you put up at a house, stay there until you leave that place.

But wherever they will not receive you or listen to you, when you leave shake off the very dust from under your feet to bear witness concerning them."

And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well.

And king Herod heard of him (for his name was spread abroad), and he said, John the Baptizer hath risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him. But others said, It is Elijah.

But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even as one of the prophets.

But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

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.

Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

for, Herod, stood in fear of John, knowing him to be a man righteous and holy, - and was keeping him safe; and, when he heard him, he paid earnest heed, and, with pleasure, used to listen to him.

But an opportune time [finally] came [for Herodias]. Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his officials (nobles, courtiers) and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give it to you; up to half of my kingdom.”

But she went out, and said to her mother: What shall I ask? She replied: The head of John the Immerser.

And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her.

but immediately dispatch'd the proper officer with orders to bring the head of John the Baptist.

And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place.

And they went away in the boat to a desert place apart.

Many [people] saw them leaving, and recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the [surrounding] cities, and got there ahead of them.

And getting out [of the boat] he saw the large crowd and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep {without} a shepherd, and he began to teach them many [things].

but as the day was far advanc'd, his disciples came to him, and said, this is a desart place, and it is now late.