After they left the synagogue, they went directly to the house of Simon and Andrew, along with James and John.

"Why does this man talk this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

As he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax collector's desk. Jesus told him, "Follow me!" So Levi got up and followed him.

As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

When he was alone with the Twelve and those around him, they began to ask him about the parables.

Some people are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. When they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.

They laughed and laughed at him. But when he had driven all of them outside, he took the child's father and mother, along with the men who were with him, and went into the room where the child was.

He instructed them to take nothing along on the trip except a walking stick no bread, no traveling bag, nothing in their moneybag.

They could wear sandals but not take along an extra shirt.

When evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, while he was alone on the land.

Jesus took him away from the crowd to be alone with him. Putting his fingers into the man's ears, he touched the man's tongue with saliva.

Now the disciples had forgotten to take any bread along, but they had one loaf with them in the boat.

Then Jesus called the crowd to himself along with his disciples and told them, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously,

Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain to be alone with him. His appearance was changed in front of them,

Suddenly, as they looked around, they saw no one with them but Jesus alone.

who will not receive a hundred times as much here in this world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecution as well as eternal life in the age to come.

and told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you go into it, you will find a colt tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it, and bring it along.

While they were walking along early the next morning, they saw the fig tree dried up to its roots.

They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me,

He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to feel distressed and troubled.

In the same way, the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, "He saved others, but can't save himself!