1. He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.

2. Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic,"Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."

3. Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes."

4. Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said,"Why do you think evil in your hearts?

5. For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Get up, and walk?'

6. But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins-" (then he said to the paralytic),"Get up, and take up your mat, and go to your house."

7. He arose and departed to his house.

8. But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

9. As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him,"Follow me." He got up and followed him.

10. As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

11. When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

12. When Jesus heard it, he said to them,"Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

13. But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,'Hosea 6:6for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

14. Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

15. Jesus said to them,"Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

16. No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

17. Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved."

18. While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

19. Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.

20. Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

21. for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."

22. But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said,"Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.

23. When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,

24. he said to them,"Make room, because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping."They were ridiculing him.

25. But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.

26. The report of this went out into all that land.

When they had come to CAPERNAUM, those who collected the didrachma

1. Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

2. and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

3. Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

4. saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood."But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."

5. He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.

6. The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."

7. They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in.

8. Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day.

9. Then that which was spoken through

10. and they gave them for the potter's field,as the Lord commanded me."Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9

11. Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?"Jesus said to him,"So you say."

12. When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

13. Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?"

14. He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.

15. Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.

16. They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

17. When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"

18. For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

19. While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him."

20. Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

21. But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?"They said, "Barabbas!"

22. Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?"They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

23. But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?"But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

24. So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."

25. All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"

26. Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

27. Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.

28. They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.

29. They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

30. They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.

31. When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

32. As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.

33. When they came to a place called "Golgotha", that is to say, "The place of a skull,"

34. they gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.

35. When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,Psalm 22:18 and John 19:24]

36. and they sat and watched him there.

37. They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

38. Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.

39. Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

40. and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

41. Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,

42. "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

43. He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

44. The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.

45. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

46. About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,"Eli, Eli, limasabachthani?" That is,"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"Psalm 22:1

47. Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."

48. Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.

49. The rest said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him."

50. Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

51. Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.

52. The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

53. and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.

54. Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."

55. Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.

56. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

57. When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.

58. This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.

59. Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

60. and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.

61. Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

62. Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

63. saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'

64. Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

65. Pilate said to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can."

66. So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.

21. She shall give birth to a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

22. Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

23. "Behold, the virgin shall be with child,and shall give birth to a son.They shall call his name Immanuel";which is, being interpreted, "God with us."Isaiah 7:14

24. Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;

25. and didn't know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.

1. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

2. "Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him."

3. When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

4. Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.

5. They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,

6. 'You Bethlehem, land of Judah,are in no way least among the princes of Judah:for out of you shall come a governor,who shall shepherd my people, Israel.'"Micah 5:2

7. Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

8. He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

9. They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.

10. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

11. They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

12. Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

13. Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."

14. He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

15. and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."Hosea 11:1

16. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

17. Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,

18. "A voice was heard in Ramah,lamentation, weeping and great mourning,Rachel weeping for her children;she wouldn't be comforted,because they are no more."Jeremiah 31:15

19. But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

20. "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."

21. He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

22. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,

23. and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

1. In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

2. "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"

3. For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying,"The voice of one crying in the wilderness,make ready the way of the Lord.Make his paths straight."Isaiah 40:3

4. Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

5. Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

6. They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

1. After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into CAPERNAUM.

2. A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.

3. When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.

4. When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to do this for him,

5. for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us."

6. Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

7. Therefore I didn't even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed.

8. For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go!' and he goes; and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

9. When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him,"I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel."

10. Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.