7:1And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum;

7:2and a certain centurion's servant being ill, was about to die, who was much valued by him,

7:3and having heard about Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, beseeching him, that having come he might thoroughly save his servant.

7:4And they, having come near unto Jesus, were calling upon him earnestly, saying -- `He is worthy to whom thou shalt do this,

7:5for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'

7:6And Jesus was going on with them, and now when he is not far distant from the house the centurion sent unto him friends, saying to him, `Sir, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that under my roof thou mayest enter;

7:7wherefore not even myself thought I worthy to come unto thee, but say in a word, and my lad shall be healed;

7:8for I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Be coming, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.'

7:9And having heard these things Jesus wondered at him, and having turned to the multitude following him, he said, `I say to you, not even in Israel so much faith did I find;'

7:10and those sent, having turned back to the house, found the ailing servant in health.

7:11And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude,

7:12and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

7:13And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, `Be not weeping;'

7:14and having come near, he touched the bier, and those bearing it stood still, and he said, `Young man, to thee I say, Arise;'

7:15and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother;

7:16and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying -- `A great prophet hath risen among us,' and -- `God did look upon His people.'

7:17And the account of this went forth in all Judea about him, and in all the region around.

7:18And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

7:19and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, `Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

7:20And having come near to him, the men said, `John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

7:21And in that hour he cured many from sicknesses, and plagues, and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.

7:22And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone on, report to John what ye saw and heard, that blind men do see again, lame do walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf do hear, dead are raised, poor have good news proclaimed;

7:23and happy is he whoever may not be stumbled in me.'

7:24And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: `What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

7:25but what have ye gone forth to see? a man in soft garments clothed? lo, they in splendid apparellings, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings!

7:26`But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:

7:27this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

7:28for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'

7:29And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

7:30but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

7:31And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

7:32they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!

7:33`For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;

7:34the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;

7:35and the wisdom was justified from all her children.'

7:36And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),

7:37and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclineth (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment,

7:38and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.

7:39And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, `This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind is the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.'

7:40And Jesus answering said unto him, `Simon, I have something to say to thee;' and he saith, `Teacher, say on.'

7:41`Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty;

7:42and they not having wherewith to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?'

7:43And Simon answering said, `I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, `Rightly thou didst judge.'

7:44And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, `Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;

7:45a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what time I came in, did not cease kissing my feet;

7:46with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;

7:47therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'

7:48And he said to her, `Thy sins have been forgiven;'

7:49and those reclining with him (at meat) began to say within themselves, `Who is this, who also doth forgive sins?'

7:50and he said unto the woman, `Thy faith have saved thee, be going on to peace.'

8:1And it came to pass thereafter, that he was going through every city and village, preaching and proclaiming good news of the reign of God, and the twelve are with him,

8:2and certain women, who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth,

8:3and Joanna wife of Chuza, steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to him from their substance.

8:4And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

8:5`The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

8:6`And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it did wither, through not having moisture.

8:7`And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it.

8:8`And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, `He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

8:9And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'

8:10And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

8:11`And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

8:12and those beside the way are those hearing, then cometh the Devil, and taketh up the word from their heart, lest having believed, they may be saved.

8:13`And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

8:14`And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion.

8:15`And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain it, and bear fruit in continuance.

8:16`And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under a couch doth put it; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put it, that those coming in may see the light,

8:17for nothing is secret, that shall not become manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known, and become manifest.

8:18`See, therefore, how ye hear, for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seemeth to have, shall be taken from him.'

8:19And there came unto him his mother and brethren, and they were not able to get to him because of the multitude,

8:20and it was told him, saying, `Thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, wishing to see thee;'

8:21and he answering said unto them, `My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'

8:22And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he himself went into a boat with his disciples, and he said unto them, `We may go over to the other side of the lake;' and they set forth,

8:23and as they are sailing he fell deeply asleep, and there came down a storm of wind to the lake, and they were filling, and were in peril.

8:24And having come near, they awoke him, saying, `Master, master, we perish;' and he, having arisen, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there came a calm,

8:25and he said to them, `Where is your faith?' and they being afraid did wonder, saying unto one another, `Who, then, is this, that even the winds he doth command, and the water, and they obey him?'

8:26And they sailed down to the region of the Gadarenes, that is over-against Galilee,

8:27and he having gone forth upon the land, there met him a certain man, out of the city, who had demons for a long time, and with a garment was not clothed, and in a house was not abiding, but in the tombs,

8:28and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, `What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!'

8:29For he commanded the unclean spirit to come forth from the man, for many times it had caught him, and he was being bound with chains and fetters -- guarded, and breaking asunder the bonds he was driven by the demons to the deserts.

8:30And Jesus questioned him, saying, `What is thy name?' and he said, `Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,)

8:31and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss,

8:32and there was there a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain, and they were calling on him, that he might suffer them to enter into these, and he suffered them,

8:33and the demons having gone forth from the man, did enter into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep to the lake, and were choked.

8:34And those feeding them, having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told it to the city, and to the fields;

8:35and they came forth to see what was come to pass, and they came unto Jesus, and found the man sitting, out of whom the demons had gone forth, clothed, and right-minded, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid;

8:36and those also having seen it, told them how the demoniac was saved.

8:37And the whole multitude of the region of the Gadarenes round about asked him to go away from them, because with great fear they were pressed, and he having entered into the boat, did turn back.

8:38And the man from whom the demons had gone forth was beseeching of him to be with him, and Jesus sent him away, saying,

8:39`Turn back to thy house, and tell how great things God did to thee;' and he went away through all the city proclaiming how great things Jesus did to him.

8:40And it came to pass, in the turning back of Jesus, the multitude received him, for they were all looking for him,

8:41and lo, there came a man, whose name is Jairus, and he was a chief of the synagogue, and having fallen at the feet of Jesus, was calling on him to come to his house;

8:42because he had an only daughter about twelve years old, and she was dying. And in his going away, the multitudes were thronging him,

8:43and a woman, having an issue of blood for twelve years, who, having spent on physicians all her living, was not able to be healed by any,

8:44having come near behind, touched the fringe of his garment, and presently the issue of her blood stood.

8:45And Jesus said, `Who is it that touched me?' and all denying, Peter and those with him said, `Master, the multitudes press thee, and throng thee, and thou dost say, Who is it that touched me!'

8:46And Jesus said, `Some one did touch me, for I knew power having gone forth from me.'

8:47And the woman, having seen that she was not hid, trembling, came, and having fallen before him, for what cause she touched him declared to him before all the people, and how she was healed presently;

8:48and he said to her, `Take courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee, be going on to peace.'

8:49While he is yet speaking, there doth come a certain one from the chief of the synagogue's house, saying to him -- `Thy daughter hath died, harass not the Teacher;'

8:50and Jesus having heard, answered him, saying, `Be not afraid, only believe, and she shall be saved.'

8:51And having come to the house, he suffered no one to go in, except Peter, and James, and John, and the father of the child, and the mother;

8:52and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, `Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;

8:53and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;

8:54and he having put all forth without, and having taken hold of her hand, called, saying, `Child, arise;'

8:55and her spirit came back, and she arose presently, and he directed that there be given to her to eat;

8:56and her parents were amazed, but he charged them to say to no one what was come to pass.

9:1And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses,

9:2and he sent them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the ailing.

9:3And he said unto them, `Take nothing for the way, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats each;

9:4and into whatever house ye may enter, there remain, and thence depart;

9:5and as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, even the dust from your feet shake off, for a testimony against them.'

9:6And going forth they were going through the several villages, proclaiming good news, and healing everywhere.

9:7And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things being done by him, and was perplexed, because it was said by certain, that John hath been raised out of the dead;

9:8and by certain, that Elijah did appear, and by others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;

9:9and Herod said, `John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him.

9:10And the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did, and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,

9:11and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.

9:12And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, `Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.'

9:13And he said unto them, `Give ye them to eat;' and they said, `We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;'

9:14for they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, `Cause them to recline in companies, in each fifty;'

9:15and they did so, and made all to recline;

9:16and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

9:17and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

9:18And it came to pass, as he is praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he questioned them, saying, `Who do the multitudes say me to be?'

9:19And they answering said, `John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;'

9:20and he said to them, `And ye -- who do ye say me to be?' and Peter answering said, `The Christ of God.'

9:21And having charged them, he commanded them to say this to no one,

9:22saying -- `It behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and the third day to be raised.'

9:23And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

9:24for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;

9:25for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself?

9:26`For whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, of this one shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he may come in his glory, and the Father's, and the holy messengers';

9:27and I say to you, truly, there are certain of those here standing, who shall not taste of death till they may see the reign of God.'

9:28And it came to pass, after these words, as it were eight days, that having taken Peter, and John, and James, he went up to the mountain to pray,

9:29and it came to pass, in his praying, the appearance of his face became altered, and his garment white -- sparkling.

9:30And lo, two men were speaking together with him, who were Moses and Elijah,

9:31who having appeared in glory, spake of his outgoing that he was about to fulfil in Jerusalem,

9:32but Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep, and having waked, they saw his glory, and the two men standing with him.

9:33And it came to pass, in their parting from him, Peter said unto Jesus, `Master, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah,' not knowing what he saith:

9:34and as he was speaking these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them, and they feared in their entering into the cloud,

9:35and a voice came out of the cloud saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved; hear ye him;'

9:36and when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone; and they were silent, and declared to no one in those days anything of what they have seen.

9:37And it came to pass on the next day, they having come down from the mount, there met him a great multitude,

9:38and lo, a man from the multitude cried out, saying, `Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only begotten;

9:39and lo, a spirit doth take him, and suddenly he doth cry out, and it teareth him, with foaming, and it hardly departeth from him, bruising him,

9:40and I besought thy disciples that they might cast it out, and they were not able.'

9:41And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring near hither thy son;'

9:42and as he is yet coming near, the demon rent him, and tore him sore, and Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the youth, and gave him back to his father.

9:43And they were all amazed at the greatness of God, and while all are wondering at all things that Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,

9:44`Lay ye to your ears these words, for the Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men.'

9:45And they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

9:46And there entered a reasoning among them, this, Who may be greater of them?

9:47and Jesus having seen the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a child, set him beside himself,

9:48and said to them, `Whoever may receive this child in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth receive Him who sent me, for he who is least among you all -- he shall be great.'

9:49And John answering said, `Master, we saw a certain one in thy name casting forth the demons, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow with us;'

9:50and Jesus said unto him, `Forbid not, for he who is not against us, is for us.'

9:51And it came to pass, in the completing of the days of his being taken up, that he fixed his face to go on to Jerusalem,

9:52and he sent messengers before his face, and having gone on, they went into a village of Samaritans, to make ready for him,

9:53and they did not receive him, because his face was going on to Jerusalem.

9:54And his disciples James and John having seen, said, `Sir, wilt thou that we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?'

9:55and having turned, he rebuked them, and said, `Ye have not known of what spirit ye are;

9:56for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save;' and they went on to another village.

9:57And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, `I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;'

9:58and Jesus said to him, `The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'

9:59And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'

9:60and Jesus said to him, `Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.'

9:61And another also said, `I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;'

9:62and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'