²And it was heard that he was in the house. And many came together, so that there was no room: no, not even at the door. And he spoke to them the word.

³And they came to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was carried by four.

⁴And when they could not offer him unto him for the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was: and opening it, they let down the bed wherein the man sick of the palsy lay.

⁵And when Jesus had seen their faith, he saith to the sick of the palsy: Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

⁶And there were some of the scribes sitting there and thinking in their hearts:

⁷Why doth this man speak thus? He blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins, but God only?

⁸Which Jesus presently knowing in his spirit that they so thought within themselves, saith to them: Why think you these things in your hearts?

⁹Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise, take up thy bed and walk?

¹⁰But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy):

¹¹I say to thee: Arise. Take up thy bed and go into thy house.

¹²And immediately he arose and, taking up his bed, went his way in the sight of all: so that all wondered and glorified God, saying: We never saw the like.

¹³And he went forth again to the sea side: and all the multitude came to him. And he taught them.

¹⁴And when he was passing by, he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the receipt of custom; and he saith to him: Follow me. And rising up, he followed him.

¹⁵And it came to pass as he sat at meat in his house, many Publicans and sinners sat down together with Jesus and his disciples. For they were many, who also followed him.

¹⁶And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

¹⁷Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just, but sinners.

¹⁸And the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to fast. And they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast; but thy disciples do not fast?

¹⁹And Jesus saith to them: Can the children of the marriage fast, as long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

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

²¹No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: otherwise the new piecing taketh away from the old, and there is made a greater rent.

²²And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the wine will burst the bottles, and both the wine will be spilled and the bottles will be lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles.

²³And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began to go forward and to pluck the ears of corn.

²⁴And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

²⁵And he said to them: Have you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry himself and they that were with him?

²⁶How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which was not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to them who were with him?

²⁷And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

²⁸Therefore the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also.

Chapter 3

And he entered again into the synagogue: and there was a man there who had a withered hand.

²And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days, that they might accuse him.

³And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up in the midst.

⁴And he saith to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace.

⁵And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him.

⁶And the Pharisees going out, immediately made a consultation with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

⁷But Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee and Judea,

⁸And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and from beyond the Jordan. And they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things which he did, came to him.

⁹And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

¹⁰For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had evils.

¹¹And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him: and they cried, saying:

¹²Thou art the Son of God. And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known.

¹³And going up into a mountain, he called unto him whom he would himself: and they came to him.

¹⁴And he made that twelve should be with him, and that he might send them to preach.

¹⁵And he gave them power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils.

¹⁶And to Simon he gave the name Peter:

¹⁷And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he named them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder.

¹⁸And Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomew and Matthew, and Thomas and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus and Simon the Cananean:

¹⁹And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

²⁰And they come to a house, and the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

²¹And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad.

²²And the scribes who were come down from Jerusalem, said: He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

²³And after he had called them together, he said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?

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

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

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

²⁷No man can enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and then shall he plunder his house.

²⁸Amen I say to you that all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme:

²⁹But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but shall be guilty of an everlasting sin.

³⁰Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit.

³¹And his mother and his brethren came; and standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

³²And the multitude sat about him; and they say to him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

³³And answering them, he said: Who is my mother and my brethren?

³⁴And looking round about on them who sat about him, he saith: Behold my mother and my brethren.

³⁵For whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

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