The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news of God:

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!”

“What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there.

“Why does He speak like this? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

“I tell you: get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

Immediately he got up, picked up the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded and gave glory to God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

Then, moving on, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!” So he got up and followed Him.

how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the sacred bread—which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests—and also gave some to his companions?”

Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.

Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, those possessed fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea.

Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop that increased 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables

But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

“The kingdom of God is like this,” He said. “A man scatters seed on the ground;

And He said: “How can we illustrate the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?

He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Silence! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

As soon as He got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met Him.

And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God, don’t torment me!”

and kept begging Him, “My little daughter is at death’s door. Come and lay Your hands on her so she can get well and live.”

Then He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was 12 years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things?” they said. “What is this wisdom given to Him, and how are these miracles performed by His hands?

Immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.

After He said good-bye to them, He went away to the mountain to pray.

Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were completely astounded,

As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Him.

Disregarding the command of God, you keep the tradition of men.”

He also said to them, “You completely invalidate God’s command in order to maintain your tradition!

You revoke God’s word by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many other similar things.”

He got up and departed from there to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but He could not escape notice.

His disciples answered Him, “Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to fill these people?”

and immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

Then He left them, got on board the boat again, and went to the other side.

But turning around and looking at His disciples, He rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan, because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns, but man’s!”

Then He said to them, “I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”

Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it’s good for us to be here! Let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—

And if your hand causes your downfall, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go to hell—the unquenchable fire,

And if your foot causes your downfall, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell— [the unquenchable fire,

And if your eye causes your downfall, gouge it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves and be at peace with one another.”

But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.

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

When Jesus saw it, He was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me. Don’t stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

I assure you: Whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”

But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”

Many people told him to keep quiet, but he was crying out all the more, “Have mercy on me, Son of David!”

Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”

So they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up; He’s calling for you.”

He threw off his coat, jumped up, and came to Jesus.

Many people spread their robes on the road, and others spread leafy branches cut from the fields.

Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God.

When they came, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know You are truthful and defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality but teach truthfully the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

Then Jesus told them, “Give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were amazed at Him.

Jesus told them, “Are you not deceived because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God?

Now concerning the dead being raised—haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him: I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?

He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are badly deceived.”

“This is the most important,” Jesus answered:

Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is One.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.

When Jesus saw that he answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any longer.

And the good news must first be proclaimed to all nations.

A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house.

And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes.

For those will be days of tribulation, the kind that hasn’t been from the beginning of the world, which God created, until now and never will be again!

You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have Me.

And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him silver. So he started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him.

I assure you: I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it in a new way in the kingdom of God.”

Get up; let’s go! See—My betrayer is near.”

And one of those who stood by drew his sword, struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his ear.

Then they crucified Him and divided His clothes, casting lots for them to decide what each would get.

And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabachtháni?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

When the centurion, who was standing opposite Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, “This man really was God’s Son!”

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came and boldly went in to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

After he bought some fine linen, he took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. Then he placed Him in a tomb cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

they will pick up snakes; if they should drink anything deadly, it will never harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”

Then after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.