Then they brought the foal to Jesus, and, when they had laid their cloaks on it, he seated himself upon it.

And many spread their garments upon the way; and others branches, which they had cut from the fields.

And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He was hungry.

And seeing from afar off a fig-tree which had leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find something on it. And having come up to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time of figs.

And when evening had come, he went out of the city.

The next morning, [as they returned to the city], they passed by the fig tree and saw that it had withered, clear down to its roots.

And Peter, remembering what Jesus had said, says to him, Rabbi, see, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is dried up.

No, let us say, From men" ??but they were afraid of the multitude, for the people all held John had been really a prophet.

And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don't defer to anyone; for you aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

And, when they had brought it, he asked: "Whose head and title are these?" "The Emperor's," they said;

"Teacher, Moses wrote to us [Deut. 25:5] that if a man's brother dies, leaving his widow behind without having had any children, his brother should marry his widow and father children by her. These children would then be considered his [dead] brother's.

There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.

And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

For the seven had her to wife. And Jesus answering said to them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

And 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?

And Jesus, seeing that he had answered intelligently, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared question him any more.

And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

When Jesus had sat down on the Mount of Olives, facing the Temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew questioned him privately:

There will be great trouble during those days, such as had never been from the beginning of God's creation until the present, or even will be [in the days to come].

And 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.

While He was in Bethany at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease, as He was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.

And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

What she had, she used, - She took it beforehand to anoint my body for the burial;

After they had listened to him, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So he began to look for a good opportunity to betray him.

And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

And when they had taken their places and were eating, Jesus said: "I tell you that one of you is going to betray me--one who is eating with me."

The 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.

And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body.

And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.

And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

Then He came and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Had you not strength to keep awake a single hour?

and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him.

And immediately, as Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve apostles came with a crowd who were carrying swords and clubs. [They had come] from the leading priests, the experts in the law of Moses and the [Jewish] elders.

And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.

When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, "Rabbi! Rabbi!" and kissed him.

"Have you come out," said Jesus, "with swords and cudgels to arrest me, as if you had to fight with a robber?

And a certain young man [Note: Some think this is a reference to Mark himself], who had a linen outer garment thrown over his scantily clad body, was following Jesus until they [i.e., the soldiers and officers] took hold of him. [Note: The wording here does not indicate total nakedness, but rather the wearing of underclothing only]

Then they took Jesus to the high priest. All the high priests, elders, and scribes had gathered together.

And Peter had followed him afar off, even within, into the court of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire .

Again the maidservant who had noticed him began to tell the bystanders, "That fellow is one of them."

And immediately a rooster crowed for the second time. And Peter remembered the statement, how Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times," and throwing himself down, he began to weep.

Early in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), immediately consulted together; and they bound Jesus, they took Him away [violently] and handed Him over to Pilate.

And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

But the high priests had moved the people that he should, rather, deliver Barabbas unto them.

And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

And they clothe him with purple, and bind round on him a crown of thorns which they had plaited.

And 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.

And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

And the inscription of his accusation, had been inscribed - THE KING OF THE JEWS.

The Christ, the King of Israel - let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And, they who had been crucified with him, were casting it in his teeth.

When the sixth hour (noon) came, darkness covered the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).

And the centurion who stood by over against him, when he saw that he had expired having thus cried out, said, Truly this man was Son of God.

When Jesus was in Galilee, they used to accompany him and minister to Him; and there were also many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.

And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

Now, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, were viewing how he had been laid.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

They had been asking each other, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

And [when they] looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away (for it was very large).

but he says to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, the crucified one. He is risen, he is not here; behold the place where they had put him.

And they went out, and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them: and they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said.

Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

Seeing, indeed, that, many, had taken in hand to re-arrange for themselves a narrative, concerning the facts which have been fully confirmed amongst us, -

just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,

It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.

Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.

And so it happened, when he had completed the [required] days of his ministry, he went home.

And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?"

no sooner had Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, but the babe leap'd within her:

Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

as he had spoken to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed.

Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

immediately he had the use of his speech: and he uttered himself in praises to God.

And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.

He went there to be registered with Mary, who had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.

It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.