When they caught sight of the star, they were intensely glad;

Then Herod saw the magicians had trifled with him, and he was furiously angry; he sent and slew all the male children in Bethlehem and in all the neighbourhood who were two years old or under, calculating by the time he had ascertained from the magicians.

As he was walking along the sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew, casting a net in the sea ??for they were fishermen;

Therefore whoever relaxes a single one of these commands, were it even one of the least, and teaches men so, he will be ranked least in the Realm of heaven; but whoever obeys them and teaches them, he will be ranked great in the Realm of heaven.)

You have heard how the men of old were told, 'Murder not: whoever murders must come up for sentence,

Once again, you have heard how the men of old were told, 'You must not forswear yourself but discharge your vows to the Lord'.

When Jesus finished his speech, the crowds were astounded at his teaching;

When he reached the opposite side, the country of the Gadarenes, he was met by two demoniacs who ran out of the tombs; they were so violent that nobody could pass along the road there.

Jesus saw what they were thinking and said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?

The crowds who saw it were awed and glorified God for giving such power to men.

Now when Jesus reached the official's house and saw the flute-players and the din the crowd were making,

and their eyes were opened. Jesus sternly charged them, "See, nobody is to know of this."

As he saw the crowds he was moved with pity for them; they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.

At that time Jesus walked one sabbath through the cornfields, and as his disciples were hungry they started to pull some ears of corn and eat them.

He replied, "Have you not read what David did when he and his men were hungry,

how he went into the house of God, and there they ate the loaves of the Presence which neither he nor his men were allowed to eat, but only the priests?

And all the crowds were amazed; they said, "Can this be the Son of David?"

As Jesus knew what they were thinking, he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, any city or house divided against itself will never stand;

'No,' he said, 'for you might root up the wheat when you were gathering the weeds.

and went to his native place, where he taught the people in the synagogue till they were astounded. They said, "Where did he get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

So they were repelled by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never goes without honour except in his native place and in his home."

but when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified; "It is a ghost," they said and shrieked for fear.

The men of that place recognized him and sent all over the surrounding country, bringing him all who were ill

So the people all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over and filled seven large baskets with them.

they will kill him, but on the third day he will be raised." They were greatly distressed at this.

Now when his fellow-servants saw what had happened they were greatly distressed, and they went and explained to their master all that had happened.

They said to him, "Then why did Moses lay it down that we were to divorce by giving a separation-notice?"

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray over them. The disciples checked the people,

When the disciples heard this they were utterly astounded; they said, "Who then can possibly be saved?"

And when he went out at five o'clock he came upon some others who were standing; he said to them, 'Why have you stood doing nothing all the day?'

Now as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem he took the twelve aside by themselves and said to them as they were on the road,

When the ten heard of this, they were angry at the two brothers,

As they were leaving Jericho a crowd followed him,

and when two blind men who were sitting beside the road heard Jesus was passing, they shouted, "O Lord, Son of David, have pity on us!"

Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all who were buying and selling inside the temple; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the stalls of those who sold doves,

But when the high priests and scribes saw his wonderful deeds and saw the children who shouted in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant;

they tried to get hold of him, but they were afraid of the crowds, as the crowds held him to be a prophet.

Now there were seven brothers in our number. The first married and died; as he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

And when the crowds heard it, they were astounded at his teaching.

for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, ??if that were possible.

As were the days of Noah, so will the arrival of the Son of man be.

For as in the days before the deluge people ate and drank, married and were married, till the day Noah entered the ark;

Five of them were stupid and five were sensible.

Now while they were away buying oil, the bridegroom arrived; those maidens who were ready accompanied him to the marriage-banquet, and the door was shut.

Then the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds came forward. He said, 'I knew you were a hard man, sir, reaping where you never sowed and gathering where you never winnowed.

When the disciples saw this they were angry. "What is the use of this waste?" they said;

and as they were eating he said, "One of you is going to betray me."

They were greatly distressed at this, and each of them said to him, "Lord, surely it is not me."

As they were eating he took a loaf and after the blessing he broke it; then he gave it to the disciples saying, "Take and eat this, it means my body."

And when he returned he found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A maidservant came up and said to him, "You were with Jesus the Galilean too."

When he went out to the gateway another maidservant noticed him and said to those who were there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."

Two robbers were also crucified with him at that time, one on the right hand and one on the left.

and calling, "You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! Save yourself, if you are God's Son! Come down from the cross!"

The robbers who were crucified with him also denounced him in the same way.

And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were split,

the tombs were opened, and a number of bodies of the saints who slept the sleep of death rose up ??53 they left the tombs after his resurrection and entered the holy city and appeared to a number of people.

Now when the army-captain and his men who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were dreadfully afraid; they said, "This man was certainly a son of God!"

There were also a number of women there looking on from a distance, women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and waited on him,

Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

While they were on their way, some of the sentries went into the city and reported all that had taken place to the high priests,

and told them to say that "his disciples came at night and stole him when we were asleep."

When they saw him they worshipped him, though some were in doubt.

Now as he passed along the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Simon's brother Andrew netting fish in the sea ??for they were fishermen;

Then going on a little further he saw James the son of Zebedaeus and his brother John; they too were in their boat, mending their nets;

and people were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them like an authority, not like the scribes.

Then they were all so amazed that they discussed it together, saying, "Whatever is this?" "It's new teaching with authority behind it!" "He orders even unclean spirits!" "Yes, and they obey him!"

Now when evening came, when the sun set, they brought him all who were ill or possessed by daemons ??33 indeed the whole town was gathered at the door ??34 and he cured many who were ill with various diseases and cast out many daemons; but as the daemons knew him he would not let them say anything.

Now there were some scribes sitting there who argued in their hearts,

Conscious at once that they were arguing to themselves in this way, Jesus asked them, "Why do you argue thus in your hearts?

And he rose, lifted his pallet at once, and went off before them all; at this they were all amazed and glorified God saying, "We never saw the like of it!"

Now Levi was at table in his own house, and he had many taxgatherers and sinners as guests along with Jesus and his disciples ??for there were many of them among his followers.

As the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were observing a fast, people came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples do not fast?"

then he asked them, "Is it right to help or to hurt on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?" They were silent.

for he healed so many that all who had complaints were pressing on him to get a touch of him.

And glancing at those who were sitting round him in a circle he said, "There are my mother and my brothers!

As for those who were sown 'on good soil,' these are the people who listen to the word and take it in and bear fruit at the rate of thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."

But they were overawed and said to each other, "Whatever can he be, when the very wind and sea obey him?"

And Jesus gave them leave. Then out came the unclean spirits and entered the swine, and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea (there were about two thousand of them) and in the sea they were drowned.

The girl got up at once and began to walk (she was twelve years old); and at once they were lost in utter amazement.

Is this not the joiner, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters settled here among us?" So they were repelled by him.

they were to wear sandals, but not to put on two shirts, he said.

The daughter of Herodias went in and danced to them, and Herod and his guests were so delighted that the king said to the girl, "Ask anything you like and I will give you it."

He swore to her, "I will give you whatever you want, were it the half of my realm."

And he said to them, "Come away to some lonely spot and get a little rest" (for there were many people coming and going, and they could get no time even to eat).

So when Jesus disembarked he saw a large crowd, and out of pity for them, as they were like sheep without a shepherd, he proceeded to teach them at length.

Then he gave orders that they were to make all the people lie down in parties on the green grass;

besides, the fragments of bread and of fish which were picked up filled twelve baskets.

but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost and shrieked aloud ??50 for they all saw him and were terrified. Then he spoke to them at once; "Courage," he said, "it is I, have no fear."

And he got into the boat beside them, and the wind dropped. They were utterly astounded,

for they had not understood the lesson of the loaves; their minds were dull.

Then his ears were [at once] opened and his tongue freed from its fetter ??he began to speak correctly.

they were astounded in the extreme, saying, "How splendidly he has done everything! He actually makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak!"

So the people ate and were satisfied, and they picked up seven baskets of fragments which were left over.

(There were about four thousand of them.) Then he sent them away,

(for he did not know what to say, they were so terrified).

But they did not understand what he said, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

Then they reached Capharnahum. And when he was indoors he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

And whoever is a hindrance to one of these little ones who believe, it were better for him to have a great millstone hung round his neck and be thrown into the sea.

The disciples were amazed at what he said; so he repeated, "My sons, how difficult it is [for those who rely on money] to get into the Realm of God!