And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,

And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

[[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

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

And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"

And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.

And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean.

And Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! All things are possible for one who believes."

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side."

"But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

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

They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.

Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.

But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.'

And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.

And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us."

And he said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent.

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,

And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body."

And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil.

And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away.

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden.

But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.

For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.

And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.

Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples

The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught.

Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.

And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching.

And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean."

John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power."

And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.

And immediately heleft the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."

He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

And immediately they left their nets and followed him.

And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her,

It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you."

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,"Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,

And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.

And they came and said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?"

And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea.

And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!"

And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

"But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate.

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us."

And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them.

Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.

And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.

And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?"

And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"--

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.

And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.

And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets.

And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]

"But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,

There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.

King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him."

The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.

And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him.

And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."

The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.

And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.

And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.

Jesus looked at them and said, "With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God."

On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.

in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces

And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,

For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.

Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,

And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know,

And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.

And he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.

Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out,

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "by the prince of demons he casts out the demons."

And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach

And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?"

Pray that it may not happen in winter.

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!"

Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"

And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years,

And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him,

And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men."

And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.

And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them,

But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

And Jesus said, "I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."

You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men."

And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

And he said to them, "Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, "Why put me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."

And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.

but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics.

And crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me."

And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

And they brought one. And he said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to him, "Caesar's."

But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him."

and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak.

The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban"' (that is, given to God)--

then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,

And when it was evening, he came with the twelve.

And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.

And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."

And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.

And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth."

And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

Now Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

For he was saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

And he said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.

And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation."

And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able."

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.

And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me."

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

And he said to them, "Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there.

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you question these things in your hearts?

Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

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

And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread.

And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him.

Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

And when evening came they went out of the city.

And he cautioned them, saying, "Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."

And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise.

And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God!

And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side.

There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring.

Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,

and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him.

And they began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

And he asked them, "What are you arguing about with them?"

And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country.

And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him,

And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him.

For the Son of Man goes as it is written of 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 Simon and those who were with him searched for him,

And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died.

And the whole city was gathered together at the door.

And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.

And Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."

And he said to them, "Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out."

And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.

And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

And the inscription of the charge against him read, "The King of the Jews."

So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered the pigs, and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and were drowned in the sea.

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your bed and walk'?

And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.

for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him.

He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me.

And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me."

But others said, "He is Elijah." And others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old."

Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?

Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside,

and said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them."

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

And Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.

And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.

And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.

And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him,"Then who can be saved?"

And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

and they said to him, "By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?"

And Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong."

But shall we say, 'From man'?"--they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet.

And Jesus said to him, "Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will be.

And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?

Peter said to him, "Even though they all fall away, I will not."

And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not,

and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.

And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again."

"I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home."

and they begged him, saying, "Send us to the pigs; let us enter them."

And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.

And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"

The sower sows the word.

They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, "Is it I?"

And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them.

"From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

and they found him and said to him, "Everyone is looking for you."

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders,

The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened.

No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.

coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife."

And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word,

And he looked up and said, "I see men, but they look like trees, walking."

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins--and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins."

But when Herod heard of it, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised."

And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?"

and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.)

And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light.

And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him.

And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

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

they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.

They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away."

And he said to her, "Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

"And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" And they said to him, "Seven."

But be on guard; I have told you all things beforehand.

And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:

But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They said to him, "Twelve."

And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once,

For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.

And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!"

and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy.

And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands?

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."

this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee."

When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet.

and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.

And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.

how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?"

and said to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.

And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.

Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

and have authority to cast out demons.

"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.

And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us."

And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:

And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and to the pigs.

And he called them to him and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.

And he said to the man with the withered hand, "Come here."

As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him.

For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away."

If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, "Do you see anything?"

Was the baptism of John from heaven or from man? Answer me."

And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.

And they told him, "John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets."

And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region.

And he said to them, "Do you not yet understand?"

For when Herodias's daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you."

and implored him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live."

and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them.

All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."

But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

But he said emphatically, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." And they all said the same.

Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.'"

And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

And he said to her, "For this statement you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter."

And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, "Who touched my garments?"

And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.

And Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how.

What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others.

And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away."

And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"

Again he sent to them another servant, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully.

And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd.

The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying,

And the Pharisees were saying to him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

for they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go.

And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields.

And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.

And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.

And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, "He is dead."

And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

And he vowed to her, "Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."

And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. He went and beheaded him in the prison

And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed.

He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain,

And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him.

But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."

But she answered him, "Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end.

She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.

And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.

For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I will be made well."

And she went out and said to her mother, "For what should I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist."

And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

And some of those standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"

"But be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them.

and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.

And he said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them.

And he sent him to his home, saying, "Do not even enter the village."

And his disciples answered him, "How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?"

For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified.

And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."

When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together.

Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.

And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.

And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'"

And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?

"What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God."

And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.

And he said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?

And he asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."

the voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'"

And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.

And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her.

And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."

And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.

And Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."

And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.

And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,

That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons.

And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,

And he was teaching them and saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers."

And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.

And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);

And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,

And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease."

And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, "If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.

And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you."

"Listen! A sower went out to sow.

And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so."

What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.

And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.

The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.

And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him.

And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came,

Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea

And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him,

And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.

Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.

Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet

Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they marveled at him.

but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do."

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.

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

Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, "I will; be clean."

And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer."

so that "they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven."

And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

"Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter,

And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.

So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.

Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.

So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,

And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe."Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the Council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

"Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?"

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him."

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--he said to the paralytic--

Therefore stay awake--for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning--

And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back--it was very large.

And Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household."

saying, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles.

And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must take place, but the end is not yet.

And he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch."

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'

And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.

"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."

Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat.

And Jesus began to say to them, "See that no one leads you astray.

who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."

He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff--no bread, no bag, no money in their belts--

And he said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.

"Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.'

She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.

And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son;listen to him."

for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people."

And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her."

While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?"

But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?"

And he called the people to him again and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand:

Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.