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                                    THE
                            GOSPEL ACCORDING TO

                                   Mark

                                 Chapter 1

  1The office of John the Baptist.  9Jesus is baptized,  12tempted. 14He preacheth;  16calleth Peter, Andrew, James and John, 
  23healeth one who had a devil,  29Peter's mother-in-law,  32many diseased persons,  41and cleanseth the leper.

    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 Thy face,
       who shall prepare Thy way before Thee."*
     3"The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
       'Prepare ye 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 there went out unto him all the land of Judea and those of Jerusalem; and they 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
he preached, saying, "There cometh after me One mightier than I, the strap of whose shoes I am
not worthy to stoop down and unloose.  8I indeed have baptized you with water, but He shall
baptize you with the Holy Spirit."*
  9And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was
baptized by John in the Jordan.*  10And straightway coming up out of the water, He saw the
heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him.*  11And there came a voice
from Heaven, saying, "Thou art 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 unto Him.
  14Now after John was 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 ye 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 fishers.*  17And Jesus said unto them,
  "Come ye after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men."
18And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed Him. 
  19And when He had gone a little farther thence, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John
his brother, who also were in their boat mending their nets.  20And straightway He called them,
and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him.
  21And they went into Capernaum, and straightway 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 in their synagogue a man with an
unclean spirit; and he cried out,*  24saying, "Let us alone.  What have we to do with Thee, Thou
Jesus of Nazareth?  Hast Thou come to destroy us?  I know Thee and who Thou art-the Holy
One of God!"  25And Jesus rebuked him, saying,
  "Hold thy peace, and come out of him!"
26And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out
of him.  27And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying,
"What thing is this?  What new doctrine is this?  For with authority he commandeth even the
unclean spirits, and they obey him."  28And immediately His fame spread abroad throughout all
the region round about Galilee.
  29And forthwith when they had 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 with a fever,
and at once 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 unto them.
  32And at evening, when the sun had set, they brought unto Him all who were diseased and
those who were possessed with devils.  33And all the city was gathered together at the door. 
34And He healed many who were sick with divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and He
suffered not the devils 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 there prayed.* 36And Simon and those who were with Him followed after
Him.  37And when they had found Him, they said unto Him, "All men seek for thee." 38And He
said unto them,
  "Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also; for therefore came
  I forth." 
39And He preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.
  40And there came a leper to Him, beseeching Him and kneeling down to Him and saying
unto Him, "If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean."* 41And Jesus, moved with compassion, put
forth His hand and touched him, and said unto him,
  "I will; be thou clean."
42And as soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was
cleansed.  43And He strictly charged him, and forthwith sent him away,  44saying unto him, 
  "See that thou say nothing to any man; but go thy way, show thyself to the priest,
  and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, as a testimony
  unto them."
45But he went out and began to proclaim it much and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that
Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, and was outside in desert places.  And they came
to Him from every quarter.

*1 Mt 3:1-12,Lk 3:1-18. *2 Mal 3:1a. *3 Isa 40:3,Jn 1:23. *4 Jn 1:6. *8 Jn 1:26. *9 Mt 3:13-17,Lk 3:21-23. *10 Jn 1:32. *12 Mt 4:1-11,Lk 4:1-13.
*14 Mt 4:12-17,Lk 4:14-15,Jn 4:1-4,43-45. *16 Mt 4:18-22,Lk 5:1-11. *21 Mt 4:13-17,Lk 4:31-32. *22 Mt 7:28. *23 Lk 4:33-37. *29 Mt
8:14-17,Lk 4:38-41. *35 Mt 4:23-25,Lk 4:42-44. *40 Lev 14:2-32, Mt 8:1-4,Lk 5:12-16.


                                 Chapter 2

  1Christ healeth one sick with the palsy,  14calleth Matthew from the custom booth,  15eateth with publicans and sinners, 
  18excuseth His disciples for not fasting,  23and for plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath day.
 
  1And again He entered into Capernaum some days later, and it was reported that He was
in the house.*  2And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no
room to receive them, no, not even about the door; and He preached the Word unto them.  3And
they came unto Him, bringing one sick with the palsy, who was borne by four.  4And when they
could not come nigh unto Him because of the throng, they uncovered the roof where He was. 
And when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the one sick with the palsy
lay.  5When Jesus saw their faith, He said unto the one sick with the palsy,
  "Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
6But there were certain of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7"Why doth this
man thus speak blasphemies?  Who can forgive sins but God only?"  8And immediately, when
Jesus perceived in His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, He said unto them,
  "Why reason ye these things in your hearts:  9whether it is easier to say to the sick
  with the palsy, 'Thy sins are forgiven thee,' or to say, 'Arise, and take up thy bed
  and walk'?  10But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to
  forgive sins-"
He said to the one sick with the palsy, 
  11"I say unto thee, arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house."
12And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all, insomuch that they
all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw it in this fashion!" 
  13And He went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He
taught them. 14And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the custom
booth, and said unto him, 
  "Follow Me."
And he arose and followed Him.
  15And it came to pass,  as Jesus sat at meat at Levi's house, that 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 eating with publicans and sinners, they said unto
His disciples, "How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?"  17When Jesus
heard it, He said unto them,
  "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick.  I
  came not 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 unto
Him, "Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?"*  19And
Jesus said unto them,
  "Can the attendants of the bridechamber 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 shall
  they fast in those days.
     21"No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment, else the new
  piece that filled it up teareth away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
  22And no man putteth new wine into old wineskins, else the new wine doth burst
  the skins, and the wine is spilled and the skins will be marred.  But new wine
  must be put into new wineskins."
  23And it came to pass that He went through the cornfields on the Sabbath day; and His
disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.*  24And the Pharisees said unto Him,
"Behold, why do they do on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful?" 25And He said unto
them,
  "Have ye never read what David did when he was in need and hungered, he and
  they that were with him? 26How he went into the house of God in the days of
  Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread which is not lawful to eat except
  for the priests, and gave it also to those who were with him?"
27And He said unto them,
  "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.  28Therefore the
  Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath."

*1 Mt 9:2-8, Lk 5:17-26. *18 Mt 9:14-17, Lk 5:33-39. *23 Dt 23:25, Mt 12:1-8, Lk 6:1-5.


                                 Chapter 3

  1Christ healeth the withered hand 10and many other infirmities, 11rebuketh the unclean spirits, 13chooseth His twelve
  apostles, 22convicts the blasphemy of casting out devils by Beelzebub, 31and showeth who are His brother, sister, and
  mother.

  1And He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered
hand.*  2And they watched Him to see whether He would heal him on the Sabbath day, that
they might accuse Him.  3And He said unto the man who had the withered hand,
  "Stand forth."
4And He said unto 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 by the hardness of their hearts, He said unto the man,
  "Stretch forth thine hand."
And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored whole as the other.  6And the Pharisees went
forth and straightway 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 from
Galilee followed Him, and from Judea,*  8and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from
beyond the Jordan.  And those from around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had
heard what great things He did, came unto Him.  9And He spoke to His disciples that a small
boat should await Him because of the multitude, lest they should throng Him.  10For He had
healed many, insomuch that as many as had afflictions pressed upon Him to touch Him.  11And
unclean spirits, when they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried, saying, "Thou art the Son
of God!" 12And He strictly charged them that they should not make Him known.
  13And He went up onto a mountain, and called unto Himself whom He would have, and
they came unto Him.*  14And He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He
might send them forth to preach 15and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils: 
16Simon (He surnamed Peter); 17and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James
(and He surnamed them Boanerges, which means The Sons of Thunder); 18and Andrew, and
Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and
Thadaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, 19and Judas Iscariot who 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 is possessed by Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils."*  23And
He called them unto Him, and said unto them in parables,
  "How can Satan cast out Satan?  24If a kingdom be divided against itself, that
  kingdom cannot stand.  25And if a house be divided against itself, that house
  cannot stand.  26And if Satan rise up against himself and be divided, he cannot
  stand, but hath an end.  27No man can enter into a strong man's house and
  despoil his goods, unless he will first bind the strong man; and then he will
  despoil his house.
     28"Verily I say unto you, all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men and
  blasphemies, however they shall blaspheme;*  29but he that shall blaspheme
  against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal
  damnation";
30because they said, "He hath an unclean spirit."
  31There came then His brethren and His mother, and standing outside they sent unto Him,
calling Him.*  32And the multitude sat about Him, and they said unto Him, "Behold, thy mother
and thy brethren outside seek for thee."  33And He answered them, saying,
  "Who is My mother, or My brethren?"
34And He looked round about on those who sat about Him and said,
  "Behold, My mother and My brethren. 35For whosoever shall do the will of God,
  the same is My brother, and My sister, and mother." 

*1 Mt 12:9-14,Lk 6:6-11.  *7 Mt 12:15-21.  *13 Mt 10:1-4,Lk 6:12-19.  *19 Mt 12:46-50, Lk 8:19-21. *22 Mt 9:34,  12:22-37.  *28 Lk 12:10.


                                 Chapter 4

  1The parable of the sower, 14and the meaning thereof.  21We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others.  26The
  parable of the seed growing secretly, 30and of the mustard seed.  35Christ stilleth the tempest on the sea.

  1And He began again to teach by the seaside.  And there was gathered unto Him a great
multitude, so that He entered into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was
by the sea on the land.*  2And He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in
His doctrine:
  3 Hearken!  Behold, there went out a sower to sow.  4And it came to pass as he
  sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the fowls of the air came and
  devoured it up.  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 came 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 it yielded fruit that sprang
  up and increased and brought forth: some thirty, and some sixty, and some a
  hundredfold. 
9And He said unto them,
  "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."
  10And when He was alone, those who were about Him with the twelve asked Him about the
parable.  11And He said unto them,
  "Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God; but unto them
  that are without, all these things are done in parables,  12that
     '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 unto them, 
  "Know ye not this parable?  And how then will ye know all parables?  14The
  sower soweth the Word.  15And these are they by the wayside, where the Word
  is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately and taketh away
  the Word that was sown in their hearts.  16And these are they likewise that are
  sown on stony ground who, when they have heard the Word, immediately
  receive it with gladness; 17but they have no root in themselves, and so endure but
  for a time.  Afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the Word's sake,
  immediately they are offended.  18And these are they which are sown among
  thorns, such as hear the Word,* 19but the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness
  of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the Word, and it
  becometh unfruitful.  20And these are they that are sown on good ground, such
  as hear the Word and receive it and bring forth fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty,
  and some a hundred."
  21And He said unto them,
  "Is a candle brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, and not to be set
  on a candlestick?* 22For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested;
  neither was anything kept secret, but that it should be revealed.*  23If any man
  have ears to hear, let him hear."
  24And He said unto them,
  "Take heed what ye hear.  With what measure ye mete it shall be measured to
  you; and unto you that hear shall more be given.* 25For he that hath, to him shall
  be given;* and  he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he
  hath."
    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 up and grow,
  he knoweth not how.  28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself: first the blade,
  then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.  29But when the fruit is brought
  forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is 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
  groweth up and becometh greater than all herbs, and  shooteth out great
  branches, so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it."
  33And with many such parables He spoke the Word unto them, as they were able to hear it; 
34but without a parable spoke He not unto them.  And when they were alone, He expounded
all things to His disciples.
  35And that same day, when evening had come, He said unto them,
  "Let us pass over unto the other side."*
36And when they had sent away the multitude, they took Him even as He was in the boat; and
there were also with Him other little boats.  37And there arose a great storm of wind, and the
waves beat into the boat, so that it was now full.  38But He was in the hind part of the boat,
asleep on a pillow; and they awoke Him and said unto Him,  "Master, carest thou not that we
perish?"  39And He arose, and rebuked the wind and said unto the sea,
  "Peace, be still."
And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.  40And He said unto them,
  "Why are ye so fearful?  How is it that ye have no faith?"
41And they feared exceedingly and said one to another, "What manner of man is this, that even
the wind and the sea obey him?" 

*1 Mt 13:1-53,Lk 8:4-18. *12 Isa 6:9-10,Jn 12:40. *18 Tm 6:17. *21 Mt 5:15. *22 Mt 10:26,Lk 12:2. *24 Mt 7:2. *25 Mt 25:29. *30 Lk 13:18.
*35 Mt 8:18-27,Lk 8:22-25.


                                 Chapter 5

  1Christ delivers the one possessed by the legion of devils,  13which enter into the swine.  25He healeth the woman with the
  issue of blood,  35and raiseth from death Jairus' daughter.
 
  1And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.*  2And
when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him from out of the tombs a man
with an unclean spirit,  3who had his dwelling among the tombs.  And no man could bind him,
no, not even with chains,  4because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the
chains had been rent 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 out
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 Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of the
Most High God?  I adjure Thee by God that Thou torment me not!"  8For He had said unto him,
"Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit."  9And Jesus asked him,
  "What is thy name?"
And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion, for we are many." 10And he besought Him
earnestly that He would not send them away out of the country.  11Now there was there nigh
unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.  12And all the devils besought Him, saying,
"Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them."  13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. 
And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine; and the herd ran violently down
a steep bank and into the sea (they were about two thousand), and were choked in the sea.
  14And those who fed the swine fled, and told it in the city and in the country.  And the
people went out to see what it was that had been done.  15And they came to Jesus, and saw him
that had been possessed by the legion of devils, sitting and clothed and in his right mind; and
they were afraid.  16And those who saw it told the people what had befallen him that was
possessed by the devil, and also concerning the swine.  17And they began to pray Him to depart
from their borders.  18And when He had gotten into the boat, he that had been possessed with
the devil prayed Him that he might be with Him.  19But Jesus suffered him not, and said unto
him,
  "Go home to thy friends, and tell them what great things the Lord hath done for
  thee, and how He hath had compassion on thee."
20And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him. 
And all men marveled.
    21And when Jesus had passed over again by boat unto the other side, many people
gathered unto Him; and He was nigh unto the sea.*  22And behold, there came one of the rulers
of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw Him, he fell at His feet  23and besought Him
greatly, saying, "My little daughter lieth at the point of death.  I pray Thee, come and lay Thy
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 under many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew
worse,  27when she had heard of Jesus, came up behind Him in the crowd and touched His
garment;  28for she said, "If I may touch only His clothes, I shall be whole."  29And straightway
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
about in the crowd and said,
  "Who touched My clothes?"
31And His disciples said unto Him, "Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou,
'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 unto her,
  "Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. Go in peace, and be whole of thy
  plague."
  35While He yet spoke, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain ones who
said, "Thy daughter is dead; why troublest thou the master any further?" 36As soon as Jesus
heard the word that had been spoken, He said unto the ruler of the synagogue,
  "Be not afraid; only believe."
37And He suffered 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 unto them,
  "Why make ye this ado and weep?  The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth."
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 unto her,
  "Talitha cumi,"
which is, being interpreted, "Damsel, I say unto thee, arise." 42And straightway the damsel arose
and walked, for she was of the age of twelve years.  And they were astonished with a great
astonishment.  43And He charged them strictly that no man should know about it, and
commanded that something should be given her to eat.

*1 Mt 8:28-34,Lk 8:26-40. *21 Mt 9:1, 18-26,Lk 8:40-56.


                                 Chapter 6

  1Christ is contemned by His countrymen.  7He giveth the twelve power over unclean spirits.  14Divers opinions of Christ.  18John the Baptist is beheaded, 
  29and buried.  30The apostles return from preaching.  34The miracle of five loaves and two fishes.  45Christ walketh on the sea,  53and healeth all who touch
  Him.

  1And He went out from thence 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 whence hath this man these things?  And what
wisdom is this which is given unto 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 Judas
and Simon?  And are not his sisters here with us?"  And they were offended at Him.  4But Jesus
said unto 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 do no mighty works there, except that He laid His hands upon 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 unto Him the twelve, and began to send them forth 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 pack, no bread, and no money in their purse, 9but be shod
with sandals, and not put on two coats.  10And He said unto them,
  "In whatever place ye enter into a house, there abide until ye depart from that
  place.  11And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear you, when ye depart
  thence, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them.*  Verily
  I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of
  Judgment than for that city."
  12And they went out and preached that men should repent.  13And they cast out many devils,
and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.*
  14And King Herod heard of Him, for His name was spread abroad.  And he said, "John the
Baptist has risen from the dead, and therefore these mighty works show forth themselves in
him."*  15Others said, "It is Elijah," and others said, "It is a prophet, or like one of the prophets." 
16But when Herod heard of it, he said, "It is John, whom I beheaded; he has risen from the dead."
17For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and had bound him in prison for
the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married her.  18For John had said unto
Herod, "It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife."*  19Therefore Herodias set herself
against him and would have killed him, but she could not;  20for Herod feared John, knowing
that he was a just man and holy, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he did many
things, and heard him gladly.  21And when a convenient day had come, when Herod on his
birthday gave a feast for his lords, high  officers, and chief officials of Galilee,  22and when the
daughter of Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the
king said unto the damsel, "Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it to thee."  23And
he swore an oath to her, "Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it to thee, even were it
half of my kingdom."  24And she went forth and said unto her mother, "What shall I ask?"  And
Herodias said, "The head of John the Baptist." 25And she came back straightway with haste unto
the king and asked, saying, "I will that thou give me at once 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 John's head to be brought.  And he went and beheaded John in prison,  28and
brought his head on a charger and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother. 
29And when John's disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb.
  30And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus and told Him all things, both
what they had done and what they had taught.* 31And He said unto them,
  "Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while."
For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure, even so much as to eat.  32And
they departed into a desert place by boat privately.  33And the people saw them departing, and
many recognized Him and ran thither on foot out of all the cities and outdistanced them, and
came together unto Him.  34And Jesus, when He came ashore, saw many people and was moved
with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and He
began to teach them many things.* 
  35And when the day was now far spent, His disciples came unto Him and said, "This is a
desert place, and now the day is far spent.  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 unto them,
  "Give ye them to eat."
And they said to Him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred penny-worth of bread and give them
to eat?"  38He said unto them,
  "How many loaves have ye?  Go and see."
And when they knew, they said, "Five, and two fishes."  39And He commanded them to make
all sit down by companies upon 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 fishes, He looked up to
Heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them;
and He divided the two fishes among them all.  42And they all ate and were filled.  43And they
took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes.  44And those who ate of the loaves
were about five thousand men.
  45And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the boat, and go to the other side
before Him unto Bethsaida, while He sent away the people.*  46And when He had sent them
away, He departed onto a mountain to pray.
  47And when evening had come, the boat 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 unto them.  And
about the fourth watch of the night, He came unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have
passed by them.  49But when they saw Him walking upon 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 unto them, 
  "Be of good cheer!  It is I; be not afraid."
51And He went up unto them and into the boat, and the wind ceased.  And they were sore
amazed within themselves beyond measure and wondered,  52for they had considered not the
miracle of the loaves, as their hearts were hardened.
    53And when they had crossed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to
the shore.*  54And when they had come out of the boat, straightway the people recognized Him, 
55and ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry on beds those who were
sick to where they heard He was.  56And whithersoever He entered, into villages or cities or the
country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought Him that they might touch even the
border of His garment.  And as many as touched Him were made whole.

*1 Mt 13:54-58,Lk 4:16-30. *4 Jn 4:44. *6 Mt 9:35-38,Lk 13:22. *7 Mt 10:1-11:1,Lk 9:1-6. *11 Acts 13:51. *13 Jas 5:14. *14 Mt 14:1-12,Lk
9:7-9. *18 Lev 18:16. *30 Mt 14:13-21,Lk 9:10-17,Jn 6:1-14. *34 Mt 9:36. *45 Mt 14:22-33,Jn 6:15-21. *53 Mt 14:34-36.


                                 Chapter 7

  1The Pharisees find fault with the disciples for eating with unwashed hands.  8They break the commandment of God by
  the traditions of men.  4Meat defileth not the man.  24He healeth the Syrophoenician woman's daughter of an unclean spirit, 
  31and one who was deaf and stammered in his speech.
  
  1Then came together unto Him the Pharisees 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,
unwashed) hands, they found fault.  3For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat, unless they
wash their hands oft, holding to the tradition of their elders.  4And when they come from the
market, they eat not until they wash; and there are many other customs which they have
received and hold to, as the washing of cups, pots, brazen vessels and of tables.  5Then the
Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of
the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?" 6He answered and said unto them,
  "Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written:
     'This people honoreth Me with their lips,
       but their heart is far from Me.
     7Be it so, in vain do they worship Me,
       teaching for doctrines the commandments           of men.'*
  8For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold to the tradition of men, as
  the washing of pots and cups, and many other like things ye do." 
9And He said unto them,
  "Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own
  tradition.  10For Moses said, 'Honor thy father and thy mother,'* and, 'Whoso
  curseth father or mother, let him die the death.'* 11But ye say that if a man shall
  say to his father or mother, 'It is Corban' (that is to say, a gift of whatsoever thou
  mightest have profited from me), he shall be freed;  12and ye require him no more
  to do anything for his father or his mother,  13thus making the Word of God of
  no effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered.  And many like things
  do ye."
    14And when He had called all the people unto Him, He said unto them,
  "Hearken unto 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,those are they that defile the man.  16If any man have ears to hear, let
  him hear."
17And when He had entered into the house away from the people, His disciples asked Him
concerning the parable. 18And He said unto them,
  "Are ye so without understanding also?  Do ye not perceive that whatsoever thing
  from without entereth into a man, it cannot defile him,  19because it entereth not
  into his heart, but into the belly and goeth out into the drain, thereby purging all
  meats?"
20And He said,
  "That which cometh out of the man, that defileth 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 thence He arose and went into the region of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into
a house, and would have no man know about it; but He could not be hid.*  25For a certain
woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him, and came and fell at His
feet.  26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation, and she besought Him that He
would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.  27But Jesus said unto her,
  "Let the children first be filled, for it is not meet to take the children's bread and
  to cast it unto the dogs."
28And she answered and said unto Him, "Yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the
children's crumbs."  29And He said unto her,
  "For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter."
30And when she had come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid
upon the bed.
  31And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came unto the Sea of Galilee
through the midst of the region of Decapolis.*  32And they brought unto Him one who was deaf
and had an impediment in his speech, and they besought Him to put His hand upon him.  33And
He took him aside from the multitude and put His fingers into his ears, and He spat and
touched his tongue.  34And looking up to Heaven, He sighed and said unto him,
  "Ephphatha,"
that is, "Be opened."  35And straightway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was
loosed and he spoke plainly.*  36And He charged them that they should tell no man.  But the
more He charged them, the more widely they proclaimed it 37and were astonished beyond
measure, saying, "He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb
to speak." 

*1 Mt 15:1-20. *6-7 Isa 29:13. *10a Ex 20:12,Dt 5:16. *10b Ex 21:17. *21 Gen 8:21. *24 Mt 15:21-28. *31 Mt 15:29-38. *32-35 Isa 35:5.


                                 Chapter 8

  1Christ feedeth the people miraculously,  10refuseth to give a sign to the Pharisees,  14admonisheth His disciples to beware
  of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod,  22giveth a blind man his sight,  27acknowledgeth that He is the
  Christ who should suffer and rise again,  34and exhorteth to patience in persecution for the profession of the Gospel.

  1In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His
disciples unto Him and said unto them,
  2"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with Me 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 some of them came from afar."
4And His disciples answered Him, "From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here
in the wilderness?"  5And He asked them,
  "How many loaves have ye?"
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 fishes, and He blessed them
and commanded to set them also before them.  8So they ate and were filled; and they took up
of the broken meat that was left, seven baskets.  9And those who had eaten were about four
thousand.  And He sent them away.
  10And straightway He entered into a boat with His disciples and came into the region of
Dalmanutha.  11And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with Him, seeking from
Him a sign from Heaven, testing Him.*  12And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said,
  "Why doth this generation seek after a sign?  Verily I say unto you, there shall no
  sign be given unto this generation."
13And He left them, and entering into the boat again, departed to the other side.*
  14Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the boat with them more
than one loaf.  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 unto them,
  "Why reason ye, because ye have no bread?  Do ye not yet perceive, nor
  understand?  Have ye your heart yet hardened?  18Having eyes, see ye not?  And
  having ears, hear ye not?  And do ye not remember?  19When I broke the five
  loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?"
They said unto Him, "Twelve."
  20"And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments
  took ye up?"
And they said, "Seven."  21And He said unto them,
  "How is it that ye do not understand?"
  22And He came to Bethsaida, and they brought a blind man unto 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 upon 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
upon 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,
  "Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town."
    27And Jesus went out with His disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the
way He asked His disciples, saying unto them,*
  "Who 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 unto them,
  "But who say ye that I am?"
And Peter answered and said unto Him, "Thou art 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
by the elders and by 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 on His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying,
  "Get thee behind Me, Satan; for thou savorest not the things that are of God, but
  the things that are of men."
34And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto them,
  "Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
  follow Me.* 35For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever 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?  38Whosoever, 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 cometh in the glory of His Father
  with the holy angels."* 

*2 Mt 15:32. *11 Mt 12:38,16:1-4. *13 Mt 16:4-12. *27 Mt 16:13-20,Lk 9:18-21. *31 Mt 16:21-28,Lk 9:22-27. *34 Mt 10:38. *36 Mt 16:26.
*38 Mt 10:33


                                 Chapter 9

  2Jesus is transfigured.  3He instructeth His disciples concerning the coming of Elijah,  14casteth forth a dumb and deaf spirit, 
  30foretelleth His death and resurrection,  33exhorteth His disciples to humility,  38bidding them not to prohibit such as are
  not against Him, nor to cause any of the faithful to fall.

1And He said unto them,
  "Verily I say unto you, that there are some of them that stand here who shall not
  taste of death until 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 onto
a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.*  3And His raiment
became shining, exceeding white as snow, such as no fuller on earth could whiten them.  4And
there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.  5And Peter
spoke and said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here.  Let us make three tabernacles:  one
for Thee, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."  6(For he knew not 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 anymore, but Jesus only with them.
  9And as they came down from the mountain, He charged them that they should tell no man
what things they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.  10And they kept that
saying to themselves, questioning one another what "rising from the dead" should mean.  11And
they asked Him, saying, "Why say the scribes that first Elijah must come?"*  12And He answered
and told them,
  "Elijah verily cometh first and restoreth all things, and how it is written of the Son
  of Man that He must suffer many things and be set at nought.* 13But I say unto
  you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they
  would, 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 straightway all the people, when they beheld Him, were greatly
amazed; and running to Him, they greeted Him.  16And He asked the scribes,
  "What question ye with them?"
17And one of the multitude answered and said, "Master, I have brought unto thee my son, who
hath a dumb spirit.  18And wherever he taketh him, he teareth him; and he foameth and
gnasheth his teeth and pineth away.  And I spoke to thy disciples that they should cast him out,
and they could not."  19Jesus answered him and said,
  "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer
  you?  Bring him unto Me."
20And they brought the boy unto Him.  And when the spirit saw Him, straightway he tore the
boy; and he fell on the ground and wallowed about foaming.  21And He asked his father,
  "How long is it ago since this came unto him?"
And he said, "From childhood.  22And oftentimes it hath cast him into the fire and into the
waters to destroy him; but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us and help us." 
23Jesus said unto him,
  "If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth."
24And straightway the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord, I believe. Help
Thou mine unbelief!"  25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the
foul spirit, saying unto him,
  "Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him and enter no more
  into him."
26And the spirit cried, and rent the boy sorely and came out of him; and he was as one dead,
insomuch that many said, "He is dead."  27But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and
he arose.
  28And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, "Why could not
we cast him out?"  29And He said unto them,
  "This kind can come forth by nothing but prayer and fasting. 
    30And they departed thence and passed through Galilee, and He would not that any man
should know it,*  31for He taught His disciples and said unto them,
  "The Son of Man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill Him; and
  after He is killed, He shall rise the third day."
32But they understood not 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 ye disputed among yourselves on the way?"*
34But they held their peace, for on the way they had disputed among themselves as to who
should be the greatest.  35And He sat down, and called the twelve and said unto them,
  "If any man desire 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 unto them,
  37"Whosoever shall receive one of such children in My name, receiveth Me; and
  whosoever shall receive Me, receiveth not Me, but Him that sent Me."
38And John answered Him, saying, "Master, we saw one casting out devils in Thy name, but he
followeth us not, so we forbad him because he followeth not us."  39But Jesus said,
  "Forbid him not, for there is no man who shall do a miracle in My name that can
  lightly speak evil of Me.*  40For he that is not against us is on our side.  41For
  whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in My name, because ye belong
  to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.* 42And whosoever
  shall cause one of these little ones that believe in Me to fall, it is better for him
  that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea.  43And
  if thy hand cause thee to fall, cut it off.  It is better for thee to enter into life
  maimed than, having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be
  quenched,  44where
     'their worm dieth not,
       and the fire is not quenched.'*
  45And if thy foot cause thee to fall, cut it off.  It is better for thee to enter halt into
  life than, having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be
  quenched, 46where
     'their worm dieth not, 
       and the fire is not quenched.'*
  47And if thine eye cause thee to fall, pluck it out.  It is better for thee to enter into
  the Kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire,*
  48where
     'their worm dieth not, 
       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 his saltness, with what will ye season
  it?  Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. * 

*2 Mt 17:1-13,Lk 9:28-36. *11 Mal 4:5,Mt 11:14. *12 Isa 53:3. *14 Mt 17:14-21,Lk 9:37-43. *30 Mt 17:22-23,20:18,Mk 10:32,Lk
9:44-45,18:31,24:7. *33 Mt 18:1-35,Lk 9:46-50. *39 Cor 12:3. *41 Mt 10:42. *44 Isa 66:24. *46 Isa 66:24. *47 Mt 5:29. *48 Isa 66:24. *49 Lev
2:13. *50 Mt 5:13,Lk 14:34.


                                Chapter 10

  2Christ disputeth with the Pharisees concerning divorcement,  13blesseth the children who are brought unto Him, 
  17informeth a rich man how he may inherit life everlasting,  23telleth His disciples of the danger of riches,  28promiseth
  rewards to those who forsake anything for the Gospel,  32foretelleth His death and resurrection,  35biddeth the two
  ambitious suitors to think rather of suffering with Him,  46and restoreth to Bartimaeus his sight.
 
  1And He rose from thence, and went into the region of Judea by the farther side of the
Jordan.  And the people resorted unto Him again; and as He was wont, He taught them again.*
    2And the Pharisees came to Him and asked Him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his
wife?" testing Him.*  3And He answered and said unto 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 unto them,
  "Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.  6But from the
  beginning of the creation, God 'made them male and female.*  7For this cause
  shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife,* 8and the two
  shall be one flesh.'*  So then they are no more two, but one flesh. 9What therefore
  God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.'
  10And in the house His disciples asked Him again about the same matter.  11And He said
unto them,
  "Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery
  against her.*  12And if a woman shall put away her husband and be married to
  another, she committeth 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 much displeased and said
unto them,
  "Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the
  Kingdom of God.  15Verily I say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the
  Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein."
16And He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed them.
  17And when He had gone forth onto the road, there came one running, and knelt before Him
and asked Him,* "Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"  18And Jesus said
unto him,
  "Why callest thou Me good?  There is none good but One, that is, God.  19Thou
  knowest the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal,
  do not bear false witness, defraud not, honor thy father and mother.'"*
20And he answered and said unto Him, "Master, all these have I observed from my youth." 
21Then Jesus, beholding him, loved him and said unto him,
  "One thing thou lackest:  Go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the
  poor, and thou shalt 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 unto His disciples,
  "How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the Kingdom of God!"
24And the disciples were astonished at His words, but Jesus answered again and said unto them,
  "Children, how hard is it for them that 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 beyond measure, saying among themselves, "Who then can be
saved?"  27And Jesus looking upon them said,
  "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are
  possible."
28Then Peter began to say unto Him, "Lo, we have left all and have followed Thee."  29And Jesus
answered and said,
  "Verily I say unto you, there is no man that hath 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 on 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 would happen unto Him,  33saying,
  "Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered unto the
  chief priests and unto 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 upon Him and shall kill Him.  And the third day He shall rise
  again."
    35And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came unto Him, saying, "Master, we would
that Thou should do for us whatsoever we shall desire."*  36And He said unto them,
  "What would ye that I should do for you?"
37They said unto Him, "Grant unto us that we may sit, one on Thy right hand and the other on
Thy left hand, in Thy glory."  38But Jesus said unto them,
  "Ye know not what ye ask.  Can ye drink of the cup that I drink of, and be
  baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
39And they said unto Him, "We can."  And Jesus said unto them,
  "Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am
  baptized with, shall ye be baptized.  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 much displeased with James and John.  42But Jesus
called them to Him and said unto them,
  "Ye know that they that are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship
  over them,* and their great ones exercise authority upon them.  43But so shall it
  not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you shall be your
  minister,  44and whosoever of you would be the chiefest shall be servant of all. 
  45For even the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to
  give His life as 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 wayside begging.*  47And
when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Thou Son of
David, have mercy on me!" 48And many charged him that he should hold his peace; but he cried
out all the more, "Thou Son of David, have mercy on me!" 49And Jesus stood still, and
commanded him to be called. And they called the blind man, saying unto him, "Be of good
comfort. Rise; He calleth thee."  50And he, casting away his garment, rose and came to Jesus. 
51And Jesus answered and said unto him,
  "What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?"
The blind man said unto Him, "Lord, that I might receive my sight."  52And Jesus said unto him,
  "Go thy way. Thy faith hath made thee whole."
And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

*1 Mt 19:1. *2 Mt 19:3-12. *4 Dt 24:1,3. *6 Gen 1:27, 5:2. *7 Gen 2:24. *11 Mt 5:32,Lk 16:18. *13 Mt 19:13-15,Lk 18:15-17. *17 Mt
19:16-30,Lk 18:18-30. *19 Ex 20:12-16,Dt 5:16-20. *31 Mt 20:16,Lk 13:30. *32 Mt 20:17-19, 17:22,Mk 9:30,Lk 9:44, 18:31-34, 24:7. *35 Mt
20:20-28. *42 Mt 20:25,Lk 22:25. *46 Mt 20:29-34,Lk 18:35-19:1.


                                Chapter 11

  1Christ rideth with triumph into Jerusalem,  12curseth the fruitless leafy tree,  15purgeth the temple,  20exhorteth His
  disciples to steadfastness of faith and to forgive their enemies,  27and defendeth the lawfulness of His actions by the
  witness of John, who was a man sent from God.

  1And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of
Olives, He sent forth two of His disciples*  2and said unto them,
  "Go your way into the village opposite you, and as soon as ye have entered into
  it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon man never sat.  Loose him and bring him. 
  3And if any man say unto you, 'Why do ye this?' say ye that the Lord hath need
  of him, and straightway he will send him hither."
4And they went their way and found the colt tied outside by the door at a place where two ways
met, and they loosed him.  5And certain of those who stood there said unto them, "What do ye,
loosing the colt?"  6And they said unto 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 upon him. 
8And many spread their garments upon the way, and others cut down branches off the trees and
strewed them upon the way.*  9And those who went before, and those who followed, cried,
saying, "Hosanna!  Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord!  10Blessed be the kingdom
of our father David, that cometh 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 upon all things, as now the eventide had come, He went out unto Bethany with the
twelve. 
  12And on the morrow, when they had come from Bethany, He was hungry;*  13and seeing a
fig tree afar off having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He might find any thing thereon.  But
when He came to it He found nothing but leaves, for the time for figs was not yet.  14And Jesus
spoke and said unto it,
  "Let no man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever."
And His disciples heard it.
  15And they came 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 He would not allow that any man should carry any vessel
through the temple.  17And He taught, saying unto them,
  "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called for all nations the house of prayer'?*
  But ye 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 were astonished at His doctrine.  19And when evening had
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 unto Him, "Master, behold, the fig tree which Thou
cursed is withered away."  22And Jesus answering said unto them,
  "Have faith in God.  23For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto
  this mountain, `Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea,' and shall not
  doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come
  to pass, he shall have whatsoever he saith.  24Therefore I say unto you,
  whatsoever things ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye
  shall have them.* 25And when ye stand praying, forgive if ye have anything
  against any, that your Father also who is in Heaven may forgive you your
  trespasses.*  26But if ye 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, there came to
Him the chief priests and the scribes and the elders,*  28and said unto Him, "By what authority
doest thou these things?  And who gave thee this authority to do these things?"  29And Jesus
answered and said unto them,
  "I will also ask of you one question; answer Me, and 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 among themselves, saying, "If we shall say 'From Heaven,' he will say 'Why
then did ye not believe him?' 32But if we shall say 'Of men'" they feared the people, for all men
counted John as a prophet indeed.  33And they answered and said unto Jesus, "We cannot tell." 
And Jesus answering said unto them,
  "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."

*1 Mt 21:1-11, 17,Lk 19:29-44,Jn 12:12-19. *8 Jn 12:12. *9-10  Ps 118:26. *12 Mt 21:18-19. *15 Lk 19:45-46. *17 Isa 56:7,Jer 7:11. *20 Mt
21:20-22. *24 Lk 11:9,Jn 16:24. *25 Mt 6:14. *27 Mt 21:23-46,Lk 20:1-19.


                                Chapter 12

  1In a parable of the vineyard let out to unthankful husbandmen, Christ foretelleth the reprobation of the Jews, and the
  calling of the Gentiles.  13He avoideth the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar;  18proveth
  the error of the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection;  28informeth the scribe who questioned concerning the first
  commandment;  35refuteth the opinion that the scribes held of Christ,  38bidding the people to beware of their ambition
  and hypocrisy;  41and commendeth the poor widow above all for her two mites.

  1And He began to speak unto them by parables:
  "A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a place for
  the wine vat, and built a watchtower; and he leased it out to husbandmen and
  went into a far country.*  2And at the harvest season he sent to the husbandmen
  a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. 
  3And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.  4And again he
  sent unto them another servant, and at him they cast stones, and wounded him
  in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.  5And again he sent another,
  and him they killed, and many others, beating some and killing some.  6Having
  yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last unto 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 unto others.  10And have ye not read this Scripture:
     'The stone which the builders rejected
       has 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 they 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 unto Him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to catch Him in His
words.*  14And when they had come, they said unto Him, "Master, we know that thou art true
and carest for no man; for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest 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 unto them,
  "Why tempt ye Me?  Bring Me a penny, that I may see it."
16And they brought it, and He said unto them, 
  "Whose image and superscription is this?"
And they said unto Him, "Caesar's."  17And Jesus answering said unto 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 came unto Him the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection.*  And they
asked Him, saying,  19"Master, Moses wrote unto us that if a man's brother die, and leave his
wife behind him, and leave no children, then his brother should take his wife and raise up seed
unto his brother.* 20Now there were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying, left no
seed.  21And the second took her and died, neither leaving any seed.  And the third likewise. 
22So the seven had her and left no seed.  Last of all the woman died also.  23In the resurrection
therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be, for all seven had her for a wife?"  24And
Jesus answering said unto them,
  "Do ye not therefore err, because ye 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 concerning the
  dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God
  spoke unto 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.  Ye
  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 thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy
  soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.'  This is the first
  commandment.  31And the second is like, namely this: 'Thou shalt love thy
  neighbor as thyself.'* There is no other commandment greater than these."
32And the scribe said unto Him, "Well, Master, thou hast said the truth, for there is one God, and
there is none other than He.*  33And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding,
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 unto him,
  "Thou art not far from the Kingdom of God."
And no man after that dared ask Him any question. 
  35And Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple,
  "How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?*  36For David himself said
  by the Holy Spirit:
     'The Lord said to my Lord,
     "Sit Thou at My right hand
       until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool."'*
  37David therefore himself calleth Him `Lord'; and how is He then his son?"
And the common people heard Him gladly.
    38And He said unto 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 who 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 unto Him His disciples and
said unto them,
  "Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in than all they that
  have cast into the treasury;  44for they all cast in of their abundance, but she of her
  want cast in all that she had, even all her living."

*1 Isa 5:1-2,Mt 21:33,Lk 20:9. *11 Ps 118:22-23,Mt 21:42,Lk 20:17. *13 Mt 22:15-22,Lk 20:20-26. *18 Mt 22:23-33,Lk 20:27-40. *19 Dt 25:5.
*26 Ex 3:6,15. *28 Mt 22:35-40. *29 Dt 6:4-5,Ps 86:10. *31 Lev 19:18b. *32 Dt  4:35, 6:4,Isa 45:21. *33a Dt 6:5. *33b Lev 19:18. *35 Mt
22:41-46,Lk 20:41-44. *36 Ps 110:1. *38 Mt 23:1-39,Lk 20:45-47. *41 Lk 21:1-4.


                                Chapter 13

  1Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple;  9the persecutions for the Gospel; 10that the Gospel must be preached to
  all nations;  14that great calamities shall happen to the Jews;  24and the manner of His coming to judgment.  32The hour
  thereof being known to none, every man is to watch and pray, that we be not found unprepared when He cometh to each
  one, particularly by death.

  1And as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples said unto Him, "Master, see what
manner of stones and what buildings are here!"*  2And Jesus answering said unto him,
  "Seest thou these great buildings?  There shall not be left one stone upon 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,  4"Tell us, when shall these things 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 ye shall hear of wars and
  rumors of wars, be ye not troubled, for such things must come to pass; but the
  end shall not be yet.  8For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
  kingdom; and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be
  famines and troubles.  These are the beginnings of sorrows. 
     9"But take heed for yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to councils, and
  in the synagogues ye shall be beaten.  And ye shall be brought before rulers and
  kings for My sake, for a testimony against them.  10And the Gospel must first be
  proclaimed among all nations.  11But when they shall lead you and deliver you
  up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak;* neither need ye
  premeditate.  But whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye; for
  it is not ye that 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 ye shall be hated by all
  men for My name's sake; but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall
  be saved.
     14"But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel
  the prophet,* standing where it ought not be"
(let him that readeth understand),
  "then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains.  15And let him that is on the
  housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein to take any thing out
  of his house.  16And let him that is in the field not turn back again to take up his
  garment.  17But woe to them that are with child and to them that give suck in
  those days!  18And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.  19For in those
  days shall be affliction such as was not from the beginning of the creation which
  God created until 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
  hath chosen, He hath shortened the days.  21And then if any man shall say to you,
  'Lo, here is Christ!' or, 'Lo, He is there!' believe him not,* 22for false christs and
  false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders to seduce, if it were
  possible, even the elect.  23But take ye heed; behold, I have foretold you all things.
       24 But 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.
     28"Now learn a parable of the fig tree:  When her branch is yet tender and
  putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near.  29So ye in like manner, when
  ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 
  30Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass until all these things be
  done.  31Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away. 
  32But of that day and that hour knoweth no man no, not the angels who are in
  Heaven, neither the Son, but only the Father.
     33"Take ye heed, watch and pray; for ye know not 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
  doorkeeper to watch.  35Watch ye therefore, for ye know not when the Master of
  the house cometh at evening, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the
  morning  36lest coming suddenly, He find you sleeping.  37And what I say unto
  you, I say unto all:  Watch!"

*1 Mt 24:1-42,Lk 21:5-36. *2 Lk 19:44. *11 Ex 4:12,Mt 10:19,Lk 12:11. *14 Dan 9:27. *21 Lk 17:23. *24-25 Isa 13:10. *26 Dan 7:13. *33 Mt
25:13.


                                Chapter 14

  1A conspiracy against Christ.  3Precious ointment is poured on His head by a woman.  10Judas selleth his Master for money. 
  12Christ Himself foretelleth how He shall be betrayed by one of His disciples.  22After the Passover is prepared and eaten,
  He instituteth His Supper,  26declareth beforehand the flight of all His disciples and Peter's denial.  43Judas betrayeth Him
  with a kiss.  46He is apprehended in the garden,  53falsely accused and impiously condemned by the Jews' council, 
  65shamefully abused by them,  66and thrice denied by Peter.

  1After two days was the Feast of the Passover and of 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 spikenard, very precious; and she broke the box
and poured it on His head.*  4And there were some who were indignant within themselves and
said, "Why was this ointment wasted?  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 trouble ye her?  She hath wrought a good work on Me.  7For
  ye have the poor with you always, and whenever ye will, ye may do them good;
  but Me ye have not always.  8She hath done what she could; she hath come
  beforehand to anoint My body for burial.  9Verily I say unto you, wheresoever
  this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath
  done shall be spoken of as a memorial of her."
  10And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests to betray Him unto 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 on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His
disciples said unto Him, "Where wilt Thou have us go and prepare, that Thou mayest eat the
Passover?"*  13And He sent forth two of His disciples and said unto them,
  "Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water;
  follow him.  14And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the head of the house,
  'The Master saith, "Where is the guestchamber 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 forth, and came into the city, and found it as He had said unto 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 unto you, one of you who eateth with Me shall betray Me."*
19And they began to be sorrowful and to say unto Him one by one, "Is it I?"  And another said,
"Is it I?"  20And He answered and said unto them,
  "It is one of the twelve that dippeth with Me in the dish.  21The Son of Man
  indeed goeth, as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of
  Man is betrayed!  Good were it for that man if he had never been born."
  22And as they ate, Jesus took bread, and blessed and broke it, and gave it 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
of it.  24And He said unto them,
  "This is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.  25Verily I say
  unto 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 unto them,
  "All ye shall be offended because of Me this night, for it is written:
     'I will smite the Shepherd, 
       and the sheep shall be scattered.'*
  28But after I have arisen, I will go before you into Galilee."
29But Peter said unto Him, "Although all shall be offended, yet will I not."  30And Jesus said unto
him,
  "Verily I say unto thee that this day, even in this night before the cock crows
  twice, thou shalt deny Me thrice."
31But Peter spoke the more vehemently, "If I should die with Thee, I will not deny Thee in any
way."  Likewise also said they all.
  32And they came to a place which is named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples,*
  "Sit ye here while I shall pray."
33And He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore distressed and very
heavy of heart.  34And He said unto them,
  "My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death;  tarry ye 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 unto Thee.  Take away this cup from Me;
  nevertheless not what I will, but what Thou wilt."
37And He came back and found them sleeping, and said unto Peter,
  "Simon, sleepest thou?  Couldest thou not watch one hour?  38Watch ye and pray,
  lest ye 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 knew they what to answer Him. 
41And He came the third time and said unto 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 that
  betrayeth Me is at hand."
  43And immediately, while He yet spoke came Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great
multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.* 44And
he that betrayed Him had given them a sign, saying, "Whomever I shall kiss, that same is he. 
Take him and lead him away safely." 45And as soon as he had come, he went straightway 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 smote a servant of the high priest and cut
off his ear.  48And Jesus answered and said unto them,
  "Have ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take Me? 
  49I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took Me not.  But the
  Scriptures must be fulfilled."
50And they all forsook Him and fled.
  51And there followed Him a certain young man, 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 of the council sought for witness against Jesus to put Him to
death, and found none.*  56For many bore false witness against Him, but their witness agreed
not together.  57And there arose certain ones who 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, "Answerest thou nothing?  What is
it which these men witness against thee?"  61But He kept silent and answered nothing.  Again
the high priest asked Him and said unto Him, "Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"* 
62And Jesus said,
  "I am, and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and
  coming in the clouds of heaven."*
63Then the high priest rent his clothes and said, "Why need we of any further witnesses?  64Ye
have heard the blasphemy.  What think ye?"  And they all condemned Him to be deserving of
death.  65And some began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to buffet Him, and to say
unto Him, "Prophesy!"  And the servants struck Him with the palms of their hands.
  66And as Peter was below in the courtyard, there came one of the maids of the high priest.*
67And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him and said, "And thou also wast
with Jesus of Nazareth."  68But he denied it, saying, "I know not, neither understand I what thou
sayest."  And he went out into the porch, and the cock crowed.  69And a maid saw him again
and began to say to those who stood by, "This is one of them."  70And hedenied it again.  And
a little after, those who stood by said again to Peter, "Surely thou art one of them, for thou art
a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto." 71But he began to curse and to swear, saying, "I
know not  this man of  whom ye speak!"  72And the second time the cock crowed.  And Peter
called to mind the words that Jesus had said unto him: "Before the cock crows twice, thou shalt
deny Me thrice."  And when he thought thereon, he wept.

*1 Mt 26:17-19,Lk 22:7-13. *3 Mt 26:6,Lk 7:36,Jn 11:1, 12:1 *12 Mt 26:17-19,Lk 22:7-13. *18 Mt 26:20-25,Lk 22:14, 21-23,Jn 13:21-35. *22
Mt 26:26-29,Lk 22:15-20. *27a Mt 26:31-35,Lk 22:31-38,Jn 13:36-38, 16:32. *27b Zch 13:7. *32 Mt 26:36-46,Lk 22:39-46,Jn 18:1. *43 Mt
26:47-56,Lk 22:47-53,Jn 18:2-12. *53 Mt 26:57-58, 69-75,Lk 22:54-62,Jn 18:13, 18, 25-27. *55 Mt 26:59-68. *61 Isa 53:7. *62 Ps 110:1,Dan
7:13,Mt 24:30. *66 Jn 18:16.


                                Chapter 15

  1Jesus is brought bound and accused before Pilate.  15Upon the clamor of the common people, the murderer Barabbas is
  loosed, and Jesus delivered up to be crucified.  17He is crowned with thorns,  19spit on and mocked,  21fainteth in bearing
  His cross,  27hangeth between two thieves,  29suffereth the triumphing reproaches of the Jews,  39but confessed by the
  centurion to be the Son of God,  43and is honorably buried by Joseph.

  1And straightway 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, "Art thou the King of the Jews?" And answering He said unto
him,
  "Thou sayest it."
3And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.  4And Pilate asked
Him again, saying, "Answerest thou nothing?  Behold how many things they witness against
thee."  5But Jesus yet answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled.*
  6Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.* 7And there
was one named Barabbas, who lay bound with those who had made insurrection with him, and
who had committed murder in the insurrection.  8And the multitude, crying aloud, began to ask
Pilate to do as he had ever done unto them.  9But Pilate answered them, saying, "Will ye that
I release unto you the King of the Jews?"  10For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him
out of envy.  11But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas
unto them.  12And Pilate answered and said again unto them, "What will ye then that I shall do
unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?"  13And they cried out again, "Crucify him!"  14Then
Pilate said unto them, "Why, what evil hath he done?"  But they cried out the more exceedingly,
"Crucify him!" 15And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them and
delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified.
  16And the soldiers led Him away into the hall called the Praetorium, and they called together
the whole detachment.*  17And they clothed Him with purple, and they wove a crown of thorns
and put it about His head,  18and began to salute Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"  19And they
smote Him on the head with a reed and spat upon 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,
the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was passing by, coming from the country, to bear His
cross. 22And they brought Him unto the place called Golgotha (which is, being interpreted, The
Place of a Skull).  23And they gave Him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, but He received it
not.*
  24And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots for them to see
what each man should take.* 25And it was the third hour when they crucified Him.  26And the
superscription of His accusation was written above: "The King of the Jews."  27And with Him
they crucified two thieves, the one on His right hand and the other on His left.  28And the
Scripture was fulfilled which saith, "And He was numbered with the transgressors."*  29And
those who passed by railed at Him, wagging their heads and saying, "Ah, thou that destroyest
the temple and buildest it in three days,  30save thyself and come down from the cross!" 
31Likewise also the chief priests, mocking, said among  themselves, with the scribes, "He saved
others; himself he cannot save!  32Let Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that
wemay see and believe."  And those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.
  33And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth
hour.* 34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying,
  "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"
which is, being interpreted, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"*  35And some of
those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he calleth 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 him
alone.  Let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down."  37And Jesus cried with a loud
voice, and gave up His spirit.  38And the veil of the temple was rent in two  from the top to the
bottom.  39And when the centurion who stood opposite Him saw that He so cried out and gave
up His spirit, he said, "Truly, this Man was the Son of God!"
  40There were also women looking on afar off, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and
Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome*  41(who also, when He was in
Galilee, had followed Him and ministered unto Him), and many other women who came up
with Him unto Jerusalem.
  42And now when the evening had come, because it was the Prep-aration (that is, the day
before the Sabbath),*  43Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable council member who also was waiting
for the Kingdom of God, came and went in boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
 44And Pilate wondered if He were already dead; and calling unto him the centurion, he asked
him whether He had been any while dead.  45And when he learned it from the centurion, he
gave the body to Joseph.  46And Joseph bought fine linen, and took Him down and wrapped
Him in the linen.  And he laid Him in a sepulcher which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a
stone against the door of the sepulcher.  47And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses
beheld where He was laid.

*1 Mt 27:1-2, 11-14,Lk 23:1-5,Jn 18:28-38. *5 Isa 53:7. *6 Mt 27:15-26,Lk 23:13-25,Jn 18:39-19:16. *16 Mt 27:27-30. *20 Mt 27:31-34,Lk
23:26-32,Jn 19:16-17. *23 Ps 69:21. *24 Ps 22:18,Mt 27:35-44,Lk 23:33-38,Jn 19:18-27. *33 Mt 27:45-54,Lk 23:44-49,Jn 19:28-30. *34 Ps 22:1.
*40 Mt 27:55,Jn 19:25. *42 Mt 27:57-61,Lk 23:50-56,Jn 19:31-42. 


                                Chapter 16

  1An angel declareth the resurrection of Christ to three women.  9Christ Himself appeareth to Mary Magdalene,  12to two
  going into the country,  14then to the apostles,  15whom He sendeth forth to preach the Gospel.  19He ascendeth into
  Heaven.

  1And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and
Salome bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Him.*  2And very early in the
morning on the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun. 
3And they said among themselves, "Who shall roll away the stone from the door of the
sepulcher?"  4And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away, for it was very
large. 5And entering into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed
in a long white garment; and they were frightened.*  6And he said unto them, "Be not afraid. Ye
seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified.  He has risen!  He is not here.  Behold the place
where they laid Him.  7But go your way. Tell His disciples and Peter that He goeth before you
into Galilee. There shall ye see Him, as He said unto you."*  8And they went out quickly and fled
from the sepulcher, for they trembled and were amazed; neither said they any thing to any man,
for they were afraid.* 
  9Now when Jesus had risen early the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary
Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven devils.*  10And she went and told those who had
been with Him, as they mourned and wept.  11And they, when they heard that He was alive and
had been seen by her, believed not.  12After that, He appeared in another form unto two of them
as they walked and went into the country.*  13And they went and told it unto the rest, but
neither did they believe them.
  14Afterward He appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat; and He upbraided them for
their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who had seen Him after
He had risen.*  15And He said unto them,
  "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.*  16He that
  believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be
  damned.* 17And these signs shall follow them that believe:  In My name shall they
  cast out devils; 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 unto them, He was received up into Heaven, and sat at
the right hand of God.20And they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with
them and confirming the Word with signs following.*
  Amen.

*1 Mt 28:1,Lk 24:1-3,Jn 20:1-2. *5 Mt 28:5-7,Lk 24:4-8. *7 Mt 26:32. *8 Mt 28:8-10,Lk 24:9-11. *9 Lk 8:2,Jn 20:11-18. *12 Lk 24:13-35. *14
Lk 24:36-49,Jn 20:19-23. *15 Mt 28:16-20. *16 Jn 12:48. *17 Acts 2:4, 16:18. *18 Acts 28:5,8. *19 Lk 24:50-53. *20 Heb 2:4.