^6:1And he went away from there, and came into his country; and his disciples went with him. ^6:2And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands? ^6:3Is 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. ^6:4And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family. ^6:5And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well. ^6:6And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching. ^6:7And he gave orders to the twelve, and sent them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits; ^6:8And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets; ^6:9They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats. ^6:10And he said to them, Wherever you go into a house, make that your resting-place till you go away. ^6:11And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them. ^6:12And they went out, preaching the need for a change of heart in men. ^6:13And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well. ^6:14And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him. ^6:15But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets. ^6:16But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead. ^6:17For 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. ^6:18For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife. ^6:19And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able; ^6:20For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly. ^6:21And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee; ^6:22And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you. ^6:23And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom. ^6:24And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. ^6:25And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist. ^6:26And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her. ^6:27And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison, ^6:28And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. ^6:29And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place. ^6:30And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching. ^6:31And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food. ^6:32And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves. ^6:33And the people saw them going, and a number of them, having knowledge who they were, went running there together on foot from all the towns, and got there before them. ^6:34And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things. ^6:35And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late: ^6:36Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves. ^6:37But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them? ^6:38And 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. ^6:39And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass. ^6:40And they were placed in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. ^6:41And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all. ^6:42And they all took of the food and had enough. ^6:43And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes. ^6:44And those who took of the bread were five thousand men. ^6:45And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away. ^6:46And after he had sent them away, he went up into a mountain for prayer. ^6:47And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land. ^6:48And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them; ^6:49But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry: ^6:50For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear. ^6:51And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves; ^6:52For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard. ^6:53And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land. ^6:54And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him, ^6:55And went running through all the country round about, and took on their beds those who were ill, to where it was said that he was. ^6:56And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who were ill into the market-places, requesting him that they might put their hands even on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

^7:1And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, ^7:2And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. ^7:3Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them: ^7:4And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels. ^7:5And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands? ^7:6And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me. ^7:7But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men. ^7:8For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men. ^7:9And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you. ^7:10For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death: ^7:11But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God, ^7:12You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother; ^7:13Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do. ^7:14And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you: ^7:15There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean. ^7:16[] ^7:17And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying. ^7:18And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean, ^7:19Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean. ^7:20And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean. ^7:21Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures, ^7:22The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts: ^7:23All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean. ^7:24And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret. ^7:25But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet. ^7:26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter. ^7:27And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs. ^7:28But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children. ^7:29And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter. ^7:30And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the evil spirit gone out. ^7:31And again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis. ^7:32And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him. ^7:33And he took him on one side from the people privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he put water from his mouth on the man's tongue with his finger; ^7:34And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open. ^7:35And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear. ^7:36And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much the more they made it public. ^7:37And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.

^8:1In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them, ^8:2I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food; ^8:3If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far. ^8:4And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place? ^8:5And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes. ^8:6And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people. ^8:7And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way. ^8:8And they took the food, and had enough; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken bits. ^8:9And there were about four thousand people: and he sent them away. ^8:10And he got into the boat with his disciples straight away, and came into the country of Dalmanutha. ^8:11And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him. ^8:12And 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. ^8:13And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side. ^8:14And they had taken no thought to get bread; and they had only one cake of bread with them in the boat. ^8:15And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. ^8:16And they said to one another, We have no bread. ^8:17And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard? ^8:18Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory? ^8:19When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve. ^8:20And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven. ^8:21And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you? ^8:22And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him. ^8:23And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything? ^8:24And looking up, he said, I see men; I see them like trees, walking. ^8:25Then again he put his hands on his eyes; and looking hard, he was able to see, and saw all things clearly. ^8:26And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town. ^8:27And Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the little towns round Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he put a question to his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am? ^8:28And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets. ^8:29And he said to them, But who do you say I am? Peter said in answer, You are the Christ. ^8:30And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone. ^8:31And 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. ^8:32And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting. ^8:33But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men. ^8:34And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me. ^8:35Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it. ^8:36What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? ^8:37And what would a man give in exchange for his life? ^8:38Whoever 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.

^9:1And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power. ^9:2And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them: ^9:3And his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it. ^9:4And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. ^9:5And Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. ^9:6Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear. ^9:7And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him. ^9:8And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any longer, but Jesus only with themselves. ^9:9And 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. ^9:10And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be. ^9:11And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first? ^9:12And 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? ^9:13But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him. ^9:14And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them. ^9:15And straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and running to him, gave him worship. ^9:16And he said, What are you questioning them about? ^9:17And 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; ^9:18And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able. ^9:19And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me. ^9:20And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips. ^9:21And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child. ^9:22And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help. ^9:23And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith. ^9:24Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger. ^9:25And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him. ^9:26And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead. ^9:27But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up. ^9:28And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out? ^9:29And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer. ^9:30And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it; ^9:31For 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. ^9:32But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it. ^9:33And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way? ^9:34But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest. ^9:35And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all. ^9:36And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them, ^9:37Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me. ^9:38John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us. ^9:39But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me. ^9:40He who is not against us is for us. ^9:41Whoever gives you a cup of water, because you are Christ's, truly I say to you, he will in no way be without his reward. ^9:42And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea. ^9:43And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire. ^9:44[] ^9:45And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell. ^9:46[] ^9:47And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell, ^9:48Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out. ^9:49Everyone will be salted with fire. ^9:50Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

^10:1And he got up, and went into the country of Judaea on the other side of Jordan: and great numbers of people came together to him again; and, as was his way, he gave them teaching. ^10:2And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife? ^10:3And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do? ^10:4And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her. ^10:5But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law. ^10:6But from the first, male and female made he them. ^10:7For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; ^10:8And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. ^10:9Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man. ^10:10And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing. ^10:11And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife; ^10:12And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband. ^10:13And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them. ^10:14And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God. ^10:15Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all. ^10:16And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them. ^10:17And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life? ^10:18And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God. ^10:19You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother. ^10:20And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young. ^10:21And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me. ^10:22But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property. ^10:23And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God! ^10:24And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God! ^10:25It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God. ^10:26And they were greatly surprised, saying to him, Who then may have salvation? ^10:27Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God. ^10:28Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you. ^10:29Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news, ^10:30Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life. ^10:31But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first. ^10:32And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were full of wonder; but those who came after him were in fear. And again he took the twelve, and gave them word of the things which were to come on him, ^10:33Saying, 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: ^10:34And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead. ^10:35And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Master, will you give us whatever may be our request? ^10:36And he said to them, What would you have me do for you? ^10:37And they said to him, Let us be seated, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory. ^10:38But Jesus said to them, You have no knowledge of what you are saying. Are you able to take of my cup? or to undergo the baptism which I am to undergo? ^10:39And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, You will take of the cup from which I take; and the baptism which I am about to undergo you will undergo: ^10:40But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready. ^10:41And hearing this, the ten became very angry with James and John. ^10:42And Jesus made them come to him, and said to them, You see that those who are made rulers over the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them. ^10:43But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant: ^10:44And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all. ^10:45For 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. ^10:46And 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. ^10:47And 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. ^10:48And 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. ^10:49And Jesus came to a stop and said, Let him come. And crying out to the blind man, they said to him, Be comforted: come, he has sent for you. ^10:50And he, putting off his coat, got up quickly, and came to Jesus. ^10:51And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see. ^10:52And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.

^11:1And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Beth-phage and Bethany, at the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, ^11:2And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him. ^11:3And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord has need of him and will send him back straight away. ^11:4And they went away and saw a young ass by the door outside in the open street; and they were getting him loose. ^11:5And some of those who were there said to them, What are you doing, taking the ass? ^11:6And they said to them the words which Jesus had said; and they let them go. ^11:7And they took the young ass to Jesus, and put their clothing on him, and he got on his back. ^11:8And a great number put down their clothing in the way; and others put down branches which they had taken from the fields. ^11:9And those who went in front, and those who came after, were crying, Glory: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: ^11:10A blessing on the coming kingdom of our father David: Glory in the highest. ^11:11And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. ^11:12And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food. ^11:13And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit. ^11:14And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words. ^11:15And they came to Jerusalem; and he went into the Temple, and sent out those who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who were offering doves for money; ^11:16And he would not let any man take a vessel through the Temple. ^11:17And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves. ^11:18And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching. ^11:19And every evening he went out of the town. ^11:20And when they were going by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dead from the roots. ^11:21And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead. ^11:22And Jesus, answering, said to them, Have God's faith. ^11:23Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire. ^11:24For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it. ^11:25And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven. ^11:26[] ^11:27And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority: ^11:28And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things? ^11:29And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things. ^11:30The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? give me an answer. ^11:31And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him? ^11:32But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet. ^11:33And they said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

^12:1And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country. ^12:2And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden. ^12:3And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing. ^12:4And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him. ^12:5And he sent another; and they put him to death: and a number of others, whipping some, and putting some to death. ^12:6He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son. ^12:7But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours. ^12:8And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden. ^12:9What then will the master of the garden do? He will come and put the workmen to death, and will give the garden into the hands of others. ^12:10Have 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: ^12:11This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes? ^12:12And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him. ^12:13Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick. ^12:14And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not? ^12:15Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it. ^12:16And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's. ^12:17And Jesus said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's. And they were full of wonder at him. ^12:18And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying, ^12:19Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother. ^12:20There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring; ^12:21And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same: ^12:22And all the seven had no seed. Last of all the woman herself came to her death. ^12:23In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife. ^12:24Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God? ^12:25When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven. ^12:26But 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? ^12:27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error. ^12:28And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all? ^12:29Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; ^12:30And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. ^12:31The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these. ^12:32And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he: ^12:33And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings. ^12:34And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more. ^12:35And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? ^12:36David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put those who are against you under your feet. ^12:37David himself gives him the name of Lord; and how then is he his son? And the common people gave ear to him gladly. ^12:38And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places, ^12:39And to have the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts; ^12:40Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly. ^12:41And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much. ^12:42And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing. ^12:43And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box: ^12:44Because they all put in something out of what they had no need for; but she out of her need put in all she had, even all her living.

^13:1And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings! ^13:2And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned. ^13:3And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew said to him privately, ^13:4Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done. ^13:5And Jesus said to them, Take care that you are not tricked by anyone. ^13:6People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way. ^13:7And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end. ^13:8Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles. ^13:9But 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. ^13:10And the good news has first to be given to all the nations. ^13:11And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit. ^13:12And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death. ^13:13And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation. ^13:14But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains: ^13:15And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house: ^13:16And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat. ^13:17And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days. ^13:18And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter. ^13:19For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again. ^13:20And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short. ^13:21And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it: ^13:22Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way. ^13:23But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time. ^13:24But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light, ^13:25And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved. ^13:26And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory. ^13:27And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven. ^13:28Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near; ^13:29Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors. ^13:30Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete. ^13:31Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end. ^13:32But of that day or that hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father. ^13:33Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be. ^13:34It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch. ^13:35So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning; ^13:36For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping. ^13:37And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

^14:1It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death: ^14:2But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear there may be trouble among the people. ^14:3And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head. ^14:4But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted? ^14:5We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves. ^14:6But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me. ^14:7The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever. ^14:8She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place. ^14:9And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her. ^14:10And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them. ^14:11And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them. ^14:12And on the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover lamb is put to death, his disciples said to him, Where are we to go and make ready for you to take the Passover meal? ^14:13And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, Go into the town, and there will come to you a man with a vessel of water: go after him; ^14:14And wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house, The Master says, Where is my guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples? ^14:15And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us. ^14:16And the disciples went out and came into the town, and saw that it was as he had said: and they made ready the Passover. ^14:17And when it was evening he came with the twelve. ^14:18And while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me. ^14:19They were sad, and said to him one by one, Is it I? ^14:20And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate. ^14:21The 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. ^14:22And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body. ^14:23And he took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them: and they all had a drink from it. ^14:24And he said to them, This is my blood of the testament, which is given for men. ^14:25Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of God. ^14:26And after a song of praise to God they went out to the Mountain of Olives. ^14:27And Jesus said to them, You will all be turned away from me: for it is in the Writings, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight. ^14:28But after I have come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee. ^14:29But Peter said to him, Though the others may be turned away from you, I will not. ^14:30And Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you that you, today, even this night, before the cock's second cry, will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. ^14:31But he said with passion, If I have to be put to death with you, I will not be false to you. And they all said the same. ^14:32And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Be seated here while I say a prayer. ^14:33And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him. ^14:34And he said to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: be here a little time, and keep watch. ^14:35And he went forward a little, and falling down on the earth, made request that, if possible, the hour might go from him. ^14:36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: but even so let not my pleasure, but yours be done. ^14:37And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour? ^14:38Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble. ^14:39And again he went away, and said a prayer, using the same words. ^14:40And again he came and saw them sleeping, because their eyes were very tired; and they had nothing to say in answer. ^14:41And 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. ^14:42Get up, let us be going; see, he who gives me up is near. ^14:43And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority. ^14:44Now 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. ^14:45And when he had come, he went straight to him and said, Master; and gave him a kiss. ^14:46And they put their hands on him, and took him. ^14:47But a certain one of those who were near took out his sword, and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear. ^14:48And Jesus said to them, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks to take me? ^14:49I was with you every day in the Temple teaching, and you did not take me; but this is done so that the Writings may come true. ^14:50And they all went away from him in fear. ^14:51And a certain young man went after him, with only a linen cloth about his body; and they put their hands on him; ^14:52But he got away unclothed, without the linen cloth. ^14:53And they took Jesus away to the high priest; and there came together with him all the chief priests and those in authority and the scribes. ^14:54And Peter had come after him at a distance, even into the house of the high priest; and he was seated with the captains, warming himself in the light of the fire. ^14:55Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any. ^14:56For a number gave false witness against him and their witness was not in agreement. ^14:57Then some got up and gave false witness against him, saying, ^14:58He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands. ^14:59And even so their witness was not in agreement. ^14:60And the high priest got up in the middle of them, and said to Jesus, Do you say nothing in answer? what is it which these say against you? ^14:61But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One? ^14:62And 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. ^14:63And the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, What more need have we of witnesses? ^14:64His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death. ^14:65And some put shame on him and, covering his face, gave him blows and said to him, Now say what is to come: and the captains took him and gave him blows with their hands. ^14:66And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came; ^14:67And seeing Peter warming himself by the fire, she gave him a look, and said, You were with this Nazarene, even Jesus. ^14:68But he said, I have no knowledge of him, or of what you are saying: and he went out into the doorway; and there came the cry of a cock. ^14:69And the girl saw him, and said again to those who were near, This is one of them. ^14:70But again he said it was not so. And after a little time, again those who were near said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; for you are a Galilaean. ^14:71But, with curses and oaths, he said, I have no knowledge of the man about whom you are talking. ^14:72And in the same minute, the cock gave a second cry. And it came to Peter's mind how Jesus had said to him, Before the cock's second cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And at this thought he was overcome with weeping.

^15:1And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate. ^15:2And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so. ^15:3And the chief priests said a number of things against him. ^15:4And Pilate again put a question, Do you say nothing in answer? see how much evil they say you have done. ^15:5But Jesus gave no more answers, so that Pilate was full of wonder. ^15:6Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request. ^15:7And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life. ^15:8And the people went up, requesting him to do as he had done for them in other years. ^15:9And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free? ^15:10For he saw that the chief priests had given him up through envy. ^15:11But the people were moved by the chief priests to make him let Barabbas go free. ^15:12And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews? ^15:13And they said again loudly, To the cross with him! ^15:14And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But their cry was the louder, To the cross! ^15:15And Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross. ^15:16And the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band. ^15:17And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him; ^15:18And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews! ^15:19And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship. ^15:20And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross. ^15:21And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross. ^15:22And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head. ^15:23And they gave him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it. ^15:24And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take. ^15:25And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross. ^15:26And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS. ^15:27And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left. ^15:28[] ^15:29And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days, ^15:30Keep yourself from death, and come down from the cross. ^15:31In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. ^15:32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him. ^15:33And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour. ^15:34And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? ^15:35And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah. ^15:36And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down. ^15:37And Jesus gave a loud cry, and gave up his spirit. ^15:38And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end. ^15:39And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God. ^15:40And there were women watching from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome, ^15:41Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem. ^15:42And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ^15:43There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus. ^15:44And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long. ^15:45And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body. ^15:46And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door. ^15:47And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.

^16:1And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, got spices, so that they might come and put them on him. ^16:2And 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. ^16:3And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us? ^16:4And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; and it was of great size. ^16:5And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder. ^16:6And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him! ^16:7But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you. ^16:8And they went out quickly from the place, because fear and great wonder had come on them: and they said nothing to anyone, because they were full of fear that ... ^16:9Now when he came back from the dead early on the first day of the week, he went first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had sent out seven evil spirits. ^16:10She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping. ^16:11And they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it. ^16:12And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country. ^16:13And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said. ^16:14And 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. ^16:15And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone. ^16:16He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged. ^16:17And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages; ^16:18They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well. ^16:19So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God. ^16:20And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.

Luke

^1:1As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us, ^1:2As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word, ^1:3It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus; ^1:4So that you might have certain knowledge of those things about which you were given teaching. ^1:5In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. ^1:6They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong. ^1:7And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old. ^1:8Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God, ^1:9And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes. ^1:10And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes. ^1:11And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar. ^1:12And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him. ^1:13But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John. ^1:14And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth. ^1:15For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth. ^1:16And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God. ^1:17And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord. ^1:18And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years. ^1:19And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news. ^1:20Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time. ^1:21And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time. ^1:22And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words. ^1:23And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house. ^1:24After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying, ^1:25The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men. ^1:26Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth, ^1:27To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary. ^1:28And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you. ^1:29But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words? ^1:30And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval. ^1:31And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus. ^1:32He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father: ^1:33He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end. ^1:34And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man? ^1:35And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God. ^1:36Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children. ^1:37For there is nothing which God is not able to do. ^1:38And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away. ^1:39Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah; ^1:40And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms. ^1:41And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit, ^1:42And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body. ^1:43How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me? ^1:44For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy. ^1:45Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done. ^1:46And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God; ^1:47My spirit is glad in God my Saviour. ^1:48For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me. ^1:49For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name. ^1:50His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him. ^1:51With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts. ^1:52He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree. ^1:53Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands; ^1:54His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever, ^1:55As he gave his word to our fathers. ^1:56And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house. ^1:57Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son. ^1:58And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy. ^1:59And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name; ^1:60But his mother made answer and said, No, his name is John. ^1:61And they said, Not one of your relations has that name. ^1:62And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him. ^1:63And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised. ^1:64And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God. ^1:65And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea. ^1:66And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him. ^1:67And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words: ^1:68Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free, ^1:69Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, ^1:70(As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,) ^1:71Salvation from those who are against us, and from the hands of those who have hate for us; ^1:72To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word, ^1:73The oath which he made to Abraham, our father, ^1:74That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship, ^1:75In righteousness and holy living before him all our days. ^1:76And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways; ^1:77To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins, ^1:78Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us, ^1:79To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace. ^1:80And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.

^2:1Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world. ^2:2This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria. ^2:3And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town. ^2:4And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David, ^2:5To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother. ^2:6And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. ^2:7And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house. ^2:8And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night. ^2:9And an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining round about them: and fear came on them. ^2:10And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people: ^2:11For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord. ^2:12And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food. ^2:13And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying, ^2:14Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased. ^2:15And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us. ^2:16And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food. ^2:17And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child. ^2:18And all those to whose ears it came were full of wonder at the things said by the keepers of the sheep. ^2:19But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them. ^2:20Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them. ^2:21And when, after eight days, the time came for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given to him before his birth. ^2:22And when the necessary days for making them clean by the law of Moses had come to an end, they took him to Jerusalem to give him to the Lord ^2:23(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord), ^2:24And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds. ^2:25And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him. ^2:26And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ. ^2:27And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law, ^2:28Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said, ^2:29Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said; ^2:30For my eyes have seen your salvation, ^2:31Which you have made ready before the face of all nations; ^2:32A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel. ^2:33And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him. ^2:34And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said; ^2:35(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light. ^2:36And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life ^2:37She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day. ^2:38And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem. ^2:39And when they had done all the things which were ordered by the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth, the town where they were living. ^2:40And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him. ^2:41And every year his father and mother went to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover. ^2:42And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast; ^2:43And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it: ^2:44And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends, ^2:45And seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him. ^2:46And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them. ^2:47And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave. ^2:48And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow. ^2:49And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house? ^2:50And his words seemed strange to them. ^2:51And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart. ^2:52And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.

^3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene, ^3:2When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land. ^3:3And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed. ^3:4As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight. ^3:5Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth; ^3:6And all flesh will see the salvation of God. ^3:7So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come? ^3:8Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham. ^3:9And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire. ^3:10And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do? ^3:11And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same. ^3:12Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do? ^3:13And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount. ^3:14And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you. ^3:15And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not, ^3:16John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire: ^3:17In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out. ^3:18And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people; ^3:19But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done, ^3:20Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison. ^3:21Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open, ^3:22The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased. ^3:23And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, ^3:24The son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, ^3:25The son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, ^3:26The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, ^3:27The son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, ^3:28The son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, ^3:29The son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, ^3:30The son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, ^3:31The son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, ^3:32The son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, ^3:33The son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, ^3:34The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, ^3:35The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, ^3:36The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, ^3:37The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, ^3:38The son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

^4:1And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was guided by the Spirit in the waste land ^4:2For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food. ^4:3And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread. ^4:4And Jesus made answer to him, It has been said in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need. ^4:5And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time. ^4:6And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure. ^4:7If then you will give worship to me, it will all be yours. ^4:8And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only. ^4:9And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings, ^4:10He will give his angels orders to take care of you: ^4:11And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone. ^4:12And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test. ^4:13And when all these tests were ended the Evil One went away from him for a time. ^4:14And Jesus came back to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news of him went through all the country round about. ^4:15And he was teaching in their Synagogues and all men gave him praise. ^4:16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading. ^4:17And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said, ^4:18The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains, ^4:19To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come. ^4:20And shutting the book he gave it back to the servant and took his seat: and the eyes of all in the Synagogue were fixed on him. ^4:21Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing. ^4:22And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph? ^4:23And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country. ^4:24And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country. ^4:25Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land; ^4:26But Elijah was not sent to one of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ^4:27And there were a number of lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and not one of them was made clean, but only Naaman the Syrian. ^4:28And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when these things were said to them. ^4:29And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so that they might send him down to his death. ^4:30But he came through them and went on his way. ^4:31And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath. ^4:32And they were surprised at his teaching, for his word was with authority. ^4:33And there was a man in the Synagogue who had an unclean spirit; and he gave a loud cry and said, ^4:34Let us be! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I have knowledge who you are, the Holy One of God. ^4:35And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage. ^4:36And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out. ^4:37And there was much talk about him in all the places round about. ^4:38And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her ^4:39He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs. ^4:40And at sundown all those who had anyone ill with any sort of disease, took them to him, and he put his hands on every one of them and made them well. ^4:41And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ. ^4:42And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away. ^4:43But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns, because that is why I was sent. ^4:44And he was teaching in the Synagogues of Galilee.

^5:1Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret; ^5:2And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. ^5:3And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat. ^5:4And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish. ^5:5And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets. ^5:6And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken; ^5:7And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down. ^5:8But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner. ^5:9For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken; ^5:10And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men. ^5:11And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him. ^5:12And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean. ^5:13And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away his disease went from him. ^5:14And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them. ^5:15But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases. ^5:16But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer. ^5:17And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases. ^5:18And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus. ^5:19And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus. ^5:20And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins. ^5:21And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only? ^5:22But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts? ^5:23Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go? ^5:24But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house. ^5:25And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God. ^5:26And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today. ^5:27And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me. ^5:28And giving up his business, he got up and went after him. ^5:29And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them. ^5:30And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners? ^5:31And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill. ^5:32I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins. ^5:33And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink. ^5:34And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them? ^5:35But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food. ^5:36And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old. ^5:37And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction. ^5:38But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins. ^5:39And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.

^6:1Now it came about that on the Sabbath he was going through the fields of grain, and his disciples took the heads of the grain for food, crushing them in their hands. ^6:2But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath? ^6:3And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him; ^6:4How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him? ^6:5And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath. ^6:6And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead. ^6:7And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him. ^6:8But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward. ^6:9And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away? ^6:10And looking round on all of them, he said to him, Put out your hand. And he did so: and his hand was made well. ^6:11But they were full of wrath, and were talking together about what they might do to Jesus. ^6:12And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God. ^6:13And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles; ^6:14Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew ^6:15And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot, ^6:16And Judas, the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, he who was false to him. ^6:17And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases; ^6:18And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were made well. ^6:19And all the people were desiring to be touched by him, for power came from him and made them all well. ^6:20And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours. ^6:21Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad. ^6:22Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man. ^6:23Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets. ^6:24But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now. ^6:25Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow. ^6:26Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets. ^6:27But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you, ^6:28Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you. ^6:29If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe. ^6:30Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again. ^6:31Do to others as you would have them do to you. ^6:32If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them. ^6:33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same. ^6:34And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave. ^6:35But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts. ^6:36Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity. ^6:37Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free: ^6:38Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again. ^6:39And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole? ^6:40The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master. ^6:41And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye? ^6:42How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye. ^6:43For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit. ^6:44For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants. ^6:45The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth. ^6:46Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? ^6:47Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like: ^6:48He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good. ^6:49But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

^7:1After he had come to the end of all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum. ^7:2And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death. ^7:3And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well. ^7:4And they, when they came to Jesus, made their request warmly, saying, ^7:5It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a friend to our nation, and himself has put up a Synagogue for us. ^7:6And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house: ^7:7And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well. ^7:8For I, myself, am a man under authority, having men under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. ^7:9And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel. ^7:10And when those who were sent came back to the house they saw that the servant was well. ^7:11And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people. ^7:12Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her. ^7:13And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad. ^7:14And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up. ^7:15And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother. ^7:16And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people. ^7:17And this story about him went through all Judaea and the places round about. ^7:18And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things. ^7:19Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another? ^7:20And when the men came to him they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another? ^7:21At that time, he made a number of people free from their diseases and their pains, and from evil spirits; and to others who were blind he gave back the use of their eyes. ^7:22And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them. ^7:23And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me. ^7:24And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind? ^7:25But what did you go out to see? a man in soft clothing? See now, those who have beautiful clothing and delicate food are in kings' houses. ^7:26But what did you go out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. ^7:27This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you. ^7:28I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. ^7:29(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God. ^7:30But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.) ^7:31What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like? ^7:32They are like children who are seated in the market-place, crying out to one another, and saying, We made music for you, but you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow, but you were not sad. ^7:33For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit. ^7:34The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners. ^7:35But wisdom is judged to be right by all her children. ^7:36And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table. ^7:37And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume, ^7:38And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them. ^7:39Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner. ^7:40And Jesus, answering, said, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on. ^7:41And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty. ^7:42When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him? ^7:43Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right. ^7:44And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair. ^7:45You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet. ^7:46You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet. ^7:47And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love. ^7:48And he said to her, You have forgiveness for your sins. ^7:49And those who were seated at table with him said to themselves, Who is this who even gives forgiveness of sins? ^7:50And he said to the woman, By your faith you have salvation; go in peace.

^8:1And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve, ^8:2And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out, ^8:3And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs. ^8:4And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story: ^8:5A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven. ^8:6And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water. ^8:7And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth. ^8:8And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear. ^8:9And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story. ^8:10And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them. ^8:11Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God. ^8:12Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation. ^8:13And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up. ^8:14And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit. ^8:15And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit. ^8:16No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light. ^8:17For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light. ^8:18So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have. ^8:19And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people. ^8:20And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you. ^8:21But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it. ^8:22Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat. ^8:23But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger. ^8:24Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm. ^8:25And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says? ^8:26And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. ^8:27And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead. ^8:28And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me. ^8:29For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places. ^8:30And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him. ^8:31And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep. ^8:32Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them. ^8:33And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction. ^8:34And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country. ^8:35And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them. ^8:36And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well. ^8:37And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back. ^8:38But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying, ^8:39Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him. ^8:40And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see him, for they were all waiting for him. ^8:41Then there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler in the Synagogue: and he went down at the feet of Jesus, desiring him to come to his house; ^8:42For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him. ^8:43And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well, ^8:44Came after him and put her hand on the edge of his robe, and straight away the flowing of her blood was stopped. ^8:45And Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side. ^8:46But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had gone out from me. ^8:47And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away. ^8:48And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace. ^8:49While he was still talking, someone came from the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, saying, Your daughter is dead; do not go on troubling the Master. ^8:50But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be made well. ^8:51And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother. ^8:52And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping. ^8:53And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead. ^8:54But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up. ^8:55And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her. ^8:56And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he gave orders to them to say nothing about it to anyone.