In the morning he rose a great while before day and went out to a desert place, and there prayed.

and at once such a crowd gathered that there was no longer room for them, even around the door.

When they could not get him near to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof under which he stood, and after making an opening, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.

Then Jesus went again to the seaside, and the whole crowd kept coming to him, and he taught them.

Then Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great crowd of people from Galilee followed.

So he directed his disciples to keep a little boat in readiness for him, because of the crowd, to prevent their crushing him.

Now a crowd was sitting round him and they told him, "See! your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, wanting to see you."

So, leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them just as he was in the boat; and the other boats were with him.

But a great gale of wind came up, and the waves were dashing into the boat so that it began to fill.

The wind fell, and there ensued a great calm. Then he said to them. "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?"

Now there was on the hillside a great drove of swine feeding.

"Go home to your own people, and tell them what great things God has done for you, and has had mercy upon you."

So he went with him, and a great crowd followed him and thronged about him.

She had heard about Jesus, so she came in the crowd behind and touched his cloak.

Jesus, instantly conscious that the power within him had gone forth, turned about in the crowd, and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

"You see the crowd thronging about you," said his disciples, "and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'"

So he sent at once a soldier of the guard with orders to bring his head.

Then again he called the crowd to him and said:

After he had left the crowd and gone indoors his disciples began asking him about the parable.

From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes??22 fornication, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, wantonness, envy, slander, arrogance, reckless folly??23 all these wicked things issue from within and defile a man."

So Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put his finger in the man's ears, and moistened his tongue with saliva;

In those days when a large crowd had again assembled and had nothing to eat, Jesus called together his disciples and said to them.

"My heart aches for the crowd, because they have remained with me three days now, and they have nothing to eat;

So he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground; and when he had taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave to his disciples to distribute to the crowd.

Then summoning the crowd to him, with his disciples. he said: "If any man wishes to follow me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and so follow me.

"Elijah does indeed first come," he said, "and restores all things, But how is it written about the Son of Man, that he will endure great suffering, and be rejected?

When they rejoined the disciples they saw a great crowd surrounding them, and some Scribes disputing with them.

As soon as they saw him, all the people were astounded and ran up to greet him.

"Master," answered one of the crowd, "I brought my son to you; he has a dumb spirit in him;

And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit. "You dumb and deaf spirit," he said, "come out of him, I command you, and never enter him again."

"And if any one shall cause one of these little ones who believe on me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown out into the sea with a great millstone about his neck.

But his face fell at these words, and he went away saddened, for he was one who had great wealth.

"You know that those who are regarded as rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make them feel their authority.

Not so shall it be among you. On the contrary whoever would become great among you shall be your servant;

Then they reached Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the road.

The chief priests and the Scribes heard this, and they began to seek means of destroying him; for they were afraid of him because all the crowd were greatly struck with his teaching.

And they kept seeking to lay hold on him, but were afraid of the crowd, for they knew well that he had spoken this parable about them; so they left him and went away.

"David himself then calls him Lord; so how can he be his son?" Now the great mass of the people were wont to listen to him with delight;

"You yourselves must be on your guard. They will hand you over to the courts, and you will be flogged on the synagogues; and you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, to witness to them for me.

Be on your guard! I have told you it all beforehand.

Then will they see the Son of man coming in clouds, with great power and glory.

and what I say to you, I say to all. Be awake and on guard."

Peter also had followed Jesus at a distance, until he was inside the court of the high priest. There he was sitting among the officers, warming himself in the light of the fire.

So when the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to follow his usual custom,

So Pilate, who wished to make himself strong with the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and gave Jesus over for crucifixion, after he had scourged him.