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¹ Beginning of the glad-message of Jesus Christ.² According as it is written in Isaiah the prophet - Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way, - ³ A voice of one crying aloud - In the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight, be making his paths.⁴ John the Immerser came, in the wilderness, proclaiming an immersion of repentance for remission of sins;⁵ and there were going out unto him all the Judaea country and all they of Jerusalem, and were being immersed by him in the Jordan river, openly confessing their sins;⁶ and John was clothed with camel's-hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and was eating locusts and wild honey;⁷ and he proclaimed, saying - He that is mightier than I cometh after me, of whom I am not worthy to stoop and unloose the strap of his sandals:⁸ I, have immersed you, with water, - He, will immerse you, with the Holy Spirit.

⁹ And it came to pass, in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was immersed into the Jordan by John;¹⁰ And, straightway, as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rending asunder, and, the Spirit, as a dove, descending unto him;¹¹ and a voice cameout of the heavens - Thou, art my Son, the Beloved, - In thee, I delight.¹² And, straightway, the Spirit urgeth him forth into the wilderness;¹³ and he was in the wilderness, forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts, - and, the messengers, were ministering unto him.

¹⁴ And after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the glad-message of God,¹⁵ and saying- The season is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God hath drawn near, - Repent ye, and have faith in the glad-message.¹⁶ And, passing by near the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea, - for they were fishers;¹⁷ and Jesus said unto them - Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of men;¹⁸ and, straightway, leaving the nets, they followed him.¹⁹ And, going forward a little, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, and them who were in the boat putting in order the nets;²⁰ and, straightway, he called them, - and, leaving their father Zebedee in the boat, with the hired men, they came away after him.²¹ And they journey into Capernaum. And, straightway, on the Sabbath, entering into the synagogue, he began teaching;²² and they were being struck with astonishment at his teaching, - for he was teaching them as one having authority, and, not as the Scribes.

²³ And, straightway, there was in their synagogue, a man in an impure spirit, - and he cried out aloud,²⁴ saying - What have we in common with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee, who thou art, The Holy One of God.²⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying- Be silenced, and come forth out of him!²⁶ And the impure spirit, tearing him, and calling out with a loud voice, came forth out of him;²⁷ and they were amazed, one and all, so that they began to discuss among themselves, saying - What is this? New teaching! With authority, to the impure spirits also, he giveth orders, and they obey him!²⁸ And forth went the report of him, straightway, on every hand, into the surrounding country of Galilee.

²⁹ And, straightway, out of the synagogue, going forth, he went unto the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.³⁰ Now, the mother-in-law of Simon, was lying in a fever, and, straightway, they speak to him concerning her;³¹ and, coming near, he raised her up, grasping her hand, - and the fever left her, and she began ministering unto them.³² And, evening arriving, when the sun went in, they were bearing unto him all who were sick, and them who were demonized;³³ and all the city was gathered unto the door;³⁴ and he cured many that were sick with divers diseases, and, many demons, he cast out, and suffered not the demons to be talking, - because they knew him to be Christ.³⁵ And, very early by night arising, he went out and departedinto a desert place, and, there, was praying;³⁶ and Simon, and they who were with him, went in quest of him,³⁷ and found him, and say unto him - All, are seeking thee;³⁸ and he saith unto them - Let us be going elsewhere, into the neighbouring country-towns, in order that, there also, I may be making proclamation, - for, to this end, came I forth;³⁹ and he came, making proclamation, into their synagogues, throughout the whole of Galilee, - and, was casting the demons out.

⁴⁰ And there cometh unto him, a leper, beseeching him and kneeling, - saying unto him - If thou be willing, thou canst cleanse me;⁴¹ and, moved with compassion, he stretched forth the hand, and touched him, and saith unto him - I am willing, Be cleansed!⁴² and, straightway, the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed;⁴³ and, strictly charging him, straightway, he urged him forth;⁴⁴ and saith unto him - Mind! unto no one, say aught, - but withdraw, thyself, show unto the priest, and offer for thy cleansing what things Moses enjoined, for a witness unto them.⁴⁵ But, he, going forth, began to be proclaiming many things, and blazing abroad the story, so that, no longer, was it possible for him, openly, into a city, to enter, - but, outside, in desert places, was he, and they were coming unto him from every quarter.