The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.

And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.

And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.

But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,)

And he got up, and straight away took up the bed and went out before them all, so that they were all full of wonder, and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this.

And when he went by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and he said to him, Come with me. And he got up, and went with him.

So that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.

And to James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, he gave the second name of Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:

And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

There is nothing covered which will not be seen openly, and nothing has been made secret which will not come to light.

And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.

And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.

And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.

And he was very sad in spirit, and said, Why is this generation looking for a sign? truly, I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.

And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.

Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.

And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

Saying, See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given up to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will give an order for his death, and will give him up to the Gentiles:

For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

And they came to Jericho: and when he was going out of Jericho, with his disciples and a great number of people, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind man, was seated by the wayside, with his hand out for money.

And when it came to his ears that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he gave a cry, and said, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

And some of them, turning in protest, gave him an order to be quiet: but he went on crying out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

David himself gives him the name of Lord; and how then is he his son? And the common people gave ear to him gladly.

Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done.

But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

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

But of that day or that hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father.

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.

And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.

Now he who had been false to him had given them a sign, saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he; take him, and get him away safely.

But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?

And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.

And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put.

And they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it.

And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.

And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.