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CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. HAIL, THE GALILEAN
II. A TEACHER WITH AUTHORITY
III. A BROTHER TO ALL WHO DO THE WILL OF GOD
IV. THE WISDOM OF THE AGES
V. LORD OF LIFE AND LOVE
VI. IS NOT HE THE CARPENTER?
VII. NEVER A MAN LIKE HIM
VIII. "THOU ART THE CHRIST"
IX. STRONG SON OF GOD
X. MASTER OF MEN BUT SERVANT OF ALL
XI. HE THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
XII. IN CONFLICT WITH SCRIBES AND PHARISEES
XIII. JERUSALEM THAT KILLETH THE PROPHETS
XIV. DESPISED AND REJECTED BY FRIEND AND FOE
XV. CRUCIFIED, DEAD AND BURIED
XVI. JESUS OF NAZARETH RISES FROM THE DEAD

JESUS OF NAZARETH

CHAPTER I

HAIL, THE GALILEAN

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; as it is
written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face,
which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in
the wilderness. Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths
straight."

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of
repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto him all
the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him
in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. And John was clothed
with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he
did eat locusts and wild honey; and preached, saying:

"There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes
I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have baptized you
with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost."

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of
Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. And straightway coming up
out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove
descending upon him: and there came a voice from heaven, saying:

"Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. And he was
there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the
wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee,
preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying:

"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye,
and believe