He announced, "After me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to stoop and untie the string of his sandals:

he said, "The time has now come, God's reign is near: repent and believe in the gospel."

so Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me and I will make you fish for men."

"Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? We know who you are, you are God's holy One."

But Jesus checked it; "Be quiet," he said, "come out of him."

And after convulsing him the unclean spirit did come out of him with a loud cry.

On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners."

A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them; then they will fast, on that day.

He said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise and come forward;"

But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and "It is by the prince of daemons that he casts out daemons."

and if Satan has risen against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, he comes to an end.

As for those 'on the road,' when the seed is sown there ??as soon as they hear it, Satan at once comes and carries off the word sown within them.

but the worries of the world and the delight of being rich and all the other passions come in to choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

But whenever the crop is ready, he has the sickle put in at once, as harvest has come."

(For he had said, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.")

with earnest entreaties. "My little girl is dying," he said, "do come and lay your hands on her that she may recover and live,"

He was still speaking when a message came from the house of the synagogue-president, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher to come any further?"

And he said to them, "Come away to some lonely spot and get a little rest" (for there were many people coming and going, and they could get no time even to eat).

Now the Pharisees gathered to meet him, with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

they decline to eat what comes from the market till they have washed it; and they have a number of other traditions to keep about washing cups and jugs and basins [and beds].)

nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him; it is what comes from him that defiles him.

"No," he said, "it is what comes from a man, that is what defiles him.

From within, from the heart of man, the designs of evil come: sexual vice, stealing, murder,

If I send them home without food they will faint on the road. Besides, some of them have come a long way."

Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this disloyal and sinful generation, the Son of man will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, to restore all things; but what is written about the Son of man as well? This, that he is to endure great suffering and be rejected.

As for Elijah, I tell you he has come already, and they have done to him whatever they pleased ??as it is written of him."

And it did come out, after shrieking aloud and convulsing him violently. The child turned like a corpse, so that most people said, "he is dead";

He said to them, "Nothing can make this kind come out but prayer and fasting."

but Jesus was angry when he saw this, and he said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

Jesus looked at him and loved him. "There is one thing you want," he said; "go and sell all you have; give the money to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, take up the cross, and follow me."

who does not get a hundred times as much ??in this present world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and lands, together with persecutions, and in the world to come life eternal.

for the Son of man himself has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

and both those in front and those who followed shouted, "Hosanna! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name!

Blessed be the Reign to come, our father David's reign. Hosanna in high heaven!"

But these vinedressers said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be our own.'

Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers, and he will give the vineyard to others.

So Jesus began: "Take care that no one misleads you: ??6 many will come in my name saying, 'I am he,' and mislead many.

And when you hear of wars and rumours of war, do not be alarmed; these have to come, but it is not the end yet.

Now when they carry you off to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; say whatever comes to your lips at the moment, for he who speaks is not you but the holy Spirit.

Pray it may not be winter when it comes,

Watch then, for you never know when the Lord of the House will come, in the late evening or at midnight or at cock-crow or in the morning.

Watch, in case he comes suddenly and finds you asleep.

Then he came for the third time and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? No more of that! The hour has come, here is the Son of man betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Come, get up, here is my betrayer close at hand."

At that very moment, while he was still speaking, Judas [Iscariot] one of the twelve came up accompanied by a mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and scribes and elders.

Come down from the cross and save yourself!"

Let 'the Christ,' 'the king of Israel' come down now from the cross! Let us see that and we will believe!" Those who were crucified with him also denounced him.

One man ran off, soaked a sponge in vinegar, and put it on the end of a stick to give him a drink, saying, "Come on, let us see if Elijah does come to take him down!"