And they watched him closely, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

Then he appointed twelve, that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach,

And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him.

And when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to him, that such mighty works are performed by his hands!

Now he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

Wherever he entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched him were made well.

But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God),

And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.

For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they criticized her sharply.

And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.