He was in the wilderness for 40 days being tempted by Satan. He was among wild animals, and angels were ministering to him.

Now some scribes were sitting there, arguing among themselves,

At once, Jesus knew in his spirit what they were saying to themselves. "Why are you arguing about such things among yourselves?" he asked them.

Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes came up and choked them out, and they didn't produce anything.

Still others are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the people who hear the word,

He lived among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, not even with a chain.

He kept screaming night and day among the tombs and on the mountainsides, and kept cutting himself with stones.

So the demons begged him, "Send us among the pigs, so that we can go into them!"

Jesus had been telling them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own home."

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

Then he took a little child and had him stand among them. He took him in his arms and told them,

Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor? Keep on having salt among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."

Jesus called his disciples and told them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers among the unbelievers lord it over them, and their superiors act like tyrants over them.

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to everyone,

They began discussing this among themselves. "If we say, "From heaven,' he'll say, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

because they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there'll be a riot among the people."

Then they crucified him. They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get.

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!

Now there were women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of young James and Joseph, and Salome.