Pilate asked them, “What should I do then with Jesus, who is called Messiah?”

They all answered, “Crucify Him!”

Those who passed by were yelling insults at Him, shaking their heads

and saying, “The One who would demolish the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

In the same way even the criminals who were crucified with Him kept taunting Him.

The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

When the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “This man really was God’s Son!”

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and ministered to Him were there, looking on from a distance.

When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

But the angel told the women, “Don’t be afraid, because I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You,
who will prepare Your way.

“What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all those who were sick and those who were demon-possessed.

and He healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew Him.

“Why does He speak like this? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

While He was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were also guests with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him.

When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry—

Now He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a paralyzed hand.

Since He had healed many, all who had diseases were pressing toward Him to touch Him.

and Judas Iscariot,
who also betrayed Him.

The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul in Him!” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons!”

He replied to them, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

And looking about at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

“Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.

Then He said, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”

When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables.

Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word,

But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

For to the one who has, it will be given, and from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.”

And they were terrified and asked one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey Him!”

The men who tended them ran off and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened.

They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed by the legion, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging Him to be with Him.

At once Jesus realized in Himself that power had gone out from Him. He turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My robes?”

His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing against You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’”

So He was looking around to see who had done this.

They started laughing at Him, but He put them all outside. He took the child’s father, mother, and those who were with Him, and entered the place where the child was.

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things?” they said. “What is this wisdom given to Him, and how are these miracles performed by His hands?

For Herod himself had given orders to arrest John and to chain him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married.

Now those who ate the loaves were 5,000 men.

Wherever He would go, into villages, towns, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him that they might touch just the tassel of His robe. And everyone who touched it was made well.

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

They brought to Him a deaf man who also had a speech difficulty, and begged Jesus to lay His hand on him.

Jesus went out with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

“But you,” He asked them again, “who do you say that I am?”

Peter answered Him, “You are the Messiah!”

Then He said to them, “I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”

Then Jesus said to him, “‘If You can’? Everything is possible to the one who believes.”

But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest.

“Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me does not welcome Me, but Him who sent Me.”

“Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name who can soon afterward speak evil of Me.

“But whoever causes the downfall of one of these little ones who believe in Me—it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”

So they were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?”

“I assure you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father, children, or fields because of Me and the gospel,

who will not receive 100 times more, now at this time—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and eternal life in the age to come.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. They were astonished, but those who followed Him were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, He began to tell them the things that would happen to Him.

Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and their men of high positions exercise power over them.

Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting:

Hosanna!
He who comes in the name
of the Lord is the blessed One!

and asked Him, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority to do these things?”

Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and questioned Him:

He also said in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes, and who want greetings in the marketplaces,

And you will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.

Unless the Lord limited those days, no one would survive. But He limited those days because of the elect, whom He chose.

It is like a man on a journey, who left his house, gave authority to his slaves, gave each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to be alert.

While He was in Bethany at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease, as He was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.

While they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “I assure you: One of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me!”

He said to them, “It is one of the Twelve—the one who is dipping bread with Me in the bowl.

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

And one of those who stood by drew his sword, struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his ear.

There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.

They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’ cross. He was Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

Those who passed by were yelling insults at Him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! The One who would demolish the sanctuary and build it in three days,

Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with Him were taunting Him.

When the centurion, who was standing opposite Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, “This man really was God’s Son!”

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came and boldly went in to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?”

“Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been resurrected! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.

[Early on the first day of the week, after He had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had driven seven demons.

She went and reported to those who had been with Him, as they were mourning and weeping.

And they went and reported it to the rest, who did not believe them either.

Later, He appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw Him after He had been resurrected.

And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;

The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and tell you this good news.

And consider your relative Elizabeth—even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless.

She who has believed is blessed because what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled!”

His mercy is from generation to generation
on those who fear Him.

Fear came on all those who lived around them, and all these things were being talked about throughout the hill country of Judea.

All who heard about him took it to heart, saying, “What then will this child become?” For, indeed, the Lord’s hand was with him.

salvation from our enemies
and from the clutches of those who hate us.

to shine on those who live in darkness
and the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.

to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant.

Today a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord, was born for you in the city of David.

They hurried off and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the feeding trough.

and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

At that very moment, she came up and began to thank God and to speak about Him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

And all those who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.

He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

He replied to them, “The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.”

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to untie the strap of His sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.