Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

And the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to turn into bread!"

Then the devil left him, and angels came and waited on him.

When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds of people followed him.

And a leper came up to him and fell on his knees before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cure me!"

When he got back to Capernaum, a Roman captain came up and appealed to him,

And a scribe came up and said to him, "Master, I will follow you wherever you are going!"

And suddenly a terrific storm came up on the sea, so that the waves broke over the boat, but he remained asleep.

And they came and woke him up, saying, "Save us, sir! We are lost!"

When he reached the other side, in the region of Gadara, two men possessed by demons came out of the tombs and confronted him; they were so extremely violent that nobody could go along that road.

And he said to them, "Begone!" And they came out and went into the pigs. And suddenly the whole drove rushed over the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the water.

And the whole town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to go away from their district.

Some people came bringing to him on a bed a man who was paralyzed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man, "Courage, my son! Your sins are forgiven."

While Jesus was at home at table, a number of tax-collectors and irreligious people came in and joined Jesus and his disciples at table.

Then the disciples of John came up to him and said, "Why is it that we and the Pharisees are keeping the fast, while your disciples are not keeping it?"

Just as he said this to them, an official came up and bowing low before him said to him, "My daughter has just died. But come! Lay your hand on her and she will come to life!"

And a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel of his cloak.

When he had gone indoors, the blind men came up to him, and he said to them, "Do you believe that I can do this?" They said to him, "Yes, sir."

For when John came, he neither ate nor drank, and people said, 'He has a demon!'

The queen of the south will rise with this age at the judgment and condemn it, for she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and there is more than Solomon here!

While he was still speaking, his mother and his brothers came up and stood outside the crowd, wanting to speak to him.

and as he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and the birds came and ate it up,

but when the sun came up it was scorched and withered up, because it had no root.

His disciples came up and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in figures?"

but while people were asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

And when the wheat came up and ripened, the weeds appeared too.

And the owner's slaves came to him and said, 'Was not the seed good that you sowed in your field, sir? So where did these weeds come from?'

Then he left the crowds and went into his house. And his disciples came up to him and said, "Explain to us the figure of the weeds in the field."

But when Herod's birthday came, Herodias' daughter danced before the company. And Herod was delighted with her,

John's disciples came and took his body away, and buried him, and then they went and reported it to Jesus.

And when it was evening, the disciples came up to him and said, "This is a lonely place and the day is over. Send the crowds off to the villages to buy themselves food."

After he had dismissed them he went up the hill by himself to pray. And when evening came on he was there alone,

And they crossed over to the other side and came to Gennesaret.

Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, and said to him,

Then his disciples came up to him and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were shocked to hear you say that?"

And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and screamed, "Son of David, take pity on me, sir! My daughter is dreadfully possessed by a demon!"

But he would not answer her a word. And his disciples came up and urged him, saying, "Send her away, for she keeps screaming after us."

And she came and fell down before him, and said, "Help me, sir!"

Then great crowds came to him bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, or dumb, and many others. And they laid them down at his feet, and he cured them,

The Pharisees and Sadducees came up and to test him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

And Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Get up and do not be afraid."

When they came to the people again, a man came up to him and fell on his knees, saying,

And Jesus reproved the demon and it came out of him, and from that moment the boy was cured.

When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple-tax came and said to Peter, "Does not your Master pay the temple-tax?"

Just at that time the disciples came up and asked Jesus, "Who is really greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"

Then Peter came to him and said, "Master, how many times am I to forgive my brother when he wrongs me? Seven times over?"

And some Pharisees came up to him to test him, and they said, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"

A man came up to him and said, "Master, what good deed must I do to obtain eternal life?"

And again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!"

When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'

When those who were hired about five o'clock came they received a dollar apiece.

And when those who were hired first came they expected to get more, but they too got a dollar apiece.

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came up to him with her sons, bowing low, to ask a favor of him.

When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred, and everyone asked, "Who is he?"

And blind and lame people came up to him in the Temple, and he cured them.

When he had entered the Temple, and was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came up to him, and said, "What authority have you for doing as you do, and who gave you this authority?"

For John came to you with a way of uprightness, and you would not believe him. The tax-collectors and prostitutes believed him, but even after seeing that, you would not change your minds and believe him!

Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, " 'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone; This came from the Lord, And seems marvelous to us'?

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw among them a man who did not have on wedding clothes.

On the same day some Sadducees came up to him, claiming that there is no resurrection, and they asked him this question:

You blind guides! straining out the gnat, and yet swallowing the camel!

And Jesus left the Temple and was going away, when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to the Temple buildings.

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him by themselves, and said to him, "Tell us when this is to happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age."

and knew nothing about it until the flood came and destroyed them all, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Afterward the other bridesmaids came and said, 'Sir! Sir! Open the door for us!'

Long afterward, their master came back and settled accounts with them.

And the man who had received the five thousand dollars came up bringing him five thousand more, and said, 'Sir, you put five thousand dollars in my hands; here I have made five thousand more.'

And the man who had received the two thousand came up and said, 'Sir, you put two thousand dollars into my hands; here I have made two thousand more.'

And the man who had received the one thousand came up and said, 'Sir, I knew you were a hard man, who reaped where you had not sown, and gathered where you had not threshed,

Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and then when I came back I would have gotten my property with interest.

when I had no clothes, you gave me clothes, when I was sick, you looked after me, when I was in prison, you came to see me.'

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive perfume and poured it upon his head, while he was at table.

On the first day of the festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you wish us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover supper?"

When evening came, he took his place at table with the twelve disciples.

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over yonder and pray."

When he came back he found them asleep again, for they could hardly keep their eyes open.

Then he came back to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? See, the time has come for the Son of Man to be handed over to wicked men!

Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people.

Jesus said to him, "My friend, what are you here for?" Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and secured him.

And Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest's house, and he went inside and sat down among the attendants to see how it came out.

And they could not, although many false witnesses presented themselves. But finally two came forward

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a maid came up to him, and said, "You were with Jesus the Galilean, too!"

A little while after the bystanders came up to Peter and said, "You are certainly one of them too, for your accent shows it!"

As they went out of the city they came upon a Cyrenian named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.

When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means the Place of the Skull,

In the evening a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea, who had himself been a disciple of Jesus, came.

And there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the stone back and sat upon it.

and said to them, "Tell people that his disciples came in the night and stole him away while you were asleep.

And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

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

and out of the heavens came a voice: "You are my Son, my Beloved! You are my Chosen!"

He said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the neighboring country towns, so that I may preach in them, too, for that is why I came out here."

There came to him a leper appealing to him on his knees, saying to him, "If you only choose, you can cure me."

But he went off and began to talk so much about it, and to spread the story so widely, that Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in unfrequented places, and people came to him from every direction.

Some days later he came back to Capernaum, and people heard that he was at home,

And some people came bringing to him a man who was paralyzed, four of them carrying him.

He went out of the town again and along the shore, and all the people came to him and he taught them.

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast. And people came and asked him, "Why is it that when John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are keeping the fast, yours are not keeping it?"

and Jerusalem and Idumea and from the other side of the Jordan and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon a great many who had heard of the things he was doing came to him.

His relatives heard of it and came over to stop him, for they said that he was out of his mind.