Jesus

    An abridgment of the Gospel of Marcion focus-
      ing on the Triple Tradition. Verse refer-
     ences such as ²·⁶ indicate the original
     source of the text, but donʼt imply a full
                      quotation.


⁴·³¹Jesus went down to Capharnaum, a city in Galilee
by the sea, in the territory of Zebulon and Naphtali.
And he was teaching them on the Sabbath days. ³²And
all were astonished at his teaching, because he spoke
with authority. ³³And in the synagogue there was a
man who had the spirit of an unclean demon; and he
cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴saying, “What have we
to do with you, Jesus of Nazara? Have you come to de-
stroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God!”
³⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come
out of him!” And the demon, having thrown him into
the middle, came out of him without harming him.
³⁶And great amazement came over them all and they
were talking with one another, saying, “What kind of
speech is this, that with authority and power he
commands the unclean spirits and they come out?”
³⁷And news about him kept spreading to every place in
the surrounding region.

—

⁴·¹⁶When he came to Nazara, he entered the synagogue
on the Sabbath day. ²²They said, “Isnʼt this Josephʼs
son?” ²³He said to them, “No doubt you will quote
this proverb to me, ‘Doctor, cure yourself! The
things we have heard were done in Capharnaum, do al-
so here in your hometown.’” ²⁴But he said, “Truly I
tell you that no prophet is acceptable in his home-
town.” ²⁸Then all in the synagogue were filled with
anger, ²⁹and they rose up and threw him out of the
city. They led him to the brow of the mountain on
which their city had been built, in order to throw
him down. ³⁰But he passed through their midst and
went on his way.

⁴·⁴⁰He left Nazara and went and lived in Capharnaum
by the sea. As the sun was setting, all those who had
people sick with various diseases brought them to
him. He laid his hands on each of them and cured
them. ⁴¹Demons also came out of many, crying out and
saying, “You are the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he
wouldnʼt allow them to speak, because they knew he
was the Christ.

⁴·⁴⁴And he continued preaching in the synagogues of
Galilee.

—

⁵·¹Once while he was standing beside the Lake of
Gennesaret, the crowd was pressing in on him and hear-
ing the word of God. ³He got into a boat, which was
Simonʼs, and asked him to put out a little way from
the shore. Then he sat down in the boat and taught
the crowds.

⁵·¹⁰James and John, Zebedeeʼs sons, were partners
with Simon. He said to them, “Come on! You are no
longer fishermen of fish, for I will make you
fishermen of people.” ¹¹But when they heard that,
they left everything on the shore and followed him.

—

⁵·¹²When he was in one of the cities, there was a lep-
er. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown, saying,
“Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.” ¹³He
stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I
want to. Be made clean.” Immediately the leprosy left
him. ¹⁴He ordered him to tell no one, “But go, show
yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Mo-
ses commanded, so that this may be a testimony to
you.” But he went out and began to proclaim and to
spread the word, so that he could no longer enter a
city openly, but was outside in deserted places. And
they came to him, and he went again to Capharnaum.

—

⁵·¹⁷One day while he was teaching, the Pharisees and
scribes came together. They had come together from
every village of Galilee and Judea, so that they
would be healed. ¹⁸Just then, men came carrying a
paralyzed man on a stretcher, and they were trying to
bring him in and place him before him. ¹⁹But finding
no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they
climbed up on the roof, removed the tiles where he
was, and let the stretcher with the paralytic down in
front of Jesus. ²⁰When he saw their faith, he says to
the paralytic, “Man, your sins are forgiven.” ²¹Then
the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason in
their hearts, saying, “What blasphemies does this one
speak? Who forgives sins but God alone?” ²²But when
Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them,
“What evil do you contemplate in your hearts? ²³Which
is easier, to say ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to
say, ‘Get up and walk’? ²⁴But so that you may know
that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on
earth,” he said to the paralytic, “Get up, take your
stretcher, and go to your home.” ²⁵Immediately he
stood up before them, took his stretcher, and went to
his home, glorifying God. ²⁶They were filled with
fear, saying, “We have seen incredible things to-
day.”

—

⁵·²⁷When he returned again to the sea and a crowd
followed him, he taught. In passing, he saw Levi, son
of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and said to
him, “Follow me.” ²⁸He left everything, got up, and
followed him. ²⁹Then Levi made a great banquet for
him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax
collectors and others reclining at the table with
them. ³⁰The Pharisees and their scribes were com-
plaining to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat
and drink with the tax collectors?” ³¹Jesus answered
them, “Those who are healthy donʼt need a physician,
but those who are sick do. ³²I havenʼt come to call
the righteous.”

—

⁵·³³They said to him, “Why do the disciples of John
and the disciples of the Pharisees fast frequently
and offer prayers, but yours eat and drink?” ³⁴He
said to them, “Can the wedding guests possibly fast
as long as the bridegroom is with them? ³⁵But days
will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from
them, then they will fast in those days. ³⁷New wine
is not poured into old wineskins; otherwise, the new
wine will burst the skins, then the wine is lost and
also the skins. ³⁸But new wine is put into new
wineskins, and both remain preserved. ³⁶No one sews a
piece of unshrunk cloth onto an old cloak; other-
wise, it all tears, and it will be of no use for the
old. For it will result in a larger tear.”

—

⁶·¹On the Sabbath, he went through the grain fields,
and his disciples plucked the heads of grain, rubbed
them in their hands, and ate them. ²But the Pharisees
said to him, “See, why are your disciples doing what
is not lawful on the Sabbath?” ³Jesus answered, “Have
you never read what David did? ⁴He entered into the
house of God, ate the bread off the altar, and gave
some to those with him, which is not lawful to eat ex-
cept for the priests only?”

—

⁶·⁶On the Sabbath, he again entered into the syna-
gogue, in which there was a man who had a withered
hand. ⁷The Pharisees were watching him closely to see
whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they
could accuse him. ⁸But he knew their reasoning, and
he said to him who had the withered hand, “Get up and
stand in the middle.” He got up and stood there.
⁹Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it lawful to
do good things on the Sabbath, or not? To redeem a
life, or to destroy it?” But they were silent. ¹⁰Af-
ter looking around at all of them with anger, he said
to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it
out, and his hand was restored exactly as the other.
⁵He said to them, “The son of man is lord even of the
Sabbath.” ¹¹But they were filled with senseless rage,
and they discussed with one another how they could de-
stroy him.

—

⁶·¹²He went up the mountain and spent the night in
prayer. ¹³When day came, he called his disciples and
chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles.

—

⁶·¹⁷He came down with them and stood on a level
place, and a great crowd of his disciples and a great
multitude of the people from all Judea and the other
shore and from other cities ¹⁸came to hear him and to
be healed from their diseases. And those troubled
with unclean spirits were healed. ¹⁹The whole crowd
was trying to touch him.

—

⁶·²⁰He looked up at his disciples, and said: ³⁷“Donʼt
judge, and you wonʼt be judged. Donʼt condemn, and
you wonʼt be condemned. Forgive, and you will be for-
given. ³⁸Give, and it will be given to you. They will
place into your lap a good measure, pressed down and
overflowing. With the measure that you measure out,
it will be measured to you.”

—

⁷·¹⁷News about Jesus spread throughout all Judea, e-
ven to John the Baptist. ¹⁸When John heard of his
deeds, he took offense. He summoned two of his disci-
ples, ¹⁹saying, “Go say to him, ‘Are you the one who
comes, or should we expect another?’” ²⁰When the men
came to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us
to you, saying, ‘Are you the one who comes, or should
we expect another?’” ²²He answered them, “Go and tell
John what your eyes have seen and your ears have
heard: the blind see again, the lame walk, the lepers
are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and
the poor have good news preached to them. ²³Blessed
are you, if you take no offense at me!”

⁷·²⁴When Johnʼs messengers had gone, he began to
speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out
into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the
wind? ²⁵What, then, did you go out to see? A man
dressed in soft garments? Behold, those who live in
splendid clothing and in luxury are in royal palaces.
²⁶What, then, did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes,
I tell you, and more than a prophet. For among those
born of women there is no greater prophet than John
the Baptist. ²⁷He is the one about whom it is writ-
ten, ‘Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare the way for you.’ ²⁸But the least in
the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

⁷·³⁶Now one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with
him. He went into the Phariseeʼs house and reclined
at the table. ³⁷Behold, a woman, a sinner in the
city, ³⁸stood behind him at his feet. She bathed his
feet with her tears and anointed him with perfumed
oil. ³⁹Seeing this, Simon Peter said to himself, “If
this man were a prophet, he would know who and what
kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she
is a sinner.” ⁴⁴Turning to the woman, he said to
Simon, “Do you see this woman? She has wet my feet
with her tears. ⁴⁶ She has anointed ⁴⁵ and kissed me.
⁴⁷Therefore, I tell you, her many sins are forgiven,
for she loved much.” ⁴⁸He said to her, “Your sins are
forgiven.” ⁴⁹Those reclining at the table with him be-
gan to say among themselves, “Who is this who even
forgives sins?” ⁵⁰But he said to the woman, “Your
faith has saved you; go in peace.”

—

⁸·⁴When a large crowd was gathering, and people from
town after town were coming to him, he spoke by means
of a parable: ⁵“A sower went out to sow his seed. As
he sowed, some fell alongside the path, and it was
trampled, and the birds ate it up. ⁶Some fell on the
rock, and when it grew, it withered, because it had
no moisture. ⁷Some fell among thorns, and the thorns
grew with it and choked it. ⁸Some fell on good soil,
and when it grew, it produced one hundred times as
much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out,
“If you have ears, then listen!”

⁸·⁹His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
¹⁰He said, “To you it has been given to know the
secrets of Godʼs Kingdom. ¹⁸So pay attention to how
you listen, for whoever has, will be given more; and
whoever doesnʼt have, even what he seems to have will
be taken away. ¹⁰But to the rest, it will not be giv-
en except in a parable, so that ‘seeing they may not
perceive, and listening they may not understand.’
¹¹Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of
God. ¹²Those alongside the path are those who have
heard, then the devil comes and takes away the word
from their hearts, so that they may not believe and
be saved. ¹³Those on the rock are the ones who re-
ceive the word with joy when they hear it, but these
have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time
of testing, they fall away. ¹⁴Those among thorns are
the ones who have heard, but through worries, rich-
es, and pleasures of life, they are choked and they
bring nothing to maturity. ¹⁵Those on good soil are
the ones who, having heard the word with a good
heart, hold it tightly and bear fruit with endur-
ance.”

—

⁸·¹⁶No one lights a lamp then covers it. ¹⁷For noth-
ing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is any-
thing secret that will not become known and come to
light.

—

⁸·²⁰He was told that his mother and brothers are
standing outside, and wishing to see him. ²¹But he an-
swered them, “Who is my mother and who are my
brothers, if not those who hear my words and do
them.”

—

⁸·²²One day he and his disciples got into a boat, and
he said to them, “Letʼs cross to the other side of
the lake,” so they set sail. ²³While they were
sailing, he fell asleep. A windstorm descended on the
lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they
were in danger. ²⁴They went to him and woke him up,
saying, “Teacher, we are perishing!” Having been
awakened, he rebuked the wind and the sea, and they
ceased, and a calm set in. ²⁵Then he said to them,
“Where is your faith?” They were filled with fear and
were amazed, saying to one another, “Who is this,
that he commands even the winds and the sea, and they
obey him?”

—

⁸·²⁶They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which
is opposite Galilee. ²⁷As he stepped ashore, he was
met by a man from the city who had had demons for a
considerable time. He wore no cloak and did not live
in a house but in the tombs. ²⁸When he saw Jesus, he
cried out with a loud voice and said, “What have I to
do with you, Jesus, Son of God? I beg you, donʼt tor-
ment me!” ²⁹For he had commanded the unclean demon,
"Come out of this man." For it had often seized him,
and he was guarded while bound with chains and
fetters, yet breaking apart the bonds, he was driven
by the demon into the desert. ³⁰Jesus asked him,
“What is your name?” He said, “Legion is my name,”
for there were many demons. ³¹They kept begging him
not to command them to depart into the abyss.

⁸·³²Now there was a herd of pigs feeding on the hill-
side. They begged him that they might enter into the
pigs, and he permitted them. ³³When the demons came
out of the man, they rushed into the pigs, and the
herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was
drowned.

⁸·³⁴When the herders saw what had happened, they fled
and reported it in the city and in the country.
³⁵When those from the city came near and saw that the
possessed man was in his right mind and sitting at
Jesusʼ feet, clothed, they were afraid. ³⁶Those who
had seen it told them how the possessed man had been
healed. ³⁷All the people and the region of the
Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them because they were
gripped by great fear. He went aboard and returned.

—

⁸·⁴⁰When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for
they were all expecting him. ⁴¹Behold, there came a
man named Jairus, a leader of the synagogue. He fell
down at Jesusʼ feet and begged him to come to his
house, ⁴²for his only daughter, about twelve years
old, lay dying. As he went to his house, the crowd al-
most crushed him.

⁸·⁴³There was a woman who had a flow of blood for
twelve years, and not a single person could heal her.
⁴⁴Having approached, she touched his clothes, and im-
mediately her flow of blood stopped. ⁴⁵When Jesus no-
ticed that power had gone out of him, he asked, “Who
has touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said,
“Teacher, the crowd hems you in and pushes against
you.” ⁴⁶But Jesus said, “Someone has touched me. I
well know that power has gone out of me.” ⁴⁷When the
woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came
forth trembling, and fell down before him, and de-
clared before all the people the reason why she had
touched him, and how she was immediately healed. ⁴⁸He
said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go
in peace.”

⁸·⁴⁹While he was still speaking, they came from the
leader of the synagogue, saying, “Your daughter is
dead. Donʼt trouble the teacher any longer.” ⁵⁰When
Jesus heard this, he replied, “Donʼt be afraid. Only
believe, and she will be saved.” ⁵¹When he entered
the house, he didnʼt allow anyone to enter with him
except Peter, John, James, the girlʼs father, and the
mother. ⁵²Everyone was weeping and mourning for her,
but he said, “Stop weeping, for she didnʼt die, but
is sleeping.” ⁵³And they were ridiculing him, be-
cause they knew she had died. ⁵⁴Taking her by the
hand, he called out, “Child, get up.” ⁵⁵Her spirit
returned, and she got up immediately, and he
commanded that she be given something to eat. ⁵⁶Her
parents were astounded, but he commanded them to tell
no one what had happened.

—

⁹·¹He called his twelve disciples together and gave
them power and authority over all the demons. ²He
sent out the disciples to proclaim Godʼs Kingdom. ³He
said to them, “Take nothing for the journey: no
staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic.
⁴Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from
there. ⁵And wherever people donʼt receive you, when
you leave that city, shake the dust from your feet as
a testimony against them.” ⁶They departed and trav-
eled through cities and villages, proclaiming good
news everywhere.

—

⁹·⁷When King Herod heard what happened, he became per-
plexed because some were saying, “John has been
raised from the dead,” ⁸and others, “Elijah has ap-
peared,” and still others, “One of the ancient
prophets has arisen.” ⁹Herod said, “I beheaded John.
Who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he
sought to see him.

—

⁹·¹⁰The apostles returned and recounted to him all
that they had done. He took them along and withdrew
privately to a deserted place called Bethsaida. ¹¹But
the crowds, having found out, followed him. He
welcomed them, spoke to them about Godʼs Kingdom, and
healed all those who needed his healing.

⁹·¹²The day was coming to a close. The twelve came up
and said to him, “Send the crowd away so that they
may go into the surrounding villages and countryside
to find lodging, because out here weʼre in a desert-
ed place.” ¹³But he said to them, “You give them some-
thing to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five
loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food
for all these people.” ¹⁴For they were about five
thousand men. He said to his disciples, “Make them
sit down in groups of about fifty each.” ¹⁵They did
so, and made them all sit down. ¹⁶He took the five
loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky,
he blessed them, broke them, and gave them to the dis-
ciples to set before the multitude. ¹⁷They ate and
were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of
broken pieces that were left over.

⁹·¹⁸As he was praying alone, the disciples were near
him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say
that I am?” ¹⁹They answered, “‘John the Baptizer,’
but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the
old prophets has risen again.” ²⁰He said to them,
“But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The
Christ of God.”

⁹·²¹But he warned them and commanded them to tell
this to no one, ²²saying, “The Son of Man must suf-
fer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief
priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third
day be raised up.”

⁹·²³He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after
me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and fol-
low me. ²⁴For whoever desires to save his life will
lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake
will save it. ²⁵For what does it profit a man if he
gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own
self? ²⁶For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my
words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he
comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and
of the holy angels. ²⁷But I tell you the truth: There
are some of those who stand here who will in no way
taste of death until they see Godʼs Kingdom.”

⁹·²⁸About eight days after these sayings, he took
with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the
mountain to pray. ²⁹As he was praying, the appear-
ance of his face was altered, and his clothing be-
came white and dazzling. ³⁰Behold, two men were
talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah, ³³As
they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Mas-
ter, it is good for us to be here. Letʼs make three
tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for
Elijah,” not knowing what he said. ³⁴While he said
these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and
they were afraid as they entered into the cloud. ³⁵A
voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my be-
loved Son. Listen to him!” ³⁶When the voice came,
Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no
one in those days any of the things which they had
seen.

—

⁹·³⁷On the next day, when they had come down from the
mountain, a great multitude met him. ³⁸Behold, a man
from the crowd called out, saying, “Teacher, I beg
you to look at my son, for he is my only born child.
³⁹Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out,
and it convulses him so that he foams; and it hardly
departs from him, bruising him severely. ⁴⁰I begged
your disciples to cast it out, and they couldnʼt.”
⁴¹Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse genera-
tion, how long shall I be with you and bear with you?
Bring your son here.” ⁴²While he was still coming,
the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently.
But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy,
and gave him back to his father.

⁹·⁴³They were all astonished at the majesty of God.
But while all were marveling at all the things which
Jesus did, he said to his disciples, ⁴⁴“Let these
words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be
delivered up into the hands of men.” ⁴⁵But they did-
nʼt understand this saying. It was concealed from
them, that they should not perceive it, and they were
afraid to ask him about this saying.

—

⁹·⁴⁶An argument arose among them about which of them
was the greatest. ⁴⁷Jesus, perceiving the reasoning
of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by
his side, ⁴⁸and said to them, “Whoever receives this
little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives
me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least a-
mong you all, this one will be great.”

—

⁹·⁴⁹John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting
out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because
he doesnʼt follow with us.” ⁵⁰Jesus said to him,
“Donʼt forbid him, for he who is not against us is
for us.”

—

¹⁰·²⁵Behold, a certain teacher of the law stood up
and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to
inherit life?” ²⁷He answered, “You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, with all your strength, and with all your
mind.” ²⁸He said to him, “You have answered correct-
ly.”

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¹¹·¹⁴He was casting out a demon, and it was mute.
When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and
the multitudes marveled. ¹⁵But some of them said, “He
casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the
demons.” ¹⁶Others, testing him, sought from him a
sign from heaven. ¹⁷But he, knowing their thoughts,
said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself
is brought to desolation. A house divided against it-
self falls. ¹⁸If Satan also is divided against him-
self, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I
cast out demons by Beelzebul. ¹⁹But if I cast out
demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast
them out? Therefore they will be your judges. ²⁰But
if I by Godʼs finger cast out demons, then Godʼs King-
dom has come to you. ²¹When the strong man, fully
armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
²²But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes
him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he
trusted, and divides his plunder. ²³He who is not
with me is against me. He who doesnʼt gather with me
scatters.”

—

¹¹·²⁹When the multitudes were gathering together to
him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It
seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it.”

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¹¹·³⁷Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to
dine with him. He went in and sat at the table.
³⁸When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had
not first washed himself before dinner. ³⁹The Lord
said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside
of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part
is full of extortion and wickedness. ⁴⁰You foolish
ones, didnʼt he who made the outside make the inside
also? ⁴¹But give for gifts to the needy those things
which are within, and behold, all things will be
clean to you. ⁴²But woe to you Pharisees! For you
tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass jus-
tice and Godʼs love. You ought to have done these,
and not to have left the other undone. ⁴³Woe to you
Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the syna-
gogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. ⁴⁴Woe
to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you
are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over
them donʼt know it.” ⁴⁵One of the lawyers answered
him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”
⁴⁶He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men
with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you
yourselves wonʼt even lift one finger to help carry
those burdens. ⁴⁷Woe to you! For you build the tombs
of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸So
you testify and consent to the works of your fathers.
For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
⁵²Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of
knowledge. You didnʼt enter in yourselves, and those
who were entering in, you hindered.” ⁵³As he said
these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees
began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things
out of him, ⁵⁴lying in wait for him, and seeking to
catch him in something he might say, that they might
accuse him.

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¹²·¹Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had
gathered together, so much so that they trampled on
each other, he began to tell his disciples first of
all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is
hypocrisy. ²But there is nothing covered up that will
not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.
³Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness
will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in
the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the
housetops.

¹²·⁴“I tell you, my friends, donʼt be afraid of those
who kill the body, and after that have no more that
they can do. ⁵But I will warn you whom you should
fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to
cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him. ⁸I tell
you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of
Man will also confess before the angels of God; ⁹but
he who denies me in the presence of men will be de-
nied in the presence of Godʼs angels. ¹⁰Everyone who
speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiv-
en, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit
will not be forgiven. ¹¹When they bring you before
the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities,
donʼt be anxious how or what you will answer or what
you will say; ¹²for the Holy Spirit will teach you in
that same hour what you must say.”

—

¹²·³⁵“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burn-
ing. ³⁶Be like men watching for their lord when he
returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes
and knocks, they may immediately open to him. ³⁷Bless-
ed are those servants whom the lord will find
watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you
that he will dress himself, make them recline, and
will come and serve them. ³⁸They will be blessed if
he comes in the second or third watch and finds them
so. ³⁹But know this, that if the master of the house
had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would
have watched and not allowed his house to be broken
into. ⁴⁰Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man
is coming in an hour that you donʼt expect him.” ⁴¹Pe-
ter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable
to us, or to everybody?” ⁴²The Lord said, “Who then
is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will
set over his household, to give them their portion of
food at the right times? ⁴³Blessed is that servant
whom his lord will find doing so when he comes. ⁴⁴Tru-
ly I tell you that he will set him over all that he
has. ⁴⁵But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My
lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the
menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and
drink and to be drunken, ⁴⁶then the lord of that serv-
ant will come in a day when he isnʼt expecting him
and in an hour that he doesnʼt know, and will cut him
in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
⁴⁷That servant who knew his lordʼs will, and didnʼt
prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with
many stripes, ⁴⁸but he who didnʼt know, and did
things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few
stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much
be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him
more will be asked.”

—

¹³·¹⁸He said, “What is Godʼs Kingdom like? To what
shall I compare it? ¹⁹It is like a grain of mustard
seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It
grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the
sky live in its branches.” ²⁰Again he said, “To what
shall I compare Godʼs Kingdom? ²¹It is like yeast,
which a woman took and hid in three measures of
flour, until it was all leavened.”

¹⁴·³⁴“Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and
tasteless, with what do you season it? ³⁵It is fit
neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is
thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

—

¹⁶·¹⁸“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries an-
other commits adultery. He who marries one who is
divorced from a husband commits adultery. ”

—

¹⁷·¹He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that
no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him
through whom they come! ²It would be better for him
if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were
thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause
one of these little ones to stumble.”

¹⁷·⁶The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of
mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be
uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would o-
bey you.”

—

¹⁸·¹⁵They were also bringing their babies to him,
that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw
it, they rebuked them. ¹⁶Jesus summoned them, say-
ing, “Allow the little children to come to me, and
donʼt hinder them, for Godʼs Kingdom belongs to such
as these. ¹⁷Most certainly, I tell you, whoever does-
nʼt receive Godʼs Kingdom like a little child, he
will in no way enter into it.”

—

¹⁸·¹⁸A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teach-
er, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” ¹⁹Jesus
asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good,
except one: God. ²⁰You know the commandments: ‘Donʼt
commit adultery,’ ‘Donʼt murder,’ ‘Donʼt steal,’
‘Donʼt give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and
your mother.’” ²¹He said, “I have observed all these
things from my youth up.” ²²When Jesus heard these
things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing.
Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor.
Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, fol-
low me.” ²³But when he heard these things, he became
very sad, for he was very rich.

¹⁸·²⁴Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said,
“How hard it is for those who have riches to enter in-
to Godʼs Kingdom!” ²⁶Those who heard it said, “Then
who can be saved?” ²⁷But he said, “The things which
are impossible with men are possible with God.” ²⁸Pe-
ter said, “Look, we have left everything and followed
you.” ²⁹He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you,
there is no one who has left house, or wife, or
brothers, or parents, or children, for Godʼs
Kingdomʼs sake, ³⁰who will not receive many times
more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal
life.”

—

¹⁸·³⁵As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat
by the road, begging. ³⁶Hearing a multitude going by,
he asked what this meant. ³⁷They told him that Jesus
of Nazareth was passing by. ³⁸He cried out, “Jesus,
you son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁰Standing
still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When
he had come near, he asked him, ⁴¹“What do you want
me to do?” He said, “Lord, that I may see again.”
⁴²Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith
has healed you.” ⁴³Immediately he received his sight
and followed him, glorifying God. All the people,
when they saw it, praised God.

—

¹⁹·²⁸Having said these things, he went on ahead, go-
ing up to Jerusalem.

¹⁹·³⁶As he went, they spread their cloaks on the
road. ³⁷As he was now getting near, at the descent of
the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the dis-
ciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud
voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
³⁸saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name
of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the
highest!” ³⁹Some of the Pharisees from the multitude
said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” ⁴⁰He
answered them, “I tell you that if these were si-
lent, the stones would cry out.”

—

²⁰·¹On one of those days, as he was teaching the peo-
ple in the temple and preaching the Good News, the
priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
²They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you
do these things? Or who is giving you this authori-
ty?” ³He answered them, “I also will ask you one ques-
tion. Tell me: ⁴the baptism of John, was it from heav-
en, or from men?” ⁵They reasoned with themselves, say-
ing, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did-
nʼt you believe him?’ ⁶But if we say, ‘From men,’ all
the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that
John was a prophet.” ⁷They answered that they didnʼt
know where it was from. ⁸Jesus said to them, “Nei-
ther will I tell you by what authority I do these
things.”

²⁰·¹⁹They sought to lay hands on him, but they were a-
fraid.

—

²⁰·²⁰They watched him and sent out spies, who pre-
tended to be righteous, that they might trap him in
something he said, so as to deliver him up to the pow-
er and authority of the governor. ²¹They asked him,
“Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is
right, and arenʼt partial to anyone, but truly teach
the way of God. ²²Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to
Caesar, or not?” ²³But he perceived their crafti-
ness, and said to them, “Why do you test me? ²⁴Show
me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on
it?” They answered, “Caesarʼs.” ²⁵He said to them,
“Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesarʼs,
and to God the things that are Godʼs.” ²⁶They werenʼt
able to trap him in his words before the people. They
marveled at his answer and were silent.

—

²⁰·²⁷Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who de-
ny that there is a resurrection. ²⁸They asked him,
“Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a manʼs brother
dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother
should take the wife and raise up children for his
brother. ²⁹There were therefore seven brothers. The
first took a wife, and died childless. ³⁰The second
took her as wife, and he died childless. ³¹The third
took her, and likewise the seven all left no chil-
dren, and died. ³²Afterward the woman also died.
³³Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them
will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”
³⁴Jesus said to them, “The children of this age mar-
ry and are given in marriage. ³⁵But those who are con-
sidered worthy to attain to that age and the resur-
rection from the dead neither marry nor are given in
marriage. ³⁶For they canʼt die any more, for they are
like the angels and are children of God, being chil-
dren of the resurrection.” ³⁹Some of the scribes an-
swered, “Teacher, you speak well.” ⁴⁰They didnʼt dare
to ask him any more questions.

—

²⁰·⁴⁵In the hearing of all the people, he said to his
disciples, ⁴⁶“Beware of those scribes who like to
walk in long robes, and love greetings in the market-
places, the best seats in the synagogues, and the
best places at feasts; ⁴⁷who devour widowsʼ houses,
and for a pretense make long prayers. These will re-
ceive greater condemnation.”

—

²¹·⁵As some were talking about the temple and how it
was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he
said, ⁶“As for these things which you see, the days
will come in which there will not be left here one
stone on another that will not be thrown down.” ⁷They
asked him, “Teacher, so when will these things be?
What is the sign that these things are about to hap-
pen?” ⁸He said, “Watch out that you donʼt get led a-
stray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am
he,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore donʼt fol-
low them. ⁹When you hear of wars and disturbances,
donʼt be terrified, for these things must happen
first, but the end wonʼt come immediately.” ¹⁰Then he
said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom. ¹¹There will be great
earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places.
There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
¹²But before all these things, they will lay their
hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you
up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before
kings and governors for my nameʼs sake. ¹³It will
turn out as a testimony for you. ¹⁴Settle it there-
fore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to
answer, ¹⁵for I will give you a mouth and wisdom
which all your adversaries will not be able to
withstand or to contradict. ¹⁶You will be handed over
even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends.
They will cause some of you to be put to death. ¹⁷You
will be hated by all men for my nameʼs sake. ¹⁹By
your endurance you will win your lives.”

²¹·³⁴“Be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down
with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life,
and that day will come on you suddenly. ³⁵For it will
come like a snare on all those who dwell on the
surface of all the earth. ³⁶Therefore be watchful all
the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to
escape all these things that will happen, and to
stand before the Son of Man.”

—

²²·¹Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is
called the Passover, was approaching. ²The chief
priests and the scribes sought how they might put him
to death, for they feared the people.

²²·³Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was
counted with the twelve, ⁴went away and talked with
the chief priests and captains about how he might de-
liver him to them. ⁵They were glad, and agreed to
give him money. ⁶He consented and sought an opportu-
nity to deliver him to them in the absence of the mul-
titude.

²²·⁷The day of unleavened bread came, on which the
Passover must be sacrificed. ⁸Jesus sent Peter and
John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us,
that we may eat.” ⁹They said to him, “Where do you
want us to prepare?” ¹⁰He said to them, “Behold, when
you have entered into the city, a man carrying a
pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the
house which he enters. ¹¹Tell the master of the
house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest
room, where I may eat the Passover with my disci-
ples?”’ ¹²He will show you a large, furnished upper
room. Make preparations there.” ¹³They went, found
things as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the
Passover.

²²·¹⁴When the hour had come, he sat down with the
twelve apostles. ¹⁵He said to them, “I have earnest-
ly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suf-
fer.” ¹⁷He received a cup, and when he had given
thanks, he said, “Take this and share it among your-
selves, ¹⁸for I tell you, I will not drink at all
again from the fruit of the vine, until Godʼs King-
dom comes.” ¹⁹He took bread, and when he had given
thanks, he broke and gave it to them, saying, “This
is my body. ²¹But behold, the hand of him who betrays
me is with me on the table. ²²The Son of Man indeed
goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man
through whom he is betrayed!” ²³They began to ques-
tion among themselves which of them it was who would
do this thing.

²²·²⁴A dispute also arose among them, which of them
was considered to be greatest. ²⁵He said to them,
“The kings of the nations lord it over them, and
those who have authority over them are called
‘benefactors.’ ²⁶But not so with you. Rather, the one
who is greater among you, let him become as the young-
er, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
²⁷For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or
one who serves? Isnʼt it he who sits at the table?
But I am among you as one who serves.”

²²·³¹The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan
asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as
wheat.” ³³He said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go
with you both to prison and to death!” ³⁴He said, “I
tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow to-
day until you deny that you know me three times.”

²²·³⁹He came out and went, as his custom was, to the
Mount of Olives. His disciples also followed him.
⁴⁰When he was at the place, he said to them, “Pray
that you donʼt enter into temptation.” ⁴¹He was
withdrawn from them about a stoneʼs throw, and he
knelt down and prayed, ⁴²saying, “Father, if you are
willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not
my will, but yours, be done.” ⁴⁵When he rose up from
his prayer, he came to the disciples and found them
sleeping because of grief, ⁴⁶and said to them, “Why
do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter in-
to temptation.”

²²·⁴⁷While he was still speaking, a crowd appeared.
He who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was lead-
ing them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him. ⁴⁸But
Jesus said to him, “Judas, do you betray the Son of
Man with a kiss?” ⁵²Jesus said to the chief priests,
captains of the temple, and elders, who had come
against him, “Have you come out as against a robber,
with swords and clubs? ⁵³When I was with you in the
temple daily, you didnʼt stretch out your hands
against me. But this is your hour, and the power of
darkness.”

²²·⁵⁴They seized him and led him away, and brought
him into the high priestʼs house. But Peter followed
from a distance. ⁵⁵When they had kindled a fire in
the middle of the courtyard and had sat down togeth-
er, Peter sat among them. ⁵⁶A certain servant girl
saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently
at him, said, “This man also was with him.” ⁵⁷He de-
nied Jesus, saying, “Woman, I donʼt know him.” ⁵⁸Af-
ter a little while someone else saw him and said,
“You also are one of them!” But Peter answered, “Man,
I am not!” ⁵⁹After about one hour passed, another
confidently affirmed, saying, “Truly this man also
was with him, for he is a Galilean!” ⁶⁰But Peter
said, “Man, I donʼt know what you are talking about!”
Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster
crowed. ⁶¹The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then
Peter remembered the Lordʼs word, how he said to him,
“Before the rooster crows you will deny me three
times.”

²²·⁶³The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him.
⁶⁴Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face
and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck
you?” ⁶⁵They spoke many other things against him,
insulting him.

²²·⁶⁶As soon as it was day, the assembly of the
elders of the people were gathered together, both
chief priests and scribes, and they led him away in-
to their council, saying, ⁶⁷“Are you the Christ?” But
he said to them, “If I tell you, you wonʼt believe.
⁶⁹From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the
right hand of the power of God.” ⁷⁰They all said,
“Are you then the Son of God?” He said to them, “You
say it, because I am.” ⁷¹They said, “Why do we need
any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from
his own mouth!”

—

²³·¹The whole company of them rose up and brought him
before Pilate. ²They began to accuse him, saying, “We
found this man perverting the nation, and dissolving
the law and the prophets, and forbidding to pay
taxes, and turning away the wives and the children,
and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
³Pilate asked him, “Are you the Christ?” He answered
him, “So you say.” ⁴Pilate said to the chief priests
and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge
against this man.” ⁵But they insisted, saying, “He
stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea,
beginning from Galilee even to this place.”

²³·¹³Pilate called together the chief priests, the
rulers, and the people, ¹⁴and said to them, “You
brought this man to me as one that perverts the peo-
ple, and behold, having examined him before you, I
found no basis for a charge against this man
concerning those things of which you accuse him.
¹⁵Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see,
nothing worthy of death has been done by him. ¹⁶I
will therefore chastise him and release him.” ¹⁸But
they all cried out together, saying, “Away with this
man! Release to us Barabbas!” — ¹⁹one who was thrown
into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for
murder. ¹⁷Now he had to release one prisoner to them
at the feast. ²⁰Then Pilate spoke to them again, want-
ing to release Jesus, ²¹but they shouted, saying,
“Crucify! Crucify him!” ²²He said to them the third
time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found
no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise
him and release him.” ²³But they were urgent with
loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their
voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.
²⁴Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be
done. ²⁵He released him who had been thrown into pris-
on for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked,
but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

²³·²⁶When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon
of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid the
cross on him to carry it after Jesus. ³²There were al-
so others, two criminals, led with him to be put to
death.

²³·³³When they came to the place that is called “The
Skull”, they crucified him there with the criminals,
one on the right and the other on the left. ³⁵The peo-
ple stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed
at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save him-
self, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”
³⁶The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and of-
fering him vinegar, ³⁷and saying, “Hail, King of the
Jews!” And they placed a crown of thorns on him. ³⁸An
inscription was also written over him in letters of
Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE
JEWS.”

²³·⁴⁴It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness
came over the whole land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁵The
sun was darkened. ⁴⁶Jesus cried with a loud voice,
and died; and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
⁴⁷When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified
God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”
⁴⁸All the multitudes that came together to see this,
when they saw the things that were done, they beat
their chests and foreheads, and returned home say-
ing, “Woe to us, this happened today becaues of our
sins. For the destruction of Jerusalem has come
near.” ⁴⁹All his acquaintances and the women who
followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance,
watching these things.

²³·⁵⁰Behold, a man named Joseph, ⁵³took the body down
and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a
tomb that was cut in stone. ⁵⁴It was the day of the
Preparation. ⁵⁵Two women who had come with him out of
Galilee followed after, and saw the tomb. ⁵⁶The wom-
en returned and kept the rest on the Sabbath.

—

²⁴·¹But on the first day of the week, at early dawn,
they came to the tomb, bringing what they had pre-
pared. They thought among themselves, “Who will roll
away the stone, indeed?” ²They found the stone rolled
away from the tomb. ³They entered in, and didnʼt find
the body. ⁴While they were greatly perplexed about
this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling cloth-
ing. ⁵Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down
to the earth. The men said to them, “Why do you seek
the living among the dead? ⁶Remember what he told you
when he was still with you, ⁷saying that the Son of
Man must be delivered up?” ⁸They remembered his
words, ⁹returned from the tomb, and told all these
things to the apostles and to all the rest. ¹⁰Now
they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the moth-
er of James. ¹¹These words seemed to them to be
nonsense, and they didnʼt believe them.