12:1At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat.

12:2But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.

12:3But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

12:4How he entered into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?

12:5Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

12:6But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than the temple.

12:7But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

12:8For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.

12:9And, going away from thence, he came into their synagogue.

12:10And behold, there was a man having his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

12:11But he said to them, What man shall there be of you who has one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it and raise it up?

12:12How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.

12:13Then he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored sound as the other.

12:14But the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

12:15But Jesus knowing it, withdrew thence, and great crowds followed him; and he healed them all:

12:16and charged them strictly that they should not make him publicly known:

12:17that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,

12:18Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul has found its delight. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew forth judgment to the nations.

12:19He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets;

12:20a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;

12:21and on his name shall the nations hope.

12:22Then was brought to him one possessed by a demon, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the dumb man spake and saw.

12:23And all the crowds were amazed and said, Is this man the Son of David?

12:24But the Pharisees, having heard it, said, This man does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub, prince of demons.

12:25But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.

12:26And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom subsist?

12:27And if *I* cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by whom do they cast them out? For this reason *they* shall be your judges.

12:28But if *I* by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then indeed the kingdom of God is come upon you.

12:29Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods, unless first he bind the strong man? and then he will plunder his house.

12:30He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

12:31For this reason I say unto you, Every sin and injurious speaking shall be forgiven to men, but speaking injuriously of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

12:32And whosoever shall have spoken a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming one.

12:33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known.

12:34Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

12:35The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.

12:36But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:

12:37for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

12:38Then answered him some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee.

12:39But he, answering, said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas the prophet.

12:40For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

12:41Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

12:42A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

12:43But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find it.

12:44Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

12:45Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.

12:46But while he was yet speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

12:47Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, seeking to speak to thee.

12:48But he answering said to him that spoke to him, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?

12:49And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren;

12:50for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

13:1And that same day Jesus went out from the house and sat down by the sea.

13:2And great crowds were gathered together to him, so that going on board ship himself he sat down, and the whole crowd stood on the shore.

13:3And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow:

13:4and as he sowed, some grains fell along the way, and the birds came and devoured them;

13:5and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of the ground because of not having any depth of earth,

13:6but when the sun rose they were burned up, and because of not having any root were dried up;

13:7and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them;

13:8and others fell upon the good ground, and produced fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.

13:9He that has ears, let him hear.

13:10And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

13:11And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;

13:12for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

13:13For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;

13:14and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;

13:15for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

13:16But blessed are *your* eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;

13:17for verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things which ye behold and did not see them, and to hear the things which ye hear and did not hear them.

13:18*Ye*, therefore, hear the parable of the sower.

13:19From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside.

13:20But he that is sown on the rocky places -- this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,

13:21but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended.

13:22And he that is sown among the thorns -- this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

13:23But he that is sown upon the good ground -- this is he who hears and understands the word, who bears fruit also, and produces, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.

13:24Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man sowing good seed in his field;

13:25but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel amongst the wheat, and went away.

13:26But when the blade shot up and produced fruit, then appeared the darnel also.

13:27And the bondmen of the householder came up and said to him, Sir, hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? whence then has it darnel?

13:28And he said to them, A man that is an enemy has done this. And the bondmen said to him, Wilt thou then that we should go and gather it up?

13:29But he said, No; lest in gathering the darnel ye should root up the wheat with it.

13:30Suffer both to grow together unto the harvest, and in time of the harvest I will say to the harvestmen, Gather first the darnel, and bind it into bundles to burn it; but the wheat bring together into my granary.

13:31Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field;

13:32which is less indeed than all seeds, but when it is grown is greater than herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and roost in its branches.

13:33He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened.

13:34All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,

13:35so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the world's foundation.

13:36Then, having dismissed the crowds, he went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Expound to us the parable of the darnel of the field.

13:37But he answering said, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man,

13:38and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one;

13:39and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the harvest is the completion of the age, and the harvestmen are angels.

13:40As then the darnel is gathered and is burned in the fire, thus it shall be in the completion of the age.

13:41The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all offences, and those that practise lawlessness;

13:42and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

13:43Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.

13:44The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field.

13:45Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls;

13:46and having found one pearl of great value, he went and sold all whatever he had and bought it.

13:47Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a seine which has been cast into the sea, and which has gathered together of every kind,

13:48which, when it has been filled, having drawn up on the shore and sat down, they gathered the good into vessels and cast the worthless out.

13:49Thus shall it be in the completion of the age: the angels shall go forth and sever the wicked from the midst of the just,

13:50and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

13:51Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yea, Lord.

13:52And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man that is a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.

13:53And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these parables he withdrew thence.

13:54And having come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Whence has this man this wisdom and these works of power?

13:55Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

13:56And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has this man all these things?

13:57And they were offended in him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, unless in his country and in his house.

13:58And he did not there many works of power, because of their unbelief.

14:1At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

14:2and said to his servants, This is John the baptist: *he* is risen from the dead, and because of this these works of power display their force in him.

14:3For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

14:4For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

14:5And while desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

14:6But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;

14:7whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.

14:8But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the baptist.

14:9And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and those lying at table with him, he commanded it to be given.

14:10And he sent and beheaded John in the prison;

14:11and his head was brought upon a dish, and was given to the damsel, and she carried it to her mother.

14:12And his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and came and brought word to Jesus.

14:13And Jesus, having heard it, went away thence by ship to a desert place apart. And the crowds having heard of it followed him on foot from the cities.

14:14And going out he saw a great crowd, and was moved with compassion about them, and healed their infirm.

14:15But when even was come, his disciples came to him saying, The place is desert, and much of the day time already gone by; dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.

14:16But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give *ye* them to eat.

14:17But they say to him, We have not here save five loaves and two fishes.

14:18And he said, Bring them here to me.

14:19And having commanded the crowds to recline upon the grass, having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed: and having broken the loaves, he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

14:20And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was over and above of fragments twelve hand-baskets full.

14:21But those that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

14:22And immediately he compelled the disciples to go on board ship, and to go on before him to the other side, until he should have dismissed the crowds.

14:23And having dismissed the crowds, he went up into the mountain apart to pray. And when even was come, he was alone there,

14:24but the ship was already in the middle of the sea tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

14:25But in the fourth watch of the night he went off to them, walking on the sea.

14:26And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition. And they cried out through fear.

14:27But Jesus immediately spoke to them, saying, Take courage; it is *I*: be not afraid.

14:28And Peter answering him said, Lord, if it be *thou*, command me to come to thee upon the waters.

14:29And he said, Come. And Peter, having descended from the ship, walked upon the waters to go to Jesus.

14:30But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.

14:31And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?

14:32And when they had gone up into the ship, the wind fell.

14:33But those in the ship came and did homage to him, saying, Truly thou art God's Son.

14:34And having crossed over they came to the land of Gennesaret.

14:35And when the men of that place recognised him, they sent to that whole country around, and they brought to him all that were ill,

14:36and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment; and as many as touched were made thoroughly well.

15:1Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,

15:2Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

15:3But he answering said to them, Why do *ye* also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?

15:4For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

15:5But *ye* say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever it be by which received from me thou wouldest be profited:

15:6and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.

15:7Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,

15:8This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

15:9but in vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings commandments of men.

15:10And having called to him the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:

15:11Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

15:12Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?

15:13But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

15:14Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.

15:15And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.

15:16But he said, Are *ye* also still without intelligence?

15:17Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?

15:18but the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.

15:19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;

15:20these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.

15:21And Jesus, going forth from thence, went away into the parts of Tyre and Sidon;

15:22and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried to him saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.

15:23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to him and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.

15:24But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

15:25But she came and did him homage, saying, Lord, help me.

15:26But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.

15:27But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.

15:28Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, thy faith is great. Be it to thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was healed from *that* hour.

15:29And Jesus, going away from thence, came towards the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat down there;

15:30and great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:

15:31so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

15:32But Jesus, having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

15:33And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in the wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?

15:34And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? But they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.

15:35And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;

15:36and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.

15:37And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments seven baskets full;

15:38but they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

15:39And, having dismissed the crowds, he went on board ship and came to the borders of Magadan.