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

And as he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the Sea; for they were fishermen.

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

As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew.

and he 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, as a testimony to them."

As he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed him.

And as he sat at table in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him.

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

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

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

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

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

And leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him.

And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him.

And when the daughter of 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."

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

So she went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist!"

Wherever he entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched him were made well.

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.

In vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.'

and his clothes became dazzling, exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth could bleach them.

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.

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

But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.

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

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?"

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

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."

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

and said to them, "Go into the village opposite 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.

They answered as Jesus had told them to, and they let them go.

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

And as he taught them, he said, "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."

In the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

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

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

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

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

And 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, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

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

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 when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to ask him any question.

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

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

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

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

And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat 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.

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

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

For the Son of Man goes just 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 as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, "Take; this is my body."

And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?

You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?" And they all condemned him as worthy of death.

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

Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "It is as you say."

And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he had always done for them.

Then they compelled a certain man, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to carry his cross.

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

She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country.

Later he appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen.