For he is the one about whom Isaiah the prophet had spoken: "The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'"

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?

Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin.

So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

So they came and woke him up saying, "Lord, save us! We are about to die!"

And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them, "See that no one knows about this."

But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region.

Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

This is the one about whom it is written: 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard reports about Jesus,

Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.

Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

When Jesus learned of this, he said, "You who have such little faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves about having no bread?

How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."

Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

When it was about nine o'clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

So they went. When he went out again about noon and three o'clock that afternoon, he did the same thing.

And about five o'clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day without work?'

When those hired about five o'clock came, each received a full day's pay.

Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

"What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said, "The son of David."

"So when you see the abomination of desolation -- spoken about by Daniel the prophet -- standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

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."

But he denied it in front of them all: "I don't know what you're talking about!"

As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today."

At about three o'clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"