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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²¹ and on his name shall [the] nations hope.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁹ He that has ears, let him hear.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁰ And he sent and beheaded John in the prison;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁸ And he said, Bring them here to me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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