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1 Scroll 24 Gospel of Mark.
[The testimony of John the Baptist].
Beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God;

2 as it has been written in the Prophets,
Behold, I send My messenger;
before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way before Thee. Mal 3:1

3 A voice crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the LORD,
make His paths straight. Isa 40:3

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John came baptizing in the wilderness,
and preaching a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

5 And there went out to him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem,
and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan,
confessing their sins.

6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins;
and he eating grasshoppers and wild honey;

7 and preached, saying,
He comes after me who is mightier than I,
of whom I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose the thong of His shoes.

8 I indeed have baptized you in water: but He shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

9 [Baptism of Jesus].
And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth to Galilee,
and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

10 And immediately coming up from the water, He saw that the Heavens renting open,
and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him.

11 And there came a voice from the Heavens,
saying, Thou are My beloved Son, in whom I delighted.

12 [Temptation from the devil].
And immediately the Spirit drives Him into the wilderness.

13 And He was there in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan:
and was with the beasts, and the Angels served Him.

14 [The Gospel].
And after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee,
preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God,

15 and saying that the time has been fulfilled,
and the Kingdom of God has drawn near:
repent ye, and believe the Gospel.

16 [Fishers followed Him].
Then He walking by the sea of Galilee,
He saw Simon, and Andrew his brother,
casting a net in the sea: for they were fishers.

17 And Jesus said to them, Come ye after Me,
and I shall make you to become fishers of men.

18 And immediately they forsook their nets, and followed Him.

19 And He having gone a little further thence,
He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother,
who also were in the ship mending their nets.

20 And immediately He called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship,
with the hired servants, and went after Him.

21 [A demon in the synagogue].
And they go into Capernaum;
and immediately on the Sabbaths He having entered into the synagogue and taught.

22 And they were astonished at His doctrine:
for He was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

24 saying, Ah; what have we to do with Thee, Thou Jesus the Nazarene?
Are Thou come to destroy us?
I have known Thee who Thou are, the Holy One of God.

25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying,
Be silenced, and come out of him.

26 And the unclean spirit having torn him,
and cried with a great voice, he came out of him.

27 And they came all amazed, so as to discuss among themselves, saying,
What thing is this? What new doctrine is this?
For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.

28 And His fame spread immediately abroad throughout all the region around Galilee.

29 [Healing of Peter's wife's mother].
And immediately, they having come out of the synagogue,
they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

30 But the mother-in-law of Simon was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they tell Him of her.

31 And He having come and took her by the hand, and lifted her up;
and immediately the fever left her, and she served them.

32 [Exorcising at sunset].
Now becoming evening, when the sun set,
they brought to Him all that are sick, and them that being possessed with demons.

33 And all the city was gathered at the door.

34 And He healed many that are sick with diverse diseases, and cast out many demons;
and allow not the demons to speak, because they had known Him.

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And early, by darkness exceedingly having risen up,
He went out and departed into a desert place, and was there praying.

36 And Simon, and they that were with Him, followed after Him.

37 And they having found Him, they say to Him, All seek for Thee.

38 And He says to them,
Let us go into the next towns, that I there also may preach for this purpose I have come.

39 And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out demons.

40 [Healing of the leper].
And a leper comes to Him, beseeching Him, and kneeling down to Him, and saying to Him,
If Thou will, Thou can make me clean.

41 But Jesus, having compassion, put forth the hand, and touched him, and says to him,
I will: be Thou clean.

42 And He having spoken to him, immediately the leprosy departed from him,
and he was cleansed.

43 And He strictly charged him, and immediately sent him away;

44 and says to him, See Thou should tell nothing to anyone;
but go, show thyself to the priest,
and offer for Thy cleansing, those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. Lev 13:49 Lev 14:2-4

45 But he went out, and began to preach much, and to blaze abroad the matter,
so that He could no more openly enter into the city,
but was outside in desert places: and they came to Him from everywhere.

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1 [Healing of the paralytic].
And again He entered into Capernaum,
after some days; and it was understood that He is in the house.

2 And immediately many were assembled, so that there was no room to receive them,
even not so much as about the door: and He spoke the Word to them.

3 And they come to Him, bringing a paralytic, who being borne by four.

4 And they could not meet Him because of the multitude,
they uncovered the roof where He was: and they having broken it up,
they let down the bed on which a paralytic was lying.

5 But Jesus, having seen their faith, He says to the paralytic,
Child Thy sins have been forgiven Thee.

6 But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

7 why this Man thus speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins except One, the God?

8 And immediately Jesus knowing in His Spirit that they so reasoned within themselves,
He said to them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,
Thy sins have been forgiven Thee;
or to say, Arise, and take up Thy bed, and walk?

10 But that ye may know that the Son of Man has authority upon the Earth to forgive sins,
He says to the paralytic,

11 I say to Thee,
Arise! And take up Thy bed, and go into Thy house.

12 And immediately he was raised, having taken up the bed, and went forth before them all;
so that they were all astonished, and glorified God,
saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

13 [Levi is called].
And He went forth again by the sea; and all the multitude resorted to Him, and He taught them.

14 And as He passing by, He saw Levi the son of Alpheus, sitting at the receipt of custom, and says to him,
Follow Me. And he standing up, and followed Him.

15 And it came to pass, that as He was reclining at table in his house,
many publicans and sinners also sat at table with Jesus and His disciples;
for there were many, and they followed Him.

16 And the scribes and Pharisees having seen Him eating with publicans and sinners,
they said to His disciples, How is it that He eats and drinks with publicans and sinners.

17 But when Jesus having heard, He says to them,
They that are in health, have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Luk 5:31-32

18 [Fasting].
And the disciples of John, and those of the Pharisees were fasting: and they come, and say to Him,
Why do the disciples of John, and those of the Pharisees fast, but Thy disciples fast not?

19 And Jesus said to them,
Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the Bridegroom is with them?
As long as they have the Bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

20 But the days shall come, when the Bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast in those days.

21 [Parable of new wine into old wineskins].
No one also sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment:
otherwise the new piece that filled it up, takes away from the old, and the rent becomes worse.

22 And no one puts new wine into old bottles:
otherwise the new wine does burst the bottles, and the wine is poured out, and the bottles shall be perished:
but new wine must be put into new bottles.

23 [Plucking the ears on the Sabbaths].
And it came to pass, that He went through the grain-fields on the Sabbaths;
and His disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears of grain.

24 And the Pharisees said to Him, Behold, why do they on the Sabbaths that which is not lawful?

25 And He said to them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and hungered,
he and those with him?

26 How he went into the House of God, about the time of Abiathar the High Priest,
and ate the show-bread, which it is not lawful to eat, except for the priests, 1Sa 21:6
and gave also to them who being with him?

27 And He said to them, The Sabbath came for the man, and not the man for the Sabbath:

28 therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.

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1 [Healing hand on the Sabbaths].
And He entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who having a withered hand.

2 And they watched Him,
to see if He shall heal him on the Sabbaths; that they might accuse Him.

3 And He says to the man who having the withered hand, Stand forth.

4 And He says to them,
Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbaths, or to do evil? To save a soul, or to kill?
But they were silent.

5 And He having looked around on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts,
He says to the man, Stretch out Thy hand.
And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

6 And the Pharisees went out, and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.

7 [More secret miracles].
But Jesus withdrew Himself with His Disciples to the sea:
and a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea.

8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea[Edom], and from beyond the Jordan;
and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude,
having heard what great things He was doing, came to Him.

9 And He spoke to His disciples, that a boat should wait on Him, because of the multitude,
lest they might throng Him.

10 For He healed many; so that they pressed upon Him that they might to touch Him, as many as had plagues.

11 And the unclean spirits, when they saw Him, fell down before Him,
and cried, saying, Thou are the Son of God!

12 And He strictly charged them, that they should not make Him known.

13 [The twelve apostles].
And He goes up upon the mountain,
and calls whom He would: and they came to Him.

14 And He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him,
and that He might send them forth to preach,

15 and to have power to heal diseases, and to cast out demons.

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And Simon He surnamed Peter,

17 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James,
(and He surnamed them Bene-rgaz, which is, Sons of thunder),

18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus,
and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite[Zealot],

19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him: and they went into a house.

20 [Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit 1].
And the multitude comes together again, so that they are not even able to eat bread.

21 And when those with Him having heard, they went out to lay hold on Him:
for they said, He is beside Himself.

22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said,
He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons He casts out demons.

23 And He called them, and said to them in parables,
How can Satan cast out Satan?

24 And if a kingdom should be divided against itself,
that kingdom is not able to stand.

25 And if a house should be divided against itself,
that house is not able to stand.

26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided,
He cannot stand, but has an end.

27 [Parable of the strong man].
No one can enter into the strong man's house,
and to plunder his goods, except He may first bind the strong man;
and then he shall plunder his house.

28 [Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit 2].
Amen I say to you, All sins shall be forgiven of the sons of men,
and any blasphemies with which they may blaspheme:

29 but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness,
but is liable of everlasting condemnation!

30 Because they said, He has an unclean spirit!

31 [The Saints are a family].
There came then His brothers and His mother,
and standing outside, they sent to Him, calling Him.

32 And the multitude sat about Him, and they said to Him,
Behold, Thy mother, and Thy brothers outside seek for Thee.

33 And He answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or My brothers?

34 And having looked around on them who sat about Him, and says,
Behold, My mother and My brothers!

35 For whoever may do the will of God, this is My brother, and My sister, and mother.

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1 [Parable of the Sower].
And He began again to teach by the sea:
and there was gathered to Him a great multitude, so that He entered into the ship,
and sat upon the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea, on the land.

2 And He taught them many things by parables,
and He said to them in His doctrine,

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Listen; Behold, a sower went out to sow:

4 and it came to pass as he sowed,
some fell by the way, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it.

5 And other fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up,
because it not to have deepness of earth.

6 But when the sun having risen, it was scorched; and because it not to have root, it withered.

7 And other fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked it, and it gave no fruit.

8 And other fell on the good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up, and increased, and brought forth,
in hundred-fold, and in sixty-fold, and in thirty-fold.

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And He said to them,
He who having ears to hear, let him hear.

10 And when He came alone, they that were about Him, with the twelve, asked of Him the parable.

11 And He said to them, To you it has been given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God:
but to them that are outside, all these things are done in parables:

12 that seeing they may see,
and not perceive;
and hearing they may hear,
and not understand;
lest they should convert,
and the sins should be forgiven them. Isa 6:9-10

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And He says to them, Have ye not perceived this parable?
And how then shall ye know all parables?

14 [Parable of the Sower explained].
The sower sows the word.

15 And these are they by the way, where the word is sown;
but when they have heard, Satan comes immediately, and takes away the word,
that was sown in their hearts.

16 And these are they likewise who being sown on stony ground;
who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy;

17 and have no root in themselves, but are temporary:
afterward, when tribulation or persecution having come for the word's sake,
immediately they are offended.

18 And these are they who being sown among thorns; these are they who hearing the word,

19 and the cares of this Age[World], and the deceitfulness of riches,
and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word,
and it becomes unfruitful.

20 And these are they who are sown on the good ground; such as hear the word,
and receive it, and bring forth fruit,
in thirty-fold, and in sixty-fold, and in hundred-fold.

21 [Parable of the Lamp under the bushel 2].
And He said to them,
Does the lamp come that it may be put under the bushel, or under a couch?
And not that it may be set on the lampstand?

22 For there is nothing hid, which may not be manifested;
neither has anything became secret,
but that it should come abroad.

23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

24 [He shall also judge you with the same measures 3].
And He said to them,
Take heed what ye hear:
in which measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you:
and to you that hearing shall be added.

25 For whoever may have, to him shall be given;
and he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

26 [Parable of the growing seed].
And He said, So is the Kingdom of God,
as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

27 and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up,
He has not known how.

28 For the ground brings forth fruit of itself; first the grass, then the ear, after that the full wheat in the ear.

29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately He puts in the sickle, because the Harvest has come. Joe 3:13

30 [Parable of the grain of mustard].
And He said, To what may we compare the Kingdom of God?
Or with what comparison may we compare it?

31 It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown on the Earth,
is less than all the seeds that are on the Earth.

32 But when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out great branches;
so that the fowls of the air may lodge under its shade.

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And with many such parables He spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

34 But without a parable He spoke not to them:
but privately to His disciples He was explaining all.

35 [Calming the storm].
And on that day, becoming evening, He says to them,
Let us pass over to the other side.

36 And they having sent away the multitude, they take Him even as He was in the ship.
And there were also with Him other boats.

37 And there comes a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship,
so that it is now being filled.

38 And He was upon the stern,
sleeping on a pillow: and they awake Him, and say to Him,
Master, care Thou not that we perish?

39 And He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,
Silent, be still: and the wind ceased, and it became a great calm.

40 And He said to them, Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?

41 And they feared with great fear, and said one to another,
Then what manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?

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1 [Legion and the swine].
And they came over to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

2 And He having come out of the ship,
immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

3 who had his dwelling among the tombs;
and no one could bind him, no, not with chains:

4 for he has been often bound with fetters and chains,
and the chains have been plucked asunder by him,
and the fetters broken in pieces:
and no one was able to tame him.

5 And always, night and day, he was on the mountains, and in the tombs,
he was crying, and cutting himself with stones.

6 But having seen Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped Him,

7 and cried with a great voice, and said,
What have I to do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of God the Most High?
I adjure Thee by God, that Thou should torment me not;

8 (for He said to him, Come out of the man, Thou the unclean spirit).

9 And He asked him, What is Thy name?
And he answered, saying, my name is Legion: for we are many.

10 And he besought Him much that He would not send them away out of the country.

11 Now there was there near to the mountains a great herd of swine, being fed.

12 And all the demons besought Him, saying, Send us into the swine,
that we may enter into them.

13 And immediately Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits go out, and entered into the swine:
and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea,
(they were about two thousand) and were choked in the sea.

14 And they that feeding the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the fields.
And they went out to see what it is that having been done.

15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the demon,
and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and right-minded: and they were afraid.

16 And they that having seen it declared how it came that he was possessed with the demon,
and also concerning the swine.

17 And they began to pray Him to depart out of their borders.

18 And He having entered into the ship,
he who having been possessed with the demon prayed Him that he might be with Him.

19 But Jesus allow him not, but says to him,
Go to Thy house, to Thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for Thee,
and had mercy on Thee.

20 And he departed, and began to preach in Decapolis how great things Jesus did for him.
And all marvelled.

21 [Healing of the bleeding woman and daughter of Jairus].
And Jesus having passed over again in the ship,
to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him: and He was near to the sea.

22 And behold, there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue,
Jairus by name; and he having seen Him, he fell at His feet,

23 and besought Him much, saying,
my little daughter holds the final straw:
I pray Thee, to having come and may lay Thy hands on her, that she may be made whole; and she shall live.

24 And He went with him; and many multitude followed Him, and thronged Him.

25 And a certain woman being with an issue of blood twelve years,

26 and she having suffered many things by many physicians,
and she having spent all that she had, and was not relieved, but rather grew worse,

27 she having heard of Jesus, she having come in the multitude behind, and touched His garment.

28 For she said, Even if I may touch but His garment, I shall be whole.

29 And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up;
and she knew in her body that she was healed of that infirmity.

30 And immediately, Jesus knowing in Himself that power having gone out of Him,
He turned in the multitude, and said, Who touched My garments?

31 And His disciples said to Him,
Thou see the multitude thronging Thee, and say Thou, Who touched Me?

32 And He looked around, to see her that having done this thing.

33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what has happened to her,
came and fell down before Him, and told Him all the truth.

34 But He said to her,
Daughter, Thy faith has made Thee whole; go in peace, and be healed of Thy plague.

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While He was yet speaking,
there came from house of the ruler of the synagogue,
who said, Thy daughter died: why trouble Thou any further the Master?

36 But Jesus having heard immediately the word that being spoken, He says to the ruler of the synagogue,
Fear not, only believe,

37 and He allow no one to follow Him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

38 And He comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue,
and sees the tumult, and they weeping and wailing much.

39 And He having entered, He says to them,
Why are ye tumulted, and weep? The child died not, but sleeps.

40 And they derided Him: but when He having put them all out,
He takes the father and the mother of the child,
and them that were with Him, and enters in where the child was reclining.

41 And taking hold of the child's hand,
He says to her, talitha qumi! Which is, being translated, girl, I say to you, arise!

42 And immediately the girl arose,
and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years.
And they were amazed with a great amazement.

43 And He charged them strictly that no man should know it;
and said that something should be given her to eat.

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1 [Rejected as Prophet].
And He went out from thence, and came into His fatherland,
and His disciples follow Him.

2 And a Sabbath having come, He began to teach in the synagogue:
and many hearing Him were amazed, saying,
Whence has this Man these things? And what the wisdom is this which is given to Him,
that even such miracles are done by His hands?

3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and of Judas, and Simon?
And are not His sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him.

4 But Jesus said to them,
A prophet is not without honour, except in his fatherland,
and among the relatives of him, and in his own house.

5 And He could there do no miracle,
except that He laid His hands upon a few sick persons, and healed them.

6 And He marvelled because of their unbelief.
And He went around the villages teaching.

7 [Mission of the twelve apostles].
And He calls the twelve, and began to send them forth two by two;
and gave them power over the unclean spirits;

8 and commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey,
except a staff only; no bag, no bread, no bronze in their girdle[purse]:

9 but be shod with sandals; and not to put on two coats.

10 And He said to them, Wherever ye may enter into a house,
there abide until ye depart from that place.

11 And whoever may not receive you, nor hear you,
when ye depart thence shake off the dust under your feet,
for a testimony against them.
Amen I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment, than for that city!

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And they went out and preached that they should repent.

13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

14 [Death of John the Baptist].
And king Herod heard (for His name became known): and he said, that John who baptizing was raised from the dead,
and therefore miracles do show forth themselves in him.

15 Others said, that it is Elijah.
And others said, that it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.

16 But when Herod having heard, he said,
It is John, whom I beheaded; he was raised from the dead.

17 For Herod himself having sent forth and laid hold upon John,
and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias,
(his brother Philip's wife: for he married her).

18 For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for Thee to have Thy brother's wife.

19 Therefore Herodias held a grudge against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and Holy man,
and preserved him: and he having heard him, he was doing many things, and heard him gladly;

21 and a suitable day having come, that of Herod on his birth-day,
made a supper to his greatest men, the tribunes, and chief men of Galilee;

22 and the daughter of Herodias herself having come in, and danced, and pleased Herod,
and them that sat with him, the king said to the girl,
Ask of me whatever Thou will, and I shall give it Thee. Mat 14:6

23 And he swore to her, Whatever Thou may ask of me,
I shall give it Thee, to the half of My kingdom.

24 And she having come out, and said to her mother, What shall I ask?
And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

25 And she came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked,
saying, I will that Thou should give me, immediately, in a dish, the head of John the Baptist.

26 And the king becoming very sorrowful but because of the oaths and dinner guests, he would not to reject her.

27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded to brought his head:
and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

28 and brought his head in a dish,
and gave it to the girl: and the girl gave it to her mother.

29 And his disciples having heard, they came and took up his carcass, and laid it in a Tomb.

30 [Miracle of the loaves].
And the apostles are came together to Jesus,
and told Him all things, both what they did, and what they taught.

31 And He said to them,
Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while:
for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

32 And they departed into a desert place in the ship, privately.

33 And the multitude saw them departing, and many recognized Him,
and ran on foot there out of all cities,
and out went them, and came together to Him.

34 And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude,
and has compassion on them,
because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: Num 27:17 Eze 34:5
and He began to teach them many things.

35 And the hour already having become late, His disciples came to Him,
and says, This is a desert place, and now the hour is far passed.

36 Send them away, that they may go around into the fields and the villages,
and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing they may eat.

37 But He answering, said to them, Give ye them to eat.
And they say to Him,
May we go and buy two hundred denarii of bread, and give them to eat?

38 But He says to them, How many loaves have ye?
Go and see. And they having known, they say, Five, and two fishes.

39 And He commanded them to make all sit down, group by group upon the green grass.

40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

41 And He having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes,
He having looked up to Heaven, He blessed, and broke the loaves,
and gave them to His disciples, that they might to set before them; and the two fishes,
He divided among them all.

42 And they all ate and were filled.

43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

44 And they that eating of the loaves, were about five thousand men.

45 [Walking on water].
And immediately He compelled His disciples to enter into the ship,
and to go to the other side before to Beth-saida,
until He should dismiss the multitude.

46 And after sending them away He departed to the mountain to pray.

47 And becoming evening, the ship was in the middle of the sea,
and He alone on the land.

48 And He saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary to them:
and about the fourth watch of the night He comes to them, walking upon the sea,
and would have passed by them.

49 But they having seen Him walking upon the sea,
they supposed it be an apparition, and cried out;

50 (for they all saw Him, and were troubled).
And immediately He talked with them, and says to them,
Be of good cheer: it is I AM; be not afraid.

51 And He went up to them into the ship; and the wind ceased:
and they were greatly astonished in themselves beyond measure, and marvelled.

52 For they understood not the miracle of the loaves; for their heart was hardened.

53 [Healed by touching].
And they having passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret,
and drew to the shore.

54 And they having come out of the ship immediately they having recognized Him,

55 and ran through all the region around, and began to carry about in beds those that are sick,
where they heard He is.

56 And wherever He entered, into villages, or cities, or fields,
they laid the sick in the markets, and besought Him that they might touch,
even if it were the border of His garment: and as many as touched Him, were made whole.

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1 [Tradition against the Commandments].
And the Pharisees are came together to Him, and some of the scribes, who having come from Jerusalem.

2 And they having seen some of His disciples eating bread with defiled: that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.

3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands ritually eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

4 And coming from the market, except they bathed, they not eat.
And many other things there are, which they have received to hold,
as the bathing of cups, and pots, and bronze vessels, and couches.

5 Then the Pharisees and scribes ask Him,
Why walk not Thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?

6 But He answering, said to them, Well has Isaiah prophesied concerning you, hypocrites, as it has been written,
This people honours Me with their lips,
but their heart is far from Me; Isa 29:13

7 but in vain they worship Me,
teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Isa 29:13

8 For laying aside the Commandment of God,
ye hold the tradition of men,
as the bathing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

9 And He said to them, Full well ye reject the Commandment of God,
that ye may keep your own tradition,

10 for Moses said,
Honour Thy father and Thy mother; Exo 20:12
And he who cursing father or mother, let him die the death. Exo 21:17

11 But ye say,
If a man may say to his father or mother, It is Korban, which is, a gift,
by whatever Thou might be me profited.

12 And ye allow him no more to do aught for his father or his mother;

13 ye nullifying the Word of GOD through your traditions,
which ye delivered: and many such like things ye do.

14 [Parable of defiles the man].
And He having called all the multitude, He said to them,
Listen to Me every one of you, and understand.

15 There is nothing from outside a man, that entering into him, can defile him:
but the things coming out of him, those are they that defile the man.

16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

17 And when He entered into the house from the multitude,
His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.

18 And He says to them, So also ye, are foolish?
Do ye not perceive, that whatever thing from without entering into the man, it cannot defile him;

19 because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly,
and goes out into the toilet, purging all kinds of food.

20 And He said, that which comes out of the man, that defiles the man.

21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, guile, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness;

23 all these evil things come from within, and defiles the man.

24 [Daughter healed by faith].
And He having risen from thence, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon,
and entered into a house, and would have no one to know it: but He could not be hid.

25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him,
and came and fell at His feet:

26 (the woman was a Greek[gentile], a Syrophoenician by nation),
and she besought Him that He would cast out the demon from her daughter.

27 But Jesus said to her,
Let the children first be filled: for it is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the little dogs.

28 And she answered and says to Him,
Yes, Lord: for even the little dogs under the table eat of the crumbs of the children.

29 And He said to her, For this saying,
depart; the demon has gone out of Thy daughter.

30 And she having come to her house,
she found the demon having gone out, and her daughter laid upon the couch.

31 [Opened ears and tongue].
And again, departing from the borders of Tyre and Sidon,
He came to the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the borders of Decapolis.

32 And they bring to Him one that was deaf,
and had an impediment in His speech;
and they beseech Him that He might put the hand upon him.

33 And He took him aside from the multitude,
and put his fingers into his ears, and He spit, and touched his tongue.

34 And having looked up into Heaven, He groaned and says to him,
Ephphatha! Which is, Be opened!

35 And immediately his ears were opened,
and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke rightly.

36 And He charged them that they should tell no man:
but the more He charged them; the more abundantly they preached;

37 and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He has done all things well;
He makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

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1 [seven loaves and fishes].
In those days the multitude being very great, and they having nothing they may eat,
Jesus called His disciples, and says to them,

2 I have compassion on the multitude,
because they remain with Me three days, and have nothing they may eat:

3 and if I should send them away fasting to their own houses,
they shall faint by the way: for some of them have come from afar.

4 And His disciples answered Him,
Whence shall anyone be able to fill these men with bread here in the wilderness?

5 And He asked them,
How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

6 And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground: and He having taken the seven loaves,
and He having given thanks, He broke, and gave to His disciples,
that they might to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.

7 And they had a few little fishes:
and He having blessed, said to set them also before them.

8 But they ate, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that were left, seven baskets.

9 And they that eating were about four thousand:
and He dismissed them.

10 [Signs of the Times].
And immediately He entered into the ship with His disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to discuss with Him,
seeking from Him a sign from Heaven, tempting Him.

12 And He sighed deeply in His Spirit, and says,
Why does this generation seek for a sign?
Amen I say to you, There shall no sign be given to this generation!

13 [The leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees].
And He left them, and entering into the ship again, departed to the other side.

14 And they had forgotten to take bread,
neither had they in the ship with them except one loaf.

15 And He charged them saying,
Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

16 And they reasoned with one another, saying,
It is because we have no bread.

17 And Jesus having known, He says to them,
Why reason ye, because ye have no bread?
Perceive ye not yet, neither understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?

18 Having eyes, see ye not? And having ears, hear ye not? And do ye not remember?

19 When I divided the five loaves among five thousand,
how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say to Him, twelve.

20 And when the seven among four thousand,
how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

21 And He said to them,
How is it that ye do not understand?

22 [Blind man healed in Beth-saida].
And He comes to Beth-saida;
and they bring a blind man to Him, and besought Him that He might to touch him.

23 And He took the blind man by the hand,
and led him out of the town; and He having spit on his eyes,
and put His hands upon him, He asked him if he sees anyone.

24 And he having looked up, and said, I see the men as trees walking.

25 After that, He put His hands again upon his eyes,
and made Him look up: and He was restored, and saw them all clearly.

26 And He sent him away to his house, saying,
Neither Thou should enter the town, nor should tell it to anyone in the town.

27 [The Messiah is revealed by Peter].
And Jesus went out, and His disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi:
and by the way He asked His disciples, saying to them,
Who do men say that I be?

28 And they answered,
John the Baptist: but some say, Elijah;
and others, One of the prophets,

29 and He says to them,
But who say ye that I be?
But Peter answering, says to Him, Thou are the Christ[Messiah].

30 And He charged them that they should tell no man of Him.

31 [Secret until the Resurrection].
And He began to teach them, that the Son of Man must suffer many things,
and to be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and scribes,
and to be killed, and after three days to rise up.

32 And He spoke the Word openly.
And Peter took Him, and began to rebuke Him.

33 But He, having turned about, and seeing His disciples,
He rebuked Peter, saying,
Get Thee behind Me, Satan:
for Thou mind not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

34 [Take up his cross: tribulation].
And He having called in the multitude with His disciples, He said to them,
Whoever will to come after Me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow Me.

35 For whoever may wish to save his soul, shall lose it;
but whoever may wish to lose his soul for My sake and the Gospel's, the same shall save it.

36 For what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole World, and lose his own soul:

37 or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

38 For whoever may have been ashamed of Me, and of My words, in this adulterous and sinful generation;
and the Son of Man shall be ashamed of him,
when He should come in the glory of His Father with the Holy Angels.

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1 And He said to them,
Amen I say to you, that there are some of them that stand here who may not taste death, until they have seen the Kingdom of God having come with power!

2 [Transfiguration of Jesus].
And after six days, Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John,
and leads them upon a high mountain apart, alone. And He was transfigured before them.

3 And His garment became shining, exceedingly white as snow; so as no fuller on the Earth can whiten them.

4 And there appeared to them Elijah, with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

5 And Peter answering, says to Jesus,
Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three Tabernacles;
one for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

6 For he had not known what he might say: for they were greatly terrified.

7 And there came a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud,
saying, This is My beloved Son: hear Him.

8 And suddenly, they having looked around, they saw no one any more, but Jesus only with themselves.

9 Then they descending from the mountain,
He charged them that they should declare no man what things they saw, except when the Son of Man should rise from the dead.

10 And they kept that saying with themselves, discussing what is the to rise up from the dead.

11
And they asked Him, saying,
Why say the scribes that Elijah must first to come?

12 But He answering, said them,
Elijah truly coming first, and restores all things; and how it has been written concerning the Son of Man,
that He must suffer many things, and be despised.

13 But I say to you, that:
Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they would, as it has been written concerning Him!

14 [The dumb spirit].
And He having come to the disciples,
He saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes discussing with them.

15 And immediately all the multitude, when they seeing Him,
were greatly amazed, and running to Him, saluted Him.

16 And He asked the scribes, What discuss ye with them?

17 And one of the multitude answering, said,
Master, I have brought to Thee my son, who has a dumb spirit;

18 and wherever it takes him, it tears him; and he foams and gnashes with his teeth, and is withered away;
and I spoke to Thy disciples that they might cast it out, and they could not.

19 But He answering him, says, O faithless generation,
until when shall I be with you, until when shall I bear you? Bring him to Me.

20 And they brought him to Him:
and He having seen him, immediately the spirit tore him;
and he fell on the ground, and wallowed, foaming.

21 And He asked his father, How long is it since this has happened to him?
But he said, From a childhood.

22 And often it has cast him into the fire, and into the waters, that it might destroy him:
but if Thou can do anything, having compassion on us, and help us.

23 But Jesus said to him,
If Thou can believe, all things are possible to him that believing.

24 And immediately the father of the child cried out, and said with tears,
Lord, I believe; help Thou against my unbelief.

25 But Jesus, having seen that the multitude came running together,
He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,
Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge Thee, come out of him, and should enter no more into him.

26 And the spirit cried, and rent him severely, and came out of him:
and he became as dead, so that many said that he died.

27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.

28 And He entered into the house, His disciples asked Him privately,
Why could not we cast it out?

29 And He said to them, This kind can come forth by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.

30 [Prediction of Resurrection].
And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee;
and He would not that anyone should know it.

31 For He taught His disciples, and He said to them, The Son of Man is delivered into the hands of men,
and they shall kill Him; and after that He is killed, He shall rise the third day.

32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask Him.

33 [Be humble as a child].
And He came to Capernaum:
and being in the house, He asked them,
What was it that ye reasoned among yourselves by the way?

34 But they were silent: for by the way they reasoned with one another, who is the greatest.

35 And He sat down, and called the twelve, and says to them,
If anyone will to be first shall be last of all, and servant of all.

36
And He having taken a child, and set it in the middle of them:
and He having taken it in His arms, He said to them,

37 whoever may receive one of such children in My name, receives Me:
and whoever may receive Me, receives not Me, but Him who sent Me.

38
And John answered Him, saying,
Master, we saw one casting out demons in Thy name,
and he follows not us;
and we forbad him, because he follows not us.

39 But Jesus said,
Forbid him not; for there is no one who shall do a miracle in My name,
and shall be able quickly to speak evil of Me.

40 For he who is not against us, is for us.

41 For whoever may give you a cup of water to drink in My name,
because ye are of Christ[Messiah],
Amen I say to you, He should not lose his reward!

42 [Evade sin].
And whoever may cause to offend of these little ones that believing into Me,
it is better for him that a millstone is hanged about his neck,
and he has been cast into the sea.

43 And if Thy hand causes Thee to offend, cut it off:
it is better for Thee to enter into life maimed,
than having two hands to go into the Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.

44 Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. Isa 66:24

45 And if Thy foot causes Thee to offend, cut it off:
it is better for Thee to enter into life lame,
than having two feet to be cast into the Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.

46 Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. Isa 66:24

47 And if Thy eye causes Thee to offend, pluck it out:
it is better for Thee to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye,
than having two eyes, to be cast into the Gehenna fire.

48 Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. Isa 66:24

49 [Salt 2].
For every one shall with fire be salted,
and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

50 Salt is good: but if the salt may lose its saltiness,
with what shall ye season it? Have salt in yourselves,
and be at peace one with another.

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1 [Multitudes followed Him].
And He having risen from thence, and comes into the borders of Judea,
by the side beyond the Jordan:
and the multitudes resort to Him again;
and as He had accustomed, He taught them again.

2 [Follow your marriage contract 2].
And the Pharisees having come to Him, and asked Him, If it lawful for a man to put away his wife?
Tempting Him.

3 But He answering, said to them, What did Moses command you?

4 And they said, Moses allowed to write a writing of divorcement, and to put her away. Deu 24:1

5 And Jesus answering, said to them,
For the hardness of your heart, he wrote you this Commandment.

6 But from the beginning of the creation, GOD made them male and female. Gen 1:27

7 Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; Gen 2:24

8 and they two shall be one flesh: so then they are no more two, but one flesh. Gen 2:24

9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

10 And in the house His disciples asked Him again of the same matter.

11 And He says to them,
Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, commits adultery against her.

12 And if a woman may put away her husband, and may be married to another, she commits adultery.

13 [Children of the Kingdom].
And they brought to Him children, that He might touch them;
but the disciples rebuked those that brought them.

14 But Jesus, having seen it, He was much displeased, and said to them,
Allow the children to come to Me, and forbid them not: for of such is the Kingdom of God.

15 Amen I say to you, Whoever may not receive the Kingdom of God, as a child, may not enter into it!

16 And He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed them.

17 [The rich man].
And as He going forth into the way, there came one running,
and kneeled to Him, and asked Him,
Good Master, what should I do that I may inherit everlasting life?

18 But Jesus said to him, Why call Thou Me good?
None is good, except One, that is God.

19 Thou have known the Commandments,
Thou should not commit adultery, Thou should not murder, Thou should not steal,
Thou should not bear false witness, (Thou should not Defraud), Honour Thy father and Thy mother. Exo 20:3-17 Deu 5:7-21

20 But he answering, said to Him,
Master, all these have I observed from my youth.

21 But Jesus beholding him loved him, and said to him,
One thing lacks by Thee: go, sell whatever Thou have, and give to the poor,
and Thou shall have treasure in Heaven;
and come here, follow Me, having taken up the cross.

22 And He was sad at that saying,
and went away grieved: for he was holding many possessions.

23 And Jesus looked around, and says to His disciples,
How hardly shall they that having riches enter into the Kingdom of God!

24 And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus answering again, says to them,
Children, how hard is it for them that having trusted in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!

25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of the needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God!

26 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying among themselves, And who is able to be saved?

27 And Jesus looking upon them, says,
With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

28 And Peter began to say to Him, Behold, we have left all, and have followed Thee.

29 But Jesus answering, said,
Amen I say to you, There is no one that has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields,
for My sake and the Gospel's,

30 but he shall receive a hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields,
with persecutions; and in the Age[World] to come, everlasting life!

31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

32 [Third prediction of the Resurrection].
And they were in the way, going up to Jerusalem;
and Jesus was going before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid.
And He took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen to Him,

33 saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes;
and they shall condemn Him to death, and shall deliver Him to the gentiles;

34 and they shall mock Him, and shall scourge Him, and shall spit upon Him,
and shall kill Him: and the third day He shall rise up.

35 [James and John].
And James and John the sons of Zebedee come to Him, saying,
Master, we desire that whatever we may ask Thou would do for us.

36 But He said to them, What desire ye that I should do for you?

37 And they said to Him, Grant to us that we may sit,
one on Thy right hand, and one on Thy left hand, in Thy glory.

38 But Jesus said to them,
Ye have not known what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of?
And be baptized with the baptism that I baptized with?

39 And they said to Him, We can. But Jesus said to them,
Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of:
and with the baptism that I baptized with shall ye be baptized;

40 but to sit upon My right hand, and on My left, is not Mine to give;
but to them for whom it has been prepared.

41 And the ten having heard, they began to be much displeased with James and John.

42
But Jesus called them, and says to them,
Ye have known that they who are accounted to rule over the gentiles dominate over them, and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

43 But so it shall not be among you: but whoever may wish to become great among you, shall be your servant:

44 and whoever of you may wish to be chief, shall be servant of all.

45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve,
and to give His soul a ransom for many.

46 [Son of David, have mercy].
And they came to Jericho:
and as He went out of Jericho with His disciples, and a great multitude,
the blind Bar-Timaeus, (the son of Timaeus), sat by the highway begging.

47 And he having heard that He is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say,
Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me!

48 And many charged him that He should be silent: but he cried the more a great deal,
Thou Son of David, have mercy on me!

49 And standing still, Jesus said to him to be called: and they call the blind man, saying to him,
Be of good comfort, rise; He calls Thee.

50 And he, casting away his garment, having risen, and came to Jesus.

51 And answering, Jesus says to him,
What will Thou that I should do to Thee? The blind man said to Him,
Rabboni[my Master] that I may receive my sight.

52 But Jesus said to him,
Go, Thy faith has made Thee whole. And immediately he received his sight,
and followed Jesus in the way.

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1 [Triumphal entry into Jerusalem].
And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Beth-phage, and Beth-any, at the Mount of Olives,
He sends forth two of His disciples,

2 and says to them,
Go into the village opposed to you: and immediately as ye entering into it, ye shall find a colt tied,
on which never man has sat; loose him, and bring him.

3 And if anyone may say to you,
Why do ye this? Say ye that the Lord has need of him; and immediately he shall send him here.

4 And they went, and found the colt tied by the door outside, by the crossroad; and they loose him.

5 And some of them that stood there, said to them,
What do ye, loosing the colt?

6 And they said to them even as Jesus commanded; and they let them go.

7 And they brought the colt to Jesus,
and cast their garments on him; and He sat upon him.

8 And many spread their garments in the way:
and others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way.

9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna Blessed is He who coming in the name of the LORD! Psa 118:26

10 Blessed be the Kingdom of our father David, who coming in the name of the LORD! Hosanna in the highest! Psa 118:26

11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the Temple.

[Cursing the fig-tree 1].
And He having looked around on all things, it being now the hour of evening,
He went out, with the twelve to Beth-any.

12 And on the next morrow, they having come from Beth-any,
He hungered,

13 and seeing a fig-tree afar off, having leaves,
He came, if perhaps He shall find anything on it: and He having come to it,
He found nothing except leaves: for the time of figs had not yet come.

14 And Jesus answering, said to it,
Let no one eat fruit of Thee any more forever.
And His disciples heard it.

15 [Cleansing of the Temple].
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the Temple,
and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the Temple,
and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

16 and would not allow that anyone should carry a vessel through the Temple.

17 And He taught, saying to them, Has it not been written,
My House shall be called a House of Prayer by all nations? But ye have made it a den of robbers. Isa 56:7 Jer 7:11

18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they shall destroy Him: for they feared Him,
because all the multitude were astonished at His doctrine.

19 And when evening came, He went out of the city.

20 [Cursing the fig-tree 2].
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.

21 And Peter having reminded, says to Him,
Rabbi, behold, the fig-tree which Thou cursed is withered.

22 And Jesus answering, says to them, Have faith of God.

23 For Amen I say to you, that whoever may say to this mountain,
be Thou removed, and be Thou cast into the sea;
and should not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things which He says;
it shall be; he shall have whatever he may say!

24 Therefore I say to you,
Whatever things ye ask when ye praying,
believe that ye receive them, and it shall be to you.

25 And when ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against anyone:
that also your Father who is in the Heavens may forgive you your trespasses.

26 But if ye do not forgive,
neither shall your Father who is in the Heavens forgive your trespasses.

27 [Authority of Jesus questioned].
And they come again to Jerusalem: and as He is walking in the Temple,
there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

28 and say to Him,
By what authority do Thou these things?
And who gave Thee this authority that Thou should do these things?

29 But Jesus answering, He said to them, I also shall ask you one thing; and answer Me,
and I shall tell you by what authority I do these things.

30 The baptism of John, was it from Heaven, or from men? Answer Me.

31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying,
If we should say, From Heaven; He shall say, Why then did ye not believe him?

32 But if we should say, from men; they feared the people: for all held John that he was indeed a prophet.

33 And they answering, says to Jesus, We have not known.
And Jesus answering, says to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

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1 [Parable of the wicked husbandmen].
And He began to speak to them by parables. A certain Man planted a vineyard,
and set a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a Tower,
and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

2 And at the season He sent to the husbandmen a servant,
that He might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

3 And they having taken him, and beat him and sent him away empty.

4 And again, He sent to them another servant:
and at him they having cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

5 And again He sent another;
and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

6 Having yet therefore one Son,
His beloved, He sent Him also last to them, saying, They shall be reverenced My Son.

7 But those husbandmen said among themselves,
This is the heir; come, let us kill Him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

8 And they having taken Him, and killed Him, and cast Him out of the vineyard.

9 What then shall the Lord of the vineyard do?
He shall come and destroy the husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others.

10 Have ye not read this Scripture;
The stone which the builders rejected,
for this has become the head of the corner. Psa 118:22

11 This came from the LORD,
and it is marvellous in our eyes? Psa 118:23

12 And they sought to lay hold on Him, and feared the multitude;
for they knew that He spoke the parable against them: and they left Him, and departed.

13 [Tribute to Caesar].
And they sent to Him some of the Pharisees, and of the Herodians,
to catch Him in His words.

14 And they having come, they say to Him,
Master, we have known that Thou are true,
and care for no one: for Thou regard not the face of men,
but teach the way of God in truth:
Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

15 Shall we give, or shall we give not?
But He, knowing their hypocrisy,
said to them, Why tempt ye Me?
Bring Me a denarius, that I may see it.

16 And they brought it: and He says to them,
Whose is this image and superscription?
And they said to Him, Caesar's.

17 And Jesus answering, said to them,
Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's,
and to God the things that are God's.
And they marvelled at Him.

18 [Question about the resurrection].
And to Him come the Sadducees, who say there be no resurrection;
and they asked Him, saying,

19 Master, Moses wrote to us, If anyone's brother may die, and may leave his wife,
and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise seed to his brother. Deu 25:5

20 Now there were seven brothers:
and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he seed:
and the third likewise.

22 And the seven took her, and left no seed:
last of all the woman also died.

23 In the resurrection therefore, when they may rise, whose wife shall she be of them?
For the seven had her for a wife.

24 And Jesus answering, said to them,
Are ye in this not gone astray, for ye not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

25 For when they may rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage;
but are as the Angels who are in Heavens.

26 And concerning the dead that they are raised; have ye not read in the Book of Moses,
as at the bush God spoke to him, saying,
I AM the God of Abraham,
and the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob? Exo 3:6

27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living:
ye therefore are greatly gone astray.

28 [The Great Commandment].
And one of the scribes having come, and having heard them discussing,
knowing that He had answered them well, and asked Him,
Which is the first Commandment of all?

29 But Jesus answered him,
The first of all the Commandments is, Hear, Israel, the LORD our God is One LORD. Deu 6:4

30 And Thou shall love the LORD Thy God with all Thy heart and with all Thy soul, and with all Thy strength.
This is the first Commandment. Deu 6:5

31 And the second is like it, Thou shall love Thy neighbour as thyself.
There is no other Commandment greater than these. Lev 19:18

32 And the scribe said to Him,
Well, Master, Thou have said the truth: for there is One GOD; and there is no other but He. Deu 4:35

33 And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength,
and to love the neighbour as himself, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices. Lev 19:18

34 And Jesus, having seen him that he answered discreetly, He said to him,
Thou are not far from the Kingdom of God. And no one dared to ask Him any more questions.

35 [Son of David?].
And Jesus answering, saying, while He taught in the Temple,
How say the scribes that the Christ[Messiah] is the Son of David?

36 For David himself said by the Holy Spirit,
The LORD said to my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand,
until I make Thy enemies Thy stool of Thy feet. Psa 110:1

37 David therefore himself calls Him Lord, and whence is He then his Son? Psa 110:1
And the great multitude heard Him gladly.

38 [Woes of the Pharisees].
And He said to them in His doctrine,
Beware of the scribes, who desiring to go in long robes, and like greetings in the markets.

39 And the chief seat in the synagogues, and the best seat at suppers.

40 Who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence making long prayers: these shall receive more abundant judgment.

41 [The poor widow].
And Jesus sat opposed to the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast bronze into the treasury:
and many that were rich cast in much.

42 And there came one poor widow, and she threw in two lepta, which is a quadrans.

43 And He called His disciples, and says to them,
Amen I say to you, that this poor widow has cast in more, than all they who have cast into the treasury!

44 For all they cast in of their abounding: but she of her want cast in all that she had, all her living.

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1 [End of the Temple, Great Tribulation and the second coming].
And as He was going out of the Temple,
one of His disciples says to Him, Master, behold what manner of stones, and what manner of buildings!

2 And Jesus answering, said to him, See Thou these great buildings?
There may not be left a stone upon a stone, that may not be thrown down.

3 And as He sat upon the Mount of Olives, opposed to the Temple,
Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, asked Him privately,

4 Tell us, when shall these things be? And what should be the sign when all these things are be finished?

5 But Jesus answering them,
began to say, Take heed lest anyone may deceived you:

6 for many shall come in My name,
saying, I AM; and shall deceive many. Mat 24:5

7 But when ye may hear of wars, and reports of wars, be ye not troubled:
for such things must necessarily be; but it is not yet the end.

8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be earthquakes in diverse places,
and there shall be famines, and troubles: these are the beginnings of pangs.

9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten:
and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them.

10 And the Gospel must first be preached among all nations.

11 But when they may lead you, and deliver you up,
be not anxious beforehand what ye should speak, neither do ye premeditate:
but whatever may be given you in that hour, that speak ye. For ye are not that speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

12 But a brother shall deliver up a brother to death,
and a father his child: and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death.

13 And ye shall be being hated by all for My name's sake.
But he who having endured to the end, he shall be saved.

14 But when ye may see the Abomination of Desolation, was spoken by Daniel the prophet,
standing where it ought not, (let him who reading understand), Dan 9:27 Dan 11:31 Dan 12:11 Mat 24:15
then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains:

15 but he who is on the roof, let him not go down into the house,
neither enter it, to take anything out of his house:

16 and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his garment.

17 But woe to them that are pregnant, and to them that nurse infants in those days!

18 But pray ye that your flight may not be not in a winter.

19 For in those days shall be Tribulation,
such as has not been from the beginning of creation which GOD created until now, nor ever should be.

20 And except the Lord has shortened those days, no flesh would be saved:
but for the elects' sake, whom He has chosen, He has shortened the days.

21 And then, if anyone may say to you,
Behold here is the Christ[Messiah]; or Behold there; ye should not believe.

22 For false Christs shall arise, and false prophets, and shall give signs and wonders;
to seduce, if possible even the elects.

23 But take ye heed: behold, I have said you before all things.

24 But in those days, after that Tribulation,
the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

25 and the stars of Heaven shall be falling, and the powers that are in Heavens shall be shaken.

26 And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. Dan 7:13

27 And then He shall send His Angels, and shall assemble His elects from the four winds,
from the ends of the Earth to the uttermost part of Heaven.

28 [Parable of the budding fig-tree].
Now learn a parable of the fig-tree;
When her branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

29 so also ye, when ye may see these things come to pass, know that it is near: at the doors.

30 Amen I say to you, that this generation should not pass away, until all these things should come to pass!

31
The Heaven and the Earth shall pass away, but My words should not pass away.

32 But of that day and the hour has known by no one,
not the Angels which are in Heaven, neither the Son, except the Father.

33 [Parable of the faithful servant].
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye have not known when the time is.

34 As a Man taking a long journey, who left His house,
and giving authority to His servants, and to every man His work;
and commanded the porter to watch.

35 Watch therefore; for ye have not known when the Lord of the house comes,
at evening, or at midnight, or at a cock-crowing, or in the morning:

36 lest coming suddenly, He should find you sleeping.

37 And what I say to you, I say to all, Watch!

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1 [Plot to kill].
After two days was the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread:
and the chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might take Him by guile, and they might kill Him.

2 But they said, Not on the Festival, lest there shall be tumult of the people.

3 [Ointment of Jesus].
And being in Beth-any, in the house of Simon the leper,
as He sat at table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment,
(of spikenard, very precious); and she broke the box, and poured it on His head.

4 And there were some that were indignant within themselves,
and said, Why was this waste of the ointment has been made?

5 For it could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii,
and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

6 But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? She has wrought a good work on Me.

7 For ye have the poor with you always,
and when ye may wish ye do them well: but Me ye have not always.

8 She did what she could: she came beforehand to anoint My body for the burial.

9 Amen I say to you, Wherever this Gospel may be preached in the whole World,
also that she has done shall be spoken, for a memorial of her!

10 [Blood money for Judas].
And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, that he might betray Him to them.

11 But when they having heard, they rejoiced, and promised to give him money.
And he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.

12 [Last Supper].
And the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover, Exo 12:5-6
His disciples say to Him, Where will Thou that we go and prepare, that Thou may eat the Passover?

13 And He sends two of His disciples, and says to them,
Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.

14 And wherever he may go in, say ye to the housemaster, The Master says,
Where is the guest-chamber, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?

15 And he shall show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there prepare for us.

16 And His disciples went, and came into the city,
and found as He said to them: and they prepared the Passover.

17 And becoming evening, He comes with the twelve.

18 And as they reclining, and were eating, Jesus said,
Amen I say to you, One of you who eats with Me, shall betray Me!

19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to Him one by one, Is it I?
And another said, Is it I?

20 But He answering, said to them,
It is one of the twelve that dips with Me in the dish.

21 Indeed the Son of Man goes, as it has been written concerning Him:
but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed!
Good were it if he was never born for that man!

22
And as they were eating, Jesus having taken bread,
and having blessed, and broke it, and gave to them,
and said, Take, eat; this is My body.

23 And He having taken the cup, and when He having given thanks,
He gave it to them: and they all drank of it.

24 And He said to them,
This is My blood of the New Covenant, which being shed for many.

25 Amen I say to you, I should drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new in the Kingdom of God!

26 [Gethsemane].
And they having sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

27 And Jesus says to them, All ye shall be offended at Me this night: for it has been written,
I shall smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. Zec 13:7

28 But after that I be risen, I shall go before you into Galilee.

29 But Peter said to Him, And if all shall be offended, but yet shall not I.

30 And Jesus says to him,
Amen I say to Thee, that today, in this night,
before a cock crow twice, Thou shall deny Me thrice!

31 But He spoke the more vehemently, If I should die with Thee,
I shall not deny Thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

32
And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane[Oil press]:
and He says to His disciples, Sit ye here, while I should pray.

33 And He takes with Him Peter, and James, and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and to be distressed;

34 and says to them, my soul is very sorrowful to death: abide ye here, and watch.

35 And He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed:
that if it is possible, the hour might pass from Him.

36 And He said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to Thee; take away this cup from Me: but not what I will, but what Thou will.

37 And He comes, and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Simon, sleep Thou? Could Thou not for one hour to watch?

38 Watch and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is willing, but the flesh is weak.

39 And again He went away, and prayed, and having said the same speech.

40 [Arrest of Jesus].
And He having returned, He found them sleeping again (for their eyes were heavy):
neither they had known what they might answer Him.

41 And He comes the third time, and says to them,
Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour has come;
behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

42
Rise, let us go; behold, he who betraying Me has drawn near.

43 And immediately while He was yet speaking, comes Judas, being one of the twelve,
and with him a great multitude with swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders.

44 And he who betraying Him, had given them a sign,
saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, it is He; take Him, and lead Him away safely.

45 And he having come, immediately, having come near Him,
and says, Rabbi, Rabbi; and kissed Him.

46 And they laid their hands on Him, and took Him.

47 And one of them that stood by drew the sword, and smote the servant of the High Priest, and cut off his ear.

48 And Jesus answering, said to them,
Have ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and with sticks to take Me?

49 I was daily with you in the Temple, teaching, and ye took Me not: but the Scriptures should be fulfilled.

50 And they all forsook Him, and fled.

51 And one certain young man was following Him, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body;
and the young men laid hold on him.

52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

53 [By Caiaphas].
And they led Jesus away to the High Priest:
and there come together with him all the chief priests, and the elders and the scribes.

54 And Peter followed Him afar off, even into the palace of the High Priest:
and he was sitting with the servants, and warmed himself at the light.

55 And the chief priests, and all the council sought for testimony against Jesus,
to put Him to death; and found none.

56 For many bore false testimony against Him, and their testimonies were not alike.

57 And some having risen up, were bearing false testimony against Him, saying,

58 We heard Him saying, I shall destroy this Sanctuary that is made with hands,
and by three days I shall build another made without hands.

59 And neither so was their testimony alike.

60 And the High Priest rising up in the middle, and asked Jesus,
saying, Answer Thou nothing? What is it which these testify against Thee?

61 But He was silent, and answered nothing.
Again the High Priest asked Him, and says to Him,
Are Thou the Christ[Messiah], the Son of the Blessed?

62 But Jesus said, I AM: and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting upon the right hand of the power;
and coming on the clouds of Heaven. Dan 7:13

63 Then the High Priest having rent his clothes, and says, What need we any further witnesses?

64 Ye heard the blasphemy; how seems it to you? And they all condemned Him to be liable of death.

65 And some began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to buffet Him, and to say to Him,
Prophesy: and the servants struck Him with the palms.

66 [Peter's denial].
And as Peter being below in the palace, there comes one of the maid-servants of the High Priest:

67 and she having seen Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and says,
And Thou also were with Jesus the Nazarene.

68 But he denied, saying,
I have not known, neither do I understand what Thou say. And he went out into the porch; and a cock crowed.

69 And the maid-servant having seen him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.

70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter,
Truly Thou are one of them: for Thou are also a Galilean, and Thy speech agrees.

71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I have not known this Man of whom ye speak.

72 And the second time a cock crowed.
And Peter was reminded the saying that Jesus said to him,
Before a cock crow twice, Thou shall deny Me thrice!
And he having thought on it, he wept.

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1 [By Pilate].
And immediately in the morning the chief priests held a consultation,
with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, and bound Jesus,
and carried Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.

2 And Pilate asked Him,
Are Thou the King of the Jews?
But He answering, said to him, Thou say.

3 And the chief priests accused Him of many things: but He answered nothing. Isa 53:7

4 But Pilate asked Him again, saying,
Answer Thou nothing? Behold how many things they testify against Thee.

5 But Jesus yet answered nothing: so that it to marvel Pilate.

6 [Barabbas and Crucifixion of Jesus].
Now at that Festival he released to them one prisoner, whom they desired.

7 And there was one who being called Barabbas,
who lay bound with the insurgents, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

8 And the multitude crying aloud, began to desire him to do as he had always done to them.

9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I should release to you the King of the Jews?

10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him for envy.

11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude that he might rather release Barabbas to them.

12 But Pilate answering, said again to them,
What then will ye that I should do to Him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

13 And they cried out again, Crucify Him!

14 But Pilate said to them, For what evil has He done?
And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify Him!

15 But Pilate, willing to content the multitude, released Barabbas to them,
and he having scourged Jesus, delivered Him that He might be crucified.

16
And the soldiers led Him away into the hall, which is the Praetorium[judgment-hall];
and they call together the whole band.

17 And they clothe Him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it on Him,

18 and began to salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews!

19 And they struck Him on the head with a reed, and spit upon Him,
and bowing their knees, worshiped Him.

20 And when they mocked Him, they stripped the purple from Him,
and put His own garments on Him, and lead Him out, that they might crucify Him.

21 And they constrain one Simon, a Cyrenian,
who passing by, coming from a field,
the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he might bear His cross.

22 And they bring Him to the place Golgotha, which is being translated, The place of a skull.

23 And they gave Him to drink, wine mingled with myrrh: but He received it not.

24 And they having crucified Him, they divided His garments,
casting a lot upon them, what every man should take. Psa 22:18

25 And it was the third hour[circa 9 AM], and they crucified Him.

26 And the superscription of His accusation was written over, the King of the Jews.

27 And with Him they crucify two robbers,
the one on His right, and one on His left.

28 And the Scripture was fulfilled, which saying,
And He was counted with transgressors. Isa 53:12

29 And they that passed by blasphemed, on Him, shaking their heads,
and saying, Aha, that destroy the Sanctuary, and build Him in three days,

30 save Thyself, and come down from the cross.

31 And likewise also the chief priests mocking, said among one another with the scribes,
He saved others, He cannot save Himself.

32 Let the Christ[Messiah] the King of Israel now come down from the cross,
that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with Him, reviled Him.

33
And the sixth hour [noon] having come, there came darkness over all the Earth, until the ninth hour[circa 3 PM].

34 And at the ninth hour[circa 3 PM] Jesus cried with a great voice,
saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama, sabachthani? Which is, being translated,
My God, my God, why have Thou forsaken Me? Psa 22:1

35 And some of them that stood by, when they having heard it, said,
Behold, He calls Elijah.

36 And one having run and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink,
saying, Let alone; let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.

37 But Jesus cried with a great voice, and expired.

38 And the veil of the Sanctuary was rent in two, from the top to the bottom.

39 And the centurion who stood opposed to Him, having seen that He so cried out, and expired,
He said, Truly this man was the Son of God!

40 There were also women looking on afar off, among whom was Mary Magdalene,
and Mary: (the mother of James the Less, and of Joses), and Salome;

41 (who also, when He was in Galilee, followed Him, and served Him);
and many other women who came with Him to Jerusalem.

42 [Buried in the Tomb].
And now, becoming evening, (because it was the preparation, which is, the day before the [annual] Sabbath).

43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, who himself was also waiting for the Kingdom of God,
came, and boldly went in to Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

44 But Pilate marvelled if He has already died: and calling the centurion,
he asked him if it was long ago He died.

45 And he having known from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

46 And he bought fine linen, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen,
and laid Him in a Tomb which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the Tomb.

47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, beheld where He is laid.

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1 [Resurrection of Jesus].
And the Sabbath having past, Mary Magdalene,
and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him.

2 And very early on the First of the Weeks, they came to the Tomb at the rising of the sun: Lev 23:15-16

3 and they said among themselves,
Who shall roll away for us the stone from the door of the Tomb?

4 And they having looked, they see that the stone has been rolled away for it was very great.

5 And entering into the Tomb,
they saw a young man sitting upon the right side, clothed in a long white robe; and they were frightened.

6 And he says to them,
Be not frightened: ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified: He was raised;
He is not here: behold the place where they laid Him:

7 but go, tell His disciples and Peter, that He goes before you into Galilee:
there shall ye see Him, as He said to you.

8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the Tomb; for they trembled, and were amazed:
and they told no one, not a thing; for they were afraid.

9
Now after having risen, early on the first of the week He appeared first to Mary Magdalene,
of whom He had cast out seven demons.

10 She went and told them that having been with Him, as they mourned and weeping.

11 And they, having heard that He was alive, and was seen by her, believed not.

12 And after that, He appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking and going into a field.

13 And they went and told it to the others: neither believed they them.

14 Afterward He appeared to the eleven, as they reclining at table, and reproached their unbelief,
and hardness of heart, because they believed not them who having seen Him after He having been raised.

15 [The Great Commission].
And He said to them, Having gone into all the World, and preach the Gospel to all the creation.

16 He who having believed and having been baptized shall be saved;
but he who having disbelieved shall be condemned.

17 And these signs shall attain them that believing:
In My name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak in new tongues;

18 they shall take up serpents; even if they may drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them;
they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall be well.

19 [Ascension of Jesus].
So then after the Lord spoke to them,
He was taken up into Heaven, and sat upon the right hand of God. Psa 110:1

20 And they went forth, and preached everywhere,
the Lord working together with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen!