But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.

But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.

Jesus ordered them not to tell anything. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more.

But at this statement, the man looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

"But as for that day or hour no one knows it -- neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son -- except the Father.

They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.