^11:1And it came about that when Jesus had come to the end of giving these orders to his twelve disciples, he went away from there, teaching and preaching in their towns. ^11:2Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples ^11:3To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another? ^11:4And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to John of the things which you are seeing and hearing: ^11:5The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them. ^11:6And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me. ^11:7And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind? ^11:8But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses. ^11:9But why did you go out? to see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. ^11:10This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you. ^11:11Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ^11:12And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it. ^11:13For all the prophets and the law were in force till John. ^11:14And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come. ^11:15He who has ears, let him give ear. ^11:16But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another, ^11:17We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief. ^11:18For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit. ^11:19The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works. ^11:20Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins. ^11:21Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads. ^11:22But I say to you, It will be better for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judging, than for you. ^11:23And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day. ^11:24But I say to you that it will be better for the land of Sodom in the day of judging, than for you. ^11:25At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children. ^11:26Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes. ^11:27All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear. ^11:28Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest. ^11:29Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls; ^11:30For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.

^12:1At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain. ^12:2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath. ^12:3But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him? ^12:4How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests? ^12:5Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong? ^12:6But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here. ^12:7But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong. ^12:8For the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath. ^12:9And he went from there into their Synagogue: ^12:10And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him. ^12:11And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back? ^12:12Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day. ^12:13Then said he to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and it was made as well as the other. ^12:14But the Pharisees went out and made designs against him, how they might put him to death. ^12:15And Jesus, having knowledge of this, went away from there, and a great number went after him; and he made them all well, ^12:16Ordering them not to give people word of him: ^12:17So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true, ^12:18See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles. ^12:19His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets. ^12:20The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all. ^12:21And in his name will the Gentiles put their hope. ^12:22Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing. ^12:23And all the people were surprised and said, Is not this the Son of David? ^12:24But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits. ^12:25And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction. ^12:26And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against himself; how then will he keep his kingdom? ^12:27And if I by Beelzebub send evil spirits out of men, by whom do your sons send them out? So let them be your judges. ^12:28But if I by the Spirit of God send out evil spirits, then is the kingdom of God come on you. ^12:29Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods. ^12:30Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away. ^12:31So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness. ^12:32And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come. ^12:33Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree. ^12:34You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth. ^12:35The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things. ^12:36And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said. ^12:37For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged. ^12:38Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, hearing this, said to him, Master, we are looking for a sign from you. ^12:39But he, answering, said to them, An evil and false generation is looking for a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah: ^12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ^12:41The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here. ^12:42The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here. ^12:43But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, goes through dry places looking for rest, and getting it not. ^12:44Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean. ^12:45Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits worse than himself, and they go in and make it their living-place: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first. Even so will it be with this evil generation. ^12:46While he was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him. ^12:47And one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside, desiring to have talk with you. ^12:48But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers? ^12:49And he put out his hand to his disciples and said, See, my mother and my brothers! ^12:50For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

^13:1On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside. ^13:2And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea. ^13:3And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth; ^13:4And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food: ^13:5And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep: ^13:6And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead. ^13:7And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth: ^13:8And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much. ^13:9He who has ears, let him give ear. ^13:10And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories? ^13:11And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. ^13:12Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. ^13:13For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them. ^13:14And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: ^13:15For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well. ^13:16But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open. ^13:17For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not. ^13:18Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth. ^13:19When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside. ^13:20And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy; ^13:21But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts. ^13:22And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit. ^13:23And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much. ^13:24And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field: ^13:25But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away. ^13:26But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time. ^13:27And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants? ^13:28And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up? ^13:29But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them. ^13:30Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house. ^13:31He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field: ^13:32Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches. ^13:33Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened. ^13:34All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them: ^13:35That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time. ^13:36Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field. ^13:37And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man; ^13:38And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One; ^13:39And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels. ^13:40As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world. ^13:41The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong, ^13:42And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow. ^13:43Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear. ^13:44The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field. ^13:45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels. ^13:46And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it. ^13:47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish: ^13:48When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and seated there they put the good into vessels, but the bad they put away. ^13:49So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good, ^13:50And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow. ^13:51Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes. ^13:52And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old. ^13:53And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there. ^13:54And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power? ^13:55Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? ^13:56And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where, then, has he all these things? ^13:57And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family. ^13:58And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

^14:1At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king; ^14:2And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him. ^14:3For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. ^14:4Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her. ^14:5And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet. ^14:6But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her. ^14:7So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for. ^14:8And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist. ^14:9And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her; ^14:10And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison. ^14:11And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother. ^14:12And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place. ^14:13Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns. ^14:14And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill. ^14:15And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food. ^14:16But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves. ^14:17And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes. ^14:18And he said, Give them to me. ^14:19And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people. ^14:20And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used. ^14:21And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children. ^14:22And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away. ^14:23And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself. ^14:24But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them. ^14:25And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. ^14:26And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear. ^14:27But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear. ^14:28And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water. ^14:29And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus. ^14:30But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord. ^14:31And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt? ^14:32And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down. ^14:33And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God. ^14:34And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret. ^14:35And when the men of that place had news of him, they sent into all the country round about, and took to him all who were ill, ^14:36With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

^15:1Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying, ^15:2Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands. ^15:3And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you? ^15:4For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death. ^15:5But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God; ^15:6There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching. ^15:7You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you, ^15:8These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me. ^15:9But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men. ^15:10And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you: ^15:11Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth. ^15:12Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears? ^15:13But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots. ^15:14Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together. ^15:15Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us. ^15:16And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom? ^15:17Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste? ^15:18But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean. ^15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words: ^15:20These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean. ^15:21And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon. ^15:22And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit. ^15:23But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us. ^15:24But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel. ^15:25But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord. ^15:26And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs. ^15:27But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table. ^15:28Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour. ^15:29And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there. ^15:30And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well: ^15:31So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel. ^15:32And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey. ^15:33And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people? ^15:34And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes. ^15:35Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth, ^15:36And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people. ^15:37And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full. ^15:38And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children. ^15:39And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.

^16:1And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven. ^16:2But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red. ^16:3And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times. ^16:4An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them. ^16:5And when the disciples came to the other side they had not taken thought to get bread. ^16:6And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ^16:7And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread. ^16:8And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread? ^16:9Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up? ^16:10Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up? ^16:11How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? ^16:12Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ^16:13Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is? ^16:14And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. ^16:15He says to them, But who do you say that I am? ^16:16And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. ^16:17And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven. ^16:18And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it. ^16:19I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven. ^16:20Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man word that he was the Christ. ^16:21From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead. ^16:22And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about. ^16:23But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men. ^16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me. ^16:25Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him. ^16:26For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life? ^16:27For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will give to every man the reward of his works. ^16:28Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who will not have a taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

^17:1And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves. ^17:2And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light. ^17:3And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him. ^17:4And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. ^17:5While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him. ^17:6And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear. ^17:7And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear. ^17:8And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, but Jesus only. ^17:9And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead. ^17:10And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first? ^17:11And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and put all things right: ^17:12But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands. ^17:13Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist. ^17:14And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying, ^17:15Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water. ^17:16And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well. ^17:17And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me. ^17:18And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it went out of him: and the boy was made well from that hour. ^17:19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why were we not able to send it out? ^17:20And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you. ^17:21[] ^17:22And while they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will be given up into the hands of men; ^17:23And they will put him to death, and the third day he will come again from the dead. And they were very sad. ^17:24And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax? ^17:25He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus said to him, What is your opinion, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth get payment or tax? from their sons or from other people? ^17:26And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free. ^17:27But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.

^18:1In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ^18:2And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them, ^18:3And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven. ^18:4Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ^18:5And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: ^18:6But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea. ^18:7A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes. ^18:8And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire. ^18:9And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire. ^18:10Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven. ^18:11[] ^18:12What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one? ^18:13And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way. ^18:14Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction. ^18:15And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again. ^18:16But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain. ^18:17And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer. ^18:18Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven. ^18:19Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on earth about anything for which they will make a request, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. ^18:20For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them. ^18:21Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times? ^18:22Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven. ^18:23For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants. ^18:24And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents. ^18:25And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made. ^18:26So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all. ^18:27And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt. ^18:28But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt. ^18:29So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you. ^18:30And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt. ^18:31So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done. ^18:32Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me: ^18:33Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you? ^18:34And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt. ^18:35So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

^19:1And it came about that after saying these words, Jesus went away from Galilee, and came into the parts of Judaea on the other side of Jordan. ^19:2And a great number went after him; and he made them well there. ^19:3And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause? ^19:4And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said, ^19:5For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh? ^19:6So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man. ^19:7They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her? ^19:8He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first. ^19:9And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her. ^19:10The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married. ^19:11But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given. ^19:12For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it. ^19:13Then some people took little children to him, so that he might put his hands on them in blessing: and the disciples said sharp words to them. ^19:14But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. ^19:15And he put his hands on them, and went away. ^19:16And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life? ^19:17And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law. ^19:18He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, ^19:19Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. ^19:20The young man says to him, All these things have I done: what more is there? ^19:21Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me. ^19:22But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property. ^19:23And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven. ^19:24And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God. ^19:25And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation? ^19:26And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible. ^19:27Then Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything and have come after you; what then will we have? ^19:28And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ^19:29And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life. ^19:30But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.

^20:1For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden. ^20:2And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden. ^20:3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others in the market-place doing nothing; ^20:4And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work. ^20:5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same. ^20:6And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing? ^20:7They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden. ^20:8And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first. ^20:9And when those men came who had gone to work at the eleventh hour, they were given every man a penny. ^20:10Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny. ^20:11And when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house, ^20:12Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat. ^20:13But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not make an agreement with me for a penny? ^20:14Take what is yours, and go away; it is my pleasure to give to this last, even as to you. ^20:15Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good? ^20:16So the last will be first, and the first last. ^20:17And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them, ^20:18See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given into the hands of the chief priests and scribes; and they will give orders for him to be put to death, ^20:19And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead. ^20:20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him. ^20:21And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom. ^20:22But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup which I am about to take? ^20:23They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready. ^20:24And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were angry with the two brothers. ^20:25But Jesus said to them, You see that the rulers of the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them. ^20:26Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant; ^20:27And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place: ^20:28Even as 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. ^20:29And when they were going out from Jericho, a great number went after him. ^20:30And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us. ^20:31And the people gave them orders to be quiet; but they went on crying even louder, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us. ^20:32And Jesus, stopping, sent for them, and said, What would you have me do to you? ^20:33They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be open. ^20:34And Jesus, being moved with pity, put his fingers on their eyes: and straight away they were able to see, and went after him.

^21:1And when they were near Jerusalem, and had come to Beth-phage, to the Mountain of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, ^21:2Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with a cord round her neck, and a young one with her; let them loose and come with them to me. ^21:3And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, The Lord has need of them; and straight away he will send them. ^21:4Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true, ^21:5Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass. ^21:6And the disciples went and did as Jesus had given them orders, ^21:7And got the ass and the young one, and put their clothing on them, and he took his seat on it. ^21:8And all the people put their clothing down in the way; and others got branches from the trees, and put them down in the way. ^21:9And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest. ^21:10And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this? ^21:11And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee. ^21:12And Jesus went into the Temple and sent out all who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those trading in doves. ^21:13And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves. ^21:14And the blind and the broken in body came to him in the Temple, and he made them well. ^21:15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him, ^21:16Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete? ^21:17And he went away from them, and went out of the town to Bethany, and was there for the night. ^21:18Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food. ^21:19And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead. ^21:20And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time? ^21:21And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done. ^21:22And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get. ^21:23And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority? ^21:24And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things. ^21:25The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him? ^21:26But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet. ^21:27And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things. ^21:28But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden. ^21:29And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went. ^21:30And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not. ^21:31Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you. ^21:32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him. ^21:33Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country. ^21:34And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit. ^21:35And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another. ^21:36Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them. ^21:37But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son. ^21:38But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage. ^21:39And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death. ^21:40When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen? ^21:41They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready. ^21:42Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes? ^21:43For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it. ^21:44Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust. ^21:45And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them. ^21:46And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

^22:1And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said: ^22:2The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married, ^22:3And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come. ^22:4Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast. ^22:5But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade: ^22:6And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death. ^22:7But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire. ^22:8Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough. ^22:9Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast. ^22:10And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests. ^22:11But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe; ^22:12And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say. ^22:13Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow. ^22:14For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation. ^22:15Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him. ^22:16And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position. ^22:17Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not? ^22:18But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong? ^22:19Let me see the tax money. And they gave him a penny. ^22:20And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? ^22:21They say to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's. ^22:22And hearing it, they were full of wonder, and went away from him. ^22:23On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying, ^22:24Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother; ^22:25Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother; ^22:26In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh. ^22:27And last of all the woman came to her end. ^22:28When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her. ^22:29But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God. ^22:30For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven. ^22:31But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings: ^22:32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead but of the living. ^22:33And the people hearing it were surprised at his teaching. ^22:34But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together; ^22:35And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying, ^22:36Master, which is the chief rule in the law? ^22:37And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. ^22:38This is the first and greatest rule. ^22:39And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. ^22:40On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based. ^22:41Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying, ^22:42What is your opinion of the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, The Son of David. ^22:43He says to them, How then does David in the Spirit give him the name of Lord, saying, ^22:44The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put under your feet all those who are against you? ^22:45If David then gives him the name of Lord, how is he his son? ^22:46And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.

^23:1Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples: ^23:2The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses; ^23:3All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not. ^23:4They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them. ^23:5But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes, ^23:6And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues, ^23:7And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher. ^23:8But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers. ^23:9And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven. ^23:10And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ. ^23:11But let the greatest among you be your servant. ^23:12And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high. ^23:13But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back. ^23:14[] ^23:15A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. ^23:16A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible. ^23:17You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy? ^23:18And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible. ^23:19You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy? ^23:20He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it. ^23:21And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is. ^23:22And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it. ^23:23A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone. ^23:24You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel. ^23:25A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire. ^23:26You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean. ^23:27A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things. ^23:28Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing. ^23:29A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say, ^23:30If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets. ^23:31So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death. ^23:32Make full, then, the measure of your fathers. ^23:33You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell? ^23:34For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town; ^23:35So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar. ^23:36Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation. ^23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not! ^23:38See, your house is made waste. ^23:39For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

^24:1And Jesus went out of the Temple, and on the way his disciples came to him, pointing out the buildings of the Temple. ^24:2But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down. ^24:3And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Make clear to us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world? ^24:4And Jesus said to them in answer, Take care that you are not tricked. ^24:5For people will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and a number will be turned from the true way through them. ^24:6And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end. ^24:7For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places; ^24:8But all these things are the first of the troubles. ^24:9Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name. ^24:10And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another. ^24:11And a number of false prophets will come, causing error. ^24:12And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold. ^24:13But he who goes through to the end will get salvation. ^24:14And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come. ^24:15When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader), ^24:16Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains: ^24:17Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house: ^24:18And let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat. ^24:19But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days. ^24:20And say a prayer that your flight may not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. ^24:21Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be. ^24:22And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short. ^24:23Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him; ^24:24For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked. ^24:25See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about. ^24:26If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it. ^24:27Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming from the east is seen even in the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man. ^24:28Wherever the dead body is, there will the eagles come together. ^24:29But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved: ^24:30And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ^24:31And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. ^24:32Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near; ^24:33Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors. ^24:34Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete. ^24:35Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end. ^24:36But of that day and hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father only. ^24:37And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. ^24:38Because as in those days before the overflowing of the waters, they were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day when Noah went into the ark, ^24:39And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man. ^24:40Then two men will be in the field; one is taken, and one let go; ^24:41Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go. ^24:42Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come. ^24:43But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into. ^24:44Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come. ^24:45Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time? ^24:46A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes. ^24:47Truly, I say to you, he will put him over all he has. ^24:48But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming; ^24:49And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine; ^24:50The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge, ^24:51And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

^25:1Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband. ^25:2And five of them were foolish, and five were wise. ^25:3For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them. ^25:4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights. ^25:5Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep. ^25:6But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him. ^25:7Then all those virgins got up, and made ready their lights. ^25:8And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out. ^25:9But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves. ^25:10And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut. ^25:11After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in. ^25:12But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you. ^25:13Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour. ^25:14For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property. ^25:15And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey. ^25:16Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more. ^25:17In the same way he who had been given the two got two more. ^25:18But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place. ^25:19Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them. ^25:20And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more. ^25:21His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord. ^25:22And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord, you gave into my care two talents: see, I have got two more. ^25:23His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord. ^25:24And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work: ^25:25And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours. ^25:26But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work, ^25:27Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest? ^25:28Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents. ^25:29For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. ^25:30And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow. ^25:31But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory: ^25:32And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper. ^25:33And he will put the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. ^25:34Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was: ^25:35For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in; ^25:36I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me. ^25:37Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you? ^25:38And when did we see you wandering, and take you in? or without clothing, and give it to you? ^25:39And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you? ^25:40And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. ^25:41Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels: ^25:42For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me: ^25:43I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me. ^25:44Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food or drink, or wandering, or without clothing, or ill, or in prison, and did not take care of you? ^25:45Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me. ^25:46And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

^26:1And when Jesus had come to the end of all these words, he said to his disciples, ^26:2After two days is the Passover, and the Son of man will be given up to the death of the cross. ^26:3Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. ^26:4And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death. ^26:5But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people. ^26:6Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ^26:7There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table. ^26:8But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste? ^26:9For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor. ^26:10But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me. ^26:11For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever. ^26:12For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place. ^26:13Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out in all the world, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her. ^26:14Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ^26:15What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And the price was fixed at thirty bits of silver. ^26:16And from that time he was watching for a chance to give him into their hands. ^26:17Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where are we to make ready for you to take the Passover meal? ^26:18And he said to them, Go into the town to such a man, and say to him, The Master says, My time is near: I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples. ^26:19And the disciples did as Jesus had said to them; and they made ready the Passover. ^26:20Now when evening was come, he was seated at table with the twelve disciples; ^26:21And while they were taking food, he said, Truly I say to you that one of you will be false to me. ^26:22And they were very said, and said to him, one by one, Is it I, Lord? ^26:23And he made answer and said, He who puts his hand into the plate with me, the same will be false to me. ^26:24The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world. ^26:25And Judas, who was false to him, made answer and said, Is it I, Master? He says to him, Yes. ^26:26And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body. ^26:27And he took a cup and, having given praise, he gave it to them, saying, ^26:28Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins. ^26:29But I say to you that from now I will not take of this fruit of the vine, till that day when I take it new with you in my Father's kingdom. ^26:30And after a song of praise to God, they went out to the Mountain of Olives. ^26:31Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight. ^26:32But after I am come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee. ^26:33But Peter made answer and said to him, Though all may be turned away from you, I will never be turned away. ^26:34Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you that this night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. ^26:35Peter says to him, Even if I am put to death with you, I will not be false to you. So said all the disciples. ^26:36Then comes Jesus with them to a place named Gethsemane, and says to his disciples, Be seated here, while I go over there for prayer. ^26:37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became sad and very troubled. ^26:38Then says he to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: keep watch with me here. ^26:39And he went forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours be done. ^26:40And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour? ^26:41Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble. ^26:42Again, a second time he went away, and said in prayer, O my Father, if this may not go from me without my taking it, let your pleasure be done. ^26:43And he came again and saw them sleeping, for their eyes were tired. ^26:44And he went away from them again, and a third time said the same prayer. ^26:45Then he comes to the disciples; and says to them, Go on sleeping now, and take your rest: for the hour is come, and the Son of man is given into the hands of evil men. ^26:46Up, let us be going: see, he who gives me up is near. ^26:47And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people. ^26:48Now the false one had given them a sign saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he: take him. ^26:49And straight away he came to Jesus and said, Master! and gave him a kiss. ^26:50And Jesus said to him, Friend, do that for which you have come. Then they came and put hands on Jesus, and took him. ^26:51And one of those who were with Jesus put out his hand, and took out his sword and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear. ^26:52Then says Jesus to him, Put up your sword again into its place: for all those who take the sword will come to death by the sword. ^26:53Does it not seem possible to you that if I make request to my Father he will even now send me an army of angels? ^26:54But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be? ^26:55In that hour Jesus said to the people, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and sticks to take me? I was teaching every day in the Temple and you took me not. ^26:56But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might come true. Then all his disciples went from him in flight. ^26:57And those who had made Jesus prisoner took him away to the house of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and those in authority over the people had come together. ^26:58But Peter went after him at a distance, to the house of the high priest, and went in and took his seat with the servants, to see the end. ^26:59Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death; ^26:60And they were not able to get it, though a number of false witnesses came. ^26:61But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days. ^26:62And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you no answer? what is it which these say against you? ^26:63But Jesus said not a word. And the high priest said to him, I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will say to us if you are the Christ, the Son of God. ^26:64Jesus says to him, You say so: but I say to you, From now you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. ^26:65Then the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, He has said evil against God: what more need have we of witnesses? for now his words against God have come to your ears: ^26:66What is your opinion? They made answer and said, It is right for him to be put to death. ^26:67Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying, ^26:68Be a prophet, O Christ, and say who gave you a blow! ^26:69Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the house: and a servant-girl came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the Galilaean. ^26:70But he said before them all that it was false, saying, I have no knowledge of what you say. ^26:71And when he had gone out into the doorway, another saw him and says to those who were there, This man was with Jesus the Nazarene. ^26:72And again he said with an oath, I have no knowledge of the man. ^26:73And after a little time those who were near came and said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; because your talk is witness against you. ^26:74Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock. ^26:75And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.

^27:1Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death. ^27:2And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler. ^27:3Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to be put to death, in his regret took back the thirty bits of silver to the chief priests and those in authority, ^27:4Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business. ^27:5And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging. ^27:6And the chief priests took the silver and said, It is not right to put it in the Temple store for it is the price of blood. ^27:7And they made a decision to get with the silver the potter's field, as a place for the dead of other countries. ^27:8For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day. ^27:9Then came true that which was said by Jeremiah the prophet, And they took the thirty bits of silver, the price of him who was valued by the children of Israel; ^27:10And they gave them for the potter's field, as I had word from the Lord. ^27:11And Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say so. ^27:12But when the chief priests and those in authority made statements against him, he gave no answer. ^27:13Then says Pilate to him, Do you give no attention to what their witnesses say against you? ^27:14And he gave him no answer, not even a word: so that the ruler was greatly surprised. ^27:15Now at the feast it was the way for the ruler to let free to the people one prisoner, at their selection. ^27:16And they had then an important prisoner, whose name was Barabbas. ^27:17So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ? ^27:18For he saw that for envy they had given him up. ^27:19And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that upright man, for I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him. ^27:20Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death. ^27:21But the ruler made answer and said to them, Which of the two is it your pleasure that I let go free? And they said, Barabbas. ^27:22Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross. ^27:23And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him! ^27:24So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible. ^27:25And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood be on us, and on our children. ^27:26Then he let Barabbas go free: but after having Jesus whipped, he gave him up to be put to death on the cross. ^27:27Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together. ^27:28And they took off his clothing, and put on him a red robe. ^27:29And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews. ^27:30And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the head with the rod. ^27:31And when they had made sport of him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothing on him, and took him away to put him on the cross. ^27:32And while they were coming out, they saw a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they made him go with them, so that he might take up his cross. ^27:33And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head, ^27:34They gave him wine mixed with bitter drink: and after tasting it, he took no more. ^27:35And when they had put him on the cross, they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance. ^27:36And they were seated there watching him. ^27:37And they put up over his head the statement of his crime in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. ^27:38Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left. ^27:39And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying, ^27:40You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. ^27:41In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said, ^27:42A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him. ^27:43He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God. ^27:44And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him. ^27:45Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour. ^27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus gave a loud cry, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? ^27:47And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah. ^27:48And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink. ^27:49And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help. ^27:50And Jesus gave another loud cry, and gave up his spirit. ^27:51And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken; ^27:52And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life; ^27:53And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people. ^27:54Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God. ^27:55And a number of women were there, watching from a distance, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, waiting on his needs. ^27:56Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. ^27:57And in the evening, there came a man of wealth from Arimathaea, Joseph by name, who was a disciple of Jesus: ^27:58This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him. ^27:59And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen, ^27:60And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away. ^27:61And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead. ^27:62Now on the day after the getting ready of the Passover, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate, ^27:63Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead. ^27:64Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first. ^27:65Pilate said to them, You have watchmen; go and make it as safe as you are able. ^27:66So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.

^28:1Now late on the Sabbath, when the dawn of the first day of the week was near, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the place where his body was. ^28:2And there was a great earth-shock; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, rolling back the stone, took his seat on it. ^28:3His form was shining like the light, and his clothing was white as snow: ^28:4And for fear of him the watchmen were shaking, and became as dead men. ^28:5And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross. ^28:6He is not here, for he has come to life again, even as he said. Come, see the Lord's resting-place. ^28:7And go quickly and give his disciples the news that he has come back from the dead, and is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as I have said to you. ^28:8And they went away quickly, with fear and great joy, to give his disciples the news. ^28:9And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad. And they came and put their hands on his feet, and gave him worship. ^28:10Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me. ^28:11Now, while they were going, some of the watchmen came into the town and gave news to the chief priests of all the things which had taken place. ^28:12And when they had come together with those in authority, and had made their decision, they gave much money to the watchmen, saying, ^28:13Say, His disciples came by night and took him away secretly while we were sleeping. ^28:14And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible. ^28:15So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time. ^28:16But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had given them orders to go. ^28:17And when they saw him they gave him worship: but some were in doubt. ^28:18And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. ^28:19Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: ^28:20Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

Mark

^1:1The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. ^1:2Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way; ^1:3The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight; ^1:4John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed. ^1:5And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners. ^1:6And John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey. ^1:7And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo. ^1:8I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit. ^1:9And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan. ^1:10And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove: ^1:11And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased. ^1:12And straight away the Spirit sent him out into the waste land. ^1:13And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him. ^1:14Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God, ^1:15And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news. ^1:16And going by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, putting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen. ^1:17And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. ^1:18And they went straight from their nets, and came after him. ^1:19And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets. ^1:20And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him. ^1:21And they came to Capernaum; and on the Sabbath he went into the Synagogue and gave teaching. ^1:22And they were full of wonder at his teaching, because he gave it as one having authority, and not like the scribes. ^1:23And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry, ^1:24Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God. ^1:25And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him. ^1:26And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. ^1:27And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says. ^1:28And news of him went out quickly everywhere into all parts of Galilee round about. ^1:29And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. ^1:30Now Simon's wife's mother was ill, with a burning heat; and they gave him word of her: ^1:31And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs. ^1:32And in the evening, at sundown, they took to him all who were diseased, and those who had evil spirits. ^1:33And all the town had come together at the door. ^1:34And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him. ^1:35And in the morning, a long time before daylight, he got up and went out to a quiet place, and there he gave himself up to prayer. ^1:36And Simon and those who were with him came after him. ^1:37And when they came up with him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you. ^1:38And he said to them, Let us go to other parts into the nearest towns, so that I may give teaching there, because for this purpose I came. ^1:39And he went into their Synagogues in every part of Galilee, preaching and driving out evil spirits. ^1:40And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean. ^1:41And being moved with pity, he put out his hand, and touching him said to him, It is my pleasure; be made clean. ^1:42And straight away the disease went from him, and he was made clean. ^1:43And he sent him away, saying to him very sharply, ^1:44See that you say nothing to any man: but go and let the priest see you, and make yourself clean by an offering of the things ordered by Moses, for a witness to them. ^1:45But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.