He went on a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; they too were in their boat putting their nets in order.

They proceeded to Capernaum, and on the very first Sabbath he went to the synagogue and taught.

"What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!"

and night and day he was always shrieking among the tombs and on the hills and cutting himself with stones.

and screamed out, "What do you want of me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? In God's name, I implore you, do not torture me."

And he wondered at their want of faith. Then he went around among the villages teaching.

He went on to say, "It is what comes out of a man that pollutes him.

The boy's father immediately cried out, "I have faith! Help my want of faith!"

As they went on their way up to Jerusalem, Jesus walked ahead of them, and they were in dismay, and those who still followed were afraid. And he took the Twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

and then he will send out the angels and gather his chosen people from the four winds, from one end of the world to the other.

It was now two days before the festival of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. And the high priests and scribes were casting about for a way to arrest him by stealth and put him to death,

And he went on a little way and threw himself on the ground and prayed that if it were possible he might be spared the hour of trial,

Then the high priest tore his clothing, and said, "What do we want of witnesses now?

One man ran off and soaked a sponge in common wine, and put it on the end of a stick and held it up to him to drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elijah does come to take him down!"

There were some women also watching from a distance, among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome,

Still later he appeared to the Eleven themselves when they were at table, and reproached them for their obstinacy and want of faith, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had been raised from the dead.