Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by a different road.

Then the saying was fulfilled which had been uttered by the prophet Jeremiah:

He went and settled in a town called Nazaret, so that what had been said by the prophets might be fulfilled: 'He shall be called a Nazarene.'

Now when Jesus had been baptized, the moment he rose out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove upon him.

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee; ??13 he left Nazaret and settled at Capharnahum beside the lake, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali

for the fulfilment of what had been said by the prophet Isaiah:

The fame of him spread all through the surrounding country, and people brought him all their sick, those who suffered from all manner of disease and pain, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics; he healed them all.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of goodness! the Realm of heaven is theirs.

But after the crowd had been put out, he went in and took her hand, and the girl rose up.

and when the daemon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke. Then the crowd marvelled; they said, "Such a thing has never been seen in Israel!"

Then he proceeded to upbraid the towns where his many miracles had been performed, because they would not repent.

"Woe to you, Khorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Had the miracles performed in you been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, O Capharnahum! Exalted to heaven? No, you will sink to Hades! ??for if the miracles performed in you had been performed in Sodom, Sodom would have lasted to this day.

All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father ??nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

charging them strictly not to make him known ??17 it was for the fulfilment of what had been said by the prophet Isaiah,

When anyone hears the word of the Realm and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; that is the man who is sown 'on the road.'

Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable ??35 to fulfil what had been said by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will speak out what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.

But you say, whoever tells his father or mother, 'This money might have been at your service but it is dedicated to God,'

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat. I will not send them away starving, in case they faint on the road."

There are eunuchs who have been eunuchs from their birth, there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Realm of heaven. Let anyone practice it for whom it is practicable."

When those who had been hired about five o'clock came, they got a shilling each.

"You shall drink my cup," said Jesus, "but it is not for me to grant seats at my right hand and at my left; these belong to the men for whom they have been destined by my Father."

This took place for the fulfilment of what had been spoken by the prophet,

Jesus answered, "I tell you truly, if you have faith, if you have no doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree but even if you say to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

and you say 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have joined them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now ??no and never shall be.

Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

"the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that."

The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

Then the word spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: and I took the thirty silver pieces, the price of him who had been priced, whom they had priced and expelled from the sons of Israel;

(He knew quite well that Jesus had been delivered up out of envy.

So the soldiers took the money and followed their instructions; and this story has been disseminated among the Jews down to the present day.

Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth;

After John had been arrested, Jesus went to Galilee preaching the gospel of God;

for he had often been bound with fetters and chains and had snapped the chains and broken the fetters ??nobody could tame him.

and when they reached Jesus they saw the lunatic sitting down, clothed and in his sober senses ??the man who had been possessed by 'Legion.' That frightened them.

But you say that if a man tells his father or mother, 'This money might have been at your service, but it is Korban' (that is, dedicated to God),

"I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat.

Jesus asked his father, "How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he said;

They said nothing, for on the road they had been disputing about which of them was the greatest.

but it is not for me to grant seats at my right or my left hand ??these belong to the men for whom they have been destined."

No, let us say, From men" ??but they were afraid of the multitude, for the people all held John had been really a prophet.

for those days will be days of misery, the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now ??no and never shall be.

This perfume might have been sold for over three hundred shillings, and the poor might have got that." So they upbraided her.

The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

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

Pilate was surprised that he was dead already; he summoned the captain and asked if he had been dead some time,

He, after buying a linen sheet, took him down and swathed him in the linen, laying him in a tomb which had been cut out of the rock and rolling a boulder up against the opening of the tomb.

But when they looked they saw the boulder had been rolled to one side,

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

but although they heard he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

exactly as these have been handed down to us by the original eyewitnesses who were in the service of the Gospel Message,

to let you know the solid truth of what you have been taught.

but the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zechariah, your prayer has been heard; your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you must call his name John.

The angel replied, "I am Gabriel, I stand before God; I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.

When they saw this they told people about the word which had been spoken to them about the child;

Then the shepherds went away back, glorifying and extolling God for all they had heard and seen as they had been told they would.

When the eight days had passed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus ??the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

indeed it had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he was not to see death before he had seen the Lord messiah.

and having been a widow for eighty-four years. She was never away from the temple; night and day she worshipped, fasting and praying.

When his parents saw him they were astounded, and his mother said to him, "My son, why have you behaved like this to us? Here have your father and I been looking for you anxiously!"

But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him for Herodias his brother's wife as well as for all the wickedness that he, Herod, had committed,

Now when all the people had been baptized and when Jesus had been baptized and was praying, heaven opened

and the devil said to him, "I will give you all their power and grandeur, for it has been made over to me and I can give it to anyone I choose.

Jesus answered him, "It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

Then he came to Nazaret, where he had been brought up, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue as was his custom. He stood up to read the lesson

Instantly he got up before them, lifted what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

He is like a man engaged in building a house, who dug deep down and laid his foundation on the rock; when a flood came, the river dashed against that house but could not shake it, for it had been well built.

(On hearing this all the people and the taxgatherers acknowledged the justice of God, as they had been baptized with the baptism of John;

and by some women who had been healed of evil spirits and illnesses, Mary called Magdalene (out of whom seven daemons had been driven),

(For he had charged the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many a time when it had seized hold of him, he had been fastened secure in fetters and chains, but he would snap his bonds and be driven by the daemon into the desert.)

So when the woman saw she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him she told before all the people why she had touched him and how she had been instantly cured.

Now Peter and his companions had been overpowered with sleep, but on waking up they saw his glory and the two men who were standing beside him.

Woe to you, Khorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! Had the miracles performed in you been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have been sitting penitent in sackcloth and ashes.

"All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

"When anyone invites you to a marriage-banquet," he said, "never lie down in the best place, in case a more distinguished guest than yourself has been invited;

When the servant announced, 'Your order has been carried out, sir, but there is still room,'

but he replied, 'Look at all the years I have been serving you! I have never neglected any of your orders, and yet you have never given me so much as a kid, to let me make merry with my friends.

We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "

However he secured the royal power and came home. Then he ordered the servants to be called who had been given the money, that he might find out what business they had done.

And that the dead are raised has been indicated by Moses in the passage on the Bush, when he calls the Lord 'God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob.'

The Son of man moves to his end indeed as it has been decreed, but woe to the man by whom he is betrayed!"

Herod and Pilate became friends that day ??previously they had been at enmity.

(This was a man who had been put into prison on account of a riot which had taken place in the city and also on a charge of murder.)

he released the man they wanted, the man who had been imprisoned for riot and murder, and Jesus he handed over to their will.

One of the criminals who had been hung also abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well."

He then took it down, wrapped it in linen, and put it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.

and one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, "Are you a lone stranger in Jerusalem, not to know what has been happening there?"

For we have all been receiving grace after grace from his fulness;

Nobody has ever seen God, but God has been unfolded by the divine One, the only Son, who lies upon the Father's breast.

Now it was some of the Pharisees who had been sent to him;

and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

and when the disciples recalled what he had said, after he had been raised from the dead, they believed the scripture and the word of Jesus.

And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;