1 Princípio da boa nova de Jesus Cristo, Filho de Deus. Conforme está escrito no profeta Isaías:
2 Eis que envio o meu anjo diante de ti: ele preparará o teu caminho.
3 Uma voz clama no deserto: Traçai o caminho do Senhor, aplanai as suas veredas {Mal 3,1; Is 40,3}.
4 João Batista apareceu no deserto e pregava um batismo de conversão para a remissão dos pecados.
5 E saíam para ir ter com ele toda a Judéia, toda Jerusalém, e eram batizados por ele no rio Jordão, confessando os seus pecados.
6 João andava vestido de pêlo de camelo e trazia um cinto de couro em volta dos rins, e alimentava-se de gafanhotos e mel silvestre.
7 Ele pôs-se a proclamar: "Depois de mim vem outro mais poderoso do que eu, ante o qual não sou digno de me prostrar para desatar-lhe a correia do calçado.
8 Eu vos batizei com água; ele, porém, vos batizará no Espírito Santo."
9 Ora, naqueles dias veio Jesus de Nazaré, da Galiléia, e foi batizado por João no Jordão.
10 No momento em que Jesus saía da água, João viu os céus abertos e descer o Espírito em forma de pomba sobre ele.
11 E ouviu-se dos céus uma voz: "Tu és o meu Filho muito amado; em ti ponho minha afeição."
12 E logo o Espírito o impeliu para o deserto.
13 Aí esteve quarenta dias. Foi tentado pelo demônio e esteve em companhia dos animais selvagens. E os anjos o serviam.
14 Depois que João foi preso, Jesus dirigiu-se para a Galiléia. Pregava o Evangelho de Deus, e dizia:
15 "Completou-se o tempo e o Reino de Deus está próximo; fazei penitência e crede no Evangelho."
16 Passando ao longo do mar da Galiléia, viu Simão e André, seu irmão, que lançavam as redes ao mar, pois eram pescadores.
17 Jesus disse-lhes: "Vinde após mim; eu vos farei pescadores de homens."
18 Eles, no mesmo instante, deixaram as redes e seguiram-no.
19 Uns poucos passos mais adiante, viu Tiago, filho de Zebedeu, e João, seu irmão, que estavam numa barca, consertando as redes. E chamou-os logo.
20 Eles deixaram na barca seu pai Zebedeu com os empregados e o seguiram.
21 Dirigiram-se para Cafarnaum. E já no dia de sábado, Jesus entrou na sinagoga e pôs-se a ensinar.
22 Maravilhavam-se da sua doutrina, porque os ensinava como quem tem autoridade e não como os escribas.
23 Ora, na sinagoga deles achava-se um homem possesso de um espírito imundo, que gritou:
24 "Que tens tu conosco, Jesus de Nazaré? Vieste perder-nos? Sei quem és: o Santo de Deus!
25 Mas Jesus intimou-o, dizendo: "Cala-te, sai deste homem!"
26 O espírito imundo agitou-o violentamente e, dando um grande grito, saiu.
27 Ficaram todos tão admirados, que perguntavam uns aos outros: "Que é isto? Eis um ensinamento novo, e feito com autoridade; além disso, ele manda até nos espíritos imundos e lhe obedecem!"
28 A sua fama divulgou-se logo por todos os arredores da Galiléia.
29 Assim que saíram da sinagoga, dirigiram-se com Tiago e João à casa de Simão e André.
30 A sogra de Simão estava de cama, com febre; e sem tardar, falaram-lhe a respeito dela.
31 Aproximando-se ele, tomou-a pela mão e levantou-a; imediatamente a febre a deixou e ela pôs-se a servi-los.
32 À tarde, depois do pôr-do-sol, levaram-lhe todos os enfermos e possessos do demônio.
33 Toda a cidade estava reunida diante da porta.
34 Ele curou muitos que estavam oprimidos de diversas doenças, e expulsou muitos demônios. Não lhes permitia falar, porque o conheciam.
35 De manhã, tendo-se levantado muito antes do amanhecer, ele saiu e foi para um lugar deserto, e ali se pôs em oração.
36 Simão e os seus companheiros saíram a procurá-lo.
37 Encontraram-no e disseram-lhe: "Todos te procuram."
38 E ele respondeu-lhes: "Vamos às aldeias vizinhas, para que eu pregue também lá, pois, para isso é que vim."
39 Ele retirou-se dali, pregando em todas as sinagogas e por toda a Galiléia, e expulsando os demônios.
40 Aproximou-se dele um leproso, suplicando-lhe de joelhos: "Se queres, podes limpar-me."
41 Jesus compadeceu-se dele, estendeu a mão, tocou-o e lhe disse: "Eu quero, sê curado."
42 E imediatamente desapareceu dele a lepra e foi purificado.
43 Jesus o despediu imediatamente com esta severa admoestação:
44 "Vê que não o digas a ninguém; mas vai, mostra-te ao sacerdote e apresenta, pela tua purificação, a oferenda prescrita por Moisés para lhe servir de testemunho."
45 Este homem, porém, logo que se foi, começou a propagar e divulgar o acontecido, de modo que Jesus não podia entrar publicamente numa cidade. Conservava-se fora, nos lugares despovoados; e de toda parte vinham 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.