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

Just then there was in their synagogue a man under the control of a foul spirit, and he cried out,

The foul spirit convulsed the man and gave a loud cry and went out of him.

And they were all so amazed that they discussed it with one another, and said, "What does this mean? It is a new teaching! He gives orders with authority even to the foul spirits, and they obey him!"

And as he was passing along he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

And whenever the foul spirits saw him, they fell down before him and screamed out, "You are the Son of God!"

This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."

and as he was sowing, some of the seed chanced to fall by the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Some of it fell on rocky ground, and where there was not much soil, and it sprang up at once because the soil was not deep,

Some of the seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it out, and it yielded no grain.

And some fell on good soil, and came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold."

And a heavy squall of wind came on and the waves dashed into the boat, so that it was beginning to fill.

As soon as he got out of the boat, a man possessed by a foul spirit came out of the burial places near by to meet him.

For he was saying to him, "You foul spirit, come out of this man."

So he gave them permission. And the foul spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the drove of about two thousand rushed over the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned.

And he called the Twelve to him and sent them off two by two, giving them power over the foul spirits.

Then he went up to them and got into the boat. And the wind fell. And they were perfectly beside themselves,

but a woman whose little daughter was possessed by a foul spirit immediately heard about him and came and threw herself at his feet.

And he called the people and his disciples to him and said to them, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself, and take his cross and follow me.

And they brought the boy to him. As soon as the spirit saw him, it convulsed the boy, and he fell down on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

Then Jesus, seeing that a crowd was rapidly gathering, reproved the foul spirit and said to it, "You deaf and dumb spirit, get out of him, I charge you, and never enter him again!"

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink, on the ground that you belong to Christ, I tell you, will certainly not fail to be repaid.

And whoever causes one of these humble believers to fall might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the sea.

If your hand makes you fall, cut it off. You might better enter upon life maimed, than go with both your hands to the pit, into the fire that cannot be put out.

And if your foot makes you fall, cut it off. You might better enter upon life crippled, than be thrown with both your feet into the pit.

And if your eye makes you fall, tear it out. You might better get into the Kingdom of God with only one eye than be thrown with both your eyes into the pit,

But his face fell at Jesus' words, and he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

and the stars will fall from the sky and the forces in the sky will shake.

So he sent away two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

And he took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to feel distress and dread,

And the maid saw him there and began again to tell the bystanders, "This fellow is one of them!"