And great crowds followed Him, coming from Galilee, from the Ten Towns, from Jerusalem, and from beyond the district on the other side of the Jordan.

Be joyful and triumphant, because your reward is great in the Heavens; for so were the Prophets before you persecuted.

Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens.

Come to terms without delay with your opponent while you are yet with him on the way to the court; for fear he should obtain judgement from the magistrate against you, and the magistrate should give you in custody to the officer and you be thrown into prison.

nor by the earth, for it is the footstool under His feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the City of the Great King.

"Sir," he said, "my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, and is suffering great pain."

Jesus listened to this reply, and was astonished, and said to the people following Him, "I solemnly tell you that in no Israelite have I found faith as great as this.

Seeing great crowds about Him Jesus had given directions to cross to the other side of the Lake,

But suddenly there arose a great storm on the Lake, so that the waves threatened to engulf the boat; but He was asleep.

Entering the Ruler's house, Jesus saw the flute-players and the crowd loudly wailing,

When however the place was cleared of the crowd, Jesus went in, and on His taking the little girl by the hand, she rose up.

Aware of this, Jesus departed elsewhere; and a great number of people followed Him, all of whom He cured.

While He was still addressing the people His mother and His brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring to speak to Him.

"O woman," replied Jesus, "great is your faith: be it done to you as you desire." And from that moment her daughter was restored to health.

Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. And He cured them,

But Jesus called them to Him, and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant,

As they were leaving Jericho, an immense crowd following Him,

and most of the crowd kept spreading their garments along the road, while others cut branches from the trees and carpeted the road with them,

All the crowd heard this, and were filled with amazement at His teaching.

"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;

for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly never will be again.

Then will appear the Sign of the Son of Man in the sky; and then will all the nations of the earth lament, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with great power and glory.

Then the High Priests and Elders of the People assembled in the court of the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas,

He had scarcely finished speaking when Judas came--one of the Twelve--accompanied by a great crowd of men armed with swords and bludgeons, sent by the High Priests and Elders of the People.

And Peter kept following Him at a distance, till he came even to the court of the High Priest's palace, where he entered and sat down among the officers to see the issue.

Peter meanwhile was sitting outside in the court of the palace, when one of the maidservants came over to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilaean."

The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus.

and sat down there on guard.

As for the Captain and the soldiers who were with Him keeping guard over Jesus, when they witnessed the earthquake and the other occurrences they were filled with terror, and exclaimed, "Assuredly he was God's Son."

He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door of the tomb he went home.

"You can have a guard," said Pilate: "go and make all safe, as best you can."

So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone besides setting the guard.

But to their amazement there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had descended from Heaven, and had come and rolled back the stone, and was sitting upon it.

Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

Accordingly Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the Lake, and a vast crowd of people from Galilee followed Him;

and from Judaea and Jerusalem and Idumaea and from beyond the Jordan and from the district of Tyre and Sidon there came to Him a vast crowd, hearing of all that He was doing.

And He went into a house. But again the crowd assembled, so that there was no opportunity for them even to snatch a meal.

Now a crowd was sitting round Him; so they tell Him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, inquiring for you."

yet when sown it springs up and becomes larger than all the herbs, and throws out great branches, so that the birds build under its shadow."

So they got away from the crowd, and took Him--as He was--in the boat; and other boats accompanied Him.

Feeding there, on the mountain slope, was a great herd of swine.

And Jesus went with him. And a dense crowd followed Him, and thronged Him on all sides.

heard of Jesus. And she came in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak;

Immediately Jesus, well knowing that healing power had gone from within Him, turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

Others asserted that He was Elijah. Others again said, "He is a Prophet, like one of the great Prophets."

for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening.

At length Herodias found her opportunity. Herod on his birthday gave a banquet to the nobles of his court and to the tribunes and the principal people in Galilee,

He at once sent a soldier of his guard with orders to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Immediately afterwards He made His disciples go on board the boat and cross over to Bethsaida, leaving Him behind to dismiss the crowd.

After He had left the crowd and gone indoors, His disciples began to ask Him about this figure of speech.

So Jesus taking him aside, apart from the crowd, put His fingers into his ears, and spat, and moistened his tongue;

About that time there was again an immense crowd, and they found themselves with nothing to eat. So He called His disciples to Him.

If I were to send them home hungry, they would faint on the way, some of them having come a great distance."

"Where can we possibly get bread here in this remote place to satisfy such a crowd?" answered His disciples.

and when He admonished them, "See to it, be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod,"

Then calling to Him the crowd and also His disciples, He said to them, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.

As they came to rejoin the disciples, they saw an immense crowd surrounding them and a party of Scribes disputing with them.

"Rabbi," answered one of the crowd, "I have brought you my son. He has a dumb spirit in him;

Then Jesus, seeing that an increasing crowd was running towards Him, rebuked the foul spirit, and said to it, "Dumb and deaf spirit, *I* command you, come out of him and never enter into him again."

At these words his brow darkened, and he went away sad; for he was possessed of great wealth.

Jesus, however, called them to Him and said to them, "You are aware how those who are deemed rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men make them feel their authority;

but it is not to be so among you. No, whoever desires to be great among you must be your servant;

They came to Jericho; and as He was leaving that town--Himself and His disciples and a great crowd--Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus)

Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be bowed to in places of public resort,

"You see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied; "not one stone will be left here upon another--not thrown down."

"You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.

But as for yourselves, be on your guard: I have forewarned you of everything.

And then will they see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

Immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came and with him a crowd of men armed with swords and cudgels, sent by the High Priests and Scribes and Elders.

Peter followed Jesus at a distance, as far as the outer court of the High Priest's palace. But there he remained sitting among the officers, and warming himself by the fire.

But he denied it, and said, "I don't know--I don't understand--What do you mean?" And then he went out into the outer court. Just then a cock crowed.

But the High Priests urged on the crowd to obtain Barabbas's release in preference;

Then the soldiers led Him away into the court of the Palace (the Praetorium)

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; no wine or fermented drink shall he ever drink; but he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth.

He will be great and He will be called 'Son of the Most High.' And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David;

Because the mighty One has done great things for me--Holy is His name!--

and her neighbours and relatives heard how the Lord had had great compassion on her; and they rejoiced with her.

But the angel said to them, "Put away all fear; for I am bringing you good news of great joy--joy for all the People.

There was also Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, belonging to the tribe of Asher. She was of a very great age, having had after her maidenhood seven years of married life,

He will give orders to His angels concerning thee, to guard thee safely;'

On one occasion the crowd was pressing on Him and listening to God's Message, while He was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.

and going on board one of them, which was Simon's He asked him to push out a little from land. Then He sat down and taught the crowd of people from the boat.

But all the more the report about Him spread abroad, and great multitudes crowded to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

But when they could find no way of doing so because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiling--bed and all--into the midst, in front of Jesus.

Levi also gave a great entertainment at his house in honour of Jesus, and there was a large party of tax-gatherers and others at table with them.

With these He came down till He reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a multitude of people from every part of Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the sea-side district of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

The whole crowd were eager to touch Him, because power went forth from him and cured every one.

"Be glad at such a time, and dance for joy; for your reward is great in Heaven; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the Prophets!

Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Jesus listened to the Captain's message and was astonished at him, and He turned and said to the crowd that followed Him, "I tell you that not even in Israel have I found faith like that."

Shortly afterwards He went to a town called Nain, attended by His disciples and a great crowd of people.

And just as He reached the gate of the town, they happened to be bringing out for burial a dead man who was his mother's only son; and she was a widow; and a great number of the townspeople were with her.

All were awe-struck, and they gave glory to God--some saying, "A Prophet, a great Prophet, has risen up among us." Others said, "God has not forgotten His People."

And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.

Then came to Him His mother and His brothers, but could not get near Him for the crowd.

But He was told, "Your mother and brothers are standing on the edge of the crowd, and want to see you."

For already He had been commanding the foul spirit to come out of the man. For many a time it had seized and held him, and they had repeatedly put him in chains and fetters and kept guard over him, but he used to break the chains to pieces, and, impelled by the demon, to escape into the Desert.

"What is your name?" Jesus asked him. "Legion," he replied--because a great number of demons had entered into him;