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

² As it is written in Esaias, the prophet, Lo! I send mine angel before thy face, that shall make thy way ready before thee.

³ The voice of a crier in desert, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make ye his paths right. [The voice of one crying in desert, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make ye his paths rightful.]

⁴ John was in desert baptizing, and preaching the baptism of penance, into remission of sins.

⁵ And all the country of Judaea went out to him, and all men of Jerusalem; and they were baptized of him in the flume Jordan [and were baptized of him in the flood of Jordan], acknowledging their sins.

⁶ And John was clothed with hairs of camels, and a girdle of skin was about his loins; and he ate honeysuckles, and wild honey,^[a]

⁷ and preached, and said [saying], A stronger than I shall come after me, and I am not worthy to kneel down, and unloose [the thong of] his shoes.

⁸ I have baptized you in water; but he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost.

⁹ And it was done in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

¹⁰ And at once he went up of the water, and saw heavens opened, and the Holy Ghost coming down as a culver [And anon he ascending up of the water, saw heavens opened, and the Spirit coming down as a culver], and dwelling on him.

¹¹ And a voice was made from heavens, Thou art my loved Son, in thee I am pleased.

¹² And at once the Spirit put him forth into desert. [And anon the Spirit putted out him into desert.]

¹³ And he was in desert forty days and forty nights, and was tempted of Satan, and he was with beasts [and was with beasts], and angels ministered to him.

¹⁴ But after that John was taken, Jesus came into Galilee, and preached the gospel of the kingdom of God [preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God],

¹⁵ and said [and saying], That the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God shall come nigh; do ye penance [repent ye], and believe ye to the gospel.

¹⁶ And as he passed beside the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, his brother, casting their nets into the sea; for they were fishers.

¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, Come ye after me; [and] I shall make you to be made fishers of men.

¹⁸ And at once they left the nets, and followed him. [And anon the nets forsaken, they followed him.]

¹⁹ And he went forth from thence a little, and saw James of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in a boat making their nets. [And he gone forth thence a little, saw James of Zebedee, and John, his brother, and them in the boat making nets.]

²⁰ And at once [And anon] he called them; and they left Zebedee, their father, in the boat with hired servants, and they followed him.

²¹ And they entered into Capernaum, and at once in the sabbaths [And they went forth into Capernaum, and anon in the sabbaths], he went into the synagogue, and taught them.

²² And they wondered on his teaching; for he taught them, as he that had power, and not as [the] scribes.

²³ And in the synagogue of them was a man in an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

²⁴ and said [saying], What to us and to thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? hast thou come to destroy us? I know that thou art the holy of God.

²⁵ And Jesus threatened him, and said [saying], Wax [thou] dumb, and go out of the man.

²⁶ And the unclean spirit wrenching him, and crying with a great voice, went out from him.

²⁷ And all men wondered, so that they sought within themselves, and said [And all men wondered, so that they asked among themselves, saying], What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for in power he commandeth to unclean spirits, and they obey to him.

²⁸ And the fame of him went forth at once [And the tale, or tiding, of him went forth anon] into all the country of Galilee.

²⁹ And at once they went out of the synagogue, and came into the house of Simon and of Andrew, with James and John. [And anon they going out of the synagogue came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.]

³⁰ And the mother of Simon's wife lay sick in the fevers [lay sick in fevers]; and anon they say to him of her.

³¹ And he came nigh, and areared her [up], and when he had taken her hand, at once the fever left her, and she served them. [And he coming to, reared her up, the hand of her taken, and anon the fever left her, and she ministered to them.]

³² But when the eventide was come, and the sun was gone down, they brought to him all that were of mal-ease, and them that had fiends. [Forsooth the evening made, when the sun went down, they brought to him all having evil, and having devils.]

³³ And all the city was gathered at the gate.

³⁴ And he healed many, that had diverse sicknesses, and he cast out many fiends [And he healed many that were travailed with diverse sores, and he cast out many devils], and he suffered them not to speak, for they knew him.

³⁵ And he rose full early, and went out [And in the morrowing full early he rising], and went into a desert place, and prayed there.

³⁶ And Simon followed him, and they that were with him.

³⁷ And when they had found him, they said to him, That all men seek thee.

³⁸ And he said to them, Go we into the next towns and cities, that I preach also there, for thereto I came.

³⁹ And he preached in the synagogues of them, and in all Galilee, and casted out fiends.

⁴⁰ And a leprous man came to him, and besought [beseeching him], [and] kneeling, and said, If thou wilt, thou mayest cleanse me.

⁴¹ And Jesus had mercy on him, and stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him [Forsooth Jesus, having mercy on him, stretched out his hand, and, touching him, saith to him], I will, be thou made clean.

⁴² And when he had said this, at once [anon] the leprosy parted away from him, and he was cleansed.

⁴³ And Jesus threatened him, and at once put him out, [And he threatened him, and anon cast him out,]

⁴⁴ and said to him [and saith to him], See thou, say to no man; but go, show thee to the prince of priests, and offer for thy cleansing into witnessing to them, those things that Moses bade [and offer for thy cleansing those things that Moses bade, into witnessing to them].

⁴⁵ And he went out, and began to preach, and to publish the word, so that now he might not go openly into the city [so that now he might not openly enter into the city], but be withoutforth in desert places; and they came to him on all sides.