And he was preaching, saying, "One [who is] more powerful than I is coming after me, of whom I am not worthy to bend down [and] untie the strap of his sandals.

And [as he] was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting [a net] into the sea (for they were fishermen).

And they were amazed at his teaching, because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like the scribes.

And he healed many {who were sick} with various diseases and expelled many demons. And he did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And many had gathered, so that [there was] no longer room, not even at the door, and he was speaking the word to them.

And [when] they were not able to bring [him] to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. And [after] digging through, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying.

And [when] Jesus heard [it], he said to them, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and said to him, "{Why} do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

And Jesus said to them, "The {bridegroom's attendants} are not able to fast while the bridegroom is with them, [are they]? As long a time [as] they have the bridegroom with them, they are not able to fast.

And the Pharisees began to say to him, "Behold, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?"

And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he had need and he and those [who were] with him were hungry--

how he entered into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests) and also gave [it] to those who were with him?"

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was established for people, and not people for the Sabbath.

And he told his disciples that a small boat should stand ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not press upon him.

And he warned them strictly that they should not make him known.

And he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they were not even able to eat a meal.

And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.

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

And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand, but is at an end!

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness {forever}, but is guilty of [an] eternal sin"--

And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once, because it did not have [any] depth of soil.

And when the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have [enough] root, it withered.

And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

so that '{they may look closely} and not perceive, and {they may listen carefully} and not understand, lest they turn and it be forgiven them.'"

And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all the parables?

And he said to them, "Surely a lamp is not brought so that it may be put under a bushel basket or under a bed, [is it]? [Is it] not so that it may be put on a lampstand?

For whoever has, [more] will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him."

And he sleeps and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows--{he does not know how}.

And he did not speak to them without a parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

And he was in the stern sleeping on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, is it not a concern to you that we are perishing?"

And he said to them, "Why are you fearful? Do you not yet have faith?"

who {lived} among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him any longer, not even with a chain,

And during every night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

And crying out with a loud voice he said, "{What have I to do with you}, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me!"

And he was imploring him many [times] that he would not send them out of the region.

And he did not permit him, but said to him, "Go to your home to your [people] and tell them all that the Lord has done for you, and [that] he has had mercy on you."

But Jesus, ignoring {what was said}, told the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid--only believe!"

And he did not allow anyone to follow along with him except Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

And [when he] entered, he said to them, "Why are you agitated and weeping? The child is not dead, but is sleeping."

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they were offended by him.

And Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his [own] household."

And he was not able to do any miracle in that place except to lay his hands on a few sick [people] [and] heal [them].

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

And whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, [as you] go out from there, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them."

For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not permitted for you to have your brother's wife."

So Herodias held a grudge against him and was wanting to kill him, and was not able [to do so].

And [although he] was deeply grieved, the king, because of his oaths and {dinner guests}, did not want to refuse her.

And he said to them, "You yourselves come privately to an isolated place and rest for a short time." For those [who were] coming and going were many, and they did not even have time to eat.

And he saw them being beaten in their rowing because the wind was against them. Around the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he was wanting to pass by them.

For they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke with them and said to them, "Have courage, I am [he]! Do not be afraid!"

because they did not understand concerning the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands {ritually}, [thus] holding fast to the traditions of the elders.

And [when they come] from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other [traditions] which they have received [and] hold fast to--[for example,] the washing of cups and pitchers and bronze kettles and dining couches.)

And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unclean hands?"

And he said to them, "So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything [that is] outside that goes into a person [is] not able to defile him?

For it does not enter into his heart but into his stomach, and goes out into the latrine"--[thus] declaring all foods clean.

And from there he set out [and] went to the region of Tyre. And [when he] entered into a house, he wanted no one to know, and [yet] he was not able to escape notice.

And he said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw [it] to the dogs!"

And he ordered them that they should say nothing, but as much as he ordered them [not to], they proclaimed [it] even more instead.

In those days there was again a large crowd, and they did not have anything they could eat. Summoning the disciples, he said to them,

"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat.

And they had forgotten to take bread, and except [for] one loaf, they did not have [any] with them in the boat.

And knowing [this], he said to them, "Why are you discussing that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?

[Although you] have eyes, do you not see? And [although you] have ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

And he said to them, "Do you not yet understand?"

And he sent him to his home, saying, "Do not even go into the village."

But turning around and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan, because you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but the things of people!"

(For he did not know what he should answer, because they were terrified.)

And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes paralyzed. And I told your disciples that they should expel it, and they were not able [to do so].

And [after] he had entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why were we not able to expel it?"

And from there they went out [and] passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know,

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

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

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us."

But Jesus said, "Do not prevent him, because there is no one who does a miracle in my name and will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.

For whoever is not against us is for us.

'where their worm does not die and the fire is not extinguished.'

Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."

But [when] Jesus saw [it], he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the young children come to me. Do not forbid them, {for to such belongs} the kingdom of God.

Truly I say to you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a young child will never enter into it."

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"

Jesus looked at them [and] said, "With human beings [it is] impossible, but not with God. For all [things] [are] possible with God."

{who will not} receive a hundred times as much now in this time--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, together with persecutions--and in the age to come, eternal life.

But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"

but to sit at my right hand or at [my] left is not mine to grant, but [is] for those for whom it has been prepared."

But it is not like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

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 if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say 'The Lord has need of it, and will send it here again at once.'"

And [when he] saw from a distance a fig tree that had leaves, he went [to see] if perhaps he would find anything on it. And [when he] came up to it he found nothing except leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

And he did not permit anyone to carry objects through the temple [courts].

And he began to teach and was saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

Truly I say to you that whoever 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.

And they began to discuss [this] with one another, saying, "What should we say? If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

And they replied to Jesus saying, "We do not know." And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these [things]."

Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}.

And [when they] came, they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people} but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?"

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone's brother dies and he leaves behind a wife and does not leave a child, that his brother should take the wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

There were seven brothers, and the first took a wife. And [when he] died, he did not leave descendants.

And the seven did not leave descendants. Last of all the woman also died.

Jesus said to them, "Are you not deceived because of this, [because you] do not know the scriptures or the power of God?