Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then he called them.

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.

But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

"For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.

so that it will not be obvious to others when you are fasting, but only to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

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

When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.

Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out and it was restored, as healthy as the other.

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!"

Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.

But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

When the disciples went to the other side, they forgot to take bread.

They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

For there are some eunuchs who were that way from birth, and some who were made eunuchs by others, and some who became eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it."

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

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?'

Now when the other ten heard this, they were angry with the two brothers.

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

The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, 'I will, sir,' but did not go.

Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.

They said to him, "He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest."

Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet."'

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law -- justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

"Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their food at the proper time?

Later, the other virgins came too, saying, 'Lord, lord! Let us in!'

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

(Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)

Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.