1 Beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God.
2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
3 Voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight his paths.
4 John baptized in the wilderness, and preached the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
5 And all the province of Judea, and all those of Jerusalem, came out to him; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing his sins.
6 And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and had a leather belt around his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey.
7 And he preached, saying, He who is mightier than I is coming after me, whose thong of his shoes I am not worthy to unloose while bowing down.
8 I have truly baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
9 It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
10 And immediately, as he came up out of the water, he saw the heavens open, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
11 And a voice came from heaven saying, You are my beloved Son; I am pleased with you.
12 And then the Spirit drove him into the wilderness.
13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, and he was tempted by Satan, and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels served him.
14 After John was imprisoned, Jesus came to Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
15 saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; Repent, and believe in the gospel.
16 Walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; because they were fishermen.
17 And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
19 Going on from there a little further, he saw James son of Zebedee, and John his brother, also in the boat, mending the nets.
20 And immediately he called them; And leaving his father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, they followed him.
21 And they entered Capernaum; And on the Sabbath days, entering the synagogue, he taught.
22 And they were amazed at his doctrine; because he taught them as one who has authority, and not as the scribes.
23 But there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, who cried out,
24 saying, Ah! What do you have with us, Nazarene Jesus? Have you come to destroy us? Be who you are, the Holy One of God.
25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him!
26 And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
27 And they were all amazed, so that they argued among themselves, saying, What is this? What new doctrine is this, that he commands even unclean spirits with authority, and they obey him?
28 And very soon the fame of him spread throughout the entire province around Galilee.
29 When they left the synagogue, they came to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
30 And Simon’s mother-in-law lay with a fever; and immediately they spoke to him about her.
31 Then he approached her, and took her by the hand and lifted her up; and immediately he left her fever, and she served them.
32 When night came, after the sun had set, they brought to him all those who had illnesses, and those who were demon-possessed;
33 and the whole city gathered at the gate.
34 And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he did not let the demons speak, because they knew him.
35 Getting up early in the morning, while it was still very dark, he went out and went to a deserted place, and there he prayed.
36 And Simon and those who were with him sought him;
37 And finding him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you.
38 He said to them, Let us go to the neighboring places, so that he may preach there also; because this is why I have come.
39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout Galilee, and cast out demons.
40 A leper came to him, begging him; and kneeling down, she said to him: If you want, you can cleanse me.
41 And Jesus, having mercy on him, stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, I will, be clean.
42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was clean.
43 Then he charged him strictly, and then he sent him away,
44 and said to him, See, do not tell anyone anything, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your purification what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.
45 But when he was gone, he began to publish it widely and spread the fact, so that Jesus could no longer enter the city openly, but remained outside in the desert places; and they came to him from all sides.
1 Jesus entered Capernaum again after a few days; and it was heard that he was at home.
2 And immediately many gathered together, so that there was no room for them even at the door; and he preached the word to them.
3 Then some came to him, bringing a paralyzed man, who was carried by four.
4 And since they could not approach him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was, and making an opening, they lowered the bed on which the paralytic lay.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: Son, your sins are forgiven you.
6 Some of the scribes were sitting there, pondering in their hearts:
7 Why does this man speak thus? Blasphemies he says. Who can forgive sins, but only God?
8 And Jesus immediately knew in his spirit that they were pondering thus within themselves, and he said to them: Why do you ponder thus in your hearts?
9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic: Your sins are forgiven, or to say to him: Get up, take up your bed and walk?
10 For that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins (he said to the paralytic):
11 I say to you: Get up, take up your bed, and go to your house.
12 Then he rose up immediately, and took up his bed, and went out before them all, so that they were all astonished, and glorified God, saying, We have never seen such a thing.
13 Then he went out to the sea again; and all the people came to him, and he taught them.
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax bench, and he said to him, Follow me. And getting up, he followed him.
15 It came to pass, as Jesus was at table in his house, that many tax collectors and sinners were also at table with Jesus and his disciples; because there were many who had followed him.
16 And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with tax collectors and sinners, said to his disciples, What is this, that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?
17 When Jesus heard this, he said to them: The healthy do not need a doctor, but the sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
18 And the disciples of John and the Pharisees fasted; and they came and said unto him, Why do the disciples of John and the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples not fast?
19 Jesus said to them, Can those who are at the wedding fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have their husband with them, they cannot fast.
20 But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then in those days they will fast.
21 No one puts a patch of new cloth on an old garment; Otherwise, the same new patch pulls on the old, and the breakage becomes worse.
22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; Otherwise, the new wine bursts the skins, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are lost; but new wine must be poured into new wineskins.
23 It came to pass, as he passed through the fields on a Sabbath day, that his disciples, walking, began to pluck heads of grain.
24 Then the Pharisees said to him, Look, why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?
25 But he said to them, Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those who were with him?
26 How he entered into the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and even gave to those who were with him?
27 He also said to them: The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
28 Therefore the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.
1 Jesus entered the synagogue again; and there was a man there whose hand was withered.
2 And they watched him to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath day, so that they could accuse him.
3 Then he said to the man whose hand was withered, “Get up and stand in the middle.”
4 And he said to them, Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do evil? save life, or take it? But they were silent.
5 Then, looking around at them angrily, saddened by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man: Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored whole.
6 And the Pharisees went out and took counsel with the Herodians against him to destroy him.
7 But Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a large crowd from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,
8 from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan, and from around Tire and Sidon, hearing how great things he was doing, great crowds came to him.
9 And he told his disciples to always keep the boat ready for him, because of the crowd, so that they would not oppress him.
10 For he had healed many; so that for touching him, all who had plagues fell on him.
11 And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried out, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12 But he rebuked them a lot so that they would not discover him.
13 Then he went up to the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted; and they came to him.
14 And he appointed twelve to be with him, and to send them to preach,
15 and to have authority to heal diseases and to cast out demons:
16 Simon, whom he called Peter;
17 James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, whom he called Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder;
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddeus, Simon the Cananist,
19 and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him. And they came home.
20 And the people gathered again, so that they could not even eat bread.
21 When his men heard it, they came to arrest him; because they said: He is out of his mind.
22 But the scribes who had come from Jerusalem said that he had Beelzebub, and that by the prince of demons he cast out demons.
23 And when he had called them, he said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, such a kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 And if Satan rises up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come.
27 No one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds him, and then he will be able to plunder his house.
28 Truly I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and blasphemies whatever they may be;
29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit is never forgiven, but is liable to eternal judgment.
30 For they had said: He has an unclean spirit.
31 Then his brothers and his mother came, and standing outside, they sent for him.
32 And the people sitting around him said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside, and they are looking for you.
33 He answered them and said, Who is my mother and my brothers?
34 And looking at those sitting around him, he said, Here is my mother and my brothers.
35 For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
1 Again Jesus began to teach by the sea, and many people gathered around him, so much so that he entered a boat and sat down in it on the sea; and all the people were on land by the sea.
2 And he taught them many things in parables, and he said to them in his doctrine:
3 Hear: Behold, the sower went out to sow;
4 And while he was sowing, it happened that some fell by the wayside, and the birds of the air came and ate it.
5 Another part fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much land; and it sprouted quickly, because it had no depth of soil.
6 But when the sun came up, it was burned; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 Another part fell among thorns; and the thorns grew and choked it, and it bore no fruit.
8 But another part fell on good ground, and bore fruit, for it sprouted and grew, and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.
9 Then he said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
10 When he was alone, those who were near him with the twelve asked him about the parable.
11 And he said unto them, It is given unto you to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things are parables;
12 so that seeing, they may see and not perceive; and hearing, they hear and do not understand; so that they do not convert, and their sins are forgiven.
13 And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
14 The sower is the one who sows the word.
15 And these are those by the way: in whom the word is sown, but after they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 These are also those who were sown on stony ground: those who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy;
17 But they have no root in themselves, but are of short duration, for when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they stumble.
18 These are those who were sown among thorns, those who hear the word,
19 but the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things, come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
20 And these are those who were sown on good ground: those who hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit thirtyfold, sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.
21 He also said to them: Do people bring the light to put it under the bushel, or under the bed? Isn’t it to put her in the spotlight?
22 For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed; nor hidden, that it should not come to light.
23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
24 He also said to them: Look at what you hear; for with the measure with which you measure, it will be measured to you, and even those who hear will be added to you.
25 For to him who has, to him will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
26 He said further: This is the kingdom of God, as when a man casts seed on the ground;
27 and he sleeps and rises, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows without him knowing how.
28 For the earth bears fruit of its own, first grass, then ears, then full grain in the ear;
29 and when the fruit is ripe, immediately the sickle is put in, because the harvest has come.
30 He also said: To what shall we make the kingdom of God like, or with what parable shall we compare it?
31 It is like the mustard seed, which when sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds that are on the earth;
32 But after it is sown, it grows and becomes the largest of all vegetables, and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can dwell under its shade.
33 With many parables like these he spoke the word to them, according to what they could hear.
34 And without parables he did not speak to them; although to his disciples in particular he declared everything.
35 That day, when night came, he said to them, Let us cross over to the other side.
36 And dismissing the crowd, they took him as he was, into the boat; and there were also other boats with him.
37 But a great wind storm arose, and the waves were rushing into the boat, so that it was already drowning.
38 And he was in the stern, sleeping on a bolster; and they woke him up, and said to him, Master, are you not careful that we perish?
39 And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Be still, be still. And the wind ceased, and a great calm.
40 And he said to them: Why are you so afraid? How do you not have faith?
41 Then they feared with great fear, and said to each other, Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
1 They came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes.
2 And when he left the boat, immediately there came to meet him from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
3 who had his abode in the tombs, and no one could bind him, not even with chains.
4 For many times he had been bound with fetters and chains, but the chains had been broken in pieces by him, and the fetters had been broken into pieces; and no one could dominate him.
5 And always, day and night, he went about shouting on the mountains and in the tombs, and cutting himself with stones.
6 So when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and knelt before him.
7 And crying with a loud voice, he said, What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I conjure you by God not to torment me.
8 For he said to him, Get out of this man, you unclean spirit.
9 And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered saying: My name is Legion; because we are many.
10 And he begged him very much not to send them out of that region.
11 There was a large herd of pigs feeding there near the mountain.
12 And all the demons besought him, saying, Send us to the swine, that we may enter into them.
13 And then Jesus gave them permission. And those unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine, which were about two thousand; and the herd rushed down a cliff into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
14 And those who fed the pigs fled, and gave notice in the city and in the fields. And they went out to see what had happened.
15 They come to Jesus, and see him who had been tormented by the devil, and who had had the legion, sitting, clothed, and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
16 And those who had seen it told them how it had happened to the one who had the demon, and about the pigs.
17 And they began to beg him to leave his area.
18 When he entered the boat, the one who had been demon-possessed begged him to let him be with him.
19 But Jesus would not allow it, but said to him, Go home to your people and tell them how great things the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.
20 And he went away, and began to publish in the Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone marveled.
21 As Jesus crossed again in a boat to the other shore, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea.
22 And one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus, came; and as soon as he saw him, he fell down at his feet,
23 and besought him much, saying, My daughter is dying; come and lay your hands on her so that she may be saved, and she will live.
24 So he went with him; And a great crowd followed him, and they pressed him.
25 But there was a woman who had been suffering from an issue of blood for twelve years,
26 and she had suffered a lot from many doctors, and had spent everything she had, and had benefited nothing, but her condition was worse,
27 When he heard about Jesus, he came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak.
28 For she said, If I only touch his cloak, I will be saved.
29 And immediately the fountain of her blood dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed from that scourge.
30 Then Jesus, knowing in himself the power that had gone out from him, turned to the crowd and said, Who has touched my clothes?
31 His disciples said to him: You see the crowd pressing in on you, and you say: Who touched me?
32 But he looked around to see who had done this.
33 Then the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.
34 And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you saved; Go in peace, and be healed of your scourge.
35 While he was still speaking, they came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying, Your daughter is dead; Why do you bother the Master more?
36 But Jesus, when he heard what was said, said to the ruler of the synagogue: Do not be afraid, only believe.
37 And he suffered no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, brother of James.
38 And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the commotion and those who were weeping and lamenting greatly.
39 And coming in, he said to them, Why do you make a commotion and cry? The girl is not dead, but sleeps.
40 And they mocked him. But he, throwing everyone out, took the father and mother of the girl, and those who were with him, and went in to where the girl was.
41 And taking the girl’s hand, he said to her, Talita cumi; which translated is: Girl, I say to you, get up.
42 And immediately the girl got up and walked, for she was twelve years old. And they were greatly frightened.
43 But he strongly commanded them that no one should know, and said that he should be fed.
1 Jesus left there and came to his own country, and his disciples followed him.
2 And when the Sabbath day came, he began to teach in the synagogue; And many, hearing him, were amazed and said: Where does this man have these things? And what wisdom is this that is given to him, and these miracles that are wrought by his hands?
3 Is not this the carpenter, son of Mary, brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters also here with us? And they were scandalized by him.
4 But Jesus said to them: There is no prophet without honor except in his own country, and among his relatives, and in his house.
5 And he could not do any miracle there, except that he healed a few sick people, laying his hands on them.
6 And he was amazed at their unbelief. And he went around the surrounding villages, teaching.
7 Then he called the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over unclean spirits.
8 And he commanded them to take nothing for the journey, but only a staff; nor a bag, nor bread, nor money in their belts,
9 but that they should wear sandals, and not wear two tunics.
10 And he said to them, Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.
11 And if in any place they do not receive you or hear you, go out from there and shake off the dust that is under your feet, as a testimony to them. Truly I tell you, on the day of judgment, the punishment will be more tolerable for those of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city.
12 And they went out and preached that men should repent.
13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed many sick with oil, and healed them.
14 King Herod heard about the fame of Jesus, because his name had become known; and said: John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers act in him.
15 Others said: It is Elijah. And others said: He is a prophet, or one of the prophets.
16 When Herod heard this, he said, This is John, whom I beheaded, who has risen from the dead.
17 For Herod himself had sent and arrested John, and had bound him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; for he had taken her as his wife.
18 For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.
19 But Herodias was lying in wait for him, and she wanted to kill him, and she could not;
20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe; And when he heard him, he was very perplexed, but he listened to him willingly.
21 But when an opportune day came, when Herod, at the feast of his birthday, was giving a dinner to his princes and tribunes and to the rulers of Galilee,
22 the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who were with him. him at the table; and the king said to the girl: Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.
23 And she swore to him: Whatever you ask of me I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.
24 And when she came out of her, he said to her mother, What shall I ask for? And she said to him: The head of John the Baptist.
25 Then she went quickly to the king, and asked, saying, I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a plate right now.
26 And the king was very sad; but because of the oath, and because of those who were with him at table, he did not want to reject it.
27 And immediately the king, sending one of the guard, ordered that John’s head be brought.
28 The guard went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head on a plate and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
29 When his disciples heard this, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
30 Then the apostles gathered together with Jesus, and told him all that they had done, and what they had taught.
31 He said to them: Come yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little. Because there were many who came and went, so that they did not even have time to eat.
32 And they went away alone in a boat to a desert place.
33 But many saw them going, and recognized him; and many went there on foot from the cities, and arrived before them, and joined him.
34 And Jesus went out and saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
35 When the hour was late, his disciples came to him, saying, The place is desert, and the hour is late.
36 Send them away so that they can go to the surrounding fields and villages and buy bread, since they have nothing to eat.
37 He answered and said to them, You give them something to eat. They said to him: Let us go and buy bread for two hundred denarii, and feed them?
38 He said to them: How many loaves do you have? Go and see it. And when they knew it, they said: Five, and two fish.
39 And he commanded them to make them all lie down in groups on the green grass.
40 And they sat down in groups, by hundreds, and by fifties.
41 Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before him; and he divided the two fish among everyone.
42 And they all ate, and were satisfied.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the pieces, and what was left of the fish.
44 And those who ate were five thousand men.
45 Immediately he made his disciples enter the boat and go ahead of him to Bethsaida on the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.
46 And after he had sent them away, he went into the mountain to pray;
47 And when night came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he alone on land.
48 And seeing them rowing with great fatigue, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them walking on the sea, and he wanted to go ahead of them.
49 Seeing him walking on the sea, they thought he was a ghost, and they cried out;
50 because everyone saw him and was troubled. But immediately he spoke to them, and said to them: Be of good cheer; I am, do not fear!
51 And he went up to them in the boat, and the wind calmed down; and they were greatly astonished, and marveled.
52 For they had not yet understood about the loaves, because their hearts were hardened.
53 When the journey was finished, they came to the land of Gennesaret, and landed on the shore.
54 And they came out of the boat, and immediately the people knew him.
55 And they went through all the surrounding country, and began to bring sick people on beds from all sides, to where they heard that he was.
56 And wherever he entered, whether in villages, cities or fields, they placed those who were sick in the streets, and begged him to let them even touch the hem of his cloak; and all who touched him were healed.
1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus;
2 who, seeing some of Jesus’ disciples eating bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed, condemned them.
3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews, holding to the tradition of the elders, if they do not wash their hands often, they do not eat.
4 And returning from the square, if they do not wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things that they took to keep, such as the washing of drinking vessels, and of jugs, and of metal utensils, and of beds.
5 So the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unclean hands?
6 And he answered and said unto them, Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 For they honor me in vain, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
8 For leaving the commandment of God, you hold fast to the tradition of men: the washing of jugs and drinking vessels; and you do many other similar things.
9 He also said to them: It is well that you nullify the commandment of God to keep your tradition.
10 For Moses said: Honor your father and your mother; and: He who curses his father or mother, he must die irrevocably.
11 But you say: It is enough for a man to say to his father or mother: It is Corban (which means, my offering to God) everything with which he could help you,
12 and you do not allow him to do more for his father or his mother,
13 nullifying the word of God with your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like these.
14 And calling the whole crowd to him, he said to them, Hear me, all of you, and understand:
15 There is nothing outside of a man that enters into him that can defile him; but what comes out of it, that is what defiles a man.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
17 When he left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 He said to them: Are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything from outside that enters a man cannot defile him,
19 because it does not enter into his heart, but into his belly, and goes out into the latrine? This is what he said, making all the food clean.
20 But he said, that what comes out of man defiles man.
twenty-oneFor from within, from the hearts of men, come evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, envy, slander, pride, senselessness.
23 All these evils come out from within and defile a man.
24 Getting up from there, he went to the region of Tire and Sidon; and entering a house, he did not want anyone to know; but he couldn’t hide.
25 For a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit, when she heard of it, came and fell at her feet.
26 The woman was a Greek, and a Syrophoenician by nation; and she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said to him, Let the children be satisfied first, because it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.
28 She answered and said to him, Yes, Lord; but even the little dogs, under the table, eat the children’s crumbs.
29 Then he said to him, By this word, go; The devil has left your daughter.
30 And when she came to her house, he found that the demon had gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.
31 Leaving again from the region of Tyre, he came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, passing through the region of the Decapolis.
32 And they brought him a deaf man and a stutterer, and begged him to lay his hand on him.
33 And taking him apart from the people, she put her fingers into his ears, and spit, and touched his tongue;
34 And lifting up his eyes to heaven, he groaned, and said to him, Ephatha, that is, Be open.
35 Immediately his ears were opened, and his tongue was loosed, and he spoke well.
36 And he commanded them not to tell anyone; but the more he commanded them, the more and more they spread it.
37 And they marveled greatly, saying, He has done everything well; He makes the deaf hear, and the mute speak.
1 In those days, since there was a great crowd, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples and said to them,
2 I have compassion on the people, because they have been with me for three days now, and they have nothing to eat;
3 And if I send them home fasting, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come from afar.
4 His disciples answered him: Where can anyone satisfy these people with bread here in the desert?
5 He asked them: How many loaves do you have? They said: Seven.
6 Then he commanded the crowd to lie down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the crowd.
7 They also had a few small fish; and he blessed them, and commanded that they also be placed before them.
8 And they ate, and were satisfied; And they picked up seven baskets of the pieces that were left over.
9 There were about four thousand who ate; and he sent them away.
10 And immediately entering into the boat with his disciples, he came to the region of Dalmanuta.
11 Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with him, asking for a sign from heaven, to tempt him.
12 And groaning in his spirit, he said, Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.
13 And leaving them, he entered the boat again, and went to the other side.
14 They had forgotten to bring bread, and had only one loaf with them in the boat.
15 And he commanded them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
16 And they argued among themselves, saying, It is because we brought no bread.
17 And Jesus understanding it, he said to them, Why are you arguing, because you have no bread? Do you not understand or understand? Do you still have your heart hardened?
18 Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And you don’t remember?
19 When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of the pieces did you pick up? And they said: Twelve.
20 And when the seven loaves were among four thousand, how many baskets full of the pieces did you pick up? And they said, Seven.
21 And he said to them, How do you not yet understand?
22 Then he came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him.
23 Then he took the blind man’s hand and led him out of the village; and spitting in his eyes, he laid his hands on him, and asked him if he saw anything.
24 And he, looking, said: I see men as trees, but I see them walking.
25 Then he put his hands again on his eyes, and made him look; and he was restored, and he saw everyone afar off and clearly.
26 And he sent him to his house, saying, Do not enter the village, nor tell it to anyone in the village.
27 Jesus and his disciples went out through the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, saying to them: Who do men say that I am?
28 They answered: Some, John the Baptist; others, Elías; and others, some of the prophets.
29 Then he said to them: And you, who do you say that I am? Peter answered and said to him: You are the Christ.
30 But he commanded them not to tell this about him to anyone.
31 And 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 by the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32 This he told them clearly. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
33 But he, turning and looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Get behind me, Satan! because you do not set your sights on the things of God, but on those of men.
34 And calling the people and his disciples, he said to them: If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s sake, he will save it.
36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?
37 Or what reward shall a man give for his soul?
38 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
1 He also said to them, Truly I say to you, there are some who stand here who will not taste death until they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
2 Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves; and he was transfigured before them.
3 And their clothes became dazzling, very white, like snow, so much so that no launderer on earth can make them so white.
4 And Elijah appeared to them with Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
5 Then Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us that we are here; and let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
6 Because he did not know what he spoke, for they were terrified.
7 Then a cloud came and overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, This is my beloved Son; listen to him.
8 And immediately, when they looked, they saw no one else with them, but Jesus alone.
9 And when they came down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
10 And they kept the word among themselves, discussing what it would mean to rise from the dead.
11 And they asked him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
12 He answered and said to them, Elijah will truly come first and restore all things; And how is it written of the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be counted for nothing?
13 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, as it is written about him.
14 When he came to the disciples, he saw a large crowd around them, and scribes disputing with them.
15 And immediately all the people, seeing him, were amazed, and ran to him and greeted him.
16 He asked them: What do you dispute with them?
17 And one of the crowd answered and said, Master, I brought to you my son, who has a dumb spirit,
18 which, wherever it takes him, shakes him; and he foams, and gnashes his teeth, and dries up; and I told your disciples to cast him out, and they could not.
19 And he answered and said unto them, O unbelieving generation! How long shall I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring it to me.
20 And they brought it to him; And when the spirit saw Jesus, he violently shook the boy, who, falling to the ground, wallowed, foaming.
21 Jesus asked his father: How long has this been happening to you? And he said: Since I was a child.
22 And he often casts him into the fire and into the water, to kill him; but if you can do anything, have mercy on us, and help us.
23 Jesus said to him: If you can believe, everything is possible to him who believes.
24 And immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, I believe; Help my disbelief.
25 And when Jesus saw the crowd gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying, Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter him no more.
26 Then the spirit, crying out and shaking him violently, came out; and he remained as if dead, so that many said: He is dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand and straightened him; and he got up.
28 When he entered the house, his disciples asked him aside: Why could we not cast him out?
29 And he said unto them, This kind can come out with nothing, but with prayer and fasting.
30 Having left there, they walked through Galilee; and he didn’t want anyone to know.
31 For he taught his disciples, and said to them, The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; but after he died, he will rise again on the third day.
32 But they did not understand this word, and were afraid to ask him.
33 And he came to Capernaum; and when he was at home, he asked them, What were you disputing among yourselves on the way?
34 But they were silent; for on the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
35 Then he sat down and called the twelve, and said to them: If anyone wants to be first, he will be last of all, and servant of all.
36 And he took a child, and put him among them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them:
37 Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name, he welcomes me; and he who receives me, he receives not me but him who sent me.
38 John answered him, saying, Master, we have seen one casting out demons in your name, but he does not follow us; and we forbade him, because he did not follow us.
39 But Jesus said, Do not forbid it; because there is no one who performs a miracle in my name, who can then say evil about me.
40 For he who is not against us is for us.
41 And whoever gives you a cup of water in my name, because you are Christ’s, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.
42 Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were tied around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
43 If your hand causes you to fall, cut it off; It is better for you to enter life crippled than having two hands to go to hell, to the fire that cannot be quenched,
44 where their worm does not die, and the fire is never quenched.
45 And if your foot causes you to fall, cut it off; It is better for you to enter life lame than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that cannot be quenched,
46 where their worm does not die, and the fire is never quenched.
47 And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out; It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than having two eyes to be thrown into hell,
48 where their worm does not die, and the fire is never quenched.
49 For all will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
50 Salt is good; But if the salt becomes tasteless, what will you season it with? Have salt in yourselves; and have peace with one another.
1 Getting up from there, he came to the region of Judea and to the other side of the Jordan; and the people gathered again to him, and he taught them again as he used to.
2 And the Pharisees approached and asked him, to tempt him, whether it was lawful for a husband to divorce his wife.
3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
4 They said: Moses permitted to give a bill of divorce, and to put her away.
5 And Jesus answered and said to them, Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote this commandment to you;
6 But at the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
7 For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife,
8 and the two will become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one.
9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no man put asunder.
10 At home the disciples again asked him about the same thing,
11 and he said to them: Anyone who divorces her wife and marries another of hers commits adultery against her;
12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.
13 And they presented children to him for him to touch; and the disciples rebuked those who introduced them.
14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant, and said to them, Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for of such is the kingdom of God.
15 Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.
16 And he took them in his arms, laying his hands on them, and blessed them.
17 As he left to continue on his way, one came running, and kneeling before him, asked him, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
18 Jesus said to him: Why do you call me good? There is none good, but only one, God.
19 You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Don’t steal. Do not bear false testimony. Don’t disappoint. Honor your father and mother.
20 Then he answered and said unto him, Master, I have kept all these things from my youth.
21 Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, One thing you lack: go, sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up your cross.
22 But he, grieved by this word, went away sad, because he had many possessions.
23 Then Jesus, looking around him, said to his disciples: How difficult it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!
24 The disciples were amazed at his words; But Jesus, answering, said to them again: Children, how difficult it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
26 They were even more amazed, saying among themselves: Who then can be saved?
27 Then Jesus, looking at them, said, With men it is impossible, but with God, not; because all things are possible with God.
28 Then Peter began to say to him, Behold, we have left everything and followed you.
29 Jesus answered and said, Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left home, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,
30 who do not receive a hundred times more now in this time; houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.
31 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
32 They were on the road going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went ahead, and they were amazed, and followed him in fear. Then taking the twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things that were to happen to him:
33 Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and They will hand him over to the Gentiles;
34 and they will mock him, flog him, and spit on him, and kill him; but on the third day he will rise again.
35 Then James and John, sons of Zebedee, came to him, saying, Master, we would like you to do for us whatever we ask.
36 He said to them: What do you want me to do to you?
37 They said to him: Grant us that in your glory we may sit, one at your right, and the other at your left.
38 Then Jesus said to them: You do not know what you ask. Can you drink of the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?
39 They said: We can. Jesus said to them: Truly, of the cup that I drink, you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized;
40 But to sit at my right and at my left, it is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared.
41 When the ten heard it, they began to be angry with James and John.
42 But Jesus, calling them, said to them: You know that those who are considered rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43 But it will not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant,
44 and whoever among you wants to be first will be servant of all.
45 For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
46 Then they came to Jericho; And as he and his disciples and a great crowd were leaving Jericho, blind Bartimaeus, son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road begging.
47 And hearing that he was Jesus of Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!
48 And many rebuked him to keep quiet, but he cried out all the more: Son of David, have mercy on me!
49 Then Jesus, stopping, sent for him; and they called to the blind man, saying, Be confident; Get up, he calls you.
50 Then he, throwing off his cloak, stood up and came to Jesus.
51 Jesus answered and said to him, What do you want me to do to you? And the blind man said to him: Master, let him regain his sight.
52 And Jesus said to him, Go, your faith has saved you. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus on the road.
1 As they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, opposite the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples,
2 and said to them, Go to the village that is opposite you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a tethered colt, on which no man has ridden; untie him and bring him.
3 And if someone says to you: Why do you do this? say that the Lord needs it, and that he will return it later.
4 They went and found the colt tied outside the door, at the bend of the road, and they untied it.
5 And some of those who were there said to them, What are you doing untying the colt?
6 They then told them as Jesus had commanded; and they left them.
7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and they threw his cloak over it, and he sat on it.
8 Many also spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 And those who went before and those who followed cried out, saying, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the high!
11 And Jesus entered Jerusalem, and into the temple; And having looked around at everything, as it was already evening, he went to Bethany with the twelve.
12 The next day, when they left Bethany, he was hungry.
13 And seeing a fig tree in the distance that had leaves, he went to see if he might find something on it; but when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not time for figs.
14 Then Jesus said to the fig tree: Never again shall anyone eat fruit from you. And his disciples heard it.
15 So they came to Jerusalem; And when Jesus entered the temple, he began to cast out those who were selling and buying in the temple; and he overturned the tables of the money changers, and the chairs of those who sold doves;
16 and he did not allow anyone to go through the temple carrying any utensil.
17 And he taught them, saying, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves.
18 And the scribes and the chief priests heard it, and they sought how to kill him; because they were afraid of him, because all the people were amazed at his doctrine.
19 But when night came, Jesus left the city.
17 And to the man he said, Because you obeyed the voice of your wife, and ate of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed will be the land because of you; In pain you will eat of it all the days of your life.
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat plants of the field.
19 In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the land, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
20 And Adam called the name of his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
21 And the LORD God made the man and his woman coats of skin, and clothed them.
22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is like one of us, knowing good and evil; Now therefore let him not stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.
23 And the Lord brought him out of the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
24 So he cast out the man, and placed cherubim on the east side of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword moving on every side, to guard the way to the tree of life.
27 So they returned to Jerusalem; And as he walked through the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him,
28 and said to him, By what authority do you do these things, and who gave you authority to do these things?
29 Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you a question; Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
30 Was John’s baptism from heaven or from men? Answer me.
31 Then they argued among themselves, saying, If we say, from heaven, he will say, Why then did you not believe him?
32 And if we say, of men…? But they feared the people, because they all considered John a true prophet.
33 So they answered and said to Jesus, We do not know. Then Jesus answered and said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
1 Then Jesus began to tell them in parables: A man planted a vineyard, fenced it, dug a winepress, built a tower, and rented it to tenants, and went far away.
2 And at his time he sent a servant to the husbandmen, to receive from them the fruit of the vineyard.
3 But they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
4 He again sent them another servant; But when they stoned him, they wounded his head, and also sent him away shamefully.
5 He again sent another, and they killed him; and many others, beating some and killing others.
6 Finally, having a son of his, whom he loved, he also sent him to them, saying, “They will respect my son.”
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
8 And they took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 What then will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and give his vineyard to others.
10 Have you not even read this scripture: The stone that the builders rejected has become the head of the corner;
11 The Lord has done this, and is it wonderful in our eyes?
12 And they sought to arrest him, because they understood that he was telling that parable against them; but they were afraid of the crowd, and leaving him, they went away.
13 And they sent him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, that they might surprise him in some word.
14 And they came and said to him, Master, we know that you are a true man, and that you care not for anyone; for you do not regard the appearance of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? Will we give, or will we not give?
15 But he, perceiving their hypocrisy, said to them, Why do you tempt me? Bring me the coin so I can see it.
16 They brought it to him; and he said to them, Whose image and inscription is this? They said to him: From Caesar.
17 Jesus answered and said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marveled at him.
18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him, saying,
19 Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but leaves no children, let his brother marry her. , and raise up offspring for his brother.
20 There were seven brothers; The first took a wife, and died without leaving any children.
21 And the second married her, and died, and left no descendants either; and the third, in the same way.
22 And so were the seven, and they left no descendants; and after all the woman also died.
23 In the resurrection, then, when they rise from her, whose wife will she be, since the seven had her as their wife?
24 Then Jesus answered and said to them, Are you not erring by this, because you are ignorant of the Scriptures, and the power of God?
25 For when they rise from the dead, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but will be like the angels in heaven.
26 But regarding the dead being raised to life, have you not read in the book of Moses how God spoke to him in the bush, saying, I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27 God is not God of the dead, but God of the living; so you err a lot.
28 One of the scribes, who had heard them arguing and knew that he had answered them well, approached and asked him: What is the first commandment of all?
29 Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is: Hear, Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the main commandment.
31 And the second is similar: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
32 Then the scribe said to him: Well, Master, you have said the truth, that there is one God, and there is no other besides him;
33 and to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your soul, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 Jesus then, seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him: You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared to ask.
35 As Jesus was teaching in the temple, he said: How do the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
36 For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies your footstool.
37 David himself calls him Lord; What, then, is his son? And a large crowd of the people listened to him willingly.
38 And he said to them in his doctrine: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces,
39 and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first seats at suppers;
40 who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretext make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.
41 As Jesus sat in front of the treasury, he watched the people put money into the treasury. and many rich people put in a lot.
42 And a poor widow came, and she put in two mites, that is, a quadrant.
43 Then calling her disciples, she said to them, Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who have put into the treasury;
44 because everyone has put in what is left over; But she, from her poverty, gave everything she had, all her support.
1 As Jesus left the temple, one of his disciples said to him: Teacher, look at the stones and the buildings.
2 Jesus answered and said to him, Do you see these great buildings? There shall not be left one stone upon another, which shall not be overthrown.
3 And he sat on the Mount of Olives, opposite the temple. And Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him aside:
4 Tell us, when will these things be? And what sign will there be when all these things are to be fulfilled?
5 Jesus, answering them, began to say: Take heed that no one deceive you;
6 For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and they will deceive many.
7 But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled, for it must come to pass; but it’s not the end yet.
8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be earthquakes in many places, and there will be famines and riots; These are the principles of pain.
9 But take heed to yourselves; for they will hand you over to the councils, and they will flog you in the synagogues; and they will bring you before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them.
10 And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.
11 But when they bring you to hand you over, do not worry about what you are going to say, nor think about it, but speak about what is given to you in that hour; because it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
12 And brother will hand over brother to death, and father his son; and the children will rise up against their parents and kill them.
13 And you will be hated by all because of my name; but he who endures to the end will be saved.
14 But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
15 Let him who is on the roof not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything from his house;
16 and whoever is in the field, let him not turn back and take his cloak.
17 But woe to those who are pregnant, and to those who give birth in those days!
18 Pray therefore that your flight may not be in winter;
19 For those days will be tribulation such as has never been since the beginning of the creation that God created, until this time, nor will there be.
20 And if the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would be saved; but because of the elect whom he chose, he shortened those days.
21 Then if anyone says to you, Behold, here is the Christ; or, look, there he is, do not believe him.
22 For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
23 But you look; I have told you everything before.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,
25 and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.
26 Then they will see the Son of Man, coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27 And then he will send his angels, and will gather his elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.
28 From the fig tree learn the parable: When its branch is tender and its leaves sprout, you know that summer is near.
29 So you also, when you see these things happening, know that it is near, at the doors.
30 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all this happens.
31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
32 But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.
33 Watch, watch and pray; because you do not know when the time will be.
34 It is like the man who went far away, left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.
35 Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house will come; whether at dusk, or at midnight, or at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning;
36 so that when he comes suddenly, he will not find you sleeping.
37 And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch.
1 Two days later was the Passover, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how to arrest him by deception and kill him.
2 And they said, Not during the festival, lest there be an uproar among the people.
3 But while he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, and sitting at table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure nard perfume of great price; and breaking the alabaster vessel, she poured it on her head.
4 And there were some who were angry within themselves, and said, Why has this waste of perfume been made?
5 Because it could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6 But Jesus said, Leave her, why do you bother her? He has done a good work for me.
7 You will always have the poor with you, and whenever you want you can do good to them; but you won’t always have me.
8 She is she has done what she could; because she has gone ahead to anoint my body for burial.
9 Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her.
10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to hand him over.
11 When they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him money. And Judas was looking for an opportunity to betray him.
12 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when they were sacrificing the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
13 And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him,
14 and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house: The Master says: Where is the room where I will eat the Passover with my disciples?
15 And he will show you a great upper room already prepared; prepare for us there.
16 His disciples went and entered the city, and found as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover.
17 And when evening came, he came with the twelve.
18 And when they sat at table, while they were eating, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, one of you who eats with me will betray me.
19 Then they began to be sad, and said to him one by one: Could it be I? And the other: Could it be me?
20 He answered and said to them: He is one of the twelve, the one who dips with me in the dish.
21 The Son of Man indeed goes, 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 had not been born.
22 And while they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it, and broke it and gave it to them, saying, Take, this is my body.
23 And taking the cup, and having given thanks, he gave to them; and they all drank from it.
24 And he said to them, This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.
25 Truly I tell you, I will not drink any more of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
26 When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
27 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all be scandalized by me tonight; for it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.
28 But after he has risen, I will go before you to Galilee.
29 Then Peter said to him, Even though everyone is scandalized, I am not.
30 And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, today, tonight, before the rooster has crowed twice, you will deny me three times.
31 But he said more insistently: If it becomes necessary for me to die with you, I will not deny you. And they all said the same.
32 So they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, Sit here while I pray.
33 And he took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be sad and distressed.
34 And he said to them: My soul is very sad, even to death; stay here and watch.
35 Going a little further, he prostrated himself on the ground and prayed that if it were possible, that hour would pass from him.
36 And he said: Abba, Father, all things are possible for you; take this cup away from me; But not what I want, but what you want.
37 Then he came and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? Have not you been able to watch one hour?
38 Watch and pray, so that you do not enter into temptation; The spirit is truly willing, but the flesh is weak.
39 Again he went and prayed, saying the same words.
40 When she returned, she again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy with sleep; and they did not know what to answer him.
41 He came the third time and said to them, Sleep now and rest. Enough, the hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.
42 Get up, let’s go; Behold, he who betrays me is coming.
43 Then while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the twelve, came, and with him many people with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
44 And he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, Whom I kiss, he is it; seize him, and carry him away safely.
45 And when he came, he immediately came to him, and said to him, Master, Master. And he kissed him.
46 Then they laid hands on him and arrested him.
47 But one of those standing there, drawing his sword, struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his ear.
48 And Jesus answered and said to them, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and clubs to arrest me?
49 Every day he was with you teaching in the temple, and you did not arrest me; but it is so, that the Scriptures may be fulfilled.
50 Then all his disciples left him and fled.
51 But a certain young man followed him, covering his body with a sheet; and they arrested him;
52 But he, leaving the sheet, fled naked.
53 So they brought Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes gathered together.
54 And Peter followed him at a distance into the court of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers, warming himself at the fire.
55 And the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus, to hand him over to death; but they couldn’t find it.
56 For many bore false testimony against him, but his testimony did not agree.
57 Then some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,
58 We have heard him say, I will tear down this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.
59 But even so they did not agree in the testimony.
60 Then the high priest, standing up in the midst, asked Jesus, saying, Do you answer nothing? What do these testify against you?
61 But he was silent, and answered nothing. The high priest asked him again, and said to him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
62 And Jesus said to him, I am; and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the power of God, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
63 Then the high priest, tearing his garment, said, What more need have we of witnesses?
64 You have heard the blasphemy; what do you think? And all of them condemned him, declaring him worthy of death.
65 And some began to spit at him, and to cover his face, and to hit him, and to say to him, Prophesy. And the bailiffs slapped him.
66 While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s maids came;
67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, looking at him, she said: You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.
68 But he denied, saying, I do not know him, nor do I know what you say. And he went out to the entrance; and he crowed the rooster.
69 And the maid, seeing him again, began to say to those who were there: This is theirs.
70 But he denied again. And soon after, those who were there said again to Peter: Truly you are one of them; because you are a Galilean, and your way of speaking is similar to theirs.
71 Then he began to curse and swear: I do not know this man of whom you speak.
72 And the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered the words that Jesus had said to him: Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times. And thinking of this, he cried.
1 Very early in the morning, when the chief priests had taken counsel with the elders, with the scribes, and with the whole council, they brought Jesus bound and handed him over to Pilate.
2 Pilate asked him: Are you the King of the Jews? He answered and said to him: You say so.
3 And the chief priests accused him greatly.
4 Again Pilate asked him, saying, Do you answer nothing? Look how many things they accuse you of.
5 But Jesus did not even respond with that; so that Pilate marveled.
6 Now on the day of the festival he released a prisoner to them, whoever they asked for.
7 And there was one named Barabbas, imprisoned with his fellow rioters who had committed murder in a revolt.
8 And when the crowd came, he began to ask them to do as he had always done to them.
9 And Pilate answered them, saying, Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?
10 For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over out of envy.
11 But the chief priests incited the crowd to release Barabbas to them instead.
12 Pilate answered and said to them again: What then do you want me to do to him whom you call King of the Jews?
13 And they cried again: Crucify him!
14 Pilate said to them: What evil has he done? But they shouted even more: Crucify him!
15 And Pilate, wanting to satisfy the people, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, after scourging him, so that he could be crucified.
16 Then the soldiers took him into the court, that is, into the praetorium, and called together the whole company.
17 And they dressed him in purple, and putting on him a crown woven of thorns,
18 then they began to greet him: Hail, King of the Jews!
19 And they hit him on the head with a reed, and spit on him, and kneeling down they bowed to him.
20 After they had mocked him, they stripped him of his purple, and put their own clothes on him, and took him out to crucify him.
21 And they forced one who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming from the country, to carry the cross for him.
22 And they took him to a place called Golgotha, which translated is: Place of the Skull.
23 And they gave him wine mixed with myrrh to drink; but he did not take it.
24 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among them, casting lots for them to see what each would take.
25 It was the third hour when they crucified him.
26 And the written title of his cause was: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27 They also crucified with him two thieves, one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
28 And the Scripture was fulfilled, saying, And he was numbered with the wicked.
29 And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying: Bah! You who destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days,
30 save yourself, and come down from the cross.
31 In this way also the chief priests, mockingly, said to each other, with the scribes, He saved others, but he himself cannot be saved.
32 Christ, King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe. Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
33 When the sixth hour came, there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which translated is: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
35 And some of those who were there said, when they heard it, Look, call Elijah.
36 And one ran, and soaking a sponge in vinegar, and putting it on a reed, gave him a drink, saying, Let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.
37 But Jesus, with a loud voice, died.
38 Then the veil of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
39 And the centurion who stood before him, seeing that after crying out he had thus expired, said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
40 There were also some women watching from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and Joseph, and Salome,
41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him; and many others who had gone up with him to Jerusalem.
42 When night came, for it was the preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
43 Joseph of Arimathea, a noble member of the council, who also looked forward to the kingdom of God, came and boldly entered Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
44 Pilate was surprised that he had already died; and calling for the centurion, he asked him if he was already dead.
45 And informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph,
46 who bought a linen cloth, and taking it off, wrapped it in the linen, and laid it in a tomb that was dug in a rock, and rolled a stone at the entrance. of the tomb.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary mother of Joseph looked where they put him.
1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint him.
2 And very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb, when the sun had risen.
3 But they said among themselves, Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?
4 But when they looked, they saw the stone rolled away, and it was very large.
5 And when they entered the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, covered in a long white garment; and they were scared.
6 But he said to them, Do not be afraid; you seek Jesus of Nazarene, the one who was crucified; he has risen, he is not here; Look at the place where they put him.
7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; There you will see him, as he told you.
8 And they fled from the tomb, because trembling and fear had taken them; nor did they say anything to anyone, because they were afraid.
9 So when Jesus had risen in the morning on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
10 As she went, she let it be known to those who had been with him, who were sad and crying.
11 When they heard that he lived from her, and that he had been seen by her, they did not believe it.
12 But then he appeared in another form to two of them who were on their way, going into the field.
13 They went and told the others; and they did not believe even them.
14 Finally he appeared to the eleven themselves, as they sat at table, and reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him resurrected.
15 And he said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He who believes and is baptized, he will be saved; but whoever does not believe, he will be condemned.
17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak new languages;
18 They will take serpents in their hands, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not harm them; They will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.
19 And the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord helping them and confirming the word with the signs that followed it. Amen.
