Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.

And a voice came from heaven: "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."

Then they went to Capernaum. When the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.

"Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are -- the Holy One of God!"

But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!"

After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

He came and raised her up by gently taking her hand. Then the fever left her and she began to serve them.

He replied, "Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do."

Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. "If you are willing, you can make me clean," he said.

Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.

Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them.

When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

Now Jesus went up the mountain and called for those he wanted, and they came to him.

The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and, "By the ruler of demons he casts out demons."

And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come.

Then Jesus' mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.

but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.

And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come."

On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake."

So they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes.

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

(For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!")

Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.

They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind -- the one who had the "Legion" -- and they were afraid.

Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.

He asked him urgently, "My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live."

When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,

Then the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.

While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?"

They came to the house of the synagogue ruler where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.

Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up."

Now Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

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

When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."

When John's disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

He said to them, "Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while" (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.

When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is an isolated place and it is already very late.

When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.

He saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending, he came to them walking on the sea, for he wanted to pass by them.

After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.

Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.

And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

All these evils come from within and defile a person."

Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

Then Jesus went out again from the region of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the region of the Decapolis.

If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance."

Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.

Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.

And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my one dear Son. Listen to him!"

Then they asked him, "Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

He said to them, "Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again."

It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, "He is dead!"

He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer."

Then they came to Capernaum. After Jesus was inside the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?"

Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

who will not receive in this age a hundred times as much -- homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions -- and in the age to come, eternal life.

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

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

After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.

They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'

What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

When they came they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone's favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we?"

Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) also came to him and asked him,

Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"

And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.

Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and they will mislead many.

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.

Then, when it was evening, he came to the house with the twelve.

Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you stay awake for one hour?

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.

He came a third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders.

Jesus said to them, "Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?

Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.

Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest's slave girls came by.

Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.

save yourself and come down from the cross!"

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!" Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.