Now after John had been arrested, Jesus went to Galilee and proclaimed the gospel about the kingdom of God.

All of a sudden, there was a man in their synagogue who had an unclean spirit! He screamed,

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

But when the man left, he began to proclaim it freely. He spread the news so widely that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly, but had to stay out in deserted places. Still, people kept coming to him from everywhere.

because he had healed so many people that everyone who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.

Then Jesus went up on a hillside and called to himself those whom he had decided on, and they approached him.

The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept repeating, "He has Beelzebul," and, "He drives out demons by the ruler of demons."

"because they had been saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

That day, when evening had come, he told them, "Let's cross to the other side."

He had often been restrained with shackles and chains, but had snapped the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one could tame him.

Jesus had been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs ran away, they reported what had happened in the city and countryside. So the people went to see what had happened.

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.

The people who had seen it told them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and the pigs.

As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging him to let him go with him.

So the man left and began proclaiming in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was utterly amazed.

When Jesus again had crossed to the other side in a boat, a large crowd gathered around him by the seashore.

Now there was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years.

Although she had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all of her money, she had not been helped at all, but rather grew worse.

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

because she had been saying, "If I can just touch his robe, I will get well."

Immediately Jesus became aware that power had gone out of him. So he turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

But he kept looking around to look at the woman who had done this.

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.

They laughed and laughed at him. But when he had driven all of them outside, he took the child's father and mother, along with the men who were with him, and went into the room where the child was.

Jesus had been telling them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own home."

King Herod heard about this, because Jesus' name had become well-known. He was saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead! That's why he is able to do these miracles."

because Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom Herod had married.

John had been telling Herod, "It's not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

The apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.

When he got out of the boat, he saw a large crowd. He had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

There were 5,000 men who had eaten the loaves.

Jesus immediately had his disciples get into a boat and cross to Bethsaida ahead of him, while he sent the crowd away.

When evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, while he was alone on the land.

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

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

When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples began asking him about the parable.

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

Some people brought him a deaf man who also had a speech impediment. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

At that time, after a large crowd again had gathered together with nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples and told them,

They also had a few small fish. He blessed them and said that the fish should also be distributed.

Now the disciples had forgotten to take any bread along, but they had one loaf with them in the boat.

Jesus had been warning them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!"

On their way down the mountain, Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

But they kept silent, because they had argued on the road with one another about who was the greatest.

Then he took a little child and had him stand among them. He took him in his arms and told them,

Then after he had hugged the children, he tenderly blessed them as he laid his hands on them.

Shocked at this statement, the man went away sad, because he had many possessions.

Now Jesus and his disciples had been on the road going up to Jerusalem, with Jesus walking ahead of them. They were astonished, and the others who followed were afraid.

The disciples told them what Jesus had said, and the men let them go.

Many people spread their coats on the road, while others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields.

Remembering what Jesus had said, Peter pointed out to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has dried up!"

He still had one more person to send, a son whom he loved. Finally, he sent him to them, saying, "They will respect my son.'

They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.

In the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since all seven had married her?"

because all of them contributed out of their surplus, but out of her poverty she has given everything she had to live on."

If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen, he has shortened those days.

After they had listened to him, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So he began to look for a good opportunity to betray him.

So the disciples left and went into the city. They found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

For the Son of Man is going away, just as it has been written about him, but how terrible it will be for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had never been born."

Now the betrayer personally had given them a signal, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him, and lead him safely away."

Then they took Jesus to the high priest. All the high priests, elders, and scribes had gathered together.

Now there was a man in prison named Barabbas. He had been with the insurgents who had committed murder during the rebellion.

because he knew that the high priests had handed him over due to jealousy.

So Pilate, wanting to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas for them, but he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified.

When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the purple robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.

When the centurion who stood facing Jesus saw how he had cried out and breathed his last, he said, "This man certainly was the Son of God!"

They used to accompany him and care for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him were there, too.

Pilate was amazed to hear that Jesus had already died, so he summoned the centurion to ask him if he was in fact dead.

Joseph bought some linen cloth, took the body down, wrapped it in the cloth, laid it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph observed where the body had been laid.

Very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had just come up, they were going to the tomb.

Then they looked up and saw that the stone had been rolled away. (It was a very large stone.)

After Jesus had risen early on the first day of that week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

She went and told those who had been with Jesus and who now were grieving and crying.

When they heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, they refused to believe Mary.

Finally he appeared to his eleven disciples while they were eating. He rebuked them for their unbelief and stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had risen.