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Mark 1
¹The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; ²As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you. ³The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ⁴John baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. ⁵And all the land of Judea and they of Jerusalem went out to him and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶And John was clothed with camel's hair and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey; ⁷And preached, saying, One mightier than I is coming after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. ⁸I indeed have baptized you in water: but he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
⁹And it was in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. ¹⁰And immediately coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending on him like a dove: ¹¹And there came a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. ¹²And immediately the Spirit drove him into the wilderness. ¹³And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.
¹⁴Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, ¹⁵And saying, The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel. ¹⁶Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen. ¹⁷And Jesus said to them, Come after me and I will make you to become fishers of men. ¹⁸And immediately they forsook their nets, and followed him. ¹⁹And when he had gone a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, who also were in the ship mending their nets. ²⁰And immediately he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants and went after him. ²¹And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught. ²²And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one who had authority and not as the scribes.
²³And there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, ²⁴Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of God. ²⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him. ²⁶And when the unclean spirit had torn him and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. ²⁷And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority he commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him. ²⁸And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
²⁹And immediately, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. ³⁰But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and after a while they told him of her. ³¹And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her and she ministered to them. ³²And at evening, when the sun had set, they brought all who were diseased and those who were possessed with demons to him. ³³And all the city was gathered together at the door. ³⁴And he healed many who were sick of different diseases and cast out many demons; and did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew him. ³⁵And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place and prayed there . ³⁶And Simon and those who were with him followed after him. ³⁷And when they had found him, they said to him, All men seek for you. ³⁸And he said to them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: because I came out for this. ³⁹And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee and cast out demons.
⁴⁰And a leper came to him, beseeching him and kneeling down to him and saying to him, If you will, you can make me clean. ⁴¹And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand and touched him and said to him, I will; be clean. ⁴²And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was cleansed. ⁴³And he straitly charged him and immediately sent him away; ⁴⁴And said to him, See you say nothing to any man: but go your way, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. ⁴⁵But he went out and began to greatly publish it and to blaze the matter abroad, so that Jesus could not openly enter into the city any more, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
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Chapter 2
¹And again after some days he entered into Capernaum; and it was told that he was in the house. ²And immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word to them. ³And they came to him, bringing one sick of palsy, who was carried by four men. ⁴And when they could not come near to him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed in which the sick of palsy lay. ⁵When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the sick of palsy, Son, your sins are forgiven. ⁶But there were certain of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷Why does this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? ⁸And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they reasoned so within themselves, he said to them, Why do you reason these things in your hearts? ⁹Is it easier to say to the sick of palsy, your sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise and take up your bed and walk? ¹⁰But so that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (he said to the sick of palsy,) ¹¹I say to you, Arise and take up your bed and go your way into your house. ¹²And immediately he arose, took up the bed and went out before them all; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
¹³And he went out again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted to him and he taught them. ¹⁴And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. ¹⁵And it was, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many and they followed him. ¹⁶And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said to his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with publicans and sinners? ¹⁷When Jesus heard it, he said to them, Those who are whole have no need of the physician, but those who are sick: I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
¹⁸And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they came and said to him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast? ¹⁹And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bride chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. ²⁰But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them and then they shall fast in those days. ²¹Also no man sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment: lest the new piece that filled it up takes away from the old and the tear is made worse. ²²And no man puts new wine into old bottles: lest the new wine bursts the bottles and the wine is spilled and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put in new bottles. ²³And it was, that he went through the grain fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. ²⁴And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the sabbath day? ²⁵And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those who were with him? ²⁶How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest and ate the show bread and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests? ²⁷And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man and not man for the sabbath: ²⁸Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
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Chapter 3
¹And he entered again into the synagogue; and a man was there who had a withered hand. ²And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; so that they might accuse him. ³And he said to the man who had the withered hand, Stand. ⁴And he said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. ⁵And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. ⁶And the Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. ⁷But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude followed him from Galilee and from Judea, ⁸And from Jerusalem and from Idumaea and from beyond the Jordan and from those about Tyre and Sidon; when they had heard what great things he had done a great multitude came to him. ⁹And he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. ¹⁰For he had healed many; so that as many as had plagues pressed on him to touch him. ¹¹And when they saw him unclean spirits fell down before him and cried, saying, You are the Son of God. ¹²And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
¹³And he went up into a mountain and called to him whom he would: and they came to him. ¹⁴And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, so that he might send them out to preach, ¹⁵And to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: ¹⁶And Simon he surnamed Peter; ¹⁷And James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, that is, The sons of thunder: ¹⁸And Andrew and Philip and Bareholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James the son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus and Simon the Zealot, ¹⁹And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him: and they went into a house. ²⁰And the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. ²¹And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
²²And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and by the prince of the demons he casts out demons. ²³And he called them to him and spoke to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? ²⁴And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. ²⁶And if Satan rises up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. ²⁷No man can enter into a strong man's house and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. ²⁸Verily I say to you, All sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men and blasphemies how ever they may blaspheme: ²⁹But he who shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: ³⁰Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
³¹Then his brothers and his mother came there and, standing outside they sent to him, calling him. ³²And the multitude sat about him and they said to him, Behold, your mother and your brothers are outside seeking you. ³³And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brothers? ³⁴And he looked round about on those who sat about him and said, Behold my mother and my brothers! ³⁵For whoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother and my sister, and mother.
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Chapter 4
¹And he began again to teach by the sea side: and a great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a ship and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. ²And he taught them many things by parables and said to them in his doctrine, ³Listen; Behold, a sower went out to sow: ⁴And it was, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it. ⁵And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: ⁶But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. ⁷And some fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it and it yielded no fruit. ⁸And other fell on good ground and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty and some sixty and some a hundred. ⁹And he said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰And when he was alone, those who were about him with the twelve asked the parable of him. ¹¹And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to those who are outside, all these things are done in parables: ¹²So that seeing they may see and not perceive; and hearing they may hear and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted and their sins should be forgiven them. ¹³And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? and how then will you know any parables? ¹⁴The sower sows the word. ¹⁵And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts. ¹⁶And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; ¹⁷And have no root in themselves and so endure only for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. ¹⁸And these are those who are sown among thorns; they are such as hear the word, ¹⁹And the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches and the lusts of other things entering in, chokes the word and it becomes unfruitful. ²⁰And these are those who are sown on good ground; they are such as hear the word and receive it and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty and some a hundred.
²¹And he said to them, Is a lamp brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a lamp stand? ²²For there is nothing hidden which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. ²³If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. ²⁴And he said to them, Take heed what you hear: with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you: and more shall be given to you who hear. ²⁵For he who has, to him shall be given: and he who has not, from him even that which he has shall be taken. ²⁶And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; ²⁷And should sleep and rise night and day and the seed should spring and grow up, he does not know how. ²⁸For the earth brings forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. ²⁹But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come. ³⁰And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? ³¹It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth: ³²But when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs and shoots out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under its shadow. ³³And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear. ³⁴But he did not speak to them without a parable: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
³⁵And the same day, when evening was come, he said to them, Let us pass over to the other side. ³⁶And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him just as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. ³⁷And a great storm of wind arose and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. ³⁸And he was in the back part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awakened him and said to him, Master, do you not care that we are perishing? ³⁹And he arose and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. ⁴⁰And he said to them, Why are you so fearful? how is it that you have no faith? ⁴¹And they were exceedingly afraid and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
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Chapter 5
¹And they came over to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. ²And when he had come out of the ship, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs, ³He had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not even with chains: ⁴Because he had been bound with fetters and chains often and the chains had been plucked asunder by him and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. ⁵And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying and cutting himself with stones. ⁶But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped him, ⁷And cried with a loud voice and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the most high God? I adjure you by God, that you do not torment me. ⁸For he said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit. ⁹And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. ¹⁰And he besought him greatly that he would not send them away out of the country. ¹¹Now there was a great herd of swine feeding there near to the mountains. ¹²And all the demons besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. ¹³And immediately Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea and were choked in the sea (they were about two thousand). ¹⁴And those who fed the swine fled and told it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. ¹⁵And they came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind: and they were afraid. ¹⁶And those who saw it told them what had happened to him who had been demon possessed and also concerning the swine. ¹⁷And they began to ask him to depart out of their coasts. ¹⁸And when he had come into the ship, he who had been demon possessed besought him that he might be with him. ¹⁹But Jesus did not allow him, but said to him, Go home to your friends and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you and has had compassion on you. ²⁰And he departed and began to publish in Decapolis how many great things Jesus had done for him: and all men marveled.
²¹And when Jesus had passed over again by ship to the other side, many people gathered to him: and he was near the sea. ²²And, behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, ²³And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lies at the point of death: I beseech you, come and lay your hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. ²⁴And Jesus went with him; and many people followed him and thronged him. ²⁵And a certain woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, ²⁶And had suffered many things by many physicians and had spent all that she had and was not made better, but rather grew worse, ²⁷When she had heard of Jesus, came in the crowd behind and touched his garment. ²⁸For she said, If I may only touch his clothes, I shall be whole. ²⁹And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. ³⁰And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned around in the crowd and said, Who touched my clothes? ³¹And his disciples said to him, You see the multitude thronging you and you say, Who touched me! ³²And he looked round about to see her who had done this thing. ³³But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done in her, came and fell down before him and told him all the truth. ³⁴And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you whole; go in peace and be whole from your plague.
³⁵While he yet spoke, certain ones from the ruler of the synagogue's house came, who said, your daughter is dead: why do you trouble the Master any further? ³⁶As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he said to the ruler of the synagogue, do not be afraid, only believe. ³⁷And he allowed no man to follow him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James. ³⁸And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue and saw the tumult and those who wept and wailed greatly. ³⁹And when he had come in, he said to them, Why do you make this ado and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleeps. ⁴⁰And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he took the father and the mother of the damsel and those who were with him and entered in where the damsel was lying. ⁴¹And he took the damsel by the hand and said to her, Talitha cumi; which being interpreted is, Damsel, I say to you, arise. ⁴²And immediately the damsel arose and walked; for she was twelve years old. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. ⁴³And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.
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Chapter 6
¹And he went out from there and came into his own country; and his disciples followed him. ²And when the sabbath day had come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From where has this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given to him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? ³Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and of Juda and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. ⁴But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and among his own kin and in his own house. ⁵And he could not do any mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick folk and healed them. ⁶And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
⁷And he called to him the twelve and began to send them out two by two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; ⁸And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: ⁹But to be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. ¹⁰And he said to them, In what ever place you enter into a house, there abide till you depart from that place. ¹¹And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. ¹²And they went out and preached that men should repent. ¹³And they cast out many demons and anointed many with oil who were sick and healed them.
¹⁴And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead and therefore mighty works show forth themselves in him. ¹⁵Others said, That it is Elijah. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. ¹⁶But when Herod heard of it, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. ¹⁷For Herod himself had sent out and laid hold on John and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her. ¹⁸For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. ¹⁹Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him and would have killed him; but she could not: ²⁰For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man and he observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things and heard him gladly. ²¹And when a convenient day was come, Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords, high captains and chief estates of Galilee; ²²And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in and danced and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the damsel, Ask of me what ever you will and I will give it to you. ²³And he swore to her, What ever you shall ask of me, I will give it to you, to the half of my kingdom. ²⁴And she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. ²⁵And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, I will that you give me by and by on a charger the head of John the Baptist. ²⁶And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet for his oath's sake and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her. ²⁷And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, ²⁸And brought his head on a charger and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. ²⁹And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb.
³⁰And the apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus and told him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught. ³¹And he said to them, Come you yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a while: for there were many coming and going and they had no leisure so much as to eat. ³²And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. ³³And the people saw them departing and many knew him and ran there on foot out of all cities and over took them, and came together to him. ³⁴And Jesus, when he came out, saw many people and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep having no shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. ³⁵And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him and said, This is a desert place and now the time is far passed: ³⁶Send them away, that they may go into the country round about and into the villages and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. ³⁷He answered and said to them, You give them to eat. And they said to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread and give them to eat? ³⁸ He said to them, How many loaves have you? go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five and two fish. ³⁹And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies on the green grass. ⁴⁰And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. ⁴¹And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fish he divided among them all. ⁴²And they all ate and were filled. ⁴³And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fish. ⁴⁴And those who ate of the loaves were about five thousand men.
⁴⁵And immediately he constrained his disciples to get into the ship and to go to the other side before to Bethsaida, while he sent the people away. ⁴⁶And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. ⁴⁷And when evening was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea and he was alone on the land. ⁴⁸And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary to them: and about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and would have passed them by . ⁴⁹But when they saw him walking on the sea, they supposed it was a spirit and cried out: ⁵⁰For they all saw him and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them and said to them, Be of good cheer: it is I; do not be afraid. ⁵¹And he went up to them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. ⁵²For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. ⁵³And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret and drew to the shore. ⁵⁴And when they were come out of the ship, immediately they knew him, ⁵⁵And ran through that whole region round about and began to carry about in beds those who were sick, to where they heard he was. ⁵⁶And where ever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets and besought him that they might touch if it were only the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
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Chapter 7
¹Then the Pharisees came together to him and certain of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem. ²And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashed, hands, they found fault. ³For the Pharisees and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders. ⁴And when they come from the market, except they wash, they do not eat. And many other things there are, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups and pots, brazen vessels and of tables. ⁵Then 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? ⁶He answered and said to them, Well has Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. ⁷But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. ⁸For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things you do. ⁹And he said to them, Full well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. ¹⁰For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, whoever curses father or mother, let him die the death: ¹¹But you say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by what ever you might be profited by me; he shall be free. ¹²And you suffer him not to do anything any more for his father or his mother; ¹³Making the word of God of no effect through your tradition, which you have delivered: and many such like things you do. ¹⁴And when he had called all the people to him, he said to them, Listen to me every one of you and understand: ¹⁵There is nothing from outside a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, they are those that defile the man. ¹⁶If any man has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁷And when he had entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. ¹⁸And he said to them, Are you so without understanding also? Do you not perceive, that what ever thing there is that enters from outside into the man, cannot defile him; ¹⁹Because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly and goes out into the draught, purging all meats? ²⁰And he said, That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man. ²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²²Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: ²³All these evil things come from within and defile the man.
²⁴And from there he arose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon and entered into a house and would have no man know it: but he could not be hidden. ²⁵For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him and came and fell at his feet: ²⁶ The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter. ²⁷But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not fitting to take the children's bread and to cast it to the dogs. ²⁸And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. ²⁹And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the demon is gone out of your daughter. ³⁰And when she came to her house, she found the demon gone out and her daughter laid on the bed.
³¹And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. ³²And they brought to him one that was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they besought him to put his hand on him. ³³And he took him aside from the multitude and put his fingers into his ears and he spit and touched his tongue; ³⁴And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. ³⁵And immediately his ears were opened and the string of his tongue was loosed and he spoke plain. ³⁶And he charged those that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; ³⁷And were astonished beyond measure, saying, He has done all things well: he makes both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.
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Chapter 8
¹In those days the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them, ²I have compassion on the multitude, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat: ³And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for many of them came from far. ⁴And his disciples answered him, From where can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? ⁵And he asked them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven. ⁶And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the people. ⁷And they had a few small fish: and he blessed and commanded to set them also before them. ⁸So they ate and were filled: and they took up seven baskets of the broken food that was left. ⁹And those who had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
¹⁰And immediately he entered into a ship with his disciples and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. ¹¹And the Pharisees came out and began to question with him, seeking a sign from heaven from him, tempting him. ¹²And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, Why does this generation seek after a sign? verily I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation. ¹³And he left them and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. ¹⁴Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they more than one loaf in the ship with them. ¹⁵And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod. ¹⁶And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. ¹⁷And when Jesus knew it, he said to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not perceive yet, neither understand? have you your heart yet hardened? ¹⁸Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, do you not hear? and do you not remember? ¹⁹When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take you up? They said to him, Twelve. ²⁰And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up? And they said, Seven. ²¹And he said to them, How is it that you do not understand?
²²And he came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to him and besought him to touch him. ²³And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes and put his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything. ²⁴And he looked up and said, I see men as trees, walking. ²⁵After that he put his hands again on his eyes and made him look up: and he was restored and saw every man clearly. ²⁶And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
²⁷And Jesus went out and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying to them, Whom do men say that I am? ²⁸And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elijah; and others, One of the prophets. ²⁹And he said to them, But whom do you say that I am? And Peter answered and said to him, You are the Christ. ³⁰And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. ³¹And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected of the elders and of the chief priests and scribes, and be killed and after three days rise again. ³²And he spoke that saying openly. And Peter took him and began to rebuke him. ³³But when he had turned about and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get you behind me, Satan: for you savor not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men. ³⁴And when he had called the people to him with his disciples also, he said to them, whoever will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow me. ³⁵For whoever will save his life shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. ³⁶For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? ³⁷Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? ³⁸Whoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes into the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
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Chapter 9
¹And he said to them, Verily I say to you, That there are some of those who stand here, who shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. ²And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. ³And his clothes became shining, exceedingly white as snow; such as no fuller on earth can whiten them. ⁴And Elijah with Moses appeared to them: and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah. ⁶For he did not know what to say; for they were sore afraid. ⁷And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. ⁸And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, except Jesus only with themselves. ⁹And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man was risen from the dead. ¹⁰And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one another what the rising from the dead should mean. ¹¹And they asked him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? ¹²And he answered and told them, Elijah verily does come first and restores all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things and be set at naught. ¹³But I say to you, That Elijah indeed came and they have done to him what ever they wanted, as it is written of him.
¹⁴And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them and the scribes questioning with them. ¹⁵And when they beheld him immediately all the people were greatly amazed and running to him, they saluted him. ¹⁶And he asked the scribes, What do you question with them? ¹⁷And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought to you my son, who has a dumb spirit; ¹⁸And where ever he takes him, he tears him: and he foams and gnashes with his teeth and pines away: and I spoke to your disciples so that they might cast him out; and they could not. ¹⁹He answered him and said, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him to me. ²⁰And they brought him to him: and when he saw him, immediately the spirit tore him; and he fell on the ground and wallowed foaming. ²¹And he asked his father, How long ago is it since this came on him? And he said, Of a child. ²²And often it has cast him into the fire and into the waters, to destroy him: but if you can do any thing, have compassion on us and help us. ²³ Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes. ²⁴And immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help my unbelief. ²⁵When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying to him, You dumb and deaf spirit, I charge you, come out of him and do not enter into him any more. ²⁶And the spirit cried and tearing him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; so that many said, He is dead. ²⁷But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up; and he arose. ²⁸And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could we not cast him out? ²⁹And he said to them, This kind can come out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
³⁰And they departed from there and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. ³¹For he taught his disciples and said to them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. ³²But they did not understand that saying and were afraid to ask him. ³³And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that you disputed among yourselves by the way? ³⁴But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. ³⁵And he sat down and called the twelve and said to them, If any man desires to be first, the same shall be last of all and servant of all. ³⁶And he took a child and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said to them, ³⁷whoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receives me: and whoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him who sent me. ³⁸And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out demons in your name and he does not follow us: and we forbade him, because he was not following us. ³⁹But Jesus said, Do not forbid him: for there is no man who shall do a miracle in my name, who can lightly speak evil of me. ⁴⁰For he who is not against us is on our side.
⁴¹For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. ⁴²And whoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea. ⁴³And if your hand offend you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched: ⁴⁴Where their worm dies not and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁵And if your foot offend you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched: ⁴⁶Where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁷And if your eye offend you, pluck it out: it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: ⁴⁸Where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁹For every one shall be salted with fire and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. ⁵⁰Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves and have peace one with another.
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Chapter 10
¹And he arose from there and came into the coasts of Judea on the farther side of the Jordan: and the people resorted to him again; and, as he was used to, he taught them again. ²And the Pharisees came to him and tempting him, asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?. ³And he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you? ⁴And they said, Moses allowed to write a bill of divorcement and to put her away. ⁵And Jesus answered and said to them, He wrote you this precept because of the hardness of your heart. ⁶But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. ⁷For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife; ⁸And they two shall be one flesh: so then they are no more two, but one flesh. ⁹What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder. ¹⁰And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. ¹¹And he said to them, whoever shall put away his wife and marry another, commits adultery against her. ¹²And if a woman shall put away her husband and be married to another, she commits adultery.
¹³And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those who brought them. ¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he was greatly displeased and said to them, Allow the little children to come to me and do not forbid them: for of such is the kingdom of God. ¹⁵Verily I say to you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter into it. ¹⁶And he took them up in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.
¹⁷And when he was gone out into the way, one came running and kneeled to him and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? ¹⁸And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? there is no one good but one, that is, God. ¹⁹You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor your father and mother. ²⁰And he answered and said to him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. ²¹Then Jesus beholding him loved him and said to him, One thing you lack: go your way, sell what ever you have and give to the poor and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross and follow me. ²²And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. ²³And Jesus looked round about and said to his disciples, How hardly shall those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁴And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁶And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? ²⁷And Jesus looking on them said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. ²⁸Then Peter began to say to him, Lo, we have left all and have followed you. ²⁹And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say to you, There is no man who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and the gospel's, ³⁰But he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters, and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. ³¹But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
³²And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve and began to tell them what things should happen to him, ³³Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: ³⁴And they shall mock him and shall scourge him and shall spit on him and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. ³⁵And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him, saying, Master, we would that you should do for us what ever we shall desire. ³⁶And he said to them, What would you that I should do for you? ³⁷ They said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on your right hand and the other on your left hand, in your glory. ³⁸But Jesus said to them, You do not know what you ask: can you drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? ³⁹And they said to him, We can. And Jesus said to them, You shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: ⁴⁰But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. ⁴¹And when the ten heard it, they began to be greatly displeased with James and John. ⁴²But Jesus called them to him and said to them, You know that those who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority on them. ⁴³But it shall not be so among you: but whoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: ⁴⁴And whoever of you will be the chief, shall be servant of all. ⁴⁵For even the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.
⁴⁶And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. ⁴⁷And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, you Son of David, have mercy on me. ⁴⁸And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried a great deal more, You Son of David, have mercy on me. ⁴⁹And Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. And they called the blind man, saying to him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calls you. ⁵⁰And he, casting away his garment, rose and came to Jesus. ⁵¹And Jesus answered and said to him, What will you that I should do for you? The blind man said to him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. ⁵²And Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has made you whole. And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way.
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Chapter 11
¹And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sent out two of his disciples, ²And said to them, Go your way into the village opposite you: and as soon as you are entered into it, you shall find a colt tied, on which man never sat; loose him and bring him. ³And if any man says to you, Why do you this? you say that the Lord has need of him; and immediately he will send him here. ⁴And they went their way and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loosed him. ⁵And certain of those who stood there said to them, What are you doing, loosing the colt? ⁶And they said to them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go. ⁷And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat on him. ⁸And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches from the trees and strewed them in the way. ⁹And those who went before and those who followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord: ¹⁰Blessed is the kingdom of our father David, that comes in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. ¹¹And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple: and when he had looked round about on all things and now the evening was come, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
¹²And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: ¹³And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find any thing on it: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. ¹⁴And Jesus answered and said to it, No man shall eat fruit of you hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. ¹⁵And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple and began to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves; ¹⁶And would not allow that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. ¹⁷And he taught, saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called the house of prayer of all nations? but you have made it a den of thieves. ¹⁸And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine. ¹⁹And when evening was come, he went out of the city. ²⁰And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. ²¹And Peter calling to remembrance said to him, Master, behold, the fig tree which you cursed is withered away. ²²And Jesus answering said to them, Have faith in God. ²³For verily I say to you, That whoever shall say to this mountain, Be removed and be cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he said shall come to pass; he shall have what ever he said. ²⁴Therefore I say to you, What ever things you desire, when you pray, believe that you will receive them and you shall have them. ²⁵And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone: so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. ²⁶But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
²⁷And they came again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests came to him and the scribes and the elders, ²⁸And said to him, By what authority do you these things? and who gave you this authority to do these things? ²⁹And Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask of you one question and answer me and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. ³¹And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him? ³²But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. ³³And they answered and said to Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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Chapter 12
¹And he began to speak to them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard and set an hedge about it and dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. ²And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that he might receive of the fruit of the vineyard from the husbandmen. ³And they caught him and beat him and sent him away empty. ⁴And again he sent to them another servant; and they cast stones at him and wounded him in the head and sent him away shamefully handled. ⁵And again he sent another; they killed and him and many others; beating some and killing some. ⁶Having yet therefore one son, his well beloved, he sent him also last to them, saying, They will reverence my son. ⁷But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. ⁸And they took him and killed him and cast him out of the vineyard. ⁹What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰And have you not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: ¹¹This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? ¹²And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him and went their way.
¹³And they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. ¹⁴And when they were come, they said to him, Master, we know that you are true and you care for no man: for you do not regard the person of men, but you teach the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? ¹⁵Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why do you tempt me? bring me a coin, that I may see it. ¹⁶And they brought it. And he said to them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said to him, Caesar's. ¹⁷And Jesus answering said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's. And they marveled at him.
¹⁸Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection came to him; and they asked him, saying, ¹⁹Master, Moses wrote to us, If a man's brother dies and leaves his wife behind him and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother. ²⁰Now there were seven brothers: and the first took a wife and dying left no seed. ²¹And the second took her and died, neither did he leave any seed: and the third likewise. ²²And the seven had her and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. ²³Therefore, in the resurrection when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. ²⁴And Jesus answering said to them, Do you not therefore err, because you know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? ²⁵For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels who are in heaven. ²⁶And as touching the dead, that they rise: have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? ²⁷He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: you therefore do greatly err.
²⁸And one of the scribes came and having heard them reasoning together and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? ²⁹And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: ³⁰And 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. ³¹And the second is like it, namely this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. ³²And the scribe said to him, Well, Master, you have said the truth: for there is one God; and there is no one other but he: ³³And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the soul and with all the strength and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. ³⁴And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that dared ask him any question.
³⁵And Jesus while he taught in the temple answered and said, How do the scribes say that Christ is the Son of David? ³⁶For David himself said by the Holy Spirit, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool. ³⁷David therefore himself called him Lord; and how is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly. ³⁸And he said to them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, who love to go in long clothing and love salutations in the marketplaces, ³⁹And the chief seats in the synagogues and the uppermost rooms at feasts: ⁴⁰Who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
⁴¹And Jesus sat opposite the treasury and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. ⁴²And there came a certain poor widow and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. ⁴³And he called to him his disciples and said to them, Verily I say to you, That this poor widow has cast more in, than all those who have cast into the treasury: ⁴⁴For all they cast in of their abundance; but she of her want cast in all that she had, even all her living.
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Chapter 13
¹And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! ²And Jesus answering said to him, Do you see these great buildings? not one stone shall be left on another, that shall not be thrown down. ³And as he sat on the mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, ⁴Tell us, when these things shall be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
⁵And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: ⁶For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. ⁷And when you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. ⁸For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in different places and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. ⁹But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues you shall be beaten: and you shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. ¹⁰And the gospel must first be published among all nations. ¹¹But when they shall lead you and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what you shall speak, neither premeditate: but what ever shall be given you in that hour, that speak: for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. ¹²Now the brother shall betray the brother to death and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents and shall cause them to be put to death. ¹³And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he who shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved.
¹⁴But when you shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him who reads understand,) then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains: ¹⁵And do not let him who is on the housetop go down into the house, neither enter it, to take any thing out of his house: ¹⁶And let not him who is in the field turn back again to take up his garment. ¹⁷But woe to those who are with child and to those who give suck in those days! ¹⁸And pray that your flight will not be in the winter. ¹⁹For in those days there shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created to this time, neither shall be. ²⁰And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days. ²¹And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; do not believe him: ²²For false Christs and false prophets shall rise and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. ²³But you take heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
²⁴But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, ²⁵And the stars of heaven shall fall and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. ²⁶And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷And then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
²⁸Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near: ²⁹So you in like manner, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that it is near, even at the doors. ³⁰Verily I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things are done. ³¹Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. ³²But of that day and that hour no man knows, no, not the angels who are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only. ³³Take heed, watch and pray: for you do not know when the time is. ³⁴For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house and gave authority to his servants and to every man his work and commanded the porter to watch. ³⁵Watch therefore: for you do not know when the master of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning: ³⁶Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. ³⁷And what I say to you I say to all, Watch.
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Chapter 14
¹After two days were the feasts of the passover and unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft and put him to death. ²But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. ³And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of very precious spikenard; and she broke the box and poured it on his head. ⁴And there were some who had indignation in themselves and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? ⁵For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. ⁶And Jesus said, Let her alone; why do you trouble her? she has wrought a good work on me. ⁷For you have the poor with you always and whenever you will you may do them good: but me you have not always. ⁸She has done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body for burying. ⁹Verily I say to you, Whereever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. ¹⁰And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, to betray him to them. ¹¹And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
¹²And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said to him, Where will you that we go and prepare that you may eat the passover? ¹³And he sent out two of his disciples and said to them, Go into the city and there you shall meet a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. ¹⁴And whereever he shall go in, say to the goodman of the house, The Master said, Where is the guest chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? ¹⁵And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. ¹⁶And his disciples went out and came into the city and found as he had said to them: and they made ready the passover. ¹⁷And in the evening he came with the twelve. ¹⁸And as they sat and ate, Jesus said, Verily I say to you, One of you who eats with me shall betray me. ¹⁹And they began to be sorrowful and to say to him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? ²⁰And he answered and said to them, It is one of the twelve, who dips with me in the dish. ²¹The Son of man indeed goes, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it would be better for that man if he had never been born. ²²And as they ate, Jesus took bread and blessed and broke it and gave to them and said, Take, eat: this is my body. ²³And he took the cup and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank from* it. ²⁴And he said to them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. ²⁵Verily I say to you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. ²⁶And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. ²⁷And Jesus said to them, All you shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will strike the shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered. ²⁸But after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. ²⁹But Peter said to him, Although all shall be offended, yet I will not. ³⁰And Jesus said to him, Verily I say to you, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, you shall deny me three times. ³¹But he spoke the more vehemently, If I should die with you, I will not deny you in any way. They all also said the same.
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³²And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Sit here, while I shall pray. ³³And he took with him Peter and James and John and began to be sore amazed and to be very heavy; ³⁴And said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful to death: wait here and watch. ³⁵And he went forward a little and fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. ³⁶And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what you will. ³⁷And he came and found them sleeping and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? could you not watch one hour? ³⁸Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. ³⁹And again he went away and prayed and spoke the same words. ⁴⁰And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither did they know what to answer him. ⁴¹And he came the third time and said to them, Sleep on now and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴²Rise up, let us go; lo, he who betrays me is at hand.
⁴³And immediately, while he yet spoke, Judas, one of the twelve came and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. ⁴⁴And he who betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him and lead him away safely. ⁴⁵And as soon as he was come, he went immediately to him and said, Master, master; and kissed him. ⁴⁶And they laid their hands on him and took him. ⁴⁷And one of those who stood by drew a sword and struck a servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. ⁴⁸And Jesus answered and said to them, Are you come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? ⁴⁹I was with you daily teaching in the temple and you did not take me: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. ⁵⁰And they all forsook him and fled. ⁵¹And a certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: ⁵²And he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked.
⁵³And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. ⁵⁴And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants and warmed himself at the fire. ⁵⁵And the chief priests and all the council sought for witnesses against Jesus to put him to death; and found no one. ⁵⁶For many bare false witness against him, but their witness did not agree together. ⁵⁷And there arose certain and bore false witness against him, saying, ⁵⁸ We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands and within three days I will build another made without hands. ⁵⁹But neither did their witness agree together. ⁶⁰And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, saying, Do you not answer anything? what is it that these witness against you? ⁶¹But he held his peace and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? ⁶²And Jesus said, I am: and you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven. ⁶³Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, What need do we have of any further witnesses? ⁶⁴You have heard the blasphemy: what do you think? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. ⁶⁵And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to buffet him and to say to him, Prophesy: and the servants struck him with the palms of their hands.
⁶⁶And as Peter was beneath in the palace, one of the maids of the high priest came: ⁶⁷And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said and you also were with Jesus of Nazareth. ⁶⁸But he denied, saying, I do not know, neither do I understand what you say. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. ⁶⁹And a maid saw him again and began to say to those who stood by, This is one of them. ⁷⁰And he denied it again. And a little after, those who stood by said again to Peter, Surely you are one of them: for you are a Galilaean and your speech agrees to it. ⁷¹But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I do not know this man of whom you speak. ⁷²And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said to him, Before the cock crow twice, you shall deny me three times. And when he thought on it, he wept.
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Chapter 15
¹And immediately in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council and bound Jesus and carried him away and delivered him to Pilate. ²And Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him, You say it. ³And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. ⁴And Pilate asked him again, saying, Do you answer nothing? behold how many things they witness against you. ⁵But Jesus still answered nothing; so that Pilate marveled. ⁶Now at that feast he released to them one prisoner, whomever they desired. ⁷And there was one named Barabbas, who lay bound with those who had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection. ⁸And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done to them. ⁹But Pilate answered them, saying, Will you that I release to you the King of the Jews? ¹⁰For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. ¹¹But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them. ¹²And Pilate answered and said again to them, What will you then that I shall do to him whom you call the King of the Jews? ¹³And they cried out again, Crucify him. ¹⁴Then Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
¹⁵And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas to them and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. ¹⁶And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they called together the whole band. ¹⁷And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns and put it about his head, ¹⁸And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! ¹⁹And they struck him on the head with a reed and they spit on him and bowing their knees worshiped him. ²⁰And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him and put his own clothes on him and led him out to crucify him. ²¹And they compelled one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
²²And they brought him to the place of Golgotha, which translated is, The place of a skull. ²³And they gave him wine to drink mingled with myrrh: but he would not receive it. ²⁴And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots for them, for what every man should take. ²⁵And it was the third hour and they crucified him. ²⁶And the superscription of his accusation was written above, THE KING OF THE JEWS. ²⁷And they crucified two thieves with him; the one on his right hand and the other on his left. ²⁸And the scripture was fulfilled, which said and he was numbered with the transgressors. ²⁹And those who passed by railed on him, wagging their heads and saying, Ah, you who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, ³⁰Save yourself and come down from the cross. ³¹Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; he cannot save himself. ³²Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, so that we may see and believe. And those who were crucified with him reviled him.
³³And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. ³⁴And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which translated is, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? ³⁵And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls for Elijah. ³⁶And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down. ³⁷And Jesus cried with a loud voice and gave up the Spirit. ³⁸And the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. ³⁹And when the centurion, who stood opposite him, saw that he cried out so and gave up the Spirit, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. ⁴⁰There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses and Salome; ⁴¹(Who also followed him when he was in Galilee and ministered to him;) and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
⁴²And now when the evening was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, ⁴³Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable counselor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate and craved the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴And Pilate marveled if he was already dead: and calling to him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead any while. ⁴⁵And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶And he bought fine linen and took him down and wrapped him in the linen and laid him in a sepulcher which was hewn out of a rock and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulcher. ⁴⁷And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
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Chapter 16
¹And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. ²And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came to the sepulcher at the rising of the sun. ³And they said among themselves, Who shall roll away the stone for us from the door of the sepulcher? ⁴And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. ⁵And entering into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were afraid. ⁶And he said to them, Do not be afraid: You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. ⁷But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goes before you into Galilee: there you shall see him, as he said to you. ⁸And they went out quickly and fled from the sepulcher; for they trembled and were amazed: neither did they say any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
⁹Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons. ¹⁰And she went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. ¹¹And they, when they had heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, did not believe. ¹²After that, he appeared in another form to two of them, as they walked and went into the country. ¹³And they went and told it to the residue: neither did they believe them.
¹⁴Afterward he appeared to the eleven as they sat at meat and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he was risen. ¹⁵And he said to them, Go you into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. ¹⁶He who believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he who does not believe shall be damned. ¹⁷And these signs shall follow those who believe; In my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; ¹⁸They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.
¹⁹So then after the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God. ²⁰And they went out and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
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