Nothing that goes into a man from outside can pollute him. It is what comes out of a man that pollutes him."

since it does not go into his heart but into his stomach and then is disposed of?" So he declared all food clean.

He went on to say, "It is what comes out of a man that pollutes him.

For it is from inside, from men's hearts, that designs of evil come; immorality, stealing, murder, adultery,

but a woman whose little daughter was possessed by a foul spirit immediately heard about him and came and threw herself at his feet.

He said to her, "Let the children first eat all they want, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

For if anyone is ashamed of me and my teachings in this unfaithful and sinful age, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of him, when he comes back in his Father's glory, with the holy angels."

Then Peter spoke, and said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! Let us put up three huts, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

And a cloud came and overshadowed them, and from the cloud came a voice, "This is my Son, my Beloved. Listen to him,"

As they were going down the mountain, he cautioned them to let no one know what they had seen, until the Son of Man should rise from the dead.

Why, I tell you, not only has Elijah come, but people have treated him just as they pleased, as the Scripture says about him."

One of the crowd answered, "Master, I brought my son to you, for he is possessed by a dumb spirit,

and wherever it seizes him it convulses him, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth; and he is wasting away. I told your disciples to drive it out, and they could not do it."

And they brought the boy to him. As soon as the spirit saw him, it convulsed the boy, and he fell down on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

"From his childhood, and many a time it has thrown him into the fire or into the water, to put an end to him. But if there is anything you can do, take pity on us and help us!"

Jesus said to him, " 'If there is anything I can do!' Everything is possible for one who has faith!"

for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and three days after he is killed he will rise again."

"Whoever welcomes one child like this on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not me but him who has sent me."

But Jesus said, "Do not tell him not to do so, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty act, and be able soon after to abuse me.

For the man who is not against us is for us.

where the worm that feeds upon them never dies and the fire is never put out.

Salt is a good thing, but if salt loses its strength, what will you use to season it? You must have salt within you, and live in peace with one another."

And he left that place and went into the district of Judea and crossed the Jordan, and crowds of people again gathered about him, and again he taught them as he was accustomed to do.

and if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she is an adulteress."

When Jesus saw it, he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not try to stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they.

As he was starting again on his journey, a man came running up to him, and knelt at his feet and asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

But Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God himself.

And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

But the disciples were amazed at what he said. And Jesus said to them again, "My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!"

Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but not for God, for anything is possible for God."

Jesus said, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for me and for the good news,

but will receive now in this life a hundred times as much in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and lands, though not without persecution??nd in the coming age eternal life.

As they went on their way up to Jerusalem, Jesus walked ahead of them, and they were in dismay, and those who still followed were afraid. And he took the Twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

And Zebedee's two sons, James and John, came up to him and said, "Master, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

They said to him, "Let us sit one at your right hand and one at your left, in your triumph."

but as for sitting at my right or at my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined."

but it is not to be so among you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

And they came to Jericho. As he was leaving the town with his disciples and a great crowd, Timaeus' son Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting at the roadside.

Jesus stopped and said, "Call him here." And they called the blind man and said to him, "Courage now! Get up, he is calling you!"

and said to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and as soon as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

But they answered them as Jesus had told them to do, and the men let them take it.

Blessed be the reign of our father David which is coming! God bless him from on high!"

And he came into Jerusalem and into the Temple, and looked it all over; then, as it was already late, he went out with the Twelve to Bethany.

In the morning as they were passing along, they saw that the fig tree was withered, to its very roots.

And Peter remembered about it and said to him, "Look, Master! The fig tree that you cursed is withered up!"

Then they went into Jerusalem again. And as Jesus was walking about in the Temple, the high priests, scribes, and elders came up

and said to him, "What authority have you for doing as you do? And who gave you a right to do as you are doing?"

Jesus said to them, "Let me ask you one question, and if you answer me, I will tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." Jesus said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do."

But the tenants said to one another, 'This is his heir! Come on, let us kill him, and the property will belong to us!'

This came from the Lord And seems marvelous to us'?"

And they came up and said to him, "Master, we know that you tell the truth regardless of the consequences, for you are not guided by personal considerations, but teach the way of God with sincerity. Is it right to pay the poll tax to the emperor or not?

And they brought him one. He said to them, "Whose head and title is this?" And they told him, "The emperor's."

Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question.

"Master," they said, "Moses made us a law that if a man's brother died, leaving a wife but no child, the man should marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

For when people rise from the dead, there is no marrying or being married, but they live as angels do in heaven.

But as to the dead being raised, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

He is not God of dead men but of living! You are entirely wrong."

One of the scribes came up and heard them arguing. He saw that Jesus had answered them well, and he asked him, "Which is the first of all the commands?"

Jesus answered, "The first one is, 'Hear, Israel! The Lord our God is one lord,

And this is the second: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.' No other command is greater than these."

The scribe said to him, "Really, Master, you have finely said that he stands alone, and there is none but he,

and to love him with one's whole heart, one's whole understanding, and one's whole strength, and to love one's neighbor as one's self is far more than all these burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

As Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he answered them and said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?

As he was leaving the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Master! What wonderful stones and buildings!"

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him, apart from the others,

"Tell us when this is to happen, and what the sign will be when it is all just going to be carried out."

But when you hear of wars and rumors of war, you must not be alarmed. They have to come, but it is not yet the end.

For nation will rise in arms against nation and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes here and there, there will be famines. This is only the beginning of the sufferings.

When they are taking you off to trial do not worry beforehand about what you ought to say, but say whatever is given you when the time comes, for it is not you that will speak, but the holy Spirit.

But as soon as you see the dreadful desecration standing where he has no right to stand" (the reader must take note of this), "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills;

for there will be such misery in those days as there has never been since the beginning of God's creation until now, and never will be again.

If anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! Here is the Christ!' or 'Look! There he is!' do not believe it.

But in those days, when that misery is over, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed its light

"Let the fig tree teach you the lesson. As soon as its branches grow soft and put forth leaves you know that summer is coming.

So when you see these things happening, you must know that he is just at the door.

just as a man when he leaves home to go on a journey, and puts his slaves in charge, each with his duties, gives orders to the watchman to keep watch.

So you must be on the watch, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming??n the evening or at midnight or toward daybreak or early in the morning??36 for fear he should come unexpectedly and find you asleep.

Jesus was in Bethany, at the house of Simon the leper, and as he was at table, a woman came in, with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, very expensive; she broke the flask and poured the perfume on his head.

But there were some who said indignantly to themselves, "What was the use of wasting the perfume like that?

And they grumbled at her. But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you bother her? It is a fine thing that she has done to me.

I tell you, wherever the good news is preached all over the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

On the first day of the festival of Unleavened Bread, on which it was customary to kill the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you wish us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover supper?"

and whatever house he goes into, say to the man of the house, 'The Master says, "Where is my room where I can eat the Passover supper with my disciples?" '

And he will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make your preparations for us there."

So the disciples started and went into the city, and found everything just as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover supper.

And when they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell you, one of you is going to betray me??ne who is eating with me."

He said to them, "It is one of the Twelve, who is dipping his bread in the same dish with me.

For the Son of Man is indeed to go away as the Scriptures say of him, but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born."

As they were eating, he took a loaf and blessed it, and he broke it in pieces and gave it to them saying, "Take this. It is my body."

And he said to them, "This is my blood which ratifies the agreement, and is to be poured out for many people.

and he said to them, "My heart is almost breaking. You must stay here and keep watch."

and he said, "Abba!" that is, Father, "anything is possible for you! Take this cup away from me! Yet not what I please but what you do!"

You must all watch, and pray that you may not be subjected to trial. One's spirit is eager, but human nature is weak."

He went away again and prayed in the same words as before.

When he came back for the third time, he said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Enough of this! The time has come. See! the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

Get up, let us be going. Look, here comes my betrayer!"

Now the man who betrayed him had given them a signal, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Seize him and take him safely away."

And Jesus spoke and said to them, "Have you come out to arrest me with swords and clubs, as though I were a robber?