And a voice from heaven said, "This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight."

the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned."

Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don't they?

But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.

And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.

When Jesus entered the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,

But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and gently took her by the hand, and the girl got up.

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?

Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.

"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

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.

As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Then he called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand.

Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

Then Jesus called the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way."

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?"

After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!"

When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,

It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed them.

The crowd scolded them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

But if we say, 'From people,' we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet."

They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone's favor because you show no partiality.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

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

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.

At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they wanted.

When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves!"

Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.

and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.

Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can."

So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.

So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.