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

But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.

But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.

Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea,

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him.

The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”

and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.

For whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.”

When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him,

Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him;

Immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My garments?”

While He was still speaking, they *came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?”

Jesus went out from there and *came into His hometown; and His disciples *followed Him.

Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them.”

And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.”

The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.

for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem,

and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.)

And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:
‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.

And He *said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”

Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice.

Again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis.

Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;

If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance.”

The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him.

As they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man rose from the dead.

They seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead meant.

And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.

Getting up, He *went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds *gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach them.

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

And he said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up.”

And many spread their coats in the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.

He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples were listening.

As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.

Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men? Answer Me.”

They began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

But shall we say, ‘From men’?”—they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet.

At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers.

This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that, no one would venture to ask Him any more questions.

and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

And then He will send forth the angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.

“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.

And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

Immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, *came up accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

They *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross.

save Yourself, and come down from the cross!”

Let this Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.

And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

There were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome.

And ascertaining this from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

They went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had gripped them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

[Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.

After that, He appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking along on their way to the country.

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.][And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.]