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Chapter 1

¹ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

² As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,

     “Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face,

     who will prepare your way.

     ³ The voice of one crying out in the wilderness,

     ‘Make ready the way of the Lord;

     make his paths straight.’”

⁴ John came, the one baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ⁵ And the whole region of Judea and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. ⁶ And John was clothed with camel hair and a leather belt around his waist, and he was eating locusts and wild honey.

⁷ And he was proclaiming, saying, “One mightier than I is coming after me, of whom the strap of his sandals I am not worthy to stoop down to untie. ⁸ I baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

⁹ And it happened that in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and he was baptized by John in the Jordan River. ¹⁰ And immediately, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens being split open and the Spirit coming down on him like a dove. ¹¹ And a voice came out of the heavens, “You are my beloved Son. I am well-pleased with you.”

¹² And immediately, the Spirit led him out into the wilderness. ¹³ And he was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels served him.

¹⁴ But after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God ¹⁵ and saying, “The time has been fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the gospel.

¹⁶ And walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁷ and Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.” ¹⁸ And immediately, having left the nets, they followed him. ¹⁹ And having gone on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, and they were in the boat mending the nets. ²⁰ And immediately, having called them and they having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went after him.

²¹ And coming into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath, he was entering into the synagogue and teaching. ²² And they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority and not as the scribes. ²³ And immediately there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ²⁴ saying, “What to us and to you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” ²⁵ And Jesus rebuked it, saying, “Be silenced and come out from him!” ²⁶ And having thrown him down and having cried out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit went out from him. ²⁷ And they all were amazed, so they discussed with themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching according to authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him!” ²⁸ And the news of him immediately went out everywhere into the whole surrounding region of Galilee.

²⁹ And immedately, having come out from the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, along with James and John. ³⁰ But the mother-in-law of Simon was lying down, being sick with a fever, and immedately they told Jesus about her. ³¹ And having come, he raised her up, having taken hold of her hand, and the fever left her, and she started serving them.

³² And when it became evening, after the sun had set, they were brining to him all those having sickness and those possessed by demons. ³³ And the whole city was gathered together at the door. ³⁴ And he healed many having sickness with various diseases, and cast out many demons, but he was not permitting the demons to speak because they knew him.

³⁵ And having gotten up early, still very much being night, he left and went out to a solitary place, and there he was praying. ³⁶ And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, ³⁷ and found him, and were saying to him, “Everyone is seeking you.” ³⁸ And he said to them, “We may go elsewhere, into the surrounding towns, so that I may preach there also, because I came for this.” ³⁹ And he went in all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out the demons.

⁴⁰ And a leper was coming to him, begging him and kneeling down, was saying to him, “If you may be willing, you are able to make me clean.” ⁴¹ And having been moved with compassion, having reached out his hand, he touched him, and said to him, “I am willing. Be cleansed.” ⁴² And immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean. ⁴³ But having strictly warned him, he immediately sent him away. ⁴⁴ And he said to him, “See that you may say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.” ⁴⁵ But having gone out, he began to proclaim often and to spread the word widely, so that he was able no longer to enter into a town openly, but he was out in desolate places, and they were coming to him from all sides.

Chapter 2

¹ And having entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he is at home. ² And many gathered so that there was no more space, not even at the door, and he was speaking the word to them. ³ And some were coming to him bringing a paralyzed man, being carried by four men. ⁴ And not being able to approach him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where he was, and having made an opening, they lowered the bed on which the paralyzed man was lying. ⁵ And Jesus, having seen their faith, said to the paralyzed man, “Child, your sins are forgiven.” ⁶ But some of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ “Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?” ⁸ And immediately Jesus, having perceived in his spirit that they were thinking in this manner within themselves, said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins have been forgiven’ or to say ‘Get up and take up your bed, and walk’? ¹⁰ But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins,” he said to the paralytic, ¹¹ “I say to you, get up, take up your mat, and go away to your house.” ¹² And having gotten up and immediately having taken up the mat, he went out in front of everyone, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw thus.”

¹³ And he went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. ¹⁴ And passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s tent and he said to him, “Follow me.” And having gotten up, he followed him.

¹⁵ And it happened that he was reclining at table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and his disciples, for they were many and they were following him. ¹⁶ And the scribes of the Pharisees, having seen that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is he eating with the tax collectors and sinners?” ¹⁷ And having heard this, Jesus said to them, “The ones being healthy do not have need of a physician, but the ones having sickness. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

¹⁸ And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting, and they are coming and saying to Jesus, “Because of why are the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fasting, but your disciples are not fasting?” ¹⁹ And Jesus said to them, “The sons of the wedding chamber are not able to fast while the bridegroom is still with them, are they? As much time as they have the bridegroom with them, they are not able to fast. ²⁰ But days will come when the bridegroom may be taken away from them, and in those days, then they will fast. ²¹ No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, but if not, the filler pulls away from it, the new from the old, and there is a worse tear. ²² And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, but if not, the wine will burst the wineskins and the wine and the wineskins will be destroyed, but new wine into fresh wineskins.”

²³ And it happened that on the Sabbaths, he went through the grainfields, and his disciples began to make their way, picking the heads of grain. ²⁴ And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?” ²⁵ And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry—he and the ones with him— ²⁶ how he went into the house of God during Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the presence, which is not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and he also gave some to those being with him?” ²⁷ And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. ²⁸ Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”

Chapter 3

¹ And he entered into the synagogue again, and there was a man having a withered hand. ² And they were watching him closely, if he will heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. ³ And he said to the man having the withered hand, “Stand up in our midst.” ⁴ And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbaths to do good, or to do harm; to save a life, or to kill?” But they were keeping silent. ⁵ And having looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their heart, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶ And the Pharisees, having gone out, immediately were making counsel with the Herodians against him, as to how they might kill him.

⁷ And Jesus, with his disciples, withdrew to the sea, and a great crowd followed from Galilee, and from Judea, ⁸ and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. A great crowd, hearing how much he was doing, came to him. ⁹ And he said to his disciples that a small boat should be waiting for him because of the crowd, so that they would not press against him. ¹⁰ For he healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed against him so that they might touch him. ¹¹ And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they were falling down before him and crying out, saying, “You are the Son of God.” ¹² And he was often rebuking them so that they would not make him known.

¹³ And he goes up on the mountain and summons those whom he himself wanted, and they went to him. ¹⁴ And he appointed 12 (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and so that he might send them to preach, ¹⁵ and to have authority to cast out the demons. ¹⁶ And he appointed the Twelve: To Simon, also he added the name Peter; ¹⁷ and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, to whom he also added the name Boanerges, that is, 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 Zealot, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

²⁰ And he is entering into a house, and the crowd gather together again, so that they are not able even to eat bread. ²¹ And those beside him, having heard about it, went out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” ²² And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul” and “By the ruler of the demons he is casting out the demons.” ²³ But having called them to himself, in parables he was saying to them, “How is Satan able to cast out Satan? ²⁴ And if a kingdom might have been divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand. ²⁵ And if a house might have been divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. ²⁶ And if Satan rose up against himself and was divided, he is not able to stand, but he has an end. ²⁷ But no one is able, having entered into the house of a strong man, to steal his possessions unless he would tie up the strong man first, and then he will plunder his house. ²⁸ Truly I say to you that all the sins of the sons of men will be forgiven, even whatever blasphemies they may blaspheme, ²⁹ but whoever might have blasphemed against the Holy Spirit does not ever have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin”— ³⁰ because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

³¹ Then his mother and his brothers come and standing outside, they sent to him, summoning him. ³² And a crowd was sitting around him and saying to him, “Look! Your mother and your brothers are outside seeking you.” ³³ And answering them, he says, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” ³⁴ And having looked around at those sitting in a circle around him, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers! ³⁵ For whoever may do the will of God, this is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

Chapter 4

¹ And again, he began to teach beside the sea, and a large crowd is being gathered around him. Therefore he had stepped into a boat on the sea to sit in it, and the whole crowd was on the shore beside the sea. ² And he was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in his teaching, ³ “Listen! Behold, the sower went out to sow. ⁴ And it happened that as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and the birds came and devoured it. ⁵ And other fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it did not have deep soil. ⁶ And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it was dried up. ⁷ And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it did not produce fruit. ⁸ And other fell into the good soil, and it produced fruit, growing up and increasing and yielding one, 30, and one, 60, and one, 100.” ⁹ And he said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!”

¹⁰ And when he was alone, those around him with the Twelve were asking him about the parables. ¹¹ And he was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, everything is in parables,

     ¹² so that looking, they may look, but may not see,

     and hearing, they may hear, but may not understand,

     so that they would not turn and it would be forgiven to them.”

¹³ And he was saying to them, “Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all the parables? ¹⁴ The sower sows the word. ¹⁵ But these are the ones beside the road, where the word is being sown, but when they might have heard it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. ¹⁶ And in the same manner, these are the ones being sown on the rocky ground, who, when they might have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy, ¹⁷ and they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then, tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are caused to stumble. ¹⁸ And others are the ones sown among the thorns. These are the ones who have heard the word, ¹⁹ but the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires concerning other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²⁰ And those are the ones sown in the good soil, who hear the word and receive it, and produce fruit—one, 30, and one, 60, and one, 100.”

²¹ And he was saying to them, “The lamp does not come in order to be put under a basket, or under the bed, does it? Is it not so that it might be put on the lampstand? ²² For nothing is hidden except so that it might be revealed, and nothing secret has happened except so that it might come to exposure. ²³ If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!” ²⁴ And he was saying to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. In that measure you use it will be measured to you, and it will be added to you. ²⁵ For whoever has, it will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him”

²⁶ And he was saying, “Thus is the kingdom of God: As a man who may throw his seed on the ground, ²⁷ and he may sleep and may be awakened, night and day, and the seed may sprout and may grow—how, he himself does not know. ²⁸ The soil produces fruit of its own accord: First the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. ²⁹ And when it may have delivered fruit, he immediately sends forth the sickle because the harvest has come.”

³⁰ And he was saying, “How might we compare the kingdom of God, or in what parable might we present it? ³¹ It is like a mustard seed, which, when it may have been sown in the soil, being the smallest of all the seeds that are on the earth, ³² and yet, when it may have been sown, it grows and becomes greater than all the plants, and it forms large branches, so that the birds of the sky are able to make their nests in its shade.”

³³ And with many such parables he was speaking the word to them, just as they were able to hear; ³⁴ but he was not speaking to them without a parable, but privately, he was explaining everything to his own disciples.

³⁵ And he says to them on that day, evening having come, “We may cross over to the other side.” ³⁶ So having left the crowd, they take him with them, as he was, in the boat, and other boats were with him. ³⁷ And a great storm of wind happens and the waves were breaking into the boat so as to already be filling the boat. ³⁸ And he himself was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. And they wake him up and say to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” ³⁹ And having been awakened, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. ⁴⁰ And he said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you not yet have faith?” ⁴¹ And they were filled with great fear and were saying to one another, “Who then is this, for even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Chapter 5

¹ And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. ² And when he had gotten out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit came to meet him from the tombs, ³ who had his dwelling among the tombs, and no one was able to bind him anymore, not even with a chain, ⁴ because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles had been shattered, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. ⁵ And throughout every night and day in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones. ⁶ And seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran to him and bowed down before him. ⁷ And crying out with a loud voice, he says, “What to me and to you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you by God, may you not torment me.” ⁸ For he was saying to him, “Come out from the man, you unclean spirit.” ⁹ And he was asking him, “What is your name?” And he says to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” ¹⁰ And he was begging him repeatedly that he would not send them out of the region. ¹¹ But there was a great herd of pigs being fed on the hill, ¹² and they begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, so that we may enter into them.” ¹³ And he permitted them, and the unclean spirits came out, entered into the pigs, and the herd—about 2, 000—rushed down the steep hill into the sea, and drowned in the sea. ¹⁴ And those feeding them ran away and reported this in the city and in the countryside, and they went out to see what it was that had happened. ¹⁵ And they come to Jesus and see the one being demon-possessed, sitting, clothed and being in his right mind—the one who had had the Legion—and they became afraid. ¹⁶ And those who had seen how it happened to the one who was demon-possessed related it to them, and about the pigs. ¹⁷ And they began to beg him to depart from their region. ¹⁸ And when he is getting into the boat, the one who had been demon-possessed was begging him that he might be with him. ¹⁹ But he did not permit him, but says to him, “Go to your house, to your people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and had mercy on you.” ²⁰ And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus did for him, and everyone was marvelling.

²¹ And when Jesus had crossed over again to the other side in the boat, a great crowd was gathered around him, and he was beside the sea. ²² And behold, one of the leaders of the synagogue, named Jairus, comes, and having seen him, he falls at his feet. ²³ And he begs him repeatedly, saying, “My little daughter is near the end; come, so that you may lay your hands on her in order that she may be healed and she may live.” ²⁴ And went with him, and a great crowd was following him and was pressing around him.

²⁵ And a woman, being with a flow of blood for 12 years, ²⁶ and having suffered much from many doctors, and having spent everything that she had, and not having been helped, but instead having become worse, ²⁷ having heard the things about Jesus, having come up behind him in the crowd, she touched his cloak. ²⁸ For she was saying, “If I might touch just his clothes, I will be saved.” ²⁹ And immediately the flow of her blood dried up, and she knew in her body that she had been healed from the disease. ³⁰ And immediately Jesus, having realized in himself that his power had gone out from him, having turned around in the crowd, was saying, “Who touched my clothes?” ³¹ And his disciples were saying to him, “You see this crowd pressed in on you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’” ³² But he was looking around to see who had done this. ³³ But the woman, having become afraid and trembling, having known what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. ³⁴ But he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be healed from your disease.”

³⁵ While he was still speaking, they came from the synagogue leader’s house, saying, “Your daughter died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?” ³⁶ But Jesus, having heard the word being spoken, says to the leader of the synagogue, “Do not fear. Only believe.” ³⁷ And he did not permit anyone to accompany him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. ³⁸ And he comes to the house of the leader of the synagogue and sees a commotion, and weeping and much wailing. ³⁹ And entering, he says to them, “Why are you upset and weeping? The child has not died, but is sleeping.” ⁴⁰ And they were laughing at him. But he, having put them all outside, took along the father of the child, and the mother, and those with him, and he enters where the child was. ⁴¹ And having taken the hand of the child, he says to her, “Talitha, koum!” which is translated: “Little girl, I say to you, rise up.” ⁴² And immediately the little girl rose up and was walking (for she was 12 years of age), and they were immediately astonished with great amazement. ⁴³ And he strictly ordered them that no one should know about this, and he told them to give her something to eat.

Chapter 6

¹ And he went out from there and comes to his hometown, and his disciples are following him. ² And the Sabbath having come, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many of those who were hearing him were amazed, saying, “From where are these things, and what is this wisdom that has been given to him, and these miracles being done by his hands?” ³ “Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are his sisters not here with us?” And they were taking offense at him. ⁴ And Jesus was saying to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own house.” ⁵ And he was not able to do any mighty work there, except, having laid his hands on a few sick people, he healed them. ⁶ And he was amazed because of their unbelief, and he was going around the villages teaching.

⁷ And he calls the Twelve and began to send them out two by two, and he was giving them authority over the unclean spirits, ⁸ and commanded them that they should take nothing for the journey, except only a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— ⁹ but having put on sandals, and, “You may not wear two tunics.” ¹⁰ And he was saying to them, “Whenever you might enter into a house, remain there until you may go out from there. ¹¹ And whatever place may not receive you or listen to you, going out from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet as a testimony against them.” ¹² And having gone out, they proclaimed that people should repent. ¹³ And they were casting out many demons, and anointing many sick people with oil and healing them.

¹⁴ And King Herod heard this, for his name became well known, and some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are working in him.” ¹⁵ But others were saying, “He is Elijah.” And others were saying, “A prophet, like one of the prophets.” ¹⁶ But Herod, having heard this, was saying, “John, whom I beheaded—he has been raised.” ¹⁷ For Herod himself, having sent, seized John and he bound him in prison on account of Herodias (the wife of his brother Philip), because he married her. ¹⁸ For John was saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your brother.” ¹⁹ But Herodias was angry with him and was wanting to kill him, but she was not able, ²⁰ for Herod was fearing John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and he was keeping him safe, and having heard him, he was greatly perplexed, yet he was listening to him gladly. ²¹ And the opportune day having come when Herod prepared his birthday dinner for his officials, and for his commanders, and for the leaders of Galilee, ²² and the daughter of Herodias herself having entered and having danced and having pleased Herod and those reclining at table with him, the king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you would desire and I will give it to you.” ²³ And he swore to her, “Whatever you may ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.” ²⁴ And having gone out, she said to her mother, “What should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.” ²⁵ And immediately, having entered in with haste to the king, she requested, saying, “I desire that you would give me at once, the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” ²⁶ And the king, having become deeply grieved, he did not want to refuse her because of his oath and those reclining at table with him, ²⁷ and the king immediately, having sent an executioner, commanded him to bring his head, and so having departed, he beheaded him in the prison. ²⁸ And he brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. ²⁹ And his disciples, having heard of this, came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

³⁰ And the apostles are gathered together with Jesus and reported to him all that they did and what they taught. ³¹ And he says to them, “You yourselves, come away privately to a desolate place and rest a little while.” For those coming and those going were many, and they were not even having opportunity to eat. ³² And they went away in the boat to a desolate place privately. ³³ But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they ran there together on foot from all the towns, and they arrived before them. ³⁴ And having gotten out, he saw a great crowd and had compassion on them because they were like sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things. ³⁵ And the hour already having become late, his disciples, having come to him, were saying, “This place is desolate, and the hour is already late. ³⁶ Send them away so that, having gone away into the surrounding countryside and villages, they may buy something for themselves to eat.” ³⁷ But answering, he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they say to him, “Having gone away, might we buy 200 denarii of loaves of bread and give it to them to eat?” ³⁸ But he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And having found out, they say, “Five loaves and two fish.” ³⁹ And he commanded them all to recline group by group on the green grass. ⁴⁰ And they reclined group by group according to hundreds and according to fifties. ⁴¹ And having taken the five loaves and the two fish, having looked up to heaven he blessed and broke the loaves and was giving them to his disciples so that they might set them before them, and he divided the two fish among them all. ⁴² And they all ate and were satisfied. ⁴³ And they took up 12 baskets full of broken pieces, and from the fish. ⁴⁴ And those who ate the loaves were 5000 men.

⁴⁵ And immediately he compelled his disciples to get into the boat and to go ahead of him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he sends the crowd away. ⁴⁶ And having sent them away, he went to the mountain to pray. ⁴⁷ And having become evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on the land. ⁴⁸ And having seen them straining against the oars, for the wind was against them, and about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them, walking on the sea, and he wanted to pass by them. ⁴⁹ But when they had seen him walking on the sea, they thought that he is a ghost and they cried out, ⁵⁰ for they all saw him and were troubled. But immediately he spoke with them and says to them, “Take courage! It is I! Do not fear!” ⁵¹ And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased blowing, and they were completely amazed among themselves. ⁵² For they did not understand about the loaves, but their heart had been hardened.

⁵³ And having crossed over to the land, they came to Gennesaret and anchored there. ⁵⁴ And when they had come out of the boat, immediately having recognized him, ⁵⁵ they ran throughout that whole region and began to carry on their mats those having sickness where they were hearing that he is. ⁵⁶ And wherever he was entering into villages, or into cities, or into the countryside, they were putting the sick in the marketplaces and were begging him so that at least they might touch the edge of his garment, and as many as touched him were being healed.

Chapter 7

¹ And the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem are gathering around him. ² And they had seen some of his disciples that eat bread with defiled hands, that is, unwashed. ³ (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they would wash their hands with a fist, holding to the tradition of the elders; ⁴ and from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they would wash, and there are many other things which they received to observe: the washing of cups, and pots, and copper vessels.) ⁵ And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but they eat their bread with unwashed hands?” ⁶ But answering, he said to them, “Isaiah prophesied well about you hypocrites. As it is written,

     ‘This people honors me with their lips,

     but their heart is far from me.

     ⁷ But they worship me in vain,

     teaching commandments of men as doctrines.’

⁸ Having abandoned the commandment of God, you hold fast to the tradition of men.” ⁹ And he was saying to them, “How well you reject the commandment of God so that you may keep your tradition! ¹⁰ For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘The one speaking evil of his father or mother—let him die the death.’ ¹¹ But you say, ‘If a man may say to his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have profited from me is Corban”’ (that is, a gift), ¹² you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother, ¹³ nullifying the word of God by your tradition which you handed down, and you do many such similar things.” ¹⁴ And having called the crowd again he was saying to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: ¹⁵ there is nothing from outside the man, entering into him, that can defile him; but the things that come out from the man are the things defiling the man.” ^16[1] [If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.] ¹⁷ And when he entered into the house from the crowd, his disciples were asking him about the parable. ¹⁸ And he says to them, “Are you also thus without understanding? Do you not see that everything that enters into the man from outside is not able to defile him, ¹⁹ because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and then passes out into the latrine?” (making all foods clean.) ²⁰ But he was saying, “What is coming out from the man, that defiles the man. ²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, ²² adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, slander, pride, and folly. ²³ All these evils come out from within, and they defile the man.”

²⁴ And having gotten up from there, he went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon, and he entered into a house, wanting no one to know it, but he was not able to hide. ²⁵ But immediately, having heard about him, a woman who, her little daughter having an unclean spirit, having come, fell down at his feet. ²⁶ But the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by descent, and she was asking him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter. ²⁷ And he was saying to her, “Permit the children first be fed, for it is not good to take the bread of the children and to throw it to the dogs.” ²⁸ But she answered and says to him, “Yes, Lord, even the little dogs under the table eat from the crumbs of the children.” ²⁹ And he was saying to her, “Because of this word, go! The demon has gone out from your daughter.” ³⁰ And having gone away to her house, she found the child lying on the bed, and the demon had gone out.

³¹ And again having gone out from the region of Tyre, he went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee up to a part of the region of the Decapolis. ³² And they bring to him someone who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they beg him that he would lay his hand on him. ³³ And having taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and having spit, he touched his tongue. ³⁴ And having looked up to heaven, he sighed and says to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”). ³⁵ And his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was released, and he began speaking plainly. ³⁶ And he ordered them so that they would tell no one. But as much as he ordered them, the more abundantly they were proclaiming it. ³⁷ And they were extremely astonished, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

Chapter 8

¹ In those days, there is again a great crowd, and not having anything to eat, having summoned his disciples, he says to them, ² “I have compassion on the crowd, because they are remaining with me already for three days and do not have anything to eat. ³ And if I would send them away to their home fasting, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from far way.” ⁴ And his disciples answered him, “From where will anyone be able to feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?” ⁵ And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.” ⁶ And he commands the crowd to recline on the ground, and having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, he broke them and was giving them to his disciples so that they might serve them, and they served the crowd. ⁷ And they had a few small fish, and having blessed them, he told them to serve these also. ⁸ And they ate and were satisfied, and they picked up an abundance of broken pieces—seven baskets. ⁹ And there were about four thousand people, and he sent them away. ¹⁰ And immediately, having gotten into the boat with his disciples, he went into the region of Dalmanutha.

¹¹ And the Pharisees came out and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, testing him. ¹² And having sighed deeply in his spirit, he says, “Why does this generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, if sign will be given to this generation…” ¹³ And having left them, having boarded a boat again, he went away to the other side.

¹⁴ And they forgot to bring bread, and except for one loaf, they did not have any with them in the boat. ¹⁵ And he was warning them, saying, “Keep watch! Be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.” ¹⁶ And they were reasoning with each other that they have no bread.” ¹⁷ And having known this, Jesus says to them, “Why are you reasoning that you do not have bread? Do you not yet perceive, nor understand? Have your hearts become hardened? ¹⁸ Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not 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 take up?” They say to him, “Twelve.” ²⁰ “And when the seven among the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they say to him, “Seven.” ²¹ And he said to them, “How do you not yet understand?”

²² And they come to Bethsaida, and they bring to him a blind man and beg him that he would touch him. ²³ And having taken hold of the hand of the blind man, he led him out of the village. And having spit into his eyes, having laid his hands on him, he was asking him, “Do you see anything?” ²⁴ And having looked up, he was saying, “I see men who look like walking trees.” ²⁵ Then he again laid his hands upon his eyes, and he looked intently and was restored, and he was seeing everything clearly. ²⁶ And he sent him away to his home, saying, “You may not even enter into the town.”

²⁷ And Jesus and his disciples went out into the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he was questioning his disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say that I am?” ²⁸ But they said to him, saying, “John the Baptist, and others, ‘Elijah,’ but others, ‘One of the prophets.’” ²⁹ And he was questioning them, “But who do you say that I am?” And answering, Peter says to him, “You are the Christ.” ³⁰ And he warned them that they might tell no one about him.

³¹ And he began to teach them that it is necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be killed, and to rise up after three days. ³² And he was speaking this word openly. And Peter, having taken him aside, began to rebuke him. ³³ But Jesus, having turned and looked at his disciples, rebuked Peter and says, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.” ³⁴ And having summoned the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ³⁵ For whoever wants to save his soul will lose it, but whoever loses his soul for my sake and for the gospel, will save it. ³⁶ For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and to forfeit his soul? ³⁷ For what might a man give as an exchange for his soul? ³⁸ For if anyone may be ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he may come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

Chapter 9

¹ And he was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those standing here who may certainly not taste death before they would see the kingdom of God come with power.” ² And after six days, Jesus takes Peter and James and John and leads them up on a high mountain privately, alone, and he was transfigured before them. ³ And his garments became radiantly, extremely white, as no bleacher on earth is able thus to make them white. ⁴ And Elijah with Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵ And answering, Peter says to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here, and we might make three shelters, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ⁶ (For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified.) ⁷ And a cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” ⁸ And suddenly, having looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them, but only Jesus.

⁹ And as they were coming down from the mountain, he ordered them so that they would relate to no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man would rise from the dead. ¹⁰ And they kept the word to themselves, discussing together what it is “to rise from the dead.” ¹¹ And they were questioning him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that it is necessary for Elijah to come first?” ¹² But he was saying to them, “Elijah has come first to restore all things. And how is it written about the Son of Man that he would suffer many things and would be despised? ¹³ But I say to you that Elijah has indeed come, and they did whatever they wanted to him, just as it is written about him.”

¹⁴ And having come to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them and the scribes arguing with them. ¹⁵ And immediately, the whole crowd, having seen Jesus, were amazed, and running up to him, they were greeting him. ¹⁶ And he asked his disciples, “What are you arguing with them about?” ¹⁷ And one in the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, having a mute spirit. ¹⁸ And wherever it might seize him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he becomes rigid, and I asked your disciples so that they might cast it out, but they could not.” ¹⁹ But answering them, he says, “You unbelieving generation, until when will I be with you? Until when will I bear with you? Bring him to me.” ²⁰ So they brought the boy to him, and having seen him, the spirit immediately threw him into a convulsion, and having fallen on the ground, he was rolling around, foaming at the mouth. ²¹ And he asked his father, “How much time is it when this has been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. ²² And it has often thrown him both into the fire and into the waters in order that it might destroy him, but if you are able to do anything, help us, having had compassion on us.” ²³ But Jesus said to him, “‘If you are able’? All things are possible for the one believing.” ²⁴ And immediately the father of the child, having cried out, was saying, “I believe! Help me in my unbelief!” ²⁵ And Jesus, having seen that the crowd is running to them, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out from him, and you may never enter into him again.” ²⁶ And having cried out and convulsed him greatly, it came out, and he became like a dead person, so that many said, “He has died.” ²⁷ But Jesus, having taken him by his hand, lifted him up, and he stood up. ²⁸ And when he had gone into a house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” ²⁹ And he said to them, “This kind comes out by nothing except by prayer and fasting.” ^[1]

³⁰ And having gone out from there, they were passing through Galilee, but he was not wanting that anyone would know it, ³¹ for he was teaching his disciples and saying to them, “The Son of Man is being delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And having been killed, he will rise again after three days.” ³² But they were not understanding this statement, and they were afraid to ask him.

³³ And they came to Capernaum, and having come into the house, he was asking them, “What were you discussing on the way?” ³⁴ But they were silent. For they had been arguing with one another on the way about who was the greatest. ³⁵ And having sat down, he called the Twelve together and says to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he will be last of all and a servant of all.” ³⁶ And having taken a little child, he placed him in their midst, and having taken him in his arms, he said to them, ³⁷ “Whoever may receive one of these little children in my name receives me; and whoever may receive me, does not receive me but the one who has sent me.” ³⁸ John was saying to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name and we were preventing him, because he was not following us.” ³⁹ But Jesus said, “Do not prevent him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name and will be able soon afterwards to speak evil about me. ⁴⁰ For he who is not against us is for us. ⁴¹ For whoever may give you a cup of water in the name that you are of Christ, truly I say to you that he may certainly not lose his reward. ⁴² And whoever may cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is better for him instead if a large millstone is put around his neck and he had been thrown into the sea. ⁴³ And if your hand may cause you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than, having two hands, to go away into hell, into the unquenchable fire. ^44[2] [where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.] ⁴⁵ And if your foot may cause you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame than, having two feet, to be thrown into hell. ^46[3] [where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.] ⁴⁷ And if your eye may cause you to stumble, tear it out. It is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to be thrown into hell, ⁴⁸ where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁹ For everyone will be salted with fire. ⁵⁰ Salt is good, but if the salt may become unsalty, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Chapter 10

¹ And having gotten up, he goes from that place to the region of Judea and the other side of the Jordan River, and the crowds come together to him again. And he was teaching them again, as he had been accustomed to do. ² And having approached, the Pharisees were questioning him, testing him, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” ³ But answering, he said to them, “What did Moses command you?” ⁴ And they said, “Moses permitted him to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” ⁵ But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment to you because of your hardness of heart. ⁶ But from the beginning of creation, ‘He made them male and female.’

     ⁷ ‘For the sake of this a man will leave his father and mother, ^{[1] 8} and the two will become one flesh.’

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹ Therefore what God joined together, let man not separate.” ¹⁰ And in the house again, the disciples asked him about this. ¹¹ And he says to them, “Whoever may divorce his wife and may marry another commits adultery against her. ¹² And if she, having divorced her husband, might marry another, she commits adultery.”

¹³ And they were bringing little children to him so that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴ But having seen this, Jesus was indignant and said to them, “Permit the little children to come to me, and do not prevent them, for of those such as these is the kingdom of God. ¹⁵ Truly I say to you, whoever might not receive the kingdom of God as a little child may certainly not enter into it.” ¹⁶ And having taken them into his arms, he blessed them, placing his hands on them.

¹⁷ And as he is proceeding on the journey, someone ran up to him and having knelt before him, was asking him, “Good Teacher, what might I do in order that I might inherit everlasting life?” ¹⁸ But Jesus said to him, “Why are you calling me good? No one is good except God alone. ¹⁹ You have known the commandments: ‘Do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not testify falsely, do not defraud, honor your father and mother’.” ²⁰ But he was saying to him, “Teacher, all these things I have obeyed from my youth.” ²¹ But Jesus, having looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you are lacking; go away, sell as much as you have, and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.” ²² But he, having become downcast at this word, went away grieving, because he was one having many possessions.

²³ And having looked around, Jesus says to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who having riches to enter into the kingdom of God!” ²⁴ But the disciples were astonished at his words, but again answering, Jesus says to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.” ²⁶ But they were greatly astonished, saying to him, “And who is able to be saved?” ²⁷ Having looked at them, Jesus says, “With men it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” ²⁸ Peter began to speak to him, “Behold, we have left everything and have followed you.” ²⁹ Jesus was saying, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for the sake of me, and of the gospel, ³⁰ who may not receive a hundred times as much now in this time: houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, everlasting life. ³¹ But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

³² And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them. And they were amazed, but those who are following behind were afraid. And having taken the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them what is going to happen to him. ³³ “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him to the Gentiles. ³⁴ And they will mock him, and spit on him, and whip him, and kill him, but after three days he will rise.”

³⁵ And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, are coming up to him, saying to him, “Teacher, we desire that you might do for us whatever we may ask you.” ³⁶ And he said to them, “What do you want that I would do for you?” ³⁷ And they said to him, “Grant to us that we might sit in your glory, one at your right hand and one at your left hand.” ³⁸ But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup which I am drinking or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am being baptized?” ³⁹ But they said to him, “We are able.” But Jesus said to them, “The cup that I am drinking, you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am being baptized, you will be baptized. ⁴⁰ But to sit at my right hand or at my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.” ⁴¹ And having heard this, the ten began to be very angry with James and John. ⁴² And having summoned them, Jesus said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³ But it is not this way among you. Instead, whoever may want to become great among you will be your servant, ⁴⁴ and whoever may want to be first among you will be a slave of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul as a ransom in exchange for many.”

⁴⁶ And they come into Jericho, and as he is going out from Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, son of Timaeus, was sitting along the road. ⁴⁷ And having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and to say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁸ And many were rebuking him so that he might be silent, but he was crying out much more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁹ And having stood still, Jesus said, “Call him.” And they call the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage! Get up! He is calling you.” ⁵⁰ And having thrown aside his coat, having sprung up, he came to Jesus. ⁵¹ And answering him, Jesus said, “What do you want that I would do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, so that I might receive my sight.” ⁵² But Jesus said to him, “Go. Your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight, and he was following him on the road.

Chapter 11

¹ And when they come to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, to the Mount of Olives, Jesus sends out two of his disciples ² and says to them, “Go into the village opposite us, and immediately, entering into it, you will find a colt having been tied up, on which no man has yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. ³ And if anyone might say to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and immediately he sends it back here.’” ⁴ And they went away and found a colt having been tied up at a door outside on the street, and they untie it. ⁵ And some of those who had stood there are saying to them, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” ⁶ And they spoke to them just as Jesus told them, and they gave them permission. ⁷ And they brought the colt to Jesus and throw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. ⁸ And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others, branches having been cut from the fields. ⁹ Both those going before and those following were crying out,

     “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who 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, into the temple; and having looked around at everything, the hour already being late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve. ¹² And the next day, when they had returned from Bethany, he was hungry. ¹³ And having seen from far away a fig tree having leaves, he went, if perhaps he will find anything on it. But having come to it, he found nothing except leaves, for it was not the season of figs. ¹⁴ And answering, he said to it, “No one will ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.

¹⁵ And coming to Jerusalem, and having entered into the temple, he began to cast out those selling and those buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling pigeons, ¹⁶ and he was not permitting that anyone carry things through the temple. ¹⁷ And he was teaching them and saying, “Is it not written,

     ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’?

But you have made it a den of robbers.”

¹⁸ And the chief priests and the scribes heard this, and they were seeking a way they might kill him, for they feared him because the entire crowd was amazed at his teaching. ¹⁹ And when evening came, they were departing from the city.

²⁰ And passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree had been withered from its roots. ²¹ And having remembered, Peter says to him, “Rabbi, behold! The fig tree that you cursed has been withered away.” ²² And answering, Jesus says to them, “Have faith in God. ²³ Truly I say to you that whoever might say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and be cast into the sea,’ and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that what he says is happening, it will be for him. ²⁴ Because of this, I say to you: Whatever you pray and ask, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. ²⁵ And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have something against anyone, so that your Father who is in the heavens may also forgive you your trespasses.” ^26[1] [But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your trespasses.]

²⁷ And they come to Jerusalem again, and as he is walking around in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders come to him. ²⁸ And they were saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things, and who gave you this authority, so that you might do them?” ²⁹ But Jesus said to them, “I also will ask you one word, and 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 were discussing between themselves, saying, “What should we say? If we would say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Because of what then did you not believe him?’ ^{[2] 32} But we might say, ‘From men,’…” (They were afraid of the crowd, for they all considered that John really was a prophet.) ³³ And answering, they say to Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus says to them, “Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.”

Chapter 12

¹ And he began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and dug a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower, and leased it to vine growers, and went away on a journey. ² And at the season, he sent a slave to the vine growers so that he might receive from the vine growers from the fruit of the vineyard. ³ But having seized him, they beat him, and sent him away with nothing. ⁴ And again he sent to them another slave, and that one, they wounded in the head and treated shamefully. ⁵ And he sent another, and that one they killed, and many others—beating these, but killing those. ⁶ Having one more, a beloved son, he sent him to them last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ ⁷ But those vine growers said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, we should kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ ⁸ And having seized him, they killed him, and threw him outside of the vineyard. ⁹ Therefore, what will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine growers and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ And have you not read this scripture?

     ‘The stone which the builders rejected,

     this has become the head of the corner.

     ¹¹ This came from the Lord,

     and it is marvelous in our eyes.’”

¹² And they were seeking to seize him, but they feared the crowd, for they knew that he spoke this parable against them. And having left him, they went away.

¹³ And they send some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him in order to trap him with a word. ¹⁴ And having come, they say to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and it is not a concern to you about anyone, for you do not look at the face of men, but, you teach the way of God according to truth. Is it lawful to give taxes to Caesar or not? Should we give, or not give?” ¹⁵ But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring to me a denarius so that I might look at it.” ¹⁶ And they brought one, and he says to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” And they said to him, “Caesar’s.” ¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, “The things of Caesar, give back to Caesar, and the things of God, to God.” And they were marveling at him.

¹⁸ And Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, come to him and are questioning him, saying, ¹⁹ “Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If someone’s brother may die and may leave behind a wife, but may not leave a child, that his brother should take the wife and should raise up offspring to his brother.’ ²⁰ There were seven brothers, and the first took a wife and dies, not leaving offspring, ²¹ and the second took her and died, not leaving offspring, and the third likewise. ²² And the seven did not leave offspring. Last of all, the woman also died. ²³ In the resurrection, when they may rise again, of which of them will she be a wife? For the seven had her as wife.” ²⁴ Jesus was saying to them, “Are you not being led astray because of this, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God? ²⁵ For when they may rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are like angels in the heavens. ²⁶ But concerning the dead that are raised, did you not read in the book of Moses, at 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 are quite being led astray.”

²⁸ And one of the scribes, having come up, heard them discussing this together. Having seen that he answered them well, he asked him, “Which is the first commandment of all?” ²⁹ Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. ³⁰ And you will love the Lord your God from your whole heart, and from your whole soul, and from your whole mind, and from your whole strength.’ ³¹ The second is this, ‘You will love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other greater commandment than these.” ³² And the scribe said to him, “Good, Teacher! According to truth you have said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. ³³ And to love him from your whole heart and from your whole understanding and from your whole strength, and to love your neighbor as oneself, is even more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” ³⁴ And Jesus, having seen that he had answered wisely, said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one any longer was daring to question him.

³⁵ And answering, Jesus, teaching in the temple courts, said, “How do the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? ³⁶ David himself, in the Holy Spirit, said,

     ‘The Lord said to my Lord,

     “Sit at my right hand,

     until I may place your enemies under your feet.”’

³⁷ David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ and how is he his son?” And a large crowd was listening to him gladly.

³⁸ And in his teaching, he was saying, “Beware of the scribes, who are desiring to walk in long robes, and greetings in the marketplaces, ³⁹ and the chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at the feasts. ⁴⁰ They devour the houses of the widows, and as a pretext offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

⁴¹ And having sat down across from the temple offering box, he was watching how the crowd put money into the offering box. And many rich people were putting in much. ⁴² And having come, one poor widow put in two mites, which are a quadrans. ⁴³ And having called his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of those putting into the offering box. ⁴⁴ For all of them gave from their abundance, but she, from her poverty, put in everything she had, all of her livelihood.“

Chapter 13

¹ And as he was walking away from the temple, one of his disciples says to him, “Teacher, look! What stones and what buildings!” ² And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Stone upon stone may certainly not be left here, which may certainly not be torn down.”

³ And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew were asking him privately, ⁴ “Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign when all these things are about to be fulfilled?” ⁵ And Jesus began to say to them, “Be careful that no one may lead you astray. ⁶ Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am!’ and they will lead many astray. ⁷ But when you may hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not worry; it is necessary for it to happen, but it is not yet the end. ⁸ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various place; there will be famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

⁹ But you, watch yourselves! They will deliver you to councils and to synagogues, you will be beaten, and you will be made to stand before governors and kings because of me, for a testimony to them. ¹⁰ But first, it is necessary for the gospel to be proclaimed to all the nations. ¹¹ And when they may arrest you, handing you over, do not worry about what you should say. But whatever might be given to you in that hour, speak that; for you will not be the ones speaking, but the Holy Spirit. ¹² And brother will deliver brother to death, and a father, his child. And children will rise up against parents and put them to death. ¹³ And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end, that one will be saved.

¹⁴ But when you may see the abomination of desolation standing where it must not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, ¹⁵ but let the one on the housetop not go down nor go in to take anything from his house, ¹⁶ and let the one in the field not turn back to the things behind to get his cloak. ¹⁷ But woe to those having in the womb, and to those nursing in those days! ¹⁸ But pray that it might not happen in winter. ¹⁹ For there will be in those days tribulation—such as these have not happened from the beginning of creation which God created until now, and may certainly not happen. ²⁰ And if the Lord did not cut short the days, all flesh would not be saved. But for the sake of the elect whom he chose, he cut short the days. ²¹ And then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ! Look, there!’ do not believe it. ²² For false Christs and false prophets will be raised up and will give signs and wonders, to deceive, if possible, the elect. ²³ But you, watch out! Behold, 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 light;

     ²⁵ and the stars will be falling from the sky,

     and the powers that are 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 the angels and he will gather together his elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky.

²⁸ But learn the parable from the fig tree. When already its branch may become tender and may put out its leaves, you know that summer is near. ²⁹ So also, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, at the doors. ³⁰ Truly I say to you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things occur. ³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away. ³² But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, except the Father.

³³ Be alert! Watch and pray, because you do not know what time it is. ³⁴ As a man on a journey, having left his house, and having given to each of his servants authority over his work, and he commanded the door-keeper so that he would stay alert; ³⁵ therefore, stay alert, because you do not know when the lord of the house is coming—whether evening, or midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn— ³⁶ lest, having come suddenly, he might find you sleeping. ³⁷ But what I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!”

Chapter 14

¹ And it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, having seized Jesus by stealth, they might kill him. ² For they were saying, “Not during the festival, so that there will not be a riot of the people.”

³ And as he is in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he is reclining at table, a woman came, having an alabaster jar of very costly annointing-oil of pure nard. Having broken the jar, she poured it on his head. ⁴ But there were some who are angry within themselves, “For what has this waste of the anointing oil happened? ⁵ For this perfume was able to be sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor.” And they were scolding her. ⁶ But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you causing trouble for her? She did a good work for me. ⁷ For you always have the poor with yourselves, and whenever you may desire you are able to do good to them, but you do not always have me. ⁸ What she could, she did. She anticipated to anoint my body for burial. ⁹ But truly I say to you, wherever the gospel may be preached in the whole world, what she has done will also be spoken of, in memory of her.”

¹⁰ And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve, went away to the chief priests so that he might betray him to them. ¹¹ But when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him silver. And he was seeking how to conveniently betray him.

¹² And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they were sacrificing the Passover lamb, his disciples say to him, “Where do you want us to go away to prepare, so that you may eat the Passover meal?” ¹³ And he sends two of his disciples and says to them, “Go into the city, and a man bearing a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. ¹⁴ And wherever he may enter, say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’ ¹⁵ And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready, and make the preparations for us there.” ¹⁶ And the disciples left and went to the city, and they found it just as he said to them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

¹⁷ And, evening having arrived, he came with the Twelve. ¹⁸ And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, one from among you who is eating with me will betray me.” ¹⁹ They began to be grieved, and to say to him one by one, “Surely not I?” ²⁰ But he said to them, “It is one of the Twelve, the one who is dipping with me into the bowl. ²¹ For the Son of Man is going away just as it has been written about him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! It would have been good for him if that man had not been born.”

²² And as they were eating, having taken bread, having blessed it, he broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take it. This is my body.” ²³ And having taken a cup, having 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 covenant, that is being poured out for many. ²⁵ Truly I say to you that I may certainly not any longer drink from the fruit of the vine until that day when I may drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

²⁶ And having sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. ²⁷ Then Jesus says to them, “All of you will fall away, for it is written,

     ‘I will strike the shepherd

     and the sheep will be scattered.’

²⁸ But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.” ²⁹ But Peter was saying to him, “Even if all will fall away, yet not I.” ³⁰ And Jesus says to him, “Truly I say to you, that today—this very night—before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” ³¹ But he said emphatically, “Even if it is necessary for me to die with you, I will certainly not deny you.” And they all also were speaking in the same manner.

³² And they come to a place, the name of which is Gethsemane, and he says to his disciples, “Sit here while I may pray.” ³³ And he takes along Peter, and James, and John with him and began to be distressed and deeply troubled. ³⁴ And he says to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.” ³⁵ And having gone a little farther, he fell to the ground and was praying that if it is possible, the hour might pass from him. ³⁶ And he was saying, “Abba, Father, all things are possible with you. Remove this cup from me. But not what I will, but what you will.” ³⁷ And he comes back and finds them sleeping, and he says to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Were you not able to stay alert for one hour? ³⁸ Stay alert and pray, so that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ³⁹ And again, having gone away, he prayed, having said the same thing. ⁴⁰ And again, having come, he found them sleeping, for their eyes were weighed down, and they did not know what to answer to him. ⁴¹ And he comes the third time and says to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴² Get up, that we may go. Behold, the one who is betraying me is near.” ⁴³ And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrives, and a crowd with him with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders. ⁴⁴ And his betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I may kiss, he it is. Seize him and lead him away securely.” ⁴⁵ And having arrived, immediately. having come up to him, he says, “Rabbi,” and he kissed him. ⁴⁶ And they laid hands on him and seized him. ⁴⁷ But a certain one of those standing by, having drawn his sword, struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. ⁴⁸ And answering, Jesus said to them, “Did you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me? ⁴⁹ Every day I was with you teaching in the temple, and you did not seize me. But so that the scriptures might be fulfilled…” ⁵⁰ And having left him, they all ran away.

⁵¹ And a certain young man was following him, wearing a linen garment over his naked body. And they seize him, ⁵² but having left behind the linen garment, he ran away naked.

⁵³ And they led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes gather together. ⁵⁴ And Peter followed him from a distance, as far as inside to the courtyard of the high priest, and he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire. ⁵⁵ But the chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, and they were not finding any. ⁵⁶ For many were testifying falsely against him, but their testimony was not the same. ⁵⁷ And certain ones, having stood up, were bringing false testimony against him, saying, ⁵⁸ “We heard him saying, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’” ⁵⁹ And not even in this manner was their testimony the same. ⁶⁰ And having stood up in their midst, the high priest questioned Jesus, saying, “Do you not answer at all? What are these testifying against you?” ⁶¹ But he was silent and did not answer at all. Again the high priest was questioning him and saying to him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?” ⁶² But Jesus said, “I am;

     and you will see the Son of Man

         sitting at the right hand of power

         and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

⁶³ But the high priest, having torn his garments, said, “What need do we still have of witnesses? ⁶⁴ You heard the blasphemy. What is evident to you?” And they all condemned him to be deserving of death. ⁶⁵ And cerrtain ones began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him, and to say to him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received him with slaps.

⁶⁶ And Peter being below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came to him. ⁶⁷ And having seen Peter warming himself, having looked closely at him, she said, “You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus.” ⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, “Neither have I known nor do I understand what you are saying.” And he departed, out into the courtyard. ^{[1] 69} But the servant girl, having seen him there, began to say again to those standing around, “This one is from among them!” ⁷⁰ But he was denying it again. And after a little while those standing around again were saying to Peter, “Truly you are from among them, for you also are a Galilean.” ⁷¹ But he began to curse and to swear, “I do not know this man whom you are talking about.” ⁷² And immediately a rooster crowed a second time, and Peter remembered the words that Jesus said to him: “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times,” and having broken down, he was weeping.

Chapter 15

¹ And immediately, having held a consultation at dawn, the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the entire Sanhedrin, having bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate. ² And Pilate questioned him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” But answering him, he says, “You say so.” ³ And the chief priests were accusing him of many things. ⁴ But Pilate again was questioning him, saying, “Do you not answer at all? See how many things they are accusing you!” ⁵ But Jesus no longer answered anything, so that Pilate was amazed.

⁶ But during the festival, he usually released to them one prisoner, whom they were requesting. ⁷ And there was, bound with the rebels, one who was called Barabbas, who had committed murder in the insurrection. ⁸ And having come, the crowd began to request of him just as he usually did for them. ⁹ But Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you desire that I would release to you the King of the Jews?” ¹⁰ For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy. ¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead. ¹² But answering again, Pilate, said to them, “What therefore should I do to the one you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³ But they cried out again, “Crucify him!” ¹⁴ But Pilate was saying to them, “What wrong has he done?” But they cried out even more, “Crucify him.” ¹⁵ But Pilate, wanting to do what was pleasing to the crowd, released Barabbas to them and handed over Jesus, having flogged him, so that he might be crucified.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led him inside the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and call together the whole cohort, ¹⁷ and put on him a purple robe, and place on him a crown of thorns they had twisted together, ¹⁸ and they began to salute him: “Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹ And they were striking his head with a staff and spitting on him, and kneeling down, they were prostrating themselves to him. ²⁰ And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the purple robe and put his own garments on him, and lead him out so that they might crucify him. ²¹ And they pressed into service a certain passerby, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), coming from the country, so that he might carry his cross.

²² And they bring him to Golgotha (a place which is translated, “Place of a Skull”). ²³ And they were offering him wine having been mixed with myrrh, but he did not drink it. ²⁴ And they crucified him, and divide his garments by casting lots for them, who would take which piece. ²⁵ But it was the third hour, and they crucified him. ²⁶ And this was the inscription of the charge having been written against him: “The King of the Jews.” ²⁷ And they crucify two robbers with him, one on his right, and one on his left. ^28[1] [And the scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘And he was counted with the lawless ones.’] ²⁹ And those who are passing by were blaspheming him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! The one destroying the temple and rebuilding it in three days, ³⁰ save yourself having come down from the cross!” ³¹ In the same way also the chief priests along with the scribes mocking him to each other, were saying, “He saved others; he is not able to save himself. ³² Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we might see and might believe,” and those who had been crucified with him were taunting him.

³³ And the sixth hour having arrived, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. ³⁴ And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ³⁵ And some of those who had been standing by, having heard him, were saying, “Look, he is calling for Elijah.” ³⁶ But someone, having run and having filled a sponge with sour wine, having put it on a reed, was giving it to him to drink, saying, “Let him alone! We may see if Elijah comes to take him down!” ³⁷ But Jesus, having cried out with a loud voice, breathed his last. ³⁸ And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. ³⁹ But the centurion who had stood in front of him, having seen that he had breathed his last in this way, said, “Truly this man was the Son of God.” ⁴⁰ But there were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary (the mother of James the younger and of Joses), and Salome. ⁴¹ When he was in Galilee they were following him and serving him, and many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.

⁴² And when evening had already come, because it was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph who was from Arimathea, a respected member of the council who also was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, having come, he boldly went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ But Pilate was wondering if he had already died, and having called the centurion, he questioned him, whether Jesus had already died. ⁴⁵ And having learned this from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶ And having bought a linen cloth, having taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been cut from a rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ⁴⁷ But Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where he was laid.

Chapter 16

¹ And the Sabbath having passed, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and of Salome bought spices so that having come, they might anoint him. ² And very early on the first day of the week, they arrive at the tomb, the sun having come up. ³ And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” ⁴ And having looked up, they see that the stone has been rolled away, for it was extremely large. ⁵ And having entered into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. ⁶ But he says to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. ⁷ But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’”

⁸ And having gone out, they ran from the tomb, for trembling and amazement was gripping them. And they said nothing to anyone because they were afraid. ^9[1] [Early on the first day of the week, after he arose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. ¹⁰ She went and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping. ¹¹ They heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, but they did not believe.

¹² After these things he appeared in a different form to two of them, as they were walking out into the country. ¹³ They went and told the rest of the disciples, but they did not believe them.

¹⁴ Jesus later appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he rose from the dead. ¹⁵ He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to the entire creation. ¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved, and he who does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ These signs will go with those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons. They will speak in new languages. ¹⁸ They will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”

¹⁹ After the Lord had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰ The disciples left and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word by the signs that went with them.]