He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

He said, "The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel!"

Now after John was imprisoned, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.

These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;

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

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'

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

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

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

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

Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"

Now after some days, when he returned to Capernaum, the news spread that he was at home.

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire.

Now as Jesus was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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

They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.

Then Jesus said to him, "'If you are able?' All things are possible for the one who believes."

Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake."

"But as for that day or hour no one knows it -- neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son -- except the Father.

Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.

So they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes.

Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.

For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. 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."

Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?" And so they took offense at him.

But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female.

They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

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

Then he said to them, "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?" But they were silent.

Around three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them alone up a high mountain privately. And he was transfigured before them,

While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it. This is my body."

Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he 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. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.

There were about four thousand who ate. Then he dismissed them.

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to escape notice.

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins."

Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.

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

Jesus said to them, "Have faith in God.

Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer.

Now as they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples

Then the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.

Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

Then they went to Capernaum. When the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.

Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. "If you are willing, you can make me clean," he said.

In the wilderness John the baptizer began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Now as soon as they left the synagogue, they entered Simon and Andrew's house, with James and John.

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

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well."

Now Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

They left their nets immediately and followed him.

Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

So he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

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

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.

When they came they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone's favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we?"

When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!"

He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

"But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed 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."

Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan River. Again crowds gathered to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them.

As he went along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.

So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

He also said, "The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

Then they asked him, "Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin"

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Then Jesus entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

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

He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.

They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]]

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

There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.

Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words.

Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him."

The Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness.

Now Jesus went up the mountain and called for those he wanted, and they came to him.

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

Then Jesus' mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

The second is: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected.

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.

Jesus looked at them and replied, "This is impossible for mere humans, but not for God; all things are possible for God."

Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.

They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.'

Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd.

In his teaching Jesus also said, "Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,

The people there were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, not like the experts in the law.

He said to them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).

They went out from there and passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Then Jesus went out again from the region of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the region of the Decapolis.

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and, "By the ruler of demons he casts out demons."

He appointed twelve (whom he named apostles), so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach

Then they came to Capernaum. After Jesus was inside the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?"

Pray that it may not be in winter.

But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!"

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

After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years.

They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

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

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the elect.

Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."

When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.

Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

He also said to them, "You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

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

Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition."

They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

He said to them, "Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."

So the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor's residence) and called together the whole cohort.

and to put on sandals but not to wear two tunics.

Then he cried out with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God -- do not torment me!"

So the news about him spread quickly throughout all the region around Galilee.

So they brought one, and he said to them, "Whose image is this, and whose inscription?" They replied, "Caesar's."

But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him.

But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, 'Whatever help you would have received from me is corban' (that is, a gift for God),

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

Then, when it was evening, he came to the house with the twelve.

After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times."

and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

The man said to him, "Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."

He came and raised her up by gently taking her hand. Then the fever left her and she began to serve them.

Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so they spoke to Jesus at once about her.

And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.

(For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!")

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

Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, "Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation."

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able to do so."

Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me will betray me."

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us: 'If a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.'

He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the area.

Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them, "Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?

Now they had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.

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

So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread.

When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran at once and greeted him.

But at this statement, the man looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.

And Jesus ordered them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!"

The second married her and died without any children, and likewise the third.

The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!"

Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.

Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds:

Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

They began to salute him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

So 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.

The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.

He asked them, "What are you arguing about with them?"

He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.

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

Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd would not press toward him.

Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.

For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."

Simon and his companions searched for him.

None of the seven had children. Finally, the woman died too.

The whole town gathered by the door.

The leprosy left him at once, and he was clean.

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

He replied, "Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do."

In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.

He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

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

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Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.

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, 'Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk'?

But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.

For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.

He answered them, "You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me."

Others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past."

Though you have eyes, don't you see? And though you have ears, can't you hear? Don't you remember?

There on the hillside, a great herd of pigs was feeding.

He told him, "See that you do not say anything to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them."

When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

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

And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.

And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

They were even more astonished and said to one another, "Then who can be saved?"

So he went into all of Galilee preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

and said, "By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"

But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.

He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken!"

But if we say, 'From people -- '" (they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).

Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today -- this very night -- before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

For in those days there will be suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

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When he learned of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?

Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, I will not!"

When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

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

So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not

and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again."

"I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher, and go home."

And the demonic spirits begged him, "Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them."

Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

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

The sower sows the word.

They were distressed, and one by one said to him, "Surely not I?"

So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.

"Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.

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

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.

adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.

Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.

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

Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

Regaining his sight he said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking."

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be destroyed. Instead new wine is poured into new wineskins."

But when Herod heard this, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!"

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, and nothing concealed except to be brought to light.

Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.

Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

They watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they could accuse him.

And they saw that some of Jesus' disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught.

They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her."

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

"When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?" They replied, "Seven."

Be careful! I have told you everything ahead of time.

He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:

But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?" They replied, "Twelve."

Immediately Jesus sent the man away with a very strong warning.

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

He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.

Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one 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.

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred."

This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."

At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.

Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

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

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

But no one is able to enter a strong man's house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?"

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

because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.

Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.

The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

and to have authority to cast out demons.

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

It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us."

He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry --

And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."

Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.

So he called them and spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?

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

So he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Stand up among all these people."

As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.

For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him."

If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!"

He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes and asked, "Do you see anything?"

John's baptism -- was it from heaven or from people? Answer me."

But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.

They said, "John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets."

Then they asked Jesus to leave their region.

Then he said to them, "Do you still not understand?"

When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."

He asked him urgently, "My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live."

and his clothes became radiantly white, more so than any launderer in the world could bleach them.

All these evils come from within and defile a person."

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

But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.

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

But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all of them said the same thing.

I tell you the truth, I will no longer drink 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 needs it and will send it back here soon.'"

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

Then he said to her, "Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter."

Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

She went home and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

So Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters -- one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

He had one left, his one dear 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:

Everyone ate and was satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

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

He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

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

If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance."

Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"

So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.

By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) also came to him and asked him,

So the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

(because they said, "He has an unclean spirit").

They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders let them go.

Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields.

So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.

And a voice came from heaven: "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."

Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, "He is dead!"

Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: "I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."

He swore to her, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."

So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.

He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed.

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

Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come."

She answered, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come.

When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,

As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

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

for she kept saying, "If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed."

So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."

So while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

Some people standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"

"You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

She had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet instead of getting better, she grew worse.

He also said to them, "A lamp isn't brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn't it to be placed on a lampstand?

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.

They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.

Jesus sent him home, saying, "Do not even go into the village."

His disciples answered him, "Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?"

(For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.)

When some of the bystanders heard it they said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"

When John's disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.

Then Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.

He said to them, "This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many.

Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you stay awake for one hour?

"Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are -- the Holy One of God!"

At once the bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.

He also asked, "To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They replied, "Seven."

the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'"

Then they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them.

Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

Then everyone will see the Son of Man arriving in the clouds with great power and glory.

For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more except Jesus.

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

Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."

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

After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

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

He said to them, "Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while" (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.

They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

Then he began to teach them and said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, "How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is David's son?

When they arrest you and hand you over for trial, do not worry about what to speak. But say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.

He appointed twelve: To Simon he gave the name Peter;

Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders.

for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."

After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

He said, "What comes out of a person defiles him.

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease."

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

As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.

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Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.

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

As Jesus was having a meal in Levi's home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you."

"Listen! A sower went out to sow.

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

So Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "You say so."

Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.

Jesus said to him, "Go, your faith has healed you." Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the road.

Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.

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

The expert in the law said to him, "That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him.

Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest's slave girls came by.

Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,

A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him,

First the gospel must be preached to all nations.

John wore a garment made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.

Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were utterly amazed at him.

but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.

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

Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this."

Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."

Then as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.

He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing. Be clean!"

He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer."

so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven."

Now as for the dead being raised, have you not 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'?

I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter.

And very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.

In the same way even the chief priests -- together with the experts in the law -- were mocking him among themselves: "He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested.

For this reason the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."

If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across 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 in this age a hundred times as much -- homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions -- and in the age to come, eternal life.

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!" Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

"Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?"

There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him."

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

Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return -- whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn --

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled back.

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

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Be quiet! Calm down!" Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert."

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

They cast out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me."

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat.

Jesus began to say to them, "Watch out that no one misleads you.

They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment."

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

And he said to them, "Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

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

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

She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.

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

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my one dear Son. Listen to him!"

For they said, "Not during the feast, so there won't be a riot among the people."

I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?"