saying, "The time has come and the reign of God is near; repent, and believe this good news."

But to let you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth," turning to the paralytic he said,

And no one pours new wine into old wine-skins; or if he does, the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is lost, and the skins too. New wine has to be put into fresh skins."

And if Satan has rebelled against himself and become disunited, he cannot last but is coming to his end.

And he said, "Let him who has ears be sure to listen!"

And he said to them, "To you has been intrusted the secret of the reign of God, but to those outsiders, everything is offered in figures,

The ones by the path are those into whose hearts the message falls, and as soon as they hear it Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.

If anyone has ears let him be sure to listen.

But as soon as the crop will let him, the man goes in with his sickle, for the harvest time has come.

And he would not permit it, but said to him, "Go home to your own people, and tell them all the Lord has done for you and how he took pity on you."

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

But when Herod heard of him he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead."

"You give up what God has commanded and hold fast to what men have handed down.

"How skilful you are," he said to them, "in nullifying what God has commanded in order to observe what has been handed down to you.

and so you nullify what God has said by what you have handed down. You have many such practices."

He said to her, "If you can say that, go home; the demon has left your daughter."

And people were utterly amazed, and said, "How well he has done everything! He even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak!"

And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

Why, I tell you, not only has Elijah come, but people have treated him just as they pleased, as the Scripture says about him."

Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like this?" And he said,

"From his childhood, and many a time it has thrown him into the fire or into the water, to put an end to him. But if there is anything you can do, take pity on us and help us!"

Jesus said to him, " 'If there is anything I can do!' Everything is possible for one who has faith!"

"Whoever welcomes one child like this on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not me but him who has sent me."

But he answered, "What has Moses commanded you to do?"

Therefore what God has joined together man must not try to separate."

Jesus said, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for me and for the good news,

For the Son of Man himself has not come to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to free many others."

Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your faith has cured you." And he immediately regained his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

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

I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea!' and has no doubt in his mind, but has faith that what he says will happen, shall have it.

Therefore I tell you, whenever you pray or ask for anything, have faith that it has been granted you, and you shall have it.

Did you never read this passage of Scripture: " 'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone;

David himself, under the influence of the holy Spirit, said, " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand Until I put your enemies under your feet." '

And he called his disciples to him and said, "I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all these others who have been putting money into the treasury.

For they all gave of what they had to spare, but she in her want has put in everything she possessed??ll she had to live on."

But as soon as you see the dreadful desecration standing where he has no right to stand" (the reader must take note of this), "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills;

for there will be such misery in those days as there has never been since the beginning of God's creation until now, and never will be again.

If the Lord had not cut those days short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of his own chosen people he has cut the days short.

And they grumbled at her. But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you bother her? It is a fine thing that she has done to me.

She has done all she could; she has perfumed my body in preparation for my burial.

I tell you, wherever the good news is preached all over the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

When he came back for the third time, he said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Enough of this! The time has come. See! the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

And Pilate said to them, "Why, what has he done that is wrong?" But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"

But he said to them, "You must not be amazed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here. See! This is where they laid him.