As it is written in the prophet Isaiah: "Here I send my messenger ahead of you; He will prepare your way.

Now John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he used to live on dried locusts and wild honey.

And Simon's mother-in-law was confined to her bed with a fever. So they at once told Him about her.

Then He went up to her, grasped her hand, and had her get up. The fever left her, and she began to wait upon them.

And He said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the neighboring towns, to preach in them, too, for that is why I came out here."

Then looking around at the people sitting about Him, He said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.

In like manner these are the ones sown on rocky ground; as soon as they hear the truth, they accept it with ecstasy,

And He was saying to them: "Take care what you hear. The measure you give will come back to you, and more besides.

and kept earnestly begging Him, saying, "My dear little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live."

Her hemorrhage stopped at once, and she felt in her body that she was cured.

Still He kept looking around to see her who had done it.

So the woman, as she knew what had taken place for her, though frightened and trembling, came forward and fell on her knees before His feet, and told Him the whole truth.

And He said to her, "My daughter, your faith has cured you. Go in peace and be free from your disease."

Then He grasped her hand and said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, I tell you, get up!"

But He strictly charged them to let nobody know about it, and told them to give her something to eat.

Is He not the carpenter, Mary's son, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And do not His sisters live here among us?" And so they found a cause for stumbling over him.

For this very Herod had sent and seized John and bound him and put him in prison, just to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

for Herod stood in awe of John, because he knew that he was an upright and holy man, and so he protected him. When he heard him speak, he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.

And he promised her on oath, "I will give you anything you ask for, up to half of my kingdom."

She left the room and asked her mother, "What shall I ask him for?" And she answered, "The head of John the Baptist."

The king, although exceedingly sorry, yet on account of his oath and his guests, did not like to refuse her,

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

She was a heathen who spoke Greek and had been born in Syro-Phenicia. And she kept begging Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

But He was saying to her, "Let the children first eat all they want, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it out to the house dogs."

Then He said to her, "Because you have said this, go home; the demon has gone out of your daughter."

She went home and found her daughter lying in bed, and the demon gone out.

So the people were overwhelmingly dumbfounded, and kept saying, "How wonderfully He has done everything! He even makes deaf people hear and dumb people talk."

But His disciples answered Him, "Where can anyone get bread enough here in this destitute place, to give these people plenty?"

Since you have eyes can you not see with them? Since you have ears can you not hear with them?

For whoever wants to save his higher life, will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for me and for the good news, will save the higher life.

For what benefit will it be to a man to gain the whole world and fail to gain the higher life?

And He said to them, "I solemnly say to you, some of the people standing here will certainly live to see the kingdom of God come in its power."

Then Peter interrupted and said to Jesus, "Teacher, it is good for us to be here. So let us put up three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

and if any woman divorces her husband to marry another man, she commits adultery."

So Jesus stopped and said, "Tell him to come here." Then they told the blind man, saying, "Cheer up! Get up! He is calling for you."

and said to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and as soon as you get into it, you will find a colt tied which has never been ridden by a man. Untie it and bring it here.

And if anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing that?' answer, 'The Lord needs it, and will soon send it back here.'"

But those tenants said among themselves, 'This is his heir; come on, let us kill him, and all that is coming to him will be ours.'

and the second married her and died leaving no child; and so did the third.

Now at the resurrection, which one's wife will she be? For all seven of them married her."

Jesus answered, "The first one is, 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,

David himself called him Lord, so how can He be his son?" Most of the people liked to hear Him.

For all of them put in out of their surplus, but she in her want put in all she had, yes, all she had to live on."

Jesus said to him, "Are you looking in wonder at these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another that will not be torn down."

But when you hear of wars and rumors of war, stop getting alarmed. They have to come, but the end is not yet.

"If anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! Here is the Christ,' or, 'Look! There He is,' do not believe it.

But about that day or hour not a single one knows -- not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son; not a single one but the Father.

It might have been sold for more than sixty dollars, and the money have been given to the poor." So they kept on grumbling at her.

But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you embarrass her? She has done a good deed to me.

I solemnly say to you, all over the world wherever this good news is proclaimed, the deed that she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

They were delighted to hear it, and promised to pay him for it. So he kept looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them.

Then they came to the place called Gethsemane, and He said to His disciples, "Sit down here while I pray."

and so He said to them, "My heart is breaking, it almost kills me! You must stay here and keep watching."

Then He walked on a few steps and threw Himself upon the ground and kept praying that if it were possible He might escape the hour of agony,

And He went back and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch a single hour?

He came back the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? No more of that! The hour has come. See! The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinful men.

Get up, let us be going. Look! here comes my betrayer!"

Did you hear His own blasphemy? What do you think now?" And they all condemned Him as deserving to die.

But he said to them, "You must not be so astounded; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He has risen; He is not here. See! Here is the spot where they laid Him.

But although they had heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.