Mark 1-8

21st Century King James Version

1 The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

² As it is written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way before Thee.”

³ “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.’”

⁴ John baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

⁵ And there went out unto him all the land of Judea and those of Jerusalem; and they 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 ate locusts and wild honey.

⁷ And he preached, saying, “There cometh after me One mightier than I, the strap of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

⁸ I indeed have baptized you with water, but He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.”

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

¹⁰ And straightway coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him.

¹¹ And there came a voice from Heaven, saying, “Thou Art My Beloved Son, In Whom I Am Well Pleased.”

¹² And immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.

¹³ And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto Him.

¹⁴ Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God

¹⁵ and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent ye and believe the Gospel.”

¹⁶ Now as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers.

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

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

¹⁹ And when He had gone a little farther thence, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.

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

²¹ And they went into Capernaum, and straightway on the Sabbath day He entered into the synagogue and taught.

²² And they were astonished at His doctrine, for He taught them as one who had 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, “Let us alone. What have we to do with Thee, Thou Jesus of Nazareth? Hast Thou come to destroy us? I know Thee and who Thou art — the Holy One of God!”

²⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Hold thy peace, and come out of him!”

²⁶ And when the unclean spirit had torn him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him.

²⁷ And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What thing is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority he commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

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

²⁹ And forthwith when they had come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

³⁰ But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and at once they told Him of her.

³¹ And He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

³² And at evening, when the sun had set, they brought unto Him all who were diseased and those who were possessed with devils.

³³ And all the city was gathered together at the door.

³⁴ And He healed many who were sick with divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and He suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew Him.

³⁵ And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

³⁶ And Simon and those who were with Him followed after Him.

³⁷ And when they had found Him, they said unto Him, “All men seek for Thee.”

³⁸ And He said unto them, “Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also; for therefore came I forth.”

³⁹ And He preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.

⁴⁰ And there came a leper to Him, beseeching Him and kneeling down to Him and saying unto Him, “If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean.”

⁴¹ And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth His hand and touched him, and said unto him, “I will; be thou clean.”

⁴² And as soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

⁴³ And He strictly charged him, and forthwith sent him away,

⁴⁴ saying unto him, “See that thou say nothing to any man; but go thy way, show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, as a testimony unto them.”

⁴⁵ But he went out and began to proclaim it much and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, and was outside in desert places. And they came to Him from every quarter.

2 And again He entered into Capernaum some days later, and it was reported that He was in the house.

² And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not even about the door; and He preached the Word unto them.

³ And they came unto Him, bringing one sick with the palsy, who was borne by four.

⁴ And when they could not come nigh unto Him because of the throng, they uncovered the roof where He was. And when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the one sick with the palsy lay.

⁵ When Jesus saw their faith, He said unto the one sick with the palsy, “Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.”

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

⁷ “Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?”

⁸ And immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, He said unto them, “Why reason ye these things in your hearts:

⁹ whether it is easier to say to the sick with the palsy, ‘Thy sins are forgiven thee,’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up thy bed and walk’?

¹⁰ But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins—” He said to the one sick with the palsy,

¹¹ “I say unto thee, arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.”

¹² And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all, insomuch that they all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw it in this fashion!”

¹³ And He went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them.

¹⁴ And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the custom booth, and said unto him, “Follow Me.” And he arose and followed Him.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat at Levi’s house, that many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him.

¹⁶ And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with publicans and sinners, they said unto His disciples, “How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?”

¹⁷ When Jesus heard it, He said unto them, “They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

¹⁸ And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast; and they came and said unto Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?”

¹⁹ And Jesus said unto them, “Can the attendants of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

²⁰ But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

²¹ “No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment, else the new piece that filled it up teareth away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

²² And no man putteth new wine into old wineskins, else the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is spilled and the skins will be marred. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”

²³ And it came to pass that He went through the cornfields on the Sabbath day; and His disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

²⁴ And the Pharisees said unto Him, “Behold, why do they do on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful?”

²⁵ And He said unto them, “Have ye never read what David did when he was in need and hungered, he and they that were with him?

²⁶ How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave it also to those who were with him?”

²⁷ And He said unto them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

²⁸ Therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.”

3 And He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand.

² And they watched Him to see whether He would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse Him.

³ And He said unto the man who had the withered hand, “Stand forth.”

⁴ And He said unto them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill?” But they held their peace.

⁵ And when He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said unto the man, “Stretch forth thine hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored whole as the other.

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

⁷ 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, and from beyond the Jordan. And those from around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things He did, came unto Him.

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

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

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

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

¹³ And He went up onto a mountain, and called unto Him whom He would have, and they came unto 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 sicknesses and to cast out devils:

¹⁶ Simon (He surnamed Peter);

¹⁷ and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (and He surnamed them Boanerges, which means The Sons of Thunder);

¹⁸ and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thadaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house;

²⁰ and the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

²¹ And when His friends heard of it, 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 hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils.”

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

²⁴ And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

²⁵ And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

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

²⁷ No man can enter into a strong man’s house and despoil his goods, unless he will first bind the strong man; and then he will despoil his house.

²⁸ “Verily I say unto you, all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men and blasphemies, however they shall blaspheme;

²⁹ but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation”;

³⁰ because they said, “He hath an unclean spirit.”

³¹ There came then His brethren and His mother, and standing outside they sent unto Him, calling Him.

³² And the multitude sat about Him, and they said unto Him, “Behold, thy mother and thy brethren outside seek for thee.”

³³ And He answered them, saying, “Who is My mother, or My brethren?”

³⁴ And He looked round about on those who sat about Him and said, “Behold, My mother and My brethren.

³⁵ For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is My brother, and My sister, and mother.”

4 And He began again to teach by the seaside. And there was gathered unto Him a great multitude, so that He entered into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

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

³ “Hearken! Behold, there went out a sower to sow.

⁴ And it came to pass as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

⁵ And some fell on stony ground where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth.

⁶ But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

⁷ And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

⁸ And other fell on good ground; and it yielded fruit that sprang up and increased and brought forth: some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundredfold.”

⁹ And He said unto them, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁰ And when He was alone, those who were about Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.

¹¹ And He said unto them, “Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God; but unto them that are without, 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 at any time they should be converted and their sins should be forgiven them.’”

¹³ And He said unto them, “Know you not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables?

¹⁴ The sower soweth the Word.

¹⁵ And these are they by the wayside, where the Word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately and taketh away the Word that was sown in their hearts.

¹⁶ And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground who, when they have heard the Word, immediately receive it with gladness;

¹⁷ but they have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the Word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

¹⁸ And these are they which are sown among thorns, such as hear the Word,

¹⁹ but the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becometh unfruitful.

²⁰ And these are they which are sown on good ground, such as hear the Word and receive it and bring forth fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

²¹ And He said unto them, “Is a candle brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick?

²² For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should be revealed.

²³ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.”

²⁴ And He said unto them, “Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you; and unto you that hear shall more be given.

²⁵ For he that hath, to him shall be given; and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.”

²⁶ 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 up and grow, he knoweth not how.

²⁸ For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself: first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

²⁹ But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.”

³⁰ And He said, “To what shall we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it?

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

³² But when it is sown, it groweth up and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.”

³³ And with many such parables He spoke the Word unto them, as they were able to hear it;

³⁴ but without a parable spoke He not unto them. And when they were alone, He expounded all things to His disciples.

³⁵ And that same day, when the evening had come, He said unto them, “Let us pass over unto the other side.”

³⁶ And when they had sent away the multitude, they took Him even as He was in the boat; and there were also with Him other little boats.

³⁷ And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was now full.

³⁸ But He was in the hind part of the boat, asleep on a pillow; and they awoke Him and said unto Him, “Master, carest thou not that we perish?”

³⁹ And He arose, and rebuked the wind and said unto the sea, “Peace, be still.” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

⁴⁰ And He said unto them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?”

⁴¹ And they feared exceedingly and said one to another, “What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

5 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

² And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him from out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

³ who had his dwelling among the tombs. And no man could bind him, no, not even with chains,

⁴ because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him and the fetters broken in pieces; neither could any man tame him.

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

⁶ But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped Him,

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

⁸ For He had said unto him, “Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.”

⁹ And Jesus 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 nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

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

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

¹⁴ And those who fed the swine fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And the people went out to see what it was that had been done.

¹⁵ And they came to Jesus, and saw him that had been possessed by the devil and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

¹⁶ And those who saw it told the people what had befallen him that was possessed by the devil, and also concerning the swine.

¹⁷ And they began to pray Him to depart from their borders.

¹⁸ And when He had gotten into the boat, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed Him that he might be with Him.

¹⁹ But Jesus suffered him not, and said unto him, “Go home to thy friends, and tell them what great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how He hath had compassion on thee.”

²⁰ And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him. And all men marveled.

²¹ And when Jesus had passed over again by boat unto the other side, many people gathered unto Him; and He was nigh unto the sea.

²² And behold, there came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw Him, he fell at His feet

²³ and besought Him greatly, saying, “My little daughter lieth at the point of death. I pray Thee, come and lay Thy hands on her, that she may be healed, and she shall live.”

²⁴ And Jesus went with him, and many people followed Him and thronged Him.

²⁵ And a certain woman who had an issue of blood twelve years,

²⁶ and had suffered many things under many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse,

²⁷ when she had heard of Jesus, came up behind Him in the press of the crowd and touched His garment;

²⁸ for she said, “If I may touch but His clothes, I shall be whole.”

²⁹ And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

³⁰ And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that virtue had gone out of Him, turned about in the press of the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”

³¹ And His disciples said unto Him, “Thou seest the multitude thronging Thee, and sayest Thou, ‘Who touched Me?’”

³² And He looked round about to see her who had done this thing.

³³ But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done in her, came and fell down before Him and told Him all the truth.

³⁴ And He said unto her, “Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. Go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.”

³⁵ While He yet spoke, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain ones who said, “Thy daughter is dead; why troublest thou the master any further?”

³⁶ As soon as Jesus heard the word that had been spoken, He said unto the ruler of the synagogue, “Be not afraid; only believe.”

³⁷ And He suffered no man to follow Him, save Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

³⁸ And He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult and those who wept and wailed greatly.

³⁹ And when He had come in, He said unto them, “Why make ye this ado and weep? The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.”

⁴⁰ And they laughed Him to scorn. But when He had put them all out, He took the father and the mother of the damsel and those who were with Him, and entered in where the damsel was lying.

⁴¹ And He took the damsel by the hand and said unto her, “Talitha cumi,” which is, being interpreted, “Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.”

⁴² And straightway the damsel arose and walked, for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.

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

6 And He went out from thence and came into His own country, and His disciples followed Him.

² And when the Sabbath day had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, “From whence hath this man these things? And what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the 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 unto them, “A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.”

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

⁶ And He marveled because of their unbelief. And He went round about the villages teaching.

⁷ And He called unto Him the twelve, and began to send them forth two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits,

⁸ and commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only — no wallet, no bread, and no money in their purse,

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

¹⁰ And He said unto them, “In whatever place ye enter into a house, there abide until ye depart from that place.

¹¹ And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that city.”

¹² And they went out and preached that men should repent.

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

¹⁴ And King Herod heard of Him, for His name was spread abroad. And he said, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and therefore these mighty works show forth themselves in him.”

¹⁵ Others said, “It is Elijah,” and others said, “It is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”

¹⁶ But when Herod heard of it, he said, “It is John, whom I beheaded; he is risen from the dead.”

¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and had bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; for he had married her.

¹⁸ For John had said unto Herod, “It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.”

¹⁹ Therefore Herodias had an inward grudge against him and would have killed him, but she could not;

²⁰ for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and holy, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

²¹ And when a convenient day had come, when Herod on his birthday gave a supper for his lords, high officers, and chief officials of Galilee,

²² and when the daughter of the said Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, “Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it to thee.”

²³ And he swore unto her, “Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it to thee, unto the half of my kingdom.”

²⁴ And she went forth and said unto her mother, “What shall I ask?” And Herodias said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

²⁵ And she came back straightway with haste unto the king and asked, saying, “I will that thou give me at once on a charger the head of John the Baptist.”

²⁶ And the king was exceedingly sorry, yet for his oath’s sake and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her.

²⁷ And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded John’s head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in prison,

²⁸ and brought his head on a charger and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.

²⁹ And when John’s disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb.

³⁰ And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.

³¹ And He said unto 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, even so much as to eat.

³² And they departed into a desert place by boat privately.

³³ And the people saw them departing, and many recognized Him and ran thither on foot out of all the cities and outdistanced them, and came together unto Him.

³⁴ And Jesus, when He came out, saw many people and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

³⁵ And when the day was now far spent, His disciples came unto Him and said, “This is a desert place, and now the day is far spent.

³⁶ Send them away, that they may go into the country round about and into the villages and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”

³⁷ He answered and said unto them, “Give ye them to eat.” And they said to Him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread and give them to eat?”

³⁸ He said unto them, “How many loaves have ye? Go and see.” And when they knew, they said, “Five, and two fishes.”

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

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

⁴¹ And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, He looked up to Heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and He divided the two fishes 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 those who ate of the loaves were about five thousand men.

⁴⁵ And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the boat, and go to the other side before Him unto Bethsaida, while He sent away the people.

⁴⁶ And when He had sent them away, He departed onto a mountain to pray.

⁴⁷ And when evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea; and He was alone on the land.

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

⁴⁹ But when they saw Him walking upon the sea, they supposed it was a spirit and cried out,

⁵⁰ for they all saw Him and were troubled. And immediately He talked with them, and said unto them, “Be of good cheer! It is I; be not afraid.”

⁵¹ And He went up unto them and into the boat, and the wind ceased. And they were sore amazed within themselves beyond measure and wondered,

⁵² for they had considered not the miracle of the loaves, as their hearts were hardened.

⁵³ And when they had crossed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

⁵⁴ And when they had come out of the boat, straightway the people recognized Him,

⁵⁵ and ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry on beds those who were sick to where they heard He was.

⁵⁶ And whithersoever He entered, into villages or cities or the country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought Him that they might touch even the border of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made whole.

7 Then came together unto Him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem.

² And when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled (that is to say, unwashed) hands, they found fault.

³ For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat, unless they wash their hands oft, holding to the tradition of the elders.

⁴ And when they come from the market, they eat not unless they wash; and there are many other customs which they have received and hold to, as the washing of cups, pots, brazen vessels and of tables.

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

⁶ He answered and said unto them, “Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

⁷ Therefore, in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.’

⁸ For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold to the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups, and many other like things ye do.”

⁹ And He said unto them, “Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

¹⁰ For Moses said, ‘Honor thy father and thy mother,’ and, ‘Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death.’

¹¹ But ye say that if a man shall say to his father or mother, ‘It is Corban’ (that is to say, a gift of whatsoever thou mightest have profited from me), he shall be freed;

¹² and ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother,

¹³ thus making the Word of God of no effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered. And many like things do ye.”

¹⁴ And when He had called all the people unto Him, He said unto them, “Hearken unto 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 which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

¹⁶ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.”

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

¹⁸ And He said unto them, “Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive that whatsoever thing from outside entereth into a man, it cannot defile him,

¹⁹ because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly and goeth out into the drain, thereby purging all meats?”

²⁰ And He said, “That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

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

²² thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

²³ all these evil things come from within and defile the man.”

²⁴ And from thence He arose and went into the region of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know about 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, a Syrophoenician by nation, and she besought Him that He would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

²⁷ But Jesus said unto her, “Let the children first be filled, for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and to cast it unto the dogs.”

²⁸ And she answered and said unto Him, “Yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.”

²⁹ And He said unto her, “For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.”

³⁰ And when she had come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

³¹ And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came unto the Sea of Galilee through the midst of the region of Decapolis.

³² And they brought unto Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they besought Him to put His hand upon him.

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

³⁴ And looking up to Heaven, He sighed and said unto him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

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

³⁶ And He charged them that they should tell no man. But the more He charged them, the more widely they proclaimed it

³⁷ and were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.”

8 In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples unto Him and said unto them,

² “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

³ And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; for divers of them came from afar.”

⁴ And His disciples answered Him, “From whence can a man satisfy 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 people to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke, and gave to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the people.

⁷ And they had a few small fishes, and He blessed them and commanded to set them also before them.

⁸ So they ate and were filled; and they took up of the broken meat that was left, seven baskets.

⁹ And those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away.

¹⁰ And straightway He entered into a boat with His disciples and came into the region of Dalmanutha.

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

¹² And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say unto you, there shall no sign be given unto this generation.”

¹³ And He left them and, entering into the boat again, departed to the other side.

¹⁴ Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the boat with them more than 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 among themselves, saying, “It is because we have no bread.”

¹⁷ And when Jesus knew it, He said unto them, “Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive, nor 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 broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?” They said unto 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 unto them, “How is it that ye do not understand?”

²² And He came to Bethsaida, and they brought a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him.

²³ And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands upon him, He asked him if he saw anything.

²⁴ And he looked up and said, “I see 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 every man clearly.

²⁶ And He sent him away to his house, saying, “Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.”

²⁷ And Jesus went out with His disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, saying unto them, “Who do men say that I am?”

²⁸ And they answered, “John the Baptist; but some say Elijah, and others, one of the prophets.”

²⁹ And He said unto them, “But whom say ye that I am?” And Peter answered and said unto Him, “Thou art the Christ.”

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

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

³² And He spoke that saying openly. And Peter took Him and began to rebuke Him.

³³ But when He had turned about and looked on His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get thee behind Me, Satan; for thou savorest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.”

³⁴ And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto them, “Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

³⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for My sake and the Gospel’s, the same shall save it.

³⁶ For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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

³⁸ Whosoever, therefore, shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed when He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”