The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
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Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way.
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The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;
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John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.
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And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
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And John was clothed with camel's hair, and [had] a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.
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And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
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I baptized you in water; But he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
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And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan.
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And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:
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And a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.
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And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness.
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And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; And he was with the wild beasts; And the angels ministered unto him.
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Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,
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and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel.
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And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishers.
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And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
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And straightway they left the nets, and followed him.
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And going on a little further, he saw James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets.
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And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
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And they go into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.
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And they were astonished at his teaching: For he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
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And straightway there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
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saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
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And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
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And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
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And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.
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And the report of him went out straightway everywhere into all the region of Galilee round about.
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And straightway, when they were come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
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Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and straightway they tell him of her:
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and he came and took her by the hand, and raised her up; and the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
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And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were sick, and them that were possessed with demons.
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And all the city was gathered together at the door.
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And he healed many that were sick with divers diseases, and cast out many demons; and he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him.
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And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.
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And Simon and they that were with him followed after him;
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and they found him, and say unto him, All are seeking thee.
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And he saith unto them, Let us go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also; for to this end came I forth.
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And he went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.
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And there cometh to him a leper, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
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And being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean.
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And straightway the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.
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And he strictly charged him, and straightway sent him out,
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and saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
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But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to spread abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
1 [Maschil of Asaph.] Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
