Then He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!”

After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news of God:

And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;

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

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

“This is the most important,” Jesus answered:

Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is One.

[Early on the first day of the week, after He had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had driven seven demons.

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so they could go and anoint Him.

One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked Him, “Which command is the most important of all?”

When He entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that He was at home.

And if your hand causes your downfall, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go to hell—the unquenchable fire,

As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for—believe that you have received them, and you will have them.

Summoning the crowd along with His disciples, He said to them, “If anyone wants to be My follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.

They kept this word to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.

Then Jesus said to him, “‘If You can’? Everything is possible to the one who believes.”

Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.

On that day, when evening had come, He told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the sea.”

“Now concerning that day or hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven nor the Son—except the Father.

Some people were bringing little children to Him so He might touch them, but His disciples rebuked them.

Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.

The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Him.

For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life?

Jesus went out with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

Also, if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t His sisters here with us?” So they were offended by Him.

But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.

They came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.”

Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.

And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabachtháni?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves to be alone. He was transformed in front of them,

As they were eating, He took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is My body.”

Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, be killed, and rise after three days.

Then after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it sprang up right away, since it didn’t have deep soil.

About 4,000 men were there. He dismissed them

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

He got up and departed from there to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but He could not escape notice.

When Jesus saw it, He was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me. Don’t stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing.

Sitting across from the temple treasury, He watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich people were putting in large sums.

For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God.

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there.

When they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples

The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to Him all that they had done and taught.

Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea.

Then they went into Capernaum, and right away He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

Then a man with a serious skin disease came to Him and, on his knees, begged Him: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Then He said to them, “I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”

Immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.

As soon as they left the synagogue, they went into Simon and Andrew’s house with James and John.

I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

they will pick up snakes; if they should drink anything deadly, it will never harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”

He went away from there and came to His hometown, and His disciples followed Him.

I assure you: If anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

And He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

After two days it was the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a treacherous way to arrest and kill Him.

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Him and said, “Teacher, we want You to do something for us if we ask You.”

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You,
who will prepare Your way.

While He was in Bethany at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease, as He was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.

When they came, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know You are truthful and defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality but teach truthfully the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him while He was by the sea.

As He was going out of the temple complex, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look! What massive stones! What impressive buildings!”

He answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

These people honor Me with their lips,
but their heart is far from Me.

He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

As soon as He came up out of the water, He saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending to Him like a dove.

“When you see the abomination that causes desolation standing where it should not” (let the reader understand), “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrifice the Passover lamb, His disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare the Passover so You may eat it?”

As soon as it was morning, the chief priests had a meeting with the elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin. After tying Jesus up, they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate.

John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.”

He set out from there and went to the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Then crowds converged on Him again and, as He usually did, He began teaching them once more.

As He was passing along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen.

On the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make their way picking some heads of grain.

So the disciples went out, entered the city, and found it just as He had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

“The kingdom of God is like this,” He said. “A man scatters seed on the ground;

Then they began to question Him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

They came to Jerusalem, and He went into the temple complex and began to throw out those buying and selling in the temple. He overturned the money changers’ tables and the chairs of those selling doves,

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—

Then, looking at him, Jesus loved him and said to him, “You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Now He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a paralyzed hand.

Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

Going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in their boat mending their nets.

And He said, “Abba, Father! All things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me. Nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”

Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and He told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Him and begged Him to touch him.

And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the accompanying signs.]

“But in those days, after that tribulation:

The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not shed its light;

There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

“But whoever causes the downfall of one of these little ones who believe in Me—it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

Then they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to Him to trap Him by what He said.

King Herod heard of this, because Jesus’ name had become well known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that’s why supernatural powers are at work in him.”

Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.

Then He went up the mountain and summoned those He wanted, and they came to Him.

Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Then His mother and His brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to Him and called Him.

When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

“The second is: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.”

Later, He appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw Him after He had been resurrected.

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes disputing with them.

and immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it didn’t have a root, it withered.

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”

The next day when they came out from Bethany, He was hungry.

They worship Me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commands of men.

Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and their men of high positions exercise power over them.

Immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.

He also said in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes, and who want greetings in the marketplaces,

They were astonished at His teaching because, unlike the scribes, He was teaching them as one having authority.

He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me and the gospel will save it.

“I assure you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father, children, or fields because of Me and the gospel,

They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’ cross. He was Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

Then they left that place and made their way through Galilee, but He did not want anyone to know it.

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Again, leaving the region of Tyre, He went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis.

“Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been resurrected! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.

A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house.

The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul in Him!” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons!”

He also appointed 12—He also named them apostles—to be with Him, to send them out to preach,

Then they came to Capernaum. When He was in the house, He asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?”

Pray it won’t happen in winter.

But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe! Help my unbelief.”

After seeing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, He went to find out if there was anything on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

When it was already evening, because it was preparation day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. People came and asked Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. They were astonished, but those who followed Him were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, He began to tell them the things that would happen to Him.

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

“Follow Me,” Jesus told them, “and I will make you fish for people!”

Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

In those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He summoned the disciples and said to them,

But He kept silent and did not answer anything. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

He also said to them, “You completely invalidate God’s command in order to maintain your tradition!

“I am,” said Jesus, “and all of you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

Disregarding the command of God, you keep the tradition of men.”

They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and put it on Him.

“Elijah does come first and restores everything,” He replied. “How then is it written about the Son of Man that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

Should we pay, or should we not pay?”

But knowing their hypocrisy, He said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at.”

Then the soldiers led Him away into the courtyard (that is, headquarters) and called the whole company together.

They were to wear sandals, but not put on an extra shirt.

And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God, don’t torment me!”

News about Him then spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.

So they brought one. “Whose image and inscription is this?” He asked them.

“Caesar’s,” they said.

But I tell you that Elijah really has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is written about him.”

And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes.

Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.

But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or mother: Whatever benefit you might have received from me is Corban’” (that is, a gift committed to the temple),

“you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother.

When evening came, He arrived with the Twelve.

And the unclean spirit convulsed him, shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him.

Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop that increased 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple complex.

He said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”

So He went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.

Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told Him about her at once.

Unless the Lord limited those days, no one would survive. But He limited those days because of the elect, whom He chose.

For He had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples heard it.

But sighing deeply in His spirit, He said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? I assure you: No sign will be given to this generation!”

Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.”

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce a crop.

While they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “I assure you: One of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me!”

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaves his wife behind, and leaves no child, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

Then He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.

Right away Jesus understood in His spirit that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

They had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

They were discussing among themselves that they did not have any bread.

All of a sudden, when the whole crowd saw Him, they were amazed and ran to greet Him.

But he was stunned at this demand, and he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.

So they brought him to Him. When the spirit saw Him, it immediately convulsed the boy. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

And whenever evening came, they would go out of the city.

Then He commanded them: “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

The second also took her, and he died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise.

But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Then He said, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”

Then He left them, got on board the boat again, and went to the other side.

There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying, left no offspring.

But some of the scribes were sitting there, thinking to themselves:

Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him because they heard about everything He was doing.

And they began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

and He healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew Him.

Then the chief priests and the scribes heard it and started looking for a way to destroy Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished by His teaching.

But Jesus, taking him by the hand, raised him, and he stood up.

Then He asked them, “What are you arguing with them about?”

And he kept begging Him not to send them out of the region.

“What is your name?” He asked him.

“My name is Legion,” he answered Him, “because we are many.”

Then He told His disciples to have a small boat ready for Him, so the crowd would not crush Him.

They kept hitting Him on the head with a reed and spitting on Him. Getting down on their knees, they were paying Him homage.

For the Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

Simon and his companions went searching for Him.

So the seven left no offspring. Last of all, the woman died too.

The whole town was assembled at the door,

Immediately the disease left him, and he was healed.

Then Peter remembered and said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that You cursed is withered.”

And He said to them, “Let’s go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach there too. This is why I have come.”

Now in the house the disciples questioned Him again about this matter.

Then He said to them: “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?

The inscription of the charge written against Him was:

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

[But if you don’t forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your wrongdoing.]”

And He gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there.

Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, those possessed fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

And He would strongly warn them not to make Him known.

Since He had healed many, all who had diseases were pressing toward Him to touch Him.

He said to them, “It is one of the Twelve—the one who is dipping bread with Me in the bowl.

He replied to them, “You unbelieving generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to Me.”

But others said, “He’s Elijah.” Still others said, “He’s a prophet—like one of the prophets.”

Do you have eyes, and not see, and do you have ears, and not hear? And do you not remember?

Now a large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside.

telling him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

“How long has this been happening to him?” Jesus asked his father.

“From childhood,” he said.

Immediately he got up, picked up the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded and gave glory to God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.

Then He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He gave it to them, and so they all drank from it.

So they were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?”

So He went into all of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

and asked Him, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority to do these things?”

But Jesus told them, “He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts.

He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are badly deceived.”

But if we say, ‘From men’”—they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought that John was a genuine prophet.

“I assure you,” Jesus said to him, “today, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times!”

For those will be days of tribulation, the kind that hasn’t been from the beginning of the world, which God created, until now and never will be again!

[If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!]”

Aware of this, He said to them, “Why are you discussing that you do not have any bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Is your heart hardened?

Peter told Him, “Even if everyone runs away, I will certainly not!”

When they had mocked Him, they stripped Him of the purple robe, put His clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed by the legion, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

and the two will become one flesh.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly coming together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you: come out of him and never enter him again!”

“I tell you: get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

The demons begged Him, “Send us to the pigs, so we may enter them.”

When He went into the house away from the crowd, the disciples asked Him about the parable.

Because they knew He had said this parable against them, they were looking for a way to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the crowd. So they left Him and went away.

He replied to them, “What did Moses command you?”

The sower sows the word.

They began to be distressed and to say to Him one by one, “Surely not I?”

So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and He was speaking the message to them.

“Learn this parable from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

And He went into Jerusalem and into the temple complex. After looking around at everything, since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

They found Him and said, “Everyone’s looking for You!”

(For the Pharisees, in fact all the Jews, will not eat unless they wash their hands ritually, keeping the tradition of the elders.

The men who tended them ran off and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, and a worse tear is made.

adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, promiscuity, stinginess, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.

[So the Scripture was fulfilled that says: And He was counted among outlaws.]

In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be, since the seven had married her?”

Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word,

He looked up and said, “I see people—they look to me like trees walking.”

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”

When Herod heard of it, he said, “John, the one I beheaded, has been raised!”

Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why don’t Your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders, instead of eating bread with ritually unclean hands?”

When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they have washed. And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, jugs, copper utensils, and dining couches.)

Those who passed by were yelling insults at Him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! The One who would demolish the sanctuary and build it in three days,

For nothing is concealed except to be revealed, and nothing hidden except to come to light.

So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him.

He will send out the angels and gather His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky.

In order to accuse Him, they were watching Him closely to see whether He would heal him on the Sabbath.

They observed that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unclean—that is, unwashed—hands.

And He was amazed at their unbelief.

Now He was going around the villages in a circuit, teaching.

They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers and send her away.”

He said to her, “Allow the children to be satisfied first, because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

“When I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many large baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?”

“Seven,” they said.

And you must watch! I have told you everything in advance.

He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them:

Now an opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet for his nobles, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee.

When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?”

“Twelve,” they told Him.

Then He sternly warned him and sent him away at once,

John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be deeply distressed and horrified.

Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting:

Hosanna!
He who comes in the name
of the Lord is the blessed One!

The coming kingdom
of our father David is blessed!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!

and Judas Iscariot,
who also betrayed Him.

And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things?” they said. “What is this wisdom given to Him, and how are these miracles performed by His hands?

But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

This came from the Lord
and is wonderful in our eyes?”

But after I have been resurrected, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.

Instead, immediately after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell at His feet.

the stars will be falling from the sky,
and the celestial powers will be shaken.

Yet he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But He was out in deserted places, and they would come to Him from everywhere.

But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble.

“On the other hand, no one can enter a strong man’s house and rob his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he will rob his house.

how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the sacred bread—which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests—and also gave some to his companions?”

and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

because Herod was in awe of John and was protecting him, knowing he was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him he would be very disturbed, yet would hear him gladly.

As soon as He got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met Him.

Now the woman was Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

and to have authority to drive out demons.