1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2 Just as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Look, I send My messenger before your face, he will prepare your way.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4 John came and baptized in the wilderness, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5 And there went out to him all the country of Judea and all they of Jerusalem: and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
6 And John was clothed with camel's hair and had a leather girdle about his waist, and ate locusts and wild honey.
7 He preached, saying: There comes after me he that is mightier than I, whose shoelaces I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
8 I baptized you in water, but he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
9 And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the river Jordan.
10 And immediately coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens open and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him.
11 And a voice came out of the heavens: You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased.
12 And the Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness.
13 And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan, and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels took care of him.
14 Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,
15 and saying: The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the gospel.
16 And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
17 And Jesus said to them: Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
18 And immediately they left the nets and followed him.
19 And going on a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets.
20 And immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and went after him.
21 And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.
22 And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
23 And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
24 saying: What have we to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are- the Holy One of God.
25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Hold your peace and come out of him.
26 And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
27 And they were all amazed, so much so they questioned each other, saying: What is this? What a new teaching! With authority he commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him!
28 And the report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of Galilee and thereabout. At Simon's Home
29 And immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
30 Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and immediately they told him about her.
31 And he came and took her by the hand and raised her up; and the fever left her, and she served them.
32 When evening came, and when the sun had set, they brought to him all that were sick and those possessed with demons.
33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.
34 And he healed many that were sick with various diseases and cast out many demons; and he did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
35 And in the morning, a great while before daybreak, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place; and there prayed.
36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.
37 And they found him, and said to him: All are seeking you.
38 And he said to them: Let us go elsewhere, into the next towns, so that I may preach there also; for this is why I came.
39 And throughout all Galilee he went into their synagogues, preaching and casting out demons.
40 And a leper came to him, begging him as he knelt down before him, saying to him: If you will, you can make me clean.
41 And being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him: I will. Be cleansed.
42 And immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was made clean; and
43 he immediately sent him away with a stern warning,
44 saying to him: See you say nothing to anyone, but go show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
45 But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news, so much so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but stayed in deserted places. But still they came to him from every quarter.
1 And after some days, when he entered again into Capernaum, it became known that he was in the house.
2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even about the door; and he spoke the word to them.
3 And they came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
4 And when they could not come near to him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was; and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the paralyzed man lay.
5 And Jesus seeing their faith, said to the paralyzed man: Son, your sins are forgiven.
6 But some of the scribes sitting there questioned in their hearts:
7 Why does this man speak so? He blasphemes. Who can forgive sins but one- God!
8 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit what they questioned within themselves, said to them: Why do you question these things in your hearts?
9 Which one is easier to say to the paralyzed man? Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, pick up your bed and walk-?
10 But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins (he said to the paralyzed man):
11 I say to you! Arise, pick up your bed and go to your house.
12 And he arose and immediately picked up the bed, and went out in full view of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying: We have never seen anything like this before!
13 And he went out again by the sea side; and all the crowd went to him and he taught them.
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office; and he said to him: Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
15 And it came to pass, that as he was dining in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples. For there were many, and they followed him.
16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples: How is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?
17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them: They that are whole have no need of a doctor, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
18 And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they came, and said to him: Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?
19 And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
20 But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them. In that day, they will fast.
21 Nobody sews a piece of unshrunk cloth onto an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse.
22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. New wine must be put into new wineskins.
23 And it came to pass, that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.
24 And the Pharisees said to him: Look, why do they do on the Sabbath day what is not lawful?
25 And he said to them: Have you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry- he and they that were with him?
26 How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those that were with him?
27 And he said to them: The Sabbath was designed for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
28 Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.
1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had a withered hand.
2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day- so that they would have an excuse to accuse him.
3 And he said to the man that had the withered hand: Come here.
4 And he said to them: Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do evil? To save a life, or to kill? But they remained quiet.
5 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man: Stretch out your hand. He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
6 And the Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel against him with the Herodians, how they might destroy him.
7 And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea; and a great crowd from Galilee and from Judea followed,
8 and from Jerusalem and from Idumaea and on the other side of the Jordan and about Tyre and Sidon, a great crowd, hearing what great things he did, came to him.
9 And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, in case they crushed him.
10 For he had healed many; so much so that as many as had illnesses pressed upon him that they might touch him.
11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried, saying: You are the Son of God!
12 And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
13 And he went up into the mountain and called to himself whomever he would; and they came to him.
14 And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
15 and to have authority to cast out demons.
16 And Simon he surnamed Peter.
17 And James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James he surnamed Boanerges, which means, sons of thunder.
18 And Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James the son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus and Simon the Cananaean,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And then he went home.
20 And the crowd gathered again, so many people that they could not so much as eat bread.
21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying: He is out of his mind.
22 And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said: He has Beelzebub, and by the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.
23 And he called them to him, and said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a family be divided against itself, that family will not be able to stand.
26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.
27 But no one can enter into the home of a strong man and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his home.
28 Truly I say to you: All the sins of the sons of men shall be forgiven and their blasphemies with which they shall blaspheme.
29 But whoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit is never forgiven but is guilty of an eternal sin.
30 He said this because they had said: He has an unclean spirit.
31 And then came his mother and his brothers and standing outside, they sent a message to him, calling him.
32 And a crowd was sitting about him, and they said to him: Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.
33 And he answered them, saying: Who is my mother and my brothers?
34 And looking round on them that sat round about him, he said: Behold my mother and my brothers!
35 For whoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother and sister and mother.
1 And again he began to teach by the sea side. There gathered to him a very great crowd, so he entered into a boat and sat in the sea, and all the crowd were gathered along the shore.
2 And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching:
3 Listen! Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside and the birds came and devoured it.
5 And other fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
6 And when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And others fell into the good ground and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought forth, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
9 And he said: Who has ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
11 And he said to them: To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those that are without, all things are done in parables-
12 that seeing, they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand; lest they should turn again and it should be forgiven them.
13 And he said to them: Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all the parables?
14 The sower, sows the word.
15 And these by the way side, where the word is sown, represent those who, when they have heard, have Satan immediately come and take away the word which has been sown in them.
16 And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
17 But they have no root in themselves and only endure for a while. Then, when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
18 Others are represented by those that are sown among the thorns. These are they that have heard the word,
19 and the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word and it becomes unfruitful.
20 And these are they that were sown upon the good ground: such as hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
21 And he said to them: Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a lamp stand?
22 For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was anything made secret but that it should come to light.
23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
24 And he said to them: Pay attention to what you hear. What measure you use shall be applied to you, and more shall be given to you.
25 For he that has, to him shall be given. And he that has not, from him shall be taken away even that which he has.
26 And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth.
27 He sleeps and rises, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he does not know how.
28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
29 But when the grain is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest comes.
30 And he said: To what shall we compare the kingdom of God? Or in what parable shall we set it forth?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the earth,
32 yet when it is sown, grows up and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches so that the birds of the sky can lodge under the shadow of it.
33 And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, according as they were able to understand it.
34 Without a parable he did not speak to them, but in private he explained all things to his own disciples.
35 And on that day, when evening had come, he said to them: Let us go over to the other side of the lake.
36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him.
37 And there arose a great wind storm and the waves slammed into the boat, so much so that the boat was now filling.
38 And he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they awoke him, and said to him: Teacher, do you not care that we perish?
39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace! Be still. And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.
40 And he said to them: Why are you fearful? Do you still not have faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said to each other: Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him!
1 And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.
2 And when he got out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
3 who had his dwelling in the tombs; no one could any more bind him, even with a chain.
4 For he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him.
5 Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.
6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped him,
7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I solemnly implore you by God, do not torment me.
8 For Jesus had said to him: Unclean spirit, come out of the man!
9 And he asked the spirit: What is your name? And the spirit replied: My name is Legion. For we are many.
10 And he pleaded earnestly with him not to send them out of the country.
11 Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of pigs feeding.
12 And they pleaded with him, saying: Send us into the pigs, let us enter into them.
13 So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the hill into the sea and were drowned in the sea.
14 And they that fed them fled and told it in the city and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had happened.
15 And they came to Jesus and saw him who had been possessed with demons, that previously had the legion, sitting, clothed and in his right mind- and they were afraid.
16 And they that saw it described to them what had happened to him that was previously possessed with demons, and about what had happened to the pigs.
17 And they began to beg him to depart from their borders.
18 And as he was entering into the boat, he that had been possessed with demons pleaded with him that he might go with him.
19 But Jesus did not permit him. Instead he said to him: Go to your home, to your family, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for you and how he had mercy on you.
20 And he went his way and began to publish in Decapolis the great things Jesus had done for him, and all men marvelled. Jesus Heals Jairus' Daughter
21 And when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great crowd was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
22 And there came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,
23 and implored him earnestly, saying: My little daughter is at the point of death. I beg you to come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made whole and live.
24 And Jesus went with him; and a great crowd followed him, and they pressed upon him.
25 And a woman, who for twelve years had an issue of blood,
26 and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was nothing bettered but rather grew worse,
27 having heard the things about Jesus, came from the crowd behind him, and touched his garment.
28 For she said: If I touch but his garments, I shall be made whole.
29 And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her illness.
30 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power proceeding from him had gone forth, turned towards the crowd and said: Who touched my garments?
31 And his disciples said to him: You saw the crowd pressing upon you and you ask, Who touched me?
32 And he looked around to see who had done this thing.
33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him and told him all the truth.
34 And he said to her: Daughter, your faith has made you whole. Go in peace and be free of your illness.
35 While he was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying: Your daughter is dead. Why do you trouble the Teacher any further?
36 But Jesus, not heeding the word spoken, said to the ruler of the synagogue: Fear not, only believe.
37 And he permitted no one to follow him, save Peter, James and John the brother of James.
38 And they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he saw a tumult, and many weeping and wailing greatly.
39 And when he had entered, he said to them: Why make you a tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeps.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But he, having put them outside, took the father of the child and her mother and those that were with him, and went to where the child was.
41 And taking the child by the hand, he said to her: Talitha cumi, which means, little girl, I say to you, rise!
42 And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement.
43 And he strictly ordered them that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
1 And he left there and went to his own country; and his disciples followed him.
2 And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; and many who heard him were astonished, saying: Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom given to him? What mighty works are done by his hands!
3 Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended by him.
4 And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, save in his hometown, and among his own kin, and in his own family.
5 And there he could not do his mighty work, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people and healed them.
6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages teaching.
7 And he called the twelve and began to send them out in pairs; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
8 And he instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff. No bread, no wallet, no money in their purse;
9 but to go wearing sandals, and not to wear two coats.
10 And he said to them: Whenever you enter into a house as a guest, remain there until you leave town.
11 And whatever place shall not receive you and they will not hear you, as you leave there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them.
12 And they went out and preached that all should repent.
13 And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
14 And king Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become well known; and he said: John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these powers work in him.
15 But others said: It is Elijah; and others said: It is a prophet, even as one of the prophets.
16 But Herod, when he heard of it, said: It is John, whom I beheaded; he is risen.
17 For Herod himself had had John arrested and thrown into prison to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married her.
18 For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.
19 And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; but she could not,
20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was much perplexed; and he heard him gladly.
21 But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles, military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
22 And when the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests, and so the king said to the girl: Ask of me whatever you will, and I will give it to you.
23 And he made an oath to her: Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give it to you, to the half of my kingdom.
24 And she went out and said to her mother: What shall I ask? And she said: The head of John the Baptist.
25 And she rushed to the king and asked, saying: Here and now, I want you to give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
26 And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths and his dinner guests, he could not reject her request.
27 And immediately the king sent a soldier of his guard and commanded that he bring John's head. And the soldier went to the prison and beheaded John,
28 and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
29 And when his disciples heard of it, they went and took his corpse and laid it in a tomb.
30 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught.
31 And he said to them: Come, we shall depart for a deserted place and rest for a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure time, even to eat.
32 And they went away in the boat to a deserted place.
33 Now many saw them going and recognised them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.
34 And when Jesus came ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
35 And when the day was far spent, his disciples came to him and said: The place is deserted and the day is now far spent.
36 Send them away, that they may go into the country and villages round about and buy themselves something to eat.
37 But he answered and said to them: You give them something to eat. And they said to him: Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?
38 And he said to them: How many loaves have you? Go and see. And when they knew, they reported: Five loaves and two fishes.
39 And he commanded that all should sit down in groups upon the green grass.
40 And they sat down in groups of hundreds or of fifties.
41 And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves; and he gave them to the disciples to set before them; and the two fish he divided among them all.
42 And they all ate and were filled.
43 And they collected twelve basketfuls of leftovers, and also of the fish.
44 There were five thousand men that ate the loaves.
45 And immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and to go without him to the other side to Bethsaida, while he sent the crowd away.
46 And after he had taken leave of them, he departed into the mountain to pray.
47 And when evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea and he was alone on the land.
48 And seeing they were having difficulty rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he went to them, walking on the sea; and he would have passed by them.
49 But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost and cried out.
50 For they all saw him and were disturbed. But he immediately spoke to them and said to them: Be of good courage! It is I! Be not afraid.
51 And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly amazed,
52 because they did not understand the miracle of the loaves; their heart was hardened.
53 And when they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there.
54 And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognised him,
55 ran through that whole surrounding region, and began to carry about on beds those who were sick to wherever they heard he was.
56 And wherever he went, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and pleaded with him that they be allowed to touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched him were cured.
1 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus;
2 and they saw that some of his disciples ate with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.
3 The Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they first wash their hands, observing the tradition of the elders;
4 and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they first purify themselves; and there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze.
5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him: Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unclean hands?
6 And he said to them: Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honour me with their lips but their heart is far from me.
7 But in vain do they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.
8 You leave the commandment of God and cling to the tradition of men.
9 And he said to them: You are good at rejecting the commandment of God so that you can establish your tradition!
10 For Moses said: Honour your father and your mother, and, He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.
11 But you say: If a man tells his father or his mother: Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban (that is to say, an offering to God),
12 you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother- thus
13 making void the word of God by your tradition which you have delivered; and you do many similar things.
14 And again he called to him the crowd, and said to them: Hear me all of you, and understand.
15 There is nothing from outside the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
17 When he had entered a house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 And he said to them: Are you without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever from without goes into the man, it cannot defile him;
19 because it does not go into his heart but into his belly and is eliminated [this he said, thus making all foods clean].
20 And he said: That which proceeds out of the man is what defiles the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
22 covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
23 All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.
24 From there he arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and wanted no one to know it; but he could not be hidden.
25 But immediately a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she pleaded with him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
27 And he said to her: Let the children first be filled, for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
28 But she answered and said to him: Indeed, Lord. But even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
29 And he said to her: For this saying go your way. The demon is gone out of your daughter.
30 And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.
31 And again he left from the borders of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.
32 And they brought to him one that was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand upon him.
33 And he took him aside from the crowd, and in private put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue;
34 and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him: Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35 And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.
36 And he ordered them that they should tell no one. But the more he ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying: He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.
1 The Feeding of the 4000 In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him, and said to them:
2 I pity the crowd, because they have continued with me for three days and have nothing to eat.
3 And if I send them away to their homes without food, they will faint on the way; for some of them have come from far away.
4 And his disciples answered him: Where shall one be able to find bread for these men here in such a desolate place?
5 And he asked them: How many loaves have you? And they said: Seven.
6 And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves and having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the crowd.
7 And they had a few small fishes; and having blessed them, he commanded to set these also before them.
8 And they ate and were filled, and they gathered seven baskets of broken pieces that remained over.
9 And they were about four thousand; and he sent them away.
10 And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went into the region of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came and began to question him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, testing him.
12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said: Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, No sign shall be given to this generation.
13 And he left them, and again got into the boat and departed for the other side of the lake.
14 And they forgot to take bread; and they did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them.
15 And he ordered them, saying: Take heed! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.
16 And they reasoned one with another, saying: It is because we have no bread.
17 And Jesus perceiving it said to them: Why do you so reason, because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart so hardened?
18 Having eyes, can't you see? And having ears, can't you hear? And do you not remember?
19 When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you gather? They said to him: Twelve.
20 And when the seven among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you gather? And they said to him: Seven.
21 And he said to them: How is it that you do not yet understand?
22 And they went to Bethsaida. And they brought to him a blind man, and begged him to touch him.
23 And he took hold of the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village; and when he had spat on his eyes and laid his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw anything.
24 And he looked up, and said: I see men. But I see them as trees, walking.
25 Then Jesus put his hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And his sight was restored, and he saw everyone clearly.
26 And he sent him away to his home, saying: Do not even enter into the village.
27 And Jesus went with his disciples into the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he questioned his disciples, saying to them: Who do men say that I am?
28 And they told him, saying: John the Baptist, and others, Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.
29 And he asked them: But who do you say that I am? Peter answered and said to him: You are the Christ!
30 And he ordered them that they should tell no one about him.
31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32 And he spoke these things openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
33 But he, turning about and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said to him: Get behind me, Satan! For you are mindful of the things of men instead of the things of God.
34 And he called to him the crowd with his disciples, and said to them: If any of you wants to be my follower, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
35 For whoever would save his life shall lose it, and whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, he shall save it!
36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
37 For what should a man give in exchange for his life?
38 For whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also shall be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
1 And he said to them: Truly I say to you: There are some standing here, who shall in no way taste death, before they see the kingdom of God come with power.
2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John and brought them to a high mountain where they could be alone; and he was transfigured before them.
3 And his garments became radiant, exceedingly white, whiter than any launderer could whiten them.
4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.
5 And Peter said to Jesus: Rabbi, it is good that we are here! Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.
6 For he did not know what to say, for they were greatly afraid.
7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud: This is My beloved Son. Hear him.
8 And suddenly, looking round about, they no longer saw anyone with them, except Jesus.
9 And as they came down from the mountain, he ordered them that they should tell no one about the things they had seen, until the Son of Man should have risen from the dead.
10 So they kept these words to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.
11 And they asked him: Why do the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
12 And he said to them: Elijah indeed comes first and restores all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be set at nothing?
13 But I say to you, that Elijah came, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted, even as it is written of him.
14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd about them, and scribes arguing with them.
15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed; and running to him saluted him.
16 And he asked them: What are you arguing about with them?
17 And one of the crowd answered him: Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a dumb spirit.
18 And wherever it takes him, it dashes him down and he foams and grinds his teeth and pines away: and I spoke to your disciples that they should cast it out, and they were not able.
19 And he answered them saying: O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I tolerate you? Bring him to me.
20 And they brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit tore at him grievously and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.
21 And he asked his father: How long has this been happening to him? And he said: From a child.
22 And often it has cast him both into the fire and into the waters to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.
23 And Jesus said to him: Rather, if you can! All things are possible to him that believes.
24 Immediately the father of the child cried out, and said: I believe! Help my disbelief!
25 And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it: You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter no more into him.
26 And having cried out and torn him much, it came out; and the boy became as one dead. So much so that the many said: He is dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him up, and he arose.
28 And when he had come into the house, his disciples privately asked him: Why could we not cast it out?
29 And he said to them: This kind can come out by nothing except by prayer and fasting.
30 And they went from there and passed through Galilee; and he did not want anyone to know it.
31 For he taught his disciples, and said to them: The Son of Man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again.
32 But they did not understand the saying and were afraid to ask him.
33 And they went to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them: What were you reasoning about on the way here?
34 But they kept quiet. For they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.
35 And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them: If anyone would be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.
36 And he took a little child and set him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them:
37 Whoever shall receive one of such little children in my name, receives me. And whoever receives me, receives not me but Him that sent me.
38 John said to him: Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in your name and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.
39 But Jesus said: Do not forbid him. For there is no one who shall do a mighty work in my name and then be able straight afterwards to immediately speak evil of me.
40 For he that is not against us, is for us.
41 For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink, because you are Christ's- truly I say to you, he shall in no way lose his reward.
42 And whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
43 And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is good for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands and to go into Gehenna- into the unquenched fire,
44 where their worm does not die and the fire is not put out.
45 And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is good for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet and to be cast into Gehenna,
46 where their worm does not die and the fire is not put out.
47 And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out. It is good for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes and to be cast into Gehenna,
48 where their worm does not die and the fire is not put out.
49 For everyone shall be salted with fire.
50 Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.
1 And he left there and went into the regions of Judea on the other side of the Jordan. Crowds gathered around him again, and as was his custom he taught them.
2 And there came to him Pharisees, who asked him: Is it lawful for a man to send away his wife? They asked this to test him.
3 And he answered and said to them: What did Moses command you?
4 And they said: Moses permitted a man to write a bill of divorcement and to send her away.
5 But Jesus said to them: For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
6 But from the beginning of the creation: Male and female made He them.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall cling to his wife,
8 and the two shall become one flesh; so that they are no more two but one flesh.
9 What therefore God has joined together, do not let man divide.
10 And in the house the disciples asked him about this matter.
11 And he said to them: Whoever shall send away his wife and marry another, commits adultery against her.
12 And if she herself shall send away her husband and marry another, she commits adultery.
13 And they were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them; and the disciples rebuked them.
14 But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them: Permit the little children to come to me; forbid them not. For to such belongs the kingdom of God.
15 Truly I say to you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no way enter into it.
16 And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.
17 And as he was proceeding along the road, a man ran to him and kneeled before him, and asked him: Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
18 And Jesus said to him: Why do you call me good? None is good save one- God.
19 You know the commandments: Do not kill. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not bear false witness. Do not defraud. Honour your father and mother.
20 And he said to him: Teacher, all these things have I observed from my youth.
21 And Jesus observing him, loved him; and said to him: One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.
22 But this teaching saddened him, and he went away sorrowful. For he was one that had great possessions.
23 And Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples: How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus continued and said to them: Children! How hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And they were astonished exceedingly, saying to him: Then who can be saved?
27 Jesus, observing them, said: With men it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.
28 Peter began to say to him: We have left all, and have followed you.
29 Jesus said: Truly I say to you. Whoever leaves house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands for my sake and for the gospel's sake,
30 will receive in return, in this present season, a hundredfold houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, and with them persecutions; but in the age to come, eternal life.
31 But many that are first shall be last and the last, first.
32 And they were on the road heading up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve aside, he began to tell them what was to happen to him:
33 We will go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death and shall deliver him to the Gentiles.
34 And they shall mock him and shall spit upon him and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.
35 And there came near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him: Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we shall ask of you.
36 And he said to them: What would you wish that I should do for you?
37 And they said to him: Grant to us that we may sit, one on your right hand and one on your left hand, in your glory.
38 But Jesus said to them: You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink? Or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
39 And they said to him: We are able! And Jesus said to them: The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized.
40 But to sit on my right hand or on my left hand is not mine to give; but it will be given to them for whom it has been prepared.
41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be moved with indignation concerning James and John.
42 And Jesus called them to him, and said to them: You know that they who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43 But it is not to be so among you; but whoever would become great among you shall be your servant.
44 And whoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all;
45 for the Son of Man came not to be served by others, but to serve- and to give his life as a ransom for many.
46 And they arrived in Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say: Jesus! You Son of David, have mercy on me!
48 And many rebuked him, saying that he should hold his peace. But he cried out more zealously: You, Son of David, have mercy on me!
49 And Jesus stood still and said: Call him. And they called to the blind man, saying to him: Be of good courage! Rise, he calls for you!
50 And he, casting away his garment, sprang up and came to Jesus.
51 And Jesus said: What will you have me do for you? And the blind man said to him: Rabbi- that I may receive my sight.
52 And Jesus said to him: Go your way. Your faith has made you whole. And immediately he received his sight and followed him in the way.
1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
2 instructing them: Go into the village in front of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
3 And if anyone says to you: Why are you doing this? You are to say: The Lord has need of him; and immediately he will send him back here.
4 And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.
5 And those that stood there said to them: What are you doing, untying the colt?
6 And they said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.
7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and put on it their garments; and he sat upon it.
8 And many spread their garments upon the road, and others spread branches which they had cut from the fields.
9 And they that went ahead and they that followed, cried, Hosanna! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord!
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!
11 And he entered into Jerusalem and went into the temple, and when he had looked at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
12 And the next day, when they left Bethany, he felt hungry.
13 And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves- for it was not the season for figs.
14 Jesus addressed it: Henceforth, no one will eat fruit from you again. And his disciples heard it.
15 And they came to Jerusalem, and he entered into the temple and began to throw out those that sold and those that bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money exchangers and the seats of those that sold the doves.
16 And he would not permit anyone to carry any merchandise through the temple.
17 And he taught and said to them: Is it not written: My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves!
18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought a way to destroy him. For they feared him, for all the crowd were astonished at his teaching.
19 And every evening he left the city.
20 And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
21 And Peter, remembering, said to him: Rabbi, look at the fig tree which you cursed. It is withered away!
22 And Jesus answering said to them: Have faith in God.
23 Truly I say to you, Whoever shall say to this mountain: Be removed and thrown into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart but shall believe that what he said will happen- he shall have it.
24 Therefore I say to you: All things, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you will receive them- and you shall have them.
25 And whenever you stand praying, forgive those you have something against; so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
27 And they arrived in Jerusalem. And as he was walking into the temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
28 They said to him: By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you authority to do these things?
29 And Jesus said to them: I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
30 The baptism of John, was it from Heaven, or from men? Answer me.
31 And they reasoned among themselves, saying: If we shall say: From Heaven- he will say: Why then did you not believe him?
32 But if we say: From men- they were in fear of the people. For all truly held John to be a prophet.
33 And they answered Jesus, saying: We do not know. And Jesus said to them: Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.
1 And he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge about it, and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower; and rented it to husbandmen. Then he went into another country.
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, so he might receive from the husbandmen the fruits of the vineyard.
3 And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty handed.
4 And again he sent to them another servant- and him they wounded in the head and handled shamefully.
5 And he sent another- and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
6 He had one other, a beloved son. He sent him last to them, saying: They will reverence my son.
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves: This is the heir! Come, let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 And they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
9 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.
10 Have you not read in the scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner?
11 This was from the Lord and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 And they sought to arrest him; but they feared the crowd. For they perceived that he had spoken that parable against them; and they left him and went away. The Jews Try to Trap Jesus with Trick Questions
13 And they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him out in his teaching.
14 And when they arrived, they said to him: Teacher, we know you are truthful and do not care about anyone's opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them: Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may look at it.
16 And they brought it. And he said to them: Whose is this image and inscription? And they said to him: Caesar's.
17 And Jesus said to them: Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled greatly at him.
18 And there came to him Sadducees (these say that there is no resurrection) and they asked him:
19 Teacher, Moses wrote to us: If a man's brother dies and leaves a wife behind him and leaves no children, then his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.
20 There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died leaving no seed.
21 And the second took her, and died leaving no seed behind him, and the third likewise.
22 And the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.
23 In the resurrection, whose wife shall she be? For the seven had her as wife.
24 Jesus said to them: Is not the reason you err that you do not know the scriptures, nor the power of God?
25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels in heaven.
26 But concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?
27 He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You do err greatly.
28 And one of the scribes came and heard them arguing; and knowing that he had answered them well, he asked him: What commandment is the first of all?
29 Jesus answered: The first is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
31 The second is this: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said to him: Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, that He is one and there is no other but He.
33 And to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him: You are not far from the kingdom of God. And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
35 And Jesus asked, as he taught in the temple: Why do the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
36 David himself said in the Holy Spirit: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on My right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.
37 David himself calls him Lord; and how is he therefore his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
38 And in his teaching he said: Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes and to have salutations in the marketplaces,
39 and the chief seats in the synagogues and chief places at feasts.
40 They that devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive greater condemnation.
41 And he sat down over against the treasury, and watched how the crowd threw money into the treasury; and many that were rich threw in a lot.
42 And there came a poor widow, and she threw in two small copper coins, which make a penny.
43 And he gathered his disciples, and said to them: Truly I say to you, this poor widow threw in more than all they that are throwing money into the treasury.
44 For they threw in money they didn't need, but she though needy threw in all that she had- all her livelihood.
1 And as he left the temple, one of his disciples said to him: Teacher, look what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!
2 And Jesus said to him: Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another. All will be thrown down.
3 And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately:
4 Tell us, when will these things occur, and what shall be the sign when these things are about to happen?
5 And Jesus began to say to them: Take heed that no one lead you astray.
6 Many shall come in my name, saying, I am he; and shall lead many astray.
7 And when you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be disturbed. These things must take place, but the end is not yet.
8 For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, there shall be earthquakes in various places, there shall be famines. These things are the beginning of the birth pains.
9 But be warned. For they shall deliver you up to councils, and in synagogues they shall beat you, and before governors and kings shall you stand for my sake, to bear witness before them.
10 And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.
11 Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Say whatever shall be given you in that hour, for it is not you that will speak but the Holy Spirit.
12 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children shall rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
13 And you shall be hated by all for my name's sake; but he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved.
14 But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not (let him that reads understand), then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains.
15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in to take anything out his house.
16 And let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
17 But alas for women who are pregnant, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
18 And pray that it is not in the winter.
19 For those days shall cause distress, such as there has never been similar, from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be again.
20 And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect's sake, which He chose, He shortened the days.
21 And then if anyone shall say to you: Look, here is the Christ! or Look! There he is!- do not believe them.
22 For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray (if possible) the elect.
23 But be warned, I have told you all things beforehand.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light,
25 and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27 And then shall he send the angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
28 Now from the fig tree learn its lesson. When its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.
29 So you also, when you see these things happening, you will know that he is near- at the doors.
30 Truly I say to you: This generation shall not pass away, until all these things happen.
31 Heaven and earth may pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day or that hour knows no one except the Father, neither the angels in heaven nor the Son.
33 Be warned, watch and pray. For you do not know when the time is.
34 Like a man going on a journey; on leaving his house, he puts his servants in charge, each according to his assigned tasks. He also commands the gatekeeper to stay awake.
35 Therefore stay awake. For you do not know when the lord of the house comes, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning.
36 In case he comes suddenly finding you asleep-
37 what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake!
1 Now it was two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might arrest him using trickery and kill him.
2 For they said: Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.
3 And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of ointment of pure nard- very expensive. She broke the vial and poured it over his head.
4 But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying: For what purpose has this waste of the ointment been made?
5 For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred denarii and given to the poor. And they scolded her.
6 But Jesus said: Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work upon me.
7 For you have the poor always with you, and whenever you want you can do them good, but me you do not have always.
8 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
9 And truly I say to you: Wherever in the whole world the gospel shall be preached, what this woman has done shall be spoken of as a memorial to her.
10 And Judas Iscariot, he that was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, that he might betray him to them.
11 And they, when they heard it, were glad; and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
12 And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples said to him: Where will you have us prepare for you the Passover to eat?
13 And he sent two of his disciples and said to them: Go into the city and there you shall meet a man bearing a pitcher of water. Follow him.
14 And wherever he enters, say to the master of the house: The teacher asks, where is the guest room in which I can eat the Passover with my disciples?
15 And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare it for us.
16 And the disciples went into the city and found as he had said to them. And they made ready the Passover.
17 And when it was evening he came with the twelve.
18 And as they sat and were eating, Jesus said: Truly I say to you, one of you shall betray me- even he that eats with me.
19 They began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one: Is it I?
20 And he said to them: It is one of the twelve. He that dipped in the dish at the same time with me.
21 For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.
22 And as they were eating, he took bread and when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave it to them, and said: Take, eat, this is my body.
23 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them and they all drank from it.
24 And he said to them: This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.
25 Truly I say to you: I shall no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until the day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.
26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
27 And Jesus said to them: All of you shall fall away. For it is written: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad.
28 However, after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.
29 But Peter said to him: Although all shall fall away, I will not!
30 And Jesus said to him: Truly I say to you, yes to you today, that this night, before the cock crows twice, you shall deny me three times.
31 But Peter said emphatically: Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you. And they all said the same.
32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples: Sit here while I pray.
33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.
34 And he said to them: My soul is exceeding sorrowful even to death. Stay here and watch.
35 And he went forward a little and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
36 And he said: Abba, Father, all things are possible for You; remove this cup from me. However, not as I will but what You will.
37 And he returned and found them sleeping, and said to Peter: Simon, why do you sleep? Could you not watch one hour?
38 Watch and pray so that you do not fall into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak.
39 And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.
40 And again he returned and found them sleeping. Their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer him.
41 And he returned a third time and said to them: Sleep on now and take your rest. It is enough. The hour comes, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
42 Arise! Let us be going. He that betrays me is nearby.
43 And immediately, while he yet spoke, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders bearing swords and staves.
44 Now he that betrayed him had given them a signal, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he. Take him and lead him away safely.
45 And when he arrived, immediately he came to him and said: Master, Master; and kissed him.
46 And they arrested him and took him away.
47 But one of the disciples that was standing nearby drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
48 And Jesus said to them: Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?
49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching and you did not arrest me; but this is done that the scriptures might be fulfilled.
50 And all the disciples left him and fled.
51 And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him.
52 But he left the linen cloth and fled naked.
53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and there came together all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
54 And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire.
55 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought evidence against Jesus to put him to death, and did not find it.
56 For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree.
57 And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying:
58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.
59 But not even then did their testimony agree.
60 And the high priest stood up in their midst and asked Jesus: Do you answer nothing? What is this that these witnesses say against you?
61 But he held his peace and said nothing. Again the high priest questioned him, saying: Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
62 And Jesus said: I am, and you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.
63 And the high priest tore his clothes and said: What further need have we of witnesses?
64 You have heard the blasphemy. What think you? And they all condemned him to be worthy of death.
65 And some began to spit on him and to cover his face, striking him and saying to him: Prophesy! And the guards took him and beat him with their hands. Peter's Denials
66 And as Peter was downstairs in the courtyard, there came one of the maids of the high priest.
67 And seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said: You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus!
68 But he denied it, saying: I neither know, nor understand what you say; and he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
69 And the maid saw him and began again to say to them that stood by: This is one of them!
70 But he again denied it. And after a little while, again they that stood by said to Peter: Of a truth you are one of them; for you are a Galilean.
71 But he began to curse and to swear under oath: I do not know this man of whom you speak.
72 And immediately the second time the cock crew. And Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: Before the cock crows twice, you shall deny me three times. And as he thought upon it, he wept.
1 And immediately in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole council, made their decision and bound Jesus and took him away and delivered him up to Pilate.
2 And Pilate asked him: Are you the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him: So you say.
3 And the chief priests accused him of many things.
4 And Pilate again asked him: Have you no answer to make? See how many accusations they make against you.
5 But Jesus made no further answer; so that Pilate marvelled.
6 Now at the feast he was accustomed to releasing one prisoner to them, whomever they requested.
7 And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man named Barabbas.
8 And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.
9 And Pilate answered them saying: Will you have me release to you the King of the Jews?
10 For he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, that instead he should release Barabbas to them.
12 And Pilate again answered and said to them: What then shall I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?
13 And they cried out again: Crucify him!
14 And Pilate said to them: Why? What evil has he done? But they cried out exceedingly: Crucify him!
15 And Pilate, wishing to calm the crowd, released to them Barabbas and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
16 Then the soldiers led him away into the hall called Praetorium, and they called together the whole battalion.
17 And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on him.
18 And they began to salute him: Hail, King of the Jews!
19 And they hit his head with a rod and spat upon him, and kneeled down in homage to him.
20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple cloak and dressed him in his own garments. And they led him out to crucify him.
21 And they compelled a passer-by to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the countryside, the father of Alexander and Rufus.
22 And they brought him to the place named Golgotha, which means, Place of the skull.
23 And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not accept it.
24 And they crucify him and part his garments among themselves, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take.
25 And it was the third hour when they crucified him.
26 And the inscription of the charge against him read: The King of the Jews.
27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand and one on his left.
28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which said: And he was numbered with the transgressors.
29 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying: Ha! You that would destroy the temple and build it in three days,
30 save yourself and come down from the cross!
31 In like manner also the chief priests mocked among themselves and the scribes, saying: He saved others. Himself he cannot save!
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so we may see and believe! And they that were crucified with him ridiculed him.
33 And when the sixth hour had come, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? Which means: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said: Look, he calls Elijah.
36 And one ran and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a rod and gave it to him to drink, saying: Leave him be. Let us see if Elijah will come to take Him down.
37 And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed his last.
38 And the veil of the temple was torn in two- from the top to the bottom.
39 And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw how he breathed his last breathe, he said: Truly this man was the Son of God.
40 And there were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
41 who, when he was in Galilee, had also followed him and ministered to him; and many other women that also had come with him up to Jerusalem.
42 And when evening had come, because it was the Preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
43 Joseph of Arimathaea, a councillor of honourable rank, who also was looking for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
44 And Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and called the centurion. He asked him whether he was already dead.
45 And when it was confirmed by the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
46 And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where he was laid.
1 And when the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun was risen, they went to the tomb.
3 And they were talking among themselves: Who shall roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?
4 And looking up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled aside.
5 And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
6 And he said to them: Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here! See the place where they laid him!
7 Go tell his disciples, and Peter, that he goes ahead of you into Galilee. There shall you see him, just as he told you.
8 And they went out and ran from the tomb. Trembling and astonishment had come upon them, and they said nothing to anyone. For they were afraid.
9 Now when he had risen from the dead early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
10 She went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
11 And they, when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, disbelieved.
12 And after these things he was manifested in another guise to two of them as they walked on their way into the countryside.
13 And they went away, and told it to the rest, who did not believe them either.
14 And later he was manifested to the eleven themselves as they were eating; and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those that had seen him after he had risen.
15 And he said to them: You are to go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that disbelieves shall be condemned.
17 And these signs shall accompany them that believe- in my name shall they cast out demons, they shall speak with new tongues,
18 they shall pick up snakes, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no way hurt them. They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.
19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
20 And they went and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.