1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the son of God,
2 as it stands written in the prophets, “See how I am sending my messenger in front of you, who will prepare your way ahead of you.
3 The voice of the one crying out in the desert, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’ ”
4 It was the case that John was baptizing in the desert and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins,
5 and all the region of Judaea went out to him, as did the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
6 Now John was clothed in camel hair and a leather girdle around his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
7 And he would preach, and say, “He who is more powerful than me is coming after me, whose buckle of his sandals I am not worthy to stoop to loosen.
8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with 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 Jordan,
10 and immediately as he came up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the spirit descending like a dove on him,
11 and a voice came out of the heavens, “You are my beloved son, with whom I am very pleased.”
12 And immediately the spirit drove him out into the desert.
13 And he was there in the desert for forty days, being tempted by Satan, and he was with the wild animals, while the angels would take care of him.
14 Then after John had been arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom of God,
15 and saying, “The time has been completed and the kingdom of God has drawn near. Repent and believe in the gospel.”
16 Then as he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, Simon's, casting a round net in the sea. After all, they were fishermen.
17 And Jesus said to them, “Come and follow me, and I will make you fishermen of men.”
18 And they immediately left their nets and followed him.
19 Then when he had moved on a little from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, while they were in a boat mending their nets,
20 and he immediately called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away following him.
21 Then they went into Capernaum, and on the Sabbath he immediately went into the synagogue and gave some teaching.
22 And they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
23 And there was a man with an unclean spirit in their synagogue, and it shouted out,
24 and said, “Hey, what have you to do with us, Jesus the Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the holy one of God.”
25 At this Jesus rebuked it and said, “Be silent and come out of him.”
26 Then the unclean spirit convulsed him and shouted in a loud voice and came out of him.
27 And they were all astounded, so much so that they debated among themselves and said, “What does this mean? What is this new doctrine, where he even commands the unclean spirits with authority and they obey him?”
28 And his fame immediately spread into the whole country area of Galilee.
29 Then immediately when they had come out of the synagogue, they went to the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
30 Now Simon's mother-in-law was laid up ill with a fever, and they told him about her straightaway.
31 And he came over and took hold of her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her immediately, and she looked after them.
32 When evening had come, when the sun had set, they brought to him all those with ailments and those possessed by a demon,
33 and the whole city was congregated at the door,
34 and he cured many who were ailing with various diseases, and he cast out many demons, and did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
35 Then he got up early, while it was still very much night, and went out and went to a deserted place, and prayed there.
36 Meanwhile Peter and those with him went after him,
37 and when they had found him, they said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.”
38 And he said to them, “Let us go to the nearby towns, so that I may preach there too. For I have come out for this very purpose.”
39 And he preached in their synagogues in the whole of Galilee, while he also cast out the demons.
40 Then a leper came to him pleading with him, and kneeling down to him, and he said to him, “If you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.”
41 At this, Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched his hand out and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing, be cleansed.”
42 And as soon as he had spoken, the leprosy went from him, and he was cleansed.
43 Then he vehemently admonished him and straightaway dismissed him,
44 and said to him, “See to it that you don't say anything to anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed, as a testimony to them.”
45 But he went out and began to publicize it widely and to blaze the matter abroad, so that he could no longer go openly into a city, but was outside in desolate places. And they kept coming to him from all sides.
1 Then some days later he went to Capernaum again and it was reported that he was at someone's home,
2 and immediately many gathered together, to the point that there was no room any more, not even space at the door. And while he was speaking the word to them,
3 some people carrying a paralysed man came to him, the man being carried by four people,
4 and not being able to approach him on account of the crowd, they opened up the roof where he was, and when they had broken it up, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralysed man was lying.
5 Then when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralysed man, “My child, you have been forgiven your sins.”
6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, while reasoning in their hearts as follows,
7 “Why does this man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins, but one, that is, God?”
8 And immediately Jesus, having perceived in his spirit that they were reasoning inwardly like this, said to them, “Why are you reasoning about these matters in your hearts?
9 What is easier, to say to the paralytic man, ‘You have been forgiven your sins,’ or to say ‘Arise, and pick up your stretcher, and walk’?
10 But in order that you may know that the son of man has authority to forgive sins on earth ...” – he said to the paralytic man –
11 “I say to you, arise and pick up your stretcher and go to your home.”
12 And he arose immediately, and picked up his stretcher, and went out in the presence of all, so that they were all astounded, and glorified God, saying, “Never have we seen anything like this.”
13 Then he went out again, by the sea. And the whole crowd would come to him, and he would teach 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 got up and followed him.
15 And it came to pass as he was reclining at table in his house that many tax-collectors and sinners reclined with Jesus and his disciples. For there were many, and they followed him.
16 However when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, “What is this that he eats and drinks with tax-collectors and sinners?”
17 At which Jesus, having heard it, said to them, “It is not those who are in sound health who need a doctor, but those who are ailing. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
18 Meanwhile John's disciples, and those of the Pharisees, were fasting, and people came and said to him, “Why do John's disciples and those of the Pharisees fast, whereas your disciples do not fast?”
19 And Jesus said to them, “Surely the wedding guests cannot be fasting 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 will be taken from them, and then, in those days, they will fast.
21 And no-one sews a patch of uncarded flannel onto an old garment, or else the piece added to it pulls on it – the new on the old – and the tear becomes worse.
22 And no-one puts new wine in old wineskins, or else the new wine tears the wineskins, and the wine leaks out, and the wineskins are ruined. Rather, new wine needs to be put in new wineskins.”
23 Then it came to pass that he was passing by on the Sabbath through the sown fields, and his disciples had begun to make a way through, while plucking the ears of corn,
24 and the Pharisees said to him, “Look at what they are doing on the Sabbath, which is not permitted,”
25 at which he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and was hungry, he and those with him?
26 – How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not permitted to eat, except for the priests, and he also gave some to those who were with him?”
27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath came about on account of man, not man on account of the Sabbath.
28 Consequently, the son of man is Lord of the Sabbath as well.”
1 Then he went into the synagogue again, and there was a man with a withered hand there.
2 Now they watched him closely, to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, in order to accuse him.
3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up to centre stage.”
4 And he said to them, “Is it permitted to do good or evil on the Sabbath? To save a life or to kill?” But they remained silent.
5 Then he looked around at them with anger, thoroughly grieved at the hardness of their heart, and he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored, healthy like the other one.
6 Then the Pharisees immediately went out with the Herodians and took counsel against him, as to how they might destroy him.
7 Meanwhile Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a very large number of people followed him, from Galilee and from Judaea,
8 and from Jerusalem and from Idumaea and across the Jordan, while those from around Tyre and Sidon, a large community who had heard everything he was doing, came to him.
9 So he told his disciples that a small boat should remain at hand for him on account of the crowd, so that they should not press on him,
10 for he had healed many people, and as a result they converged on him in order that whoever had infirmities might touch him.
11 Also whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they would fall down before him and shout out saying, “You are the son of God,”
12 and he would rebuke them sharply so that they should not make him manifest.
13 Then he went up into a mountain and called along those whom he himself wanted, and they went off to him,
14 and he appointed twelve, for them to be with him, and to send them to preach,
15 and to have authority to cure sicknesses and to cast out demons.
16 And he gave an additional name to Simon: Peter.
17 Furthermore he appointed James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and he gave them additional names: 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 Canaanite,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who for his part betrayed him. Then they went into a house,
20 and again a crowd gathered, so that they could not even eat bread.
21 And when those close to him heard about it, they went out to take charge of him, for people were saying that he was out of his senses.
22 Now the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said that he was possessed by Beelzebul and that he cast out the demons by the ruler of the demons.
23 So he called them to himself and spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but is finished.
27 No-one can plunder the goods of a strong man, after entering his house, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he can plunder his house.
28 Truly, I say to you, that the sons of men will be forgiven their sins and whatever blasphemies they perpetrate,
29 but whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit does not have forgiveness throughout the Age, but is liable to age-abiding judgment.”
30 He said this because they said, “He is possessed by an unclean spirit.”
31 Then his brothers and mother came and stood outside and sent men to him, calling him.
32 Meanwhile a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Excuse us, but your mother and your brothers and your sisters outside are looking for you.”
33 Then he replied to them and said, “Who is my mother or my brothers?”
34 Then after he had looked around at those sitting around him, he said, “Behold my mother and my brothers.
35 For it is whoever does the will of God who is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.”
1 Next he began to teach again by the sea, and a large crowd gathered to him, so that he went on board a boat to sit in on the sea, while the whole crowd was by the sea on land.
2 And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in the course of his teaching,
3 “Listen. A sower once went out to sow seed.
4 And it so happened that as he sowed, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
5 But some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much soil, and it immediately sprang up through not having depth of soil,
6 but when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it did not have roots, it withered.
7 And some fell into the thorn-bushes, and the thorns came up and smothered it, and it did not yield any fruit.
8 And some fell onto good ground, and while it sprang up and grew, it yielded fruit, and some produced a thirtyfold return, and some a sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold.”
9 And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10 Then when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him the meaning of the parable,
11 and he said to them, “To you it is granted to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those outside, everything comes in parables,
12 in order that they should definitely see but not perceive, and definitely hear but not understand, lest they should be converted and they should be forgiven their sins.”
13 And he said to them, “Do you not know the meaning of this parable? How then can you know the meaning of any parable?
14 The sower sows the word.
15 One group are those alongside the road where the word is sown, but when they hear it, Satan immediately comes and removes the word sown in their hearts.
16 And another group are like those sown on the stony ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,
17 but they do not have inward roots, but rather are for a season. Then when affliction or persecution comes on account of the word, they immediately take offence.
18 And another group are those sown in the thorn bushes, who hear the word,
19 but the cares of this age and the deceit of riches and the desires in regard to other matters, when they come in, choke the word and it becomes unfruitful.
20 And another group are those sown on the good ground, who hear the word, and receive it and yield fruit, some a thirtyfold return, and some a sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold.”
21 Furthermore he said to them, “A lamp isn't brought to be put under a bushel of corn or under a bed, is it? It is to be put on a lamp-stand, isn't it?
22 For there is nothing hidden except what will be made manifest, nor has anything secret taken place but that it will come into the open.
23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
24 And he said to them, “Watch out with what you hear. By the same measure by which you measure, it will be meted out to you; and to you who hear, the measure will be increased.
25 For to whoever has, more will be given. But from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.”
26 And he said, “So is the kingdom of God, as if a man were casting seed on the ground,
27 and should sleep and get up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow long in a way he is unaware of,
28 for the land produces fruit spontaneously: first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear.
29 But when the fruit yields itself, he immediately sends out the sickle, because the harvest is at hand.”
30 And he said, “To what should we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what kind of parable should we represent it?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown on the ground is the smallest of all the seeds which are on the earth,
32 but when it is sown, it comes up and becomes bigger than all the other vegetables and puts out big branches, so that the birds of the sky can settle in its shade.”
33 And he spoke the word to them in many such parables, inasmuch as they were able to give them a hearing.
34 Indeed he did not speak to them without using a parable. But he did explain everything privately to his disciples.
35 And he said to them on that day when evening had come, “Let's go across to the other side.”
36 Then when they had sent the crowd away, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. And there were other small boats with him.
37 And a severe windy storm arose, and the waves were breaking over into the boat, so that it was already filling up.
38 And he was at the stern, sleeping on a pillow, and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, is it not of concern to you that we are in mortal danger?”
39 And when he woke up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Be quiet, be silenced.” And the wind abated, and a great calm came.
40 Then he said to them, “Why are you fearful like this? How come you do not have faith?”
41 And they were very afraid and said to each other, “Who can this be then, seeing both the wind and sea obey him?”
1 Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the district of the Gadarenes,
2 and when he had disembarked from the boat, a man from the tombs who was possessed by an unclean spirit immediately went to meet him.
3 He had his dwelling in the tombs, and no-one could bind him even with chains,
4 because he had often been bound in shackles and chains, but the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken, and no-one was able to tame him.
5 And he was always in the mountains and the tombs, day and night, shouting and lacerating himself with stones.
6 Then when he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and worshipped him,
7 and he cried out in a loud voice and said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God not to torment me.”
8 For he had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.”
9 And he had asked him, “What is your name?” And he had answered and said, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
10 And he pleaded with him earnestly that he should not send them out of the district.
11 Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there near the mountain,
12 and all the demons pleaded with him and said, “Send us into the pigs, so that we can go into them.”
13 At this Jesus immediately permitted them. So the unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs, at which the herd rushed headlong down the cliff into the sea. There were about two thousand of them, and they drowned in the sea.
14 And those tending the pigs fled and reported it in the city and in the fields. Then they went out to see what it was that had happened,
15 and they came to Jesus and saw the man possessed by a demon sitting, and clothed, and in his senses – the one who had been possessed by Legion – and they were afraid.
16 And those who had seen how it happened to the man possessed by a demon described it to them, and the matter of the pigs.
17 Then they went on to ask him to depart from their district.
18 But when he had embarked on a boat, the one who had been possessed by a demon asked him if he could stay with him.
19 However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go to your home, to your family and tell them everything that the Lord has done for you and how he had mercy on you.”
20 And he went off, and began to proclaim in Decapolis everything that Jesus had done for him, and everyone was amazed.
21 Meanwhile, when Jesus had again crossed to the other side in the boat, a large crowd gathered to him and he was by the sea,
22 and it so happened that one of the officials of the synagogue came, Jairus by name, and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
23 and pleaded with him earnestly saying, “My little daughter is at death's door. I ask you to come and lay your hands on her, so that she should be saved and live.”
24 So he went with him, and a large crowd followed him, and were thronging him,
25 and a certain woman who had had a haemorrhage for twelve years
26 – and had suffered much at the hands of many doctors, and had spent everything she had, but had not been benefitted in any way, and had rather become worse –
27 having heard about Jesus, came in the crowd and touched his cloak from behind,
28 for she said, “If I can just touch his clothes, I will be saved.”
29 And immediately her issue of blood dried up and she knew in her body that she had been cured of her infirmity.
30 Then Jesus, having become inwardly aware of the power which had gone out of him, immediately turned to the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?”
31 At this the disciples said to him, “You see the crowd thronging you, yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
32 Then he looked round to see her who had done this.
33 And the woman, in fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down at him and told him all the truth.
34 But he said to her, “My daughter, your faith has saved you. Go off in peace and be cured of your infirmity.”
35 While he was still speaking, men came from the synagogue official and said, “Your daughter has died. Why are you still troubling the teacher?”
36 But when Jesus heard what was said, he immediately said to the synagogue official, “Don't be afraid; just believe.”
37 And he did not permit anyone to go along with him except Peter and James and John the brother of James,
38 and he came to the house of the synagogue official and saw a tumult of people weeping and lamenting greatly,
39 and he went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child has not died, but is asleep.”
40 And they laughed at him. But he sent them all out and took the father of the child with him, and the mother and those with him, and he went into the room where the child was lying.
41 And he took hold of the child's hand and said to her, “Talitha cumi”, which, being translated, means, “Young girl, (I say to you), ‘Arise.’ ”
42 And immediately the young girl arose and walked around. Now she was twelve years old. And they were astonished with great astonishment.
43 Then he ordered them strictly that no-one should get to know this. He also said that something should be given to her to eat.
1 Then he went out from there and came to his native country, and his disciples followed him.
2 Then, it being a Sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astounded, and said, “Where does this man get these things from? And what is this wisdom which has been given to him, so that such deeds of power take place at his hands?
3 Isn't this is the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?” And they were offended because of him.
4 But Jesus said to them “A prophet is not without honour except in his native land and among his kinsmen and in his own house.”
5 And he could not do any deeds of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few invalids and healed them.
6 Indeed he was astonished on account of their unbelief. And he would go round the neighbouring villages teaching.
7 Then he called the twelve to himself and began to send them out two at a time, and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits,
8 and commanded them not to take anything for the journey except just a staff: neither a wallet, nor bread, nor bronze money for their money belt,
9 but to be shod with sandals, and not to wear two tunics.
10 And he said to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, remain there until you go out from that place.
11 And as for whoever does not receive you, or hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony to them. Truly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrha on the day of judgment than for that city.”
12 Then they went out and preached that one should repent.
13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed many infirm with olive oil and cured them.
14 And King Herod heard about it, for his fame had become well-known, and he said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why deeds of power are at work in him.”
15 Others said, “He is Elijah,” whereas yet others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets.”
16 But when Herod heard about it, he said, “John, whom I had beheaded – that's who it is. He has been raised from the dead.”
17 For Herod himself had had John arrested and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.
18 For John had said to Herod, “It is not permitted for you to have the wife of your brother,”
19 and Herodias bore him a grudge, and wanted to kill him, but could not.
20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him, and when he had heard him, he would do many things, and he used to listen to him with pleasure.
21 But when an opportune day came, when Herod held a dinner on his birthday for his nobles, and the cohort commanders, and the prominent men of Galilee,
22 and the daughter of Herodias herself had come and danced, and had pleased Herod and those reclining at table with him, and the king said to the young girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”
23 And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
24 Then she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
25 Then straightaway she came in with haste to the king and made her request, saying, “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a dish at once.”
26 Now the king, who had become greatly grieved, because of the oaths and the guests at table, did not want to deny her the request.
27 So the king immediately sent an executioner with instruction that his head should be brought in.
28 And he went off and beheaded him in the prison and brought his head on a dish and gave it to the young girl, and the young girl gave it to her mother.
29 Then when his disciples heard about it, they came and removed his corpse, and put it in a tomb.
30 And the apostles gathered to Jesus and reported everything to him, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
31 And he said to them, “You yourselves come privately to a desolate place, and rest a short while.” For those who came and went were many, and they did not even have an opportunity to eat.
32 So they went to a desolate place by boat privately.
33 And people saw them departing, and many recognized him, and they were quick to converge there on foot from all the cities, and arrived before them and gathered round him.
34 Then when Jesus went out, he saw a large crowd and felt compassion for them, because they were like sheep which had no shepherd, and he began to teach them many things,
35 and with it already being a late hour, his disciples came up to him and said, “The place is desolate and it is already a late hour.
36 Send them away so that they can go off into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves loaves of bread, for they do not have anything to eat.”
37 But he answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.” Then they said to him, “Should we go off and buy bread for two hundred denaries and give it to them to eat?”
38 At this he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” Then when they had found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.”
39 Then he ordered them to recline, all in groups on the green grass.
40 And they reclined in groups of a hundred, and of fifty.
41 Then he took the five loaves and the two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them, and broke the bread and kept giving it to his disciples to serve them, and he shared out the two fish for everyone.
42 And they all ate and were satisfied.
43 Then they picked up twelve basketsful of pieces, and bits of the fish.
44 Now those who had eaten the bread amounted to five thousand men.
45 Then straightaway he made his disciples board the boat and go on ahead, to the far side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the crowd away.
46 And having bidden them farewell, he went away to a mountain to pray.
47 Then when it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on land.
48 And when he saw them being harrowed while rowing (for the wind was against them), he then at about the fourth watch of the night came to them walking on the sea, and intended to pass by them,
49 but when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a phantom and shouted out.
50 For all of them saw him, and were alarmed. Then straightaway he spoke with them and said to them, “Take heart, it is me. Don't be afraid.”
51 And he climbed up into the boat with them, and the wind abated, and they were most exceedingly amazed and astounded within themselves.
52 For they had not understood about the bread, for their heart was hardened.
53 Then when they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and moored there.
54 And when they had disembarked from the boat, they immediately recognized him,
55 and ran round the whole of that neighbouring region and began to bring those who were ill round on stretchers to where they heard that he was.
56 And wherever he went – to villages or cities or country places – they placed the sick in the market places and pleaded with him to just touch the hem of his cloak. And whoever touched him was cured.
1 Then the Pharisees gathered round him, as did some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
2 and seeing some of his disciples with unclean hands (that is, unwashed) eating bread, they found fault.
3 For neither the Pharisees nor any Jews eat unless they have washed their hands with the fist, holding to the tradition of the elders,
4 and on return from the market, unless they dip themselves, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received to keep to: dippings of chalices and pots and copper vessels and beds.
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”
6 To which he answered and said to them, “Isaiah prophesied well about you, you hypocrites, as it stands written, ‘This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far removed from me.
7 And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 For having abandoned the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men: dippings of pots and chalices, and you do many other similar things.”
9 And he said to them, “How finely you set aside the commandment of God so as to keep your own tradition!
10 For Moses said, ‘Honour your father and your mother,’ and ‘He who speaks ill of his father or mother must certainly die.’
11 But you approve if a man says to his father or mother, ‘What you might have been benefitted by from me is corban’, which means ‘a gift offering’.
12 And you don't permit him to do anything any more for his father or his mother,
13 so you invalidate the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. And you do many similar things.”
14 Then when he had called all the crowd to himself, he said to them, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand:
15 there is nothing on the outside of man which can defile him, if it goes into him, but it is the things that come out of him – those are the things which defile man.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
17 Then when he went into a house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 And he said to them, “Are you also witless in this way? Do you not understand that nothing from outside which goes into a man can defile him?
19 Because it does not go into his heart, but into his belly, and goes out into the latrine, a system which makes all foodstuffs clean.”
20 And he said, “Now what comes out of a man – that is what defiles man.
21 For from inside, out of the heart of men, come ill-natured disputes, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 thefts, frauds, wicked acts, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, arrogance, foolishness.
23 All these wicked things come out from the inside and defile man.”
24 Then he got up and departed from there to the regions between Tyre and Sidon, and went into a house, not wanting anyone to know, but could not escape notice.
25 For a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit had heard about him, and she came and fell down at his feet.
26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by race. And she asked him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
27 But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be fed first. For it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.”
28 Then she answered and said to him, “Yes, Lord. But even the dogs under the table eat from children's crumbs.”
29 Then he said to her, “You may go because of that remark. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
30 And she went off to her house, and found that the demon had come out and that the daughter had been laid on a bed.
31 And again he left the borders of Tyre and Sidon and came to the Sea of Galilee in the middle of the districts of Decapolis.
32 And they brought him a man deaf and hardly able to speak, and pleaded with him to put his hand on him.
33 Then he took him away from the crowd privately and put his fingers in his ears and spat and touched his tongue,
34 and looked up to heaven, and sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” which means “be opened.”
35 And immediately his sense of hearing was opened and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke properly.
36 Then he commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he commanded them, the more profusely they publicized it.
37 And they were astounded in the extreme, and said, “He has done everything well – he enables both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.”
1 In those days when there was a very large crowd, and they didn't have anything to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself and said to them,
2 “I feel compassion for the crowd, because they have remained with me for three days now and do not have anything to eat.
3 And if I send them off to their home fasting, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”
4 At this the disciples answered him, “How can anyone feed them with bread here in the desert?”
5 Then he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”
6 And he instructed the crowd to recline on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served them to the crowd.
7 And they had a few small fish, and he blessed them and told them to serve them as well.
8 So they ate, and were satisfied, and they picked up seven hampers of surplus pieces.
9 Now those who ate were about four thousand. And he sent them off.
10 Then he immediately boarded a boat with his disciples and went to the regions of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with him, seeking a sign from him from heaven, putting him to the test,
12 at which he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation keenly seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, there certainly will not be a sign given to this generation.”
13 Then he left them and again boarded a boat and departed to the other side.
14 Now they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have any with them in the boat except for one loaf,
15 and he instructed them and said, “Watch out, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
16 At this they argued among themselves and said, “It is because we haven't got any bread.”
17 But Jesus was aware of that and said to them, “Why are you arguing because you haven't got any bread? Don't you discern or understand yet? Do you still have a hardened heart?
18 Do you not see, although you have eyes? And do you not hear, although you have ears? And do you not remember?
19 When I broke five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketsful of pieces did you pick up?” They said to him, “Twelve.”
20 “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many hampers full of pieces did you pick up?” And they said, “Seven.”
21 And he said to them, “How come you do not understand?”
22 Then he came to Bethsaida, and they brought a blind man to him, and pleaded with him to touch him.
23 Then he took hold of the blind man's hand and led him out of the village, and spat into his eyes and put his hands on him, and asked him if he could see anything.
24 And he looked up and said, “I can see men, inasmuch as I can see them walking around looking like trees.”
25 Then he put his hands on his eyes again and enabled him to see again, and he was restored, and he saw everyone clearly.
26 And he sent him off to his house, and said, “Do not go into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”
27 Then Jesus went out, as did his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he questioned his disciples and said to them, “Who do men say I am?”
28 They replied, “ ‘John the Baptist,’ whilst others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, ‘One of the prophets.’ ”
29 Then he said to them, “But who do you say I am?” Peter answered and said to him, “You are the Christ.”
30 Then he warned them not to tell anyone about himself.
31 Next he began to teach them that the son of man had to suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the senior priests and the scribes, and to be killed, and to rise again after three days.
32 Indeed, he would make the assertion openly. Then Peter took him aside, and began to remonstrate with him.
33 But he turned around, and looked at his disciples, and remonstrated with Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan. For you are not mindful of the affairs of God, but those of men.”
34 Then he called the crowd to himself with his disciples and said to them, “Let whoever wishes to follow me deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but it is whoever loses his own life for my sake and that of the gospel who will save it.
36 For in what way does it benefit a man if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his own life?
37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his own life?
38 For as for whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the son of man will be in turn ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his father with the holy angels.”
1 And he said to them, “Truly, I am telling you that there are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”
2 Then six days later, Jesus took Peter and James and John along and brought them up to a high mountain alone, privately. Then he was transfigured in front of them.
3 And his clothes became shining – very white like snow – clothes of a kind which no cloth dresser on earth can make shine like that.
4 Moreover Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were speaking to Jesus,
5 at which Peter responded and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three booths: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
6 For he did not know what he should say, for they were terrified.
7 Then a cloud materialized and overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, “This is my beloved son. Hear him.”
8 Yet the moment when they looked round, they didn't see anyone any longer, except just Jesus with them.
9 Then as they came down from the mountain, he commanded them not to recount the things they had seen to anyone until the son of man had risen from the dead.
10 And they kept the matter to themselves, whilst discussing with each other what rising from the dead meant.
11 Then they questioned him and said, “The scribes say that Elijah must come first, don't they?”
12 Then he answered and said to them, “Elijah does indeed come and restore everything first, so how come it stands written concerning the son of man that he must suffer many things and be thought nothing of?
13 But I say to you that Elijah has also come, and that they did to him whatever they wanted, as it stands written concerning him.”
14 Then he went to the disciples and saw a large crowd around them, and scribes discussing with them.
15 And immediately, when the whole crowd saw him, they were astounded and they ran to greet him.
16 Then he asked the scribes, “What are you discussing with them?”
17 At this one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I have brought you my son who is possessed by a dumb spirit.
18 And wherever it seizes him, it tears at him and he foams and gnashes his teeth and he becomes dehydrated. Moreover, I told your disciples to cast it out, but they couldn't.”
19 Then he answered him and said, “O unbelieving generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him to me.”
20 So they brought him to him. And when he saw him, the spirit immediately convulsed him, and he fell onto the ground, and rolled about, foaming.
21 And he asked his father, “How long is it since this happened to him?” And he said, “Since childhood.
22 And it has often thrown him in both fire and water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, help us and have compassion on us.”
23 Then Jesus, quoting him, said to him, “ ‘If you can’ believe, everything is possible for him who believes.”
24 Then the father of the child immediately cried out and said with tears, “I believe, Lord. Help my unbelief.”
25 Then when Jesus saw that a crowd was converging, he rebuked the unclean spirit and said to it, “You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not go in to him any more.”
26 Then it shouted and convulsed him severely and came out, and he became as though he was dead, so that many said that he had died.
27 But Jesus took hold of him by the hand, and lifted him up, and he arose.
28 Then when he had gone home, his disciples asked him privately, “Why is it that we could not cast it out?”
29 And he said to them, “This kind cannot come out by any means except prayer and fasting.”
30 And they departed from there and passed through Galilee, and he did not want anyone to know.
31 For he kept teaching his disciples and saying to them, “The son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and after being killed, he will rise on the third day.”
32 But they kept failing to understand the statement, and were afraid to ask him about it.
33 Then he went to Capernaum, and after going into a house, he asked them, “What did you discuss among yourselves on the way?”
34 But they remained silent, for on the way they had discussed with each other who was the greatest.
35 Then he sat down and addressed the twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be the first, he will be the last of all and the servant of all.”
36 Next, he took a child and stood him in front of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,
37 “Whoever receives one of such children in my name receives me, and whoever receives me doesn't receive me, but him who sent me.”
38 Then John answered him and said, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, someone who does not follow us, and we prevented him, because he does not follow us.”
39 But Jesus said, “Do not prevent him, for there is no-one who can perform a deed of power in my name and will quickly be able to speak ill of me.
40 For whoever is not against you is for you.
41 For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's – truly I am telling you – he will certainly not lose his reward.
42 And it would be better for anyone who causes one of the little ones who believe in me to stumble if an upper millstone were put round his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
43 So if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It would be better for you to go into life maimed than to go off into Gehenna, into the inextinguishable fire, with two hands,
44 where their worm does not die and the fire is not extinguished.
45 And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It would be better for you to go off into life lame than to be thrown into Gehenna, into the inextinguishable fire, with two feet,
46 where their worm does not die and the fire is not extinguished.
47 And if your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It would be better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to be thrown into fiery Gehenna with two eyes,
48 where their worm does not die and the fire is not extinguished.
49 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
50 Salt is good. But if salt becomes bland, with what can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and live peaceably among yourselves.”
1 Then he arose from there and went to the districts of Judaea, through the far side of the Jordan, and again crowds flocked to him, and, as was his custom, he taught them again.
2 And when some Pharisees arrived, they asked him, “Is it permitted for a husband to divorce his wife,” testing him.
3 And he answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”
4 Then they said, “Moses permitted us to write a certificate of divorce and to divorce.”
5 At this Jesus replied and said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you in view of your hardness of heart.
6 But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
7 On account of this, a man will leave his father and his mother and will cleave to his wife,
8 and the two will be one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 So let man not separate what God has paired together.”
10 Then at home his disciples again asked him about the same thing,
11 and he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries someone else, she commits adultery.”
13 Then they brought children to him, so that he might touch them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
14 But when Jesus saw it, he became indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not prevent them. For of such is the kingdom of God.
15 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a child will certainly will not go into it.”
16 Then he took them in his arms and put his hands on them and blessed them.
17 Then as he was setting off on his way, a certain man ran up to him and kneeled before him and asked him, “Good teacher, what should I do in order to inherit age-abiding life?”
18 At this Jesus said to him, “Why do you say I am good? No-one is good except one, that is, God.
19 You know the commandments. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not commit murder. You shall not steal. You shall not give false witness. You shall not defraud. Honour your father and mother.”
20 And he answered and said to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth.”
21 Then Jesus looked at him and felt brotherly love for him and said to him, “You lack one thing: go and sell what you have and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. And come and follow me and take up the cross.”
22 But he became crestfallen at the proposition and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
23 Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “With what difficulty those who have money will go into the kingdom of God!”
24 Now the disciples were astounded at his words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how difficult it is for those trusting in money to go into the kingdom of God!”
25 It is easier for a camel to go in through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of God.
26 Then they were utterly amazed and said to themselves, “Who, then, can be saved?”
27 So Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God. For everything is possible with God.”
28 Peter went on to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”
29 But Jesus answered and said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no-one who has left home, or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,
30 who will not receive a hundredfold now, in this season – houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions, and in the age to come, age-abiding life.
31 For many who are first will be last, and who are last will be first.”
32 Now they were on their way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were astounded, and they were afraid as they were following. Then he took the twelve aside again and began to tell them about the things that would happen to him,
33 and said, “Here we are going up to Jerusalem, and the son of man will be delivered up to the senior priests and the scribes and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles.
34 And they will mock him and scourge him and spit on him and kill him, and on the third day he will rise again.”
35 Then James and John the sons of Zebedee came to him and said, “Teacher, we would like you to do for us whatever we ask.”
36 He then said to them, “What would you like me to do for you?”
37 They then said to him, “Grant us to sit one on your right and one on your left in your glory.”
38 But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup which I drink, and be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”
39 Then they said to him, “We can.” But Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup which I drink, and be baptized with the baptism with which I am being baptized.
40 But to sit on my right and my left is not mine to give, but is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41 Then when the ten heard it, they began to become annoyed with James and John.
42 But Jesus called them to himself and said to them, “You know that those who are deemed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high ranking people exercise authority over them.
43 But it will not be like this among you, but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,
44 and whoever of you wishes to be first must be the servant of all.
45 For indeed the son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
46 Then they arrived at Jericho, and as he went out of Jericho, as did his disciples and a considerable crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, who was blind, was sitting at the side of the road begging.
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout and say, “Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me.”
48 At this many rebuked him telling him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me.”
49 And Jesus stopped and ordered him to be called. So they called the blind man and said to him, “Take courage, get up, he is calling you.”
50 So he took off his coat and got up and went to Jesus.
51 Then Jesus answered and said to him, “What would you like me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabbouni, to see again.”
52 Then Jesus said to him, “Off you go; your faith has saved you.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed Jesus on his way.
1 And when they were approaching Jerusalem, Bethsphagé and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples out,
2 and said to them, “Go off into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied up, on which no man has sat. Untie it and bring it.
3 And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it,’ and he will immediately despatch it here.”
4 So they went off and found a colt tied to the door outside in the street, and untied it.
5 And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”
6 So they spoke to them as Jesus had commanded, and they left them alone.
7 Then they led the colt to Jesus and put their clothes on it, and he sat on it.
8 And many spread their clothes in the way, whereas others cut foliage from the trees and spread them in the way.
9 Both those who were going in front and those following shouted and said, “Hosanna; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
10 Blessed is the kingdom of our father David which comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest realms.”
11 Then Jesus went into Jerusalem, and into the temple, and when he had looked around at everything, the time already being evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
12 And on the next day, after they had departed from Bethany, he was hungry,
13 so when he saw a fig-tree from a distance, which had leaves, he went to see if he would find anything on it. But when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves. After all, it was not the fig season.
14 And reacting, Jesus said to it, “Let no-one ever eat from you any more.” And the disciples heard him.
15 Then they went to Jerusalem, and when Jesus had gone into the temple, he began to throw out those selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the chairs of those selling doves,
16 and he did not allow anyone to carry a utensil through the temple.
17 Then he gave some teaching and said to them, “Does it not stand written that, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations?’ But you have made it a robber's cave.”
18 Now the scribes and the senior priests heard it, and looked for a way to destroy him. For they feared him, because all the crowd were amazed at his teaching.
19 And when it had become late, he went out of the city.
20 Then early in the morning as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree, withered from its roots,
21 and Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look, the fig tree which you cursed has withered.”
22 Then Jesus replied and said to them, “Have faith in God.
23 For truly, I say to you, that whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be uplifted and cast into the sea’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come about – then whatever he says will come to pass for him.
24 Which is why I say to you, believe that you will receive everything that you ask for when praying and it will come to pass for you.
25 And when you stand praying, be forgiving if you have anything against anyone, in order that your father in the heavens may forgive you your transgressions.
26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your father in the heavens forgive your transgressions.”
27 Then they went to Jerusalem again, and while he was walking around in the temple, the senior priests and scribes and the elders came to him,
28 and they said to him, “By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority to do these things?”
29 Then Jesus replied and said to them, “I for my part will ask you one thing, so answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
30 John's baptism – was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.”
31 Then they reasoned among themselves, and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why do you not believe him then?’
32 But should we say, ‘Of men’? ” They feared the people, for everyone held John to really have been a prophet.
33 Then they answered and said to Jesus, “We do not know.” To which Jesus answered and said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
1 Then he began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence round it and dug a vat pit and built a tower and put it under hired labour with farmers and went abroad.
2 And in due course he sent a servant to the farmers, in order to receive some vineyard fruit from the farmers.
3 But they took him and flogged him and sent him off empty-handed.
4 Then he sent another servant to them. But they stoned that one and beat him on the head and sent him off having been shamefully treated.
5 Then he sent another one. But they killed that one, and many others, flogging some and killing others.
6 Well then, still having his one son, his beloved, he also sent him, the last one, to them, and said, ‘They will respect my son.’
7 But those farmers said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
8 So they took him and killed him and disposed of him outside the vineyard.
9 What, then, will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others.
10 And have you not read this scripture, ‘The stone which the builders rejected is what has become the keystone.
11 This came about from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes.’ ”
12 And they looked for a way to seize him, but they feared the crowd. For they knew that he had levelled the parable at them. So they left him and departed.
13 Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to him to trap him in his speech.
14 So they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not concern yourself about anyone, for you do not regard the outward appearance of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to give census-tax to Caesar or not?
15 Are we to give it or not to give it?” But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why are you putting me to the test? Bring me a denary to see.”
16 So they brought one. Then he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar's.”
17 Then Jesus replied and said to them, “Give the things of Caesar to Caesar and the things of God to God.” And they were amazed at him.
18 Then some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him, and questioned him, and said,
19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If a brother of anyone dies, and leaves a wife, but does not leave children, that his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.’
20 Let's say there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and died, and did not leave seed.
21 Then the second took her, and died, and neither did he leave seed. And likewise the third.
22 And the seven took her but did not leave seed. Last of all, the woman died too.
23 In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”
24 Then Jesus replied and said to them, “You are in error in this, aren't you, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God.
25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels in the heavens.
26 And concerning the dead – the fact that they are raised – have you not read in the book of Moses, at the passage about the bush, when God spoke to him, and said ‘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 the God of the living. So you are badly in error.”
28 Then one of the scribes who had come up and heard them disputing, knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “What is the first commandment of all?”
29 And Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is, ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.’
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.’ This is the first commandment.
31 And the second is similar – this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
32 Then the scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You have spoken truly in that, ‘He is one and there is no other apart from him.’
33 And, ‘To love him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all the soul and with all strength, and to love one's neighbour as oneself is greater than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.’ ”
34 Then when Jesus saw that he had answered astutely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Then no-one dared question him any more.
35 And Jesus answered them and said, when teaching in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
36 For David himself said by holy spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, «Sit on my right hand side until I make your enemies your footstool.» ’
37 David himself, therefore, calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” Now the common people were listening to him with pleasure.
38 And he said to them in his teaching, “Beware of the scribes who enjoy walking around in robes, and greetings in the markets,
39 and the privileged seats in the synagogues, and the privileged couches at dinners,
40 who devour widows' houses and for show make long prayers. These will receive a more serious judgment.”
41 Then Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and saw how the crowd put copper money into the treasury. And many rich people were putting in a lot,
42 but one poor widow put in two leptons, which is a quadrans.
43 Then he called his disciples to himself and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, that this poor widow has put in more than anyone of those who contribute to the treasury.
44 For everyone contributed from their surplus, but this woman from her paucity put in everything she had – her whole livelihood.”
1 Then as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what impressive stones and buildings these are.”
2 At this Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not a stone shall be left on a stone, nor escape being reduced to rubble.”
3 Subsequently, while he was sitting down on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately and said,
4 “Tell us, when will these things take place? And what is the sign when all these things are about to be fulfilled?”
5 Then Jesus answered them and went on to say, “Watch out that no-one leads you astray.
6 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the one,’ and they will deceive many.
7 And when you hear of wars and reports of wars, do not be alarmed. For such things must take place, but that is not yet the end.
8 For nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and disorders. These things are the beginnings of sorrows.
9 But you watch out for yourselves. For they will deliver you to the Sanhedrin councils, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before leaders and kings on account of me, as a testimony to them.
10 And the gospel must be preached to all the nations first.
11 Then when they lead you and deliver you up, do not be worried beforehand about what you are to say, and do not be concerned, but say whatever is given to you at that hour. For it is not you who will be speaking, but the holy spirit.
12 And brother will betray brother to death, and father child, and children will rise up against their parents, and will have them put them to death.
13 And you will be hated by everyone on account of my name. But it is he who endures to the end who will be saved.
14 Then when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it should not – let him who reads take note – then those in Judaea must flee to the mountains.
15 He who is on the roof must not come down into the house nor go in to take anything from his house,
16 and he who is in the field must not turn back to take his coat with him.
17 But woe to those with child and those who are breastfeeding in those days.
18 And pray that your flight should not be in the winter.
19 For those days will be a tribulation such as has never taken place since the beginning of creation which God created, up to now, and never will be again,
20 and if the Lord were not to shorten those days, no flesh would be saved, but on account of the elect whom he has chosen, he has shortened those days.
21 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ,’ or, ‘Look there’, do not believe it.
22 For false Christs and false prophets will rise up, and they will give signs and wonders with the intention of deceiving, if possible, even the elect.
23 So you watch out. There you are, I have told you everything beforehand.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its gleam.
25 And the stars will be falling down from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
26 And then they will see the son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
27 And then he will send his angels, and they will gather up his elect from the four winds, from the extremities of the earth to the extremities of heaven.
28 Now learn from the parable of the fig tree. When its branch has already become fresh and has produced leaves, know that the summer is near.
29 So too you, when you see these things taking place, know that they are near, right at the doors.
30 Truly, I say to you, that this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place.
31 Heaven and the earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away.
32 But no-one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels who are in heaven, nor the son, except the father.
33 Watch out, be vigilant and pray, for you do not know when the time is.
34 It will be like a man abroad, who has left his house, and given his servants authority, and to each one his work, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
35 So be vigilant. For you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning,
36 so that if he comes suddenly he does not find you sleeping.
37 And tell everyone what I am telling you: be vigilant.”
1 Now two days later it was the Passover and the days of the unleavened bread, and the senior priests and the scribes were looking for a way to catch him by deceit and put him to death.
2 But they said, “Not at the festival, so that there will not be a popular uproar.”
3 Then when he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, while he was reclining at table, a woman who had an alabaster box of very expensive genuine spikenard ointment came, and broke the alabaster box and poured it down onto his head.
4 And some were irritated inwardly, and said, “Why has this waste of ointment taken place?
5 For this could have been sold for more than Mark 14:30Mark 14:0 denaries and given to the poor.” And they railed at her.
6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you giving her trouble? She has done me a good work.
7 For you always have the poor with you, and you can do them good whenever you want, but you do not always have me.
8 She has done what she was able to do. She has had the anticipation to anoint my body for my embalming.
9 Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken about as a memorial to her.”
10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the senior priests in order to betray him to them.
11 And when they heard it, they were delighted and promised to give him money. Then he looked for a convenient way to betray him.
12 Then on the first day of the unleavened bread, when they were sacrificing the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover lamb?”
13 And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go off into the city, and a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him,
14 and wherever he goes to, say to the master of the house, ‘The teacher asks, «Where is the guest-room where I may eat the Passover lamb with my disciples?» ’
15 Then he will show you a large upper room, laid out and prepared. Prepare for us there.”
16 So his disciples went out and came to the city, and found things as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover lamb.
17 Then when it had become late, he came with the twelve.
18 And while they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray me: the one who eats with me.”
19 Then they began to grieve and say to him one by one, “Surely not me?” And another would say, “Surely not me?”
20 But he answered and said to them, “It is the one of the twelve who dips into the bowl with me.
21 Now the son of man goes away according to what stands written concerning him. But woe to that man through whom the son of man is betrayed. It would have been better for him if that man had not been born.”
22 Then while they were eating, after Jesus had taken bread and blessed it, he broke it and gave some to them, and said, “Take this and eat it. This is my body.”
23 Then when he had taken the cup and given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it,
24 and he said to them, “This is my blood, that of the new covenant, which is poured out on behalf of many.
25 Truly, I say to you, that I will no longer drink from the produce of the vine at all until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.”
26 Then they went out to the Mount of Olives, singing hymns.
27 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all take offence at me this night, in that it stands written, ‘I will smite the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered,’
28 but after I have risen, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”
29 Then Peter said to him, “Even if all take offence, still, I will not.”
30 Then Jesus said to him, “Truly, I say to you, that you today, this night, before the cock crows twice, will deny me three times.”
31 But he all the more insistently kept saying, “Even if I need to die with you, I will definitely not deny you.” They all spoke similarly too.
32 Then they came to a place, the name of which was Gethsemané, and he said to his disciples, “Sit down here while I pray.”
33 Then he took Peter and James and John with him, and began to be struck with astonishment, and be sorely troubled.
34 And he said to them, “My soul is extremely sorrowful to the point of death. Remain here and be watchful.”
35 Then he went towards him a little and fell to the ground and prayed that, if it was possible, the hour should pass away from him,
36 and he said, “Abba, father, everything is possible with you. Remove this cup from me, but not what I want, but what you want.”
37 Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not be watchful for one hour?
38 Be watchful and pray, so that you do not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
39 Then he went away again and prayed, and said the same thing.
40 Then he returned and found them sleeping again, for their eyes were weighed down and they did not know what to answer him.
41 Then he came for the third time and said to them, “Sleep from now on and rest. It has passed away. The hour has come. Behold, the son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
42 Get up, let's go. Look, he who will betray me has drawn near.”
43 And immediately, while he was still talking, Judas, being one of the twelve, arrived, as did a large crowd with him, with swords and sticks, from the senior priests and the scribes, and the elders.
44 Now he who was betraying him had pre-arranged a signal, and had said, “He whom I kiss, that is him. Seize him and lead him away securely.”
45 So he went off and straightaway he went up to him and said to him, “Rabbi, rabbi,” and kissed him profusely.
46 Then they laid their hands on him and seized him,
47 whilst a certain one of those standing around drew his sword and struck the high priest's servant and cut off his ear.
48 But Jesus responded and said to them, “Have you come out as you would against a robber, with swords and sticks to arrest me?
49 I was with you every day teaching in the temple, but you did not seize me. But let the scriptures be fulfilled.”
50 Then they all left him and fled.
51 However a certain young man followed him, wearing fine linen over his naked body, and the young men seized him,
52 but he abandoned the fine linen and fled from them naked.
53 Then they led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the senior priests and the elders and the scribes went with him.
54 Meanwhile Peter followed him from a distance up to inside the courtyard of the high priest, and he was sitting with the attendants and was warming himself at the fire.
55 Now the senior priests and all the Sanhedrin council were looking for a testimony against Jesus, so as to put him to death, but could not find one,
56 for many were giving false witness against him, but the testimonies were not in agreement.
57 Then some stood up and gave false witness against him, and said,
58 “We have heard him say, ‘I will destroy this sanctuary which is made by hands and within three days I will build another not made by hands.’ ”
59 But their testimonies were not in agreement in this either.
60 Then the high priest stood up in full view and questioned Jesus and asked, “Do you not answer anything? What are these people testifying against you?”
61 But he remained silent and did not answer anything. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, “Are you the Christ, the son of the blessed?”
62 Then Jesus said, “I am. And you will see the son of man sitting on the right hand of power coming with the clouds of heaven.”
63 At this the high priest tore his tunics and said, “Why do we still need witnesses?
64 You have heard the blasphemy. How does it look to you?” Then they all condemned him to be punishable by death.
65 Then some began to spit at him, and to blindfold his face, and to buffet him and to say to him, “Prophesy.” Then the attendants would give him sharp slaps on the face.
66 Then while Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the high priest's maidservants came,
67 and when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked straight at him and said, “You were also with Jesus the Nazarene.”
68 But he denied it, and said, “I do not know or even understand what you are saying.” Then he went out into the forecourt, and the cock crowed.
69 Then when the maidservant saw him again, she began to say to those standing around, “This man is one of them.”
70 And he kept on denying it again. And after a short while, those standing around said to Peter again, “You certainly are one of them, and indeed you are a Galilean, and your dialect is similar.”
71 But he began to curse and swear, saying, “I do not know this man whom you are speaking about.”
72 At this the cock crowed a second time. At this Peter remembered the saying that Jesus had spoken to him, “Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.” Then he took it to heart and wept.
1 Then straightaway in the morning the senior priests with the elders and scribes and all the Sanhedrin held a council, and they bound Jesus and carried him away and handed him over to Pilate.
2 And Pilate questioned him and asked, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He then answered and said to him, “As you say.”
3 And the senior priests accused him of many things.
4 Then Pilate questioned him again, and asked, “Do you not answer anything? See how many things they testify against you.”
5 But Jesus no longer answered anything, with the result that Pilate was amazed.
6 Now at the festival, he would release to them one prisoner, whomever they asked for.
7 And a man called Barabbas was held bound among the insurgents who had committed murder in the insurrection.
8 And the crowd shouted out and began to make their request for him to do as he always did for them.
9 At which Pilate answered them and said, “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews to you?”
10 For he knew that the senior priests had delivered him up through envy.
11 But the senior priests had stirred up the crowd so that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
12 Then Pilate replied again and said to them, “What then do you want me to do to him whom you call the king of the Jews.”
13 Then they shouted again, “Crucify him!”
14 Then Pilate said to them, “Well what has he done wrong?” But they shouted all the more profusely, “Crucify him!”
15 Then Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and when he had had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.
16 Next the soldiers led him into the courtyard, which is the governmental compound, and they convened the whole cohort.
17 And they clothed him in purple and put a crown of thorns on him which they had plaited.
18 And they went on to greet him, saying, “Hail, O king of the Jews.”
19 And they kept striking his head with a reed, and spitting on him, and kneeling and paying homage to him,
20 and when they had made fun of him, they took off the purple clothing, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out in order to crucify him.
21 And they pressed a certain passer-by, Simon the Cyrene, who was coming from a field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
22 Then they brought him to the place called Golgotha, which in translation is “Place of the Skull.”
23 And they gave him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he did not take it.
24 Then when they had started to crucify him, they shared out his clothes among themselves and cast lots for them as to who would take what.
25 Now it was the third hour when they crucified him.
26 And the inscription of his indictment was inscribed: “The king of the Jews.”
27 Moreover they crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left.
28 So the scripture was fulfilled which says, “And he was reckoned with lawless ones”.
29 And those passing by blasphemed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Ah, you who would demolish the sanctuary and build it again in three days,
30 save yourself and come down from the cross.”
31 And the senior priests also similarly mocked among themselves along with the scribes and said, “He saved others. He cannot save himself.
32 Let Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe him.” And those crucified with him kept reproaching him.
33 Then, at the sixth hour, darkness descended on the whole earth until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus shouted in a loud voice and said, “Eloi Eloi, lima sabachthani,” which in translation is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
35 At which some bystanders, when they heard it, said, “Look, he is calling on Elijah.”
36 Then a certain person ran and filled a sponge with vinegar and put it on a reed and offered it him to drink, and said, “All right. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down.”
37 Then Jesus uttered a loud noise and expired.
38 At this point the veil of the sanctuary was split in two from the top to the bottom.
39 When the centurion who was standing by opposite him saw that he had shouted and expired in this way, he said, “Truly, this man was the son of God.”
40 There were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were also Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James junior and Joses, and Salome,
41 who had also followed him and served him when he was in Galilee, and there were many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.
42 Then with it being late by this time, since it was the Preparation Day, which is the day before the Sabbath,
43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable councillor, who himself was awaiting the kingdom of God, came and ventured to go up to Pilate and asked for Jesus's body.
44 Now Pilate was surprised that he had already died, and he called for the centurion and asked him if he died a while ago.
45 Then having ascertained the fact from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46 And having bought fine linen, he took him down and wrapped him in the fine linen and deposited him in a sepulchre, which had been hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone against the entrance to the sepulchre,
47 while Mary of Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where he was being put.
1 Then when the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene and Mary the the mother of James, and Salome bought spices with which to come and anoint him.
2 And very early on the first day of the week they came to the sepulchre with the sun having risen,
3 and they were saying to each other, “Who will roll back to stone from the entrance to the sepulchre for us?”
4 Then they looked up and saw that the stone had been rolled back. Now it was very large.
5 Then they went into the sepulchre and saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe, and they were astonished.
6 But he said to them, “Do not be astonished. You are seeking Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they put him.
7 But go off and tell his disciples, including Peter, that he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, as he told you.”
8 At this they went out and ran away from the sepulchre, and fear and bewilderment possessed them, and they didn't say anything to anyone, for they were afraid.
9 Then after he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons.
10 She departed and told those who had been in company with him, who were mourning and weeping.
11 And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.
12 And after this, he was manifested in another form to two of them who were walking around, as they were going to a field.
13 At this they went off and told the rest. But they did not believe it either.
14 Later, he was manifested to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table and he reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him risen.
15 And he said to them, “Go into the whole world and preach the gospel to the whole of creation.
16 He who has believed and has been baptized will be saved, but he who has not believed will be condemned.
17 And these signs will closely follow those who have believed. They will cast out demons in my name; they will speak in new tongues;
18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will not harm them at all; they will lay hands on the infirm, and they will get better.”
19 So then, after speaking to them, the Lord was taken up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God.
20 And they went out and preached everywhere, with the Lord working with them, confirming the word through signs following. Amen.