^1:1The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. ^1:2The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers; ^1:3And the sons of Judah were Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and the son of Perez was Hezron; and the son of Hezron was Ram; ^1:4And the son of Ram was Amminadab; and the son of Amminadab was Nahshon; and the son of Nahshon was Salmon; ^1:5And the son of Salmon by Rahab was Boaz; and the son of Boaz by Ruth was Obed; and the son of Obed was Jesse; ^1:6And the son of Jesse was David the king; and the son of David was Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah; ^1:7And the son of Solomon was Rehoboam; and the son of Rehoboam was Abijah; and the son of Abijah was Asa; ^1:8And the son of Asa was Jehoshaphat; and the son of Jehoshaphat was Joram; and the son of Joram was Uzziah; ^1:9And the son of Uzziah was Jotham; and the son of Jotham was Ahaz; and the son of Ahaz was Hezekiah; ^1:10And the son of Hezekiah was Manasseh; and the son of Manasseh was Amon; and the son of Amon was Josiah; ^1:11And the sons of Josiah were Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the taking away to Babylon. ^1:12And after the taking away to Babylon, Jechoniah had a son Shealtiel; and Shealtiel had Zerubbabel; ^1:13And Zerubbabel had Abiud; and Abiud had Eliakim; and Eliakim had Azor; ^1:14And Azor had Zadok; and Zadok had Achim; and Achim had Eliud; ^1:15And Eliud had Eleazar; and Eleazar had Matthan; and Matthan had Jacob; ^1:16And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ. ^1:17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the taking away to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the taking away to Babylon to the coming of Christ, fourteen generations. ^1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit. ^1:19And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately. ^1:20But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit. ^1:21And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins. ^1:22Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true, ^1:23See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us. ^1:24And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him, and took her as his wife; ^1:25And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

^2:1Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, ^2:2Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship. ^2:3And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. ^2:4And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be. ^2:5And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet, ^2:6You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel. ^2:7Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen. ^2:8And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship. ^2:9And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the young child was. ^2:10And when they saw the star they were full of joy. ^2:11And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices. ^2:12And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way. ^2:13And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death. ^2:14So he took the young child and his mother by night, and went into Egypt; ^2:15And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son. ^2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men. ^2:17Then the word of Jeremiah the prophet came true, ^2:18In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss. ^2:19But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord came in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, ^2:20Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead. ^2:21And he got up, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. ^2:22But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee. ^2:23And he came and was living in a town named Nazareth: so that the word of the prophets might come true, He will be named a Nazarene.

^3:1And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea, ^3:2Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near. ^3:3For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight. ^3:4Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey. ^3:5Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan; ^3:6And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong. ^3:7But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come? ^3:8Let your change of heart be seen in your works: ^3:9And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham. ^3:10And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire. ^3:11Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire: ^3:12In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out. ^3:13Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him. ^3:14But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me? ^3:15But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism. ^3:16And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove; ^3:17And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

^4:1Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One. ^4:2And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it. ^4:3And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread. ^4:4But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God. ^4:5Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, ^4:6If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone. ^4:7Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test. ^4:8Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them; ^4:9And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship. ^4:10Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only. ^4:11Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him. ^4:12Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee; ^4:13And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his living-place in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali: ^4:14So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true, ^4:15The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, ^4:16The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up. ^4:17From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near. ^4:18And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. ^4:19And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. ^4:20And straight away they let go the nets and went after him. ^4:21And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come. ^4:22And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him. ^4:23And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people. ^4:24And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well. ^4:25And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.

^5:1And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him. ^5:2And with these words he gave them teaching, saying, ^5:3Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. ^5:4Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted. ^5:5Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage. ^5:6Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire. ^5:7Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy. ^5:8Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God. ^5:9Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God. ^5:10Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs. ^5:11Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me. ^5:12Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you. ^5:13You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men. ^5:14You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all. ^5:15And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house. ^5:16Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. ^5:17Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete. ^5:18Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done. ^5:19Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven. ^5:20For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven. ^5:21You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged: ^5:22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire. ^5:23If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you, ^5:24While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering. ^5:25Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison. ^5:26Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing. ^5:27You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife: ^5:28But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart. ^5:29And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell. ^5:30And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell. ^5:31Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose: ^5:32But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her. ^5:33Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord: ^5:34But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God; ^5:35Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King. ^5:36You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. ^5:37But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One. ^5:38You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: ^5:39But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned. ^5:40And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him. ^5:41And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two. ^5:42Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it. ^5:43You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you: ^5:44But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you; ^5:45So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner. ^5:46For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same? ^5:47And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same? ^5:48Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

^6:1Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. ^6:2When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward. ^6:3But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does: ^6:4So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. ^6:5And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. ^6:6But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. ^6:7And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words. ^6:8So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him. ^6:9Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. ^6:10Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth. ^6:11Give us this day bread for our needs. ^6:12And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us. ^6:13And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One. ^6:14For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven. ^6:15But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins. ^6:16And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. ^6:17But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean; ^6:18So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. ^6:19Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away. ^6:20But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away: ^6:21For where your wealth is, there will your heart be. ^6:22The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light. ^6:23But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be! ^6:24No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth. ^6:25So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing? ^6:26See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they? ^6:27And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller? ^6:28And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread: ^6:29But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. ^6:30But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith? ^6:31Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed? ^6:32Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things: ^6:33But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition. ^6:34Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

^7:1Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged. ^7:2For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you. ^7:3And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye? ^7:4Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye? ^7:5You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye. ^7:6Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you. ^7:7Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you: ^7:8Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open. ^7:9Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone? ^7:10Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake? ^7:11If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him? ^7:12All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets. ^7:13Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it. ^7:14For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it. ^7:15Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves. ^7:16By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? ^7:17Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit. ^7:18It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit. ^7:19Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire. ^7:20So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them. ^7:21Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven. ^7:22A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power? ^7:23And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil. ^7:24Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock; ^7:25And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock. ^7:26And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand; ^7:27And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall. ^7:28And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching, ^7:29for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

^8:1And when he had come down from the mountain, great numbers of people came after him. ^8:2And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean. ^8:3And he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away he was made clean. ^8:4And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them. ^8:5And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request, ^8:6Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain. ^8:7And he said to him, I will come and make him well. ^8:8And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well. ^8:9Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. ^8:10And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel. ^8:11And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: ^8:12But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain. ^8:13And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour. ^8:14And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill. ^8:15And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs. ^8:16And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill; ^8:17So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases. ^8:18Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side. ^8:19And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go. ^8:20And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head. ^8:21And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father. ^8:22But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead. ^8:23And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him. ^8:24And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping. ^8:25And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near. ^8:26And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. ^8:27And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders? ^8:28And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way. ^8:29And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time? ^8:30Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food. ^8:31And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs. ^8:32And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water. ^8:33And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits. ^8:34And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

^9:1And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town. ^9:2And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins. ^9:3And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God. ^9:4And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil? ^9:5For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go? ^9:6But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house. ^9:7And he got up and went away to his house. ^9:8But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men. ^9:9And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him. ^9:10And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples. ^9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners? ^9:12But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill. ^9:13But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners. ^9:14Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not? ^9:15And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food. ^9:16And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole. ^9:17And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe. ^9:18While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life. ^9:19And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples. ^9:20And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe: ^9:21Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well. ^9:22But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour. ^9:23And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise, ^9:24He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him. ^9:25But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up. ^9:26And the news of it went out into all that land. ^9:27And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David. ^9:28And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. ^9:29Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you. ^9:30And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it. ^9:31But they went out and gave news of him in all that land. ^9:32And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit. ^9:33And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel. ^9:34But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men. ^9:35And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain. ^9:36But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper. ^9:37Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in. ^9:38Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.

^10:1And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain. ^10:2Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother; ^10:3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ^10:4Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him. ^10:5These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria, ^10:6But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel, ^10:7And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near. ^10:8Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give. ^10:9Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets; ^10:10Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food. ^10:11And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away. ^10:12And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house. ^10:13And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you. ^10:14And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet. ^10:15Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town. ^10:16See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves. ^10:17But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows; ^10:18And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles. ^10:19But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you; ^10:20Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you. ^10:21And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death. ^10:22And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation. ^10:23But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes. ^10:24A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord. ^10:25It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house! ^10:26Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear. ^10:27What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops. ^10:28And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell. ^10:29Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father: ^10:30But the hairs of your head are all numbered. ^10:31Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows. ^10:32To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven. ^10:33But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven. ^10:34Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword. ^10:35For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: ^10:36And a man will be hated by those of his house. ^10:37He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me. ^10:38And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me. ^10:39He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him. ^10:40He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me. ^10:41He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward. ^10:42And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.

^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.