Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and they begged him to let them enter them. So he gave them permission.

When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Then all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.

Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."

So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.

And when the apostles returned, they told him what they had done. Then he took them with him and withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida.

But when the crowds learned it, they followed him; and he welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.

But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." And they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fishunless we go and buy food for all these people."

And they did so, and made them all sit down.

They all ate and were satisfied, and they took up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

So they answered, "John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again."

But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God."

But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.

While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. But they kept quiet, and told no one in those days any of the things they had seen.

On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.

I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

And they were all amazed at the majesty of God. But while everyone was marveling at all that Jesus did, he said to his disciples,

But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

and they went on to another village.

As they were going along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they give, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.

Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you.

But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say,

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first."

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

So you witness that you approve of the deeds of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

Therefore the wisdom of God also said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'

In the meantime, when so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together that they trampled one another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Now when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you are to say;

Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!

Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

and be like men who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, so that they may open to him immediately when he comes and knocks.

But he who did not know, and committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask the more.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

And Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way?

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?

One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they watched him.

But they kept silent. And he took him and healed him, and let him go.

And they could not reply to this.

So he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noted how they chose the places of honor, saying to them:

Then he also said to the one who invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers, your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to have me excused.'

for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they scoffed at him.

for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'

Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'

And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"

Then he said to his disciples, "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to him through whom they do come!

And they lifted up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"

When he saw them, he said to them, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed.

nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is within you."

And they will say to you, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!' Do not go after them or follow them.

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Likewise as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."

Then he told them a parable, to show that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

Also he told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

Now they were also bringing infants to him that he might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

They will scourge him and kill him, and on the third day he will rise again."

But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.

They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."

And immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

And when they saw it they all murmured, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."

As they heard these things, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.

And they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas already!'

And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

And they said, "The Lord has need of it."

And they brought it to Jesus, and they threw their garments on the colt and set Jesus on it.

And, as he was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

saying, "If you had known, even you, this day, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation."

but they could not find anything they could do, for all the people hung upon his words.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants, that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

He sent another servant; him also they beat and treated shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

He sent a third; and they wounded him and cast him out.

Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

But when the tenants saw him, they reasoned among themselves and said, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

He will come and destroy those tenants, and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "May this never be!"

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the peoplefor they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.

So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might catch him on what he said, in order to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

And they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and you do not show partiality, but teach the way of God in truth.

"Show me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's."

And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him by what he said. But marveling at his answer they were silent.