Now John was dressed in camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist. He ate grasshoppers and wild honey.

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

Then a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you!"

At this, the unclean spirit shook the man, cried out with a loud voice, and came out of him.

When evening came, after the sun had set, people started bringing to him everyone who was sick or possessed by demons.

"Let's go to the neighboring town," he replied, "so I can preach there, too, because that's why I came."

Then a leper came to Jesus and began pleading with him. He fell on his knees and told him, "If you want to, you can make me clean."

when some people came and brought him a paralyzed man being carried by four men.

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees would fast regularly. Some people came and asked Jesus, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

Jerusalem, Idumea, from across the Jordan, and from the region around Tyre and Sidon followed him. They came to him because they kept hearing about everything he was doing.

As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they didn't have any roots, they dried up.

Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes came up and choked them out, and they didn't produce anything.

A violent windstorm came up, and the waves began breaking into the boat, so that the boat was rapidly becoming swamped.

Just as Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him.

So he let them do this. The unclean spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down a steep slope into the sea and drowned there.

When they came to Jesus and saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened.

Since she had heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his robe,

So the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came forward fearfully, fell down trembling in front of him, and told him the whole truth.

While he was still speaking, some people came from the synagogue leader's home and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?"

When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw mass confusion. People were crying and sobbing loudly.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were utterly amazed. "Where did this man get all these things?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What great miracles are being done by his hands!

An opportunity came during Herod's birthday celebration, when he gave a banquet for his top officials, military officers, and the most important people of Galilee.

When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. So the king told the girl, "Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you."

When John's disciples heard about this, they came and carried off his body and laid it in a tomb.

When it was quite late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late.

He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he came to them, walking on the sea. He intended to go up right beside them,

When they had crossed over, they came ashore at Gennesaret and anchored the boat.

In fact, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell down at his feet.

As they came to Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch him.

Then a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I love. Keep on listening to him!"

The spirit screamed, shook the child violently, and came out. The boy was like a corpse, and many said that he was dead.

When Jesus came home, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we drive the spirit out?"

Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was at home, he asked the disciples, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

It's easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God."

Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus, his disciples, and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus (that is, the son of Timaeus) was sitting by the road.

When they came near Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead

Seeing in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing except leaves because it wasn't the season for figs.

When they came to Jerusalem, he went into the Temple and began to throw out those who were selling and those who were buying in the Temple. He overturned the moneychangers' tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.

When evening came, Jesus and his disciples would leave the city.

Then they went into Jerusalem again. While Jesus was walking in the Temple, the high priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him

They came and told him, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance. Rather, you teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or shouldn't we?"

Then some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him,

Then one of the scribes came near and heard the Sadducees arguing with one another. He saw how well Jesus answered them, so he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of them all?"

Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins, worth about a cent.

When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.

Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, "Sit down here while I pray."

Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

He came back a third time. "Are you still sleeping and resting?" he asked. "Enough of that! The time has come. Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's servant girls came by.

So the crowd came and began to request that Pilate do for them what he always did.

At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.