As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
“Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way;

As He was going along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.

They were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

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

As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

And Jesus said to them, “While the bridegroom is with them, the attendants of the bridegroom cannot fast, can they? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.”

The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”

As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.

With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

Leaving the crowd, they *took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him.

As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed was imploring Him that he might accompany Him.

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and the many listeners were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things, and what is this wisdom given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?

Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them.”

and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.”

And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you; up to half of my kingdom.”

And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

Wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.

and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.)

And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:
‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.

‘But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’

thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”

deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness.

They also had a few small fish; and after He had blessed them, He ordered these to be served as well.

and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them.

As they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man rose from the dead.

But I say to you that Elijah has indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written of him.”

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

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

but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.

James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, *came up to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You.”

Calling them to Himself, Jesus *said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great men exercise authority over them.

Then they *came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road.

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

and *said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.

They spoke to them just as Jesus had told them, and they gave them permission.

As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.

Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.

They *came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders *came to Him,

And Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that, no one would venture to ask Him any more questions.

And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

As He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples *said to Him, “Teacher, behold what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!”

As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were questioning Him privately,

“But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will.

The disciples went out and came to the city, and found it just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me.”

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

And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?

As Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came,

Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He *answered him, “It is as you say.”

The crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them.

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.

Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead.

But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you.’”

Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen.