1 Princípio do Evangelho de Jesus Cristo, Filho de Deus;

2 Como está escrito nos profetas: Eis que eu envio o meu anjo ante a tua face, o qual preparará o teu caminho diante de ti.

3 Voz do que clama no deserto: Preparai o caminho do Senhor, endireitai as suas veredas.

4 Apareceu João batizando no deserto, e pregando o batismo de arrependimento, para remissão dos pecados.

5 E toda a província da Judeia e os de Jerusalém iam ter com ele; e todos eram batizados por ele no rio Jordão, confessando os seus pecados.

6 E João andava vestido de pelos de camelo, e com um cinto de couro em redor de seus lombos, e comia gafanhotos e mel silvestre.

7 E pregava, dizendo: Após mim vem aquele que é mais forte do que eu, do qual não sou digno de, abaixando-me, desatar a correia das suas sandálias.

8 Eu, em verdade, tenho-vos batizado com água; ele, porém, vos batizará com o Espírito Santo.

9 E aconteceu naqueles dias que Jesus, tendo ido de Nazaré da Galileia, foi batizado por João, no Jordão.

10 E, logo que saiu da água, viu os céus abertos, e o Espírito, que como pomba descia sobre ele.

11 E ouviu-se uma voz dos céus, que dizia: Tu és o meu Filho amado em quem me comprazo.

12 E logo o Espírito o impeliu para o deserto.

13 E ali esteve no deserto quarenta dias, tentado por Satanás. E vivia entre as feras, e os anjos o serviam.

14 E, depois que João foi entregue à prisão, veio Jesus para a Galileia, pregando o evangelho do reino de Deus,

15 E dizendo: O tempo está cumprido, e o reino de Deus está próximo. Arrependei-vos, e crede no evangelho.

16 E, andando junto do mar da Galileia, viu Simão, e André, seu irmão, que lançavam a rede ao mar, pois eram pescadores.

17 E Jesus lhes disse: Vinde após mim, e eu farei que sejais pescadores de homens.

18 E, deixando logo as suas redes, o seguiram.

19 E, passando dali um pouco mais adiante, viu Tiago, filho de Zebedeu, e João, seu irmão, que estavam no barco consertando as redes,

20 E logo os chamou. E eles, deixando o seu pai Zebedeu no barco com os empregados, foram após ele.

21 Entraram em Cafarnaum e, logo no sábado, indo ele à sinagoga, ali ensinava.

22 E maravilharam-se da sua doutrina, porque os ensinava como tendo autoridade, e não como os escribas.

23 E estava na sinagoga deles um homem com um espírito imundo, o qual exclamou,

24 Dizendo: Ah! Que temos contigo, Jesus Nazareno? Vieste destruir-nos? Bem sei quem és: o Santo de Deus.

25 E repreendeu-o Jesus, dizendo: Cala-te, e sai dele.

26 Então o espírito imundo, convulsionando-o, e clamando com grande voz, saiu dele.

27 E todos se admiraram, a ponto de perguntarem entre si, dizendo: Que é isto? Que nova doutrina é esta? Pois com autoridade ordena aos espíritos imundos, e eles lhe obedecem!

28 E logo correu a sua fama por toda a província da Galileia.

29 E logo, saindo da sinagoga, foram à casa de Simão e de André com Tiago e João.

30 E a sogra de Simão estava deitada com febre; e logo lhe falaram dela.

31 Então, chegando-se a ela, tomou-a pela mão, e levantou-a; e imediatamente a febre a deixou, e servia-os.

32 E, tendo chegado a tarde, quando já se estava pondo o sol, trouxeram-lhe todos os que se achavam enfermos, e os endemoninhados.

33 E toda a cidade se ajuntou à porta.

34 E curou muitos que se achavam enfermos de diversas enfermidades, e expulsou muitos demônios, porém não deixava falar os demônios, porque o conheciam.

35 E, levantando-se de manhã, muito cedo, fazendo ainda escuro, saiu, e foi para um lugar deserto, e ali orava.

36 E seguiram-no Simão e os que com ele estavam.

37 E, achando-o, lhe disseram: Todos te buscam.

38 E ele lhes disse: Vamos às aldeias vizinhas, para que eu ali também pregue; porque para isso vim.

39 E pregava nas sinagogas deles, por toda a Galileia, e expulsava os demônios.

40 E aproximou-se dele um leproso que, rogando-lhe, e pondo-se de joelhos diante dele, lhe dizia: Se queres, bem podes limpar-me.

41 E Jesus, movido de grande compaixão, estendeu a mão, e tocou-o, e disse-lhe: Quero, sê limpo.

42 E, tendo ele dito isto, logo a lepra desapareceu, e ficou limpo.

43 E, advertindo-o severamente, logo o despediu.

44 E disse-lhe: Olha, não digas nada a ninguém; porém vai, mostra-te ao sacerdote, e oferece pela tua purificação o que Moisés determinou, para lhes servir de testemunho.

45 Mas, tendo ele saído, começou a apregoar muitas coisas, e a divulgar o que acontecera; de sorte que Jesus já não podia entrar publicamente na cidade, mas conservava-se fora em lugares desertos; e de todas as partes iam ter com ele.

1 A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

2 As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,` --

3 `A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,` --

4 John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

5 and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they 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 a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

7 and he proclaimed, saying, `He doth come -- who is mightier than I -- after me, of whom I am not worthy -- having stooped down -- to loose the latchet of his sandals;

8 I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.`

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

10 and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;

11 and a voice came out of the heavens, `Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.`

12 And immediately doth the Spirit put him forth to the wilderness,

13 and he was there in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by the Adversary, and he was with the beasts, and the messengers were ministering to him.

14 And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God,

15 and saying -- `Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.`

16 And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers,

17 and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;`

18 and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.

19 And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets,

20 and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.

21 And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching,

22 and they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having 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, `Away! what -- to us and to thee, Jesus the Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known 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 unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came forth out of him,

27 and they were all amazed, so as to reason among themselves, saying, `What is this? what new teaching [is] this? that with authority also the unclean spirits he commandeth, and they obey him!`

28 And the fame of him went forth immediately to all the region, round about, of Galilee.

29 And immediately, having come forth out of the synagogue, they went to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John,

30 and the mother-in-law of Simon was lying fevered, and immediately they tell him about her,

31 and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

32 And evening having come, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all who were ill, and who were demoniacs,

33 and the whole city was gathered together near the door,

34 and he healed many who were ill of manifold diseases, and many demons he cast forth, and was not suffering the demons to speak, because they knew him.

35 And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;

36 and Simon and those with him went in quest of him,

37 and having found him, they say to him, -- `All do seek thee;`

38 and he saith to them, `We may go to the next towns, that there also I may preach, for for this I came forth.`

39 And he was preaching in their synagogues, in all Galilee, and is casting out the demons,

40 and there doth come to him a leper, calling on him, and kneeling to him, and saying to him -- `If thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me.`

41 And Jesus having been moved with compassion, having stretched forth the hand, touched him, and saith to him, `I will; be thou cleansed;`

42 and he having spoken, immediately the leprosy went away from him, and he was cleansed.

43 And having sternly charged him, immediately he put him forth,

44 and saith to him, `See thou mayest say nothing to any one, but go away, thyself shew to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing the things Moses directed, for a testimony to them.`

45 And he, having gone forth, began to proclaim much, and to spread abroad the thing, so that no more he was able openly to enter into the city, but he was without in desert places, and they were coming unto him from every quarter.