John wore a garment made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so they spoke to Jesus at once about her.

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."

And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!"

so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven."

These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred."

If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!"

And he said to them, "Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

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."

At once the bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.

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.

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease."

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

He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?" And so they took offense at him.

For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

He swore to her, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."

So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."

Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: "I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."

Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and to throw it to the dogs."

Then he said to her, "Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter."

People were completely astounded and said, "He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."

"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

Though you have eyes, don't you see? And though you have ears, can't you hear? Don't you remember?

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."

So Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters -- one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her."

So he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."

and said to them, "Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.'"

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

The second married her and died without any children, and likewise the third.

In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven had married her."

For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had."

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

Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'Look, there he is!' do not believe him.

"But as for that day or hour no one knows it -- neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son -- except the Father.

It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!" So they spoke angrily to her.

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert."

Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.

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

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.

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.