As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you:

Now as he passed along the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Simon's brother Andrew netting fish in the sea ??for they were fishermen;

They then entered Capharnahum. As soon as the sabbath came, he at once began to teach in the synagogue;

Now when evening came, when the sun set, they brought him all who were ill or possessed by daemons ??33 indeed the whole town was gathered at the door ??34 and he cured many who were ill with various diseases and cast out many daemons; but as the daemons knew him he would not let them say anything.

but he said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the adjoining country-towns, so that I may preach there as well; that is why I came out here."

and as they could not get near Jesus on account of the crowd they tore up the roof under which he stood and through the opening they lowered the pallet on which the paralytic lay.

As he passed along he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me," and he rose and followed him.

Now Levi was at table in his own house, and he had many taxgatherers and sinners as guests along with Jesus and his disciples ??for there were many of them among his followers.

As the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were observing a fast, people came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples do not fast?"

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding fast while the bridegroom is beside them? As long as they have the bridegroom beside them they cannot fast.

Now it happened that he was passing through the cornfields on the sabbath, and as the disciples made their way through they began to pull the ears of corn.

and they watched to see if he would heal him on the sabbath, so as to get a charge against him.

Jerusalem, Idumaea, the other side of the Jordan, and the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon, as they had heard of his doings.

and as he sowed it chanced that some seed fell on the road, and the birds came and ate it up;

As for those 'on the road,' when the seed is sown there ??as soon as they hear it, Satan at once comes and carries off the word sown within them.

As for those who were sown 'on good soil,' these are the people who listen to the word and take it in and bear fruit at the rate of thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."

For he who has, to him shall more be given; while as for him who has not, from him shall be taken even what he has."

And he said, "It is with the Realm of God as when a man has sown seed on earth;

But whenever the crop is ready, he has the sickle put in at once, as harvest has come."

In many a parable like this he spoke the word to them, so far as they could listen to it;

so, leaving the crowd, they took him just as he was in the boat, accompanied by some other boats.

And as soon as he stepped out of the boat a man from the tombs came to meet him, a man with an unclean spirit

As he was stepping into the boat the lunatic begged that he might accompany him;

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd are pressing round you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"

They laughed at him. However, he put them all outside and taking the father and mother of the child as well as his companions he went in to where the child was lying;

And if any place will not receive you and the people will not listen to you, shake off the very dust under your feet when you leave, as a warning to them."

The daughter of Herodias went in and danced to them, and Herod and his guests were so delighted that the king said to the girl, "Ask anything you like and I will give you it."

So she went out and said to her mother, "What am I to ask?" "John the Baptizer's head," she answered.

So when Jesus disembarked he saw a large crowd, and out of pity for them, as they were like sheep without a shepherd, he proceeded to teach them at length.

Then, as the day was far gone, his disciples came up to him, saying, "It is a desert place and the day is now far gone;

but when he saw them buffeted as they rowed (for the wind was against them) he went to them about the fourth watch of the night walking on the sea. He meant to pass them,

He said to them, "Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you hypocrites ??as it is written, This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me:

Yes, forsooth," he added, "you set aside what God commands, so as to maintain your own tradition.

and as they also had a few small fish, he blessed them too and told the disciples to serve them out as well.

He began to see and said, "I can make out people, for I see them as large as trees, moving."

What could a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?

and his clothes glistened white, vivid white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.

As they went down the hill, he forbade them to tell anyone what they had seen, till such time as the Son of man rose from the dead.

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, to restore all things; but what is written about the Son of man as well? This, that he is to endure great suffering and be rejected.

As for Elijah, I tell you he has come already, and they have done to him whatever they pleased ??as it is written of him."

Now as Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, he checked the unclean spirit. "Deaf and dumb spirit," he said, "leave him, I command you, and never enter him again."

But they did not understand what he said, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

Then he left and went to the territory of Judaea over the Jordan. Crowds gathered to him again, and again he taught them as usual.

but Jesus was angry when he saw this, and he said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

As he went out on the road a man ran up and knelt down before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit life eternal?"

who does not get a hundred times as much ??in this present world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and lands, together with persecutions, and in the world to come life eternal.

James and John, the sons of Zebedaeus, came up to him saying, "Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask you."

for the Son of man himself has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Then they reached Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a considerable crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, the blind beggar who sat beside the road,

saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you. As soon as you enter it you will find a colt tethered, on which no one has ever sat; untether it and bring it here.

So they answered as Jesus had told them, and the men allowed them to go.

Then he entered Jerusalem, entered the temple, and looked round at everything; but as it was late he went away with the twelve to Bethany.

Now as they passed in the morning they noticed the fig tree had withered to the root.

So I tell you, whatever you pray for and ask, believe you have got it and you shall have it.

Once more they came to Jerusalem. And as he was walking within the temple the high priests and scribes and elders came

Jesus said to them, "I am going to ask you a question. Answer this, and I will tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

Now they argued to themselves, "[What are we to say?] If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why did you not believe him.'

So they replied to Jesus, "We do not know." Jesus said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do."

As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, at the passage on the Bush, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?

The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other command greater than these."

Also, to love him with the whole heart, with the whole understanding, and with the whole strength, and to love one's neighbour as oneself ??that is far more than all holocausts and sacrifices."

And as Jesus taught in the temple he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is David's son?

As he went out of the temple one of his disciples said to him, "Look, teacher, what a size these stones and buildings are!"

And as he sat on the Hill of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him in private,

Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand;

The disciples went away into the city and found it was as he had told them. So they prepared the passover,

As they were at table eating, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me."

"One of the twelve," he told them, "one who is dipping into the same dish as I am.

And as they were eating he took a loaf, and after the blessing he broke and gave it to them, saying, "Take this, it means my body."

But he took Peter and James and John along with him; and as he began to feel appalled and agitated,

Again he went away and prayed in the same words as before;

Now as Peter was downstairs in the courtyard, a maidservant of the high priest came along,

So the crowd pressed up and started to ask him for his usual boon.

So, as Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, he released Bar-Abbas for them; Jesus he handed over to be crucified, after he had scourged him.

By this time it was evening, and as it was the day of Preparation (that is, the day before the sabbath)

Joseph of Arimathaea, a councillor of good position who himself was on the outlook for the Reign of God, ventured to go to Pilate and ask for the body of Jesus.

Go you and tell his disciples and Peter, 'He precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there, as he told you.'"

She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept;

After this he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking on their way to the country.