he said, "The time has now come, God's reign is near: repent and believe in the gospel."

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he said to the paralytic,

But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and "It is by the prince of daemons that he casts out daemons."

and if Satan has risen against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, he comes to an end.

(This was because they said, "He has an unclean spirit.")

He added, "Anyone who has ears to hear, let him listen to this."

If anyone has an ear to hear, let him listen to this."

For he who has, to him shall more be given; while as for him who has not, from him shall be taken even what he has."

And he said, "It is with the Realm of God as when a man has sown seed on earth;

But whenever the crop is ready, he has the sickle put in at once, as harvest has come."

but he said, "Go home to your own people, and report to them all the Lord has done for you and how he took pity on you."

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be free from your complaint."

Now this came to the hearing of king Herod, for the name of Jesus had become well known; people said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, that is why miraculous powers are working through him;"

But when Herod heard of it he said, "John has risen, the John I beheaded."

If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen to this."

He said to her, "Well, go your way; the daemon has left your daughter, since you have said that."

they were astounded in the extreme, saying, "How splendidly he has done everything! He actually makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak!"

So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

As for Elijah, I tell you he has come already, and they have done to him whatever they pleased ??as it is written of him."

A man from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you; he has a dumb spirit,

Jesus asked his father, "How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he said;

"it has thrown him into fire and water many a time, to destroy him. If you can do anything, do help us, do have pity on us."

Everyone has to be consecrated by the fire of the discipline.

What God has joined, then, man must not separate."

Jesus said, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

for the Son of man himself has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Then Jesus said, "Go, your faith has made you well;" and he regained his sight at once and followed Jesus along the road.

saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you. As soon as you enter it you will find a colt tethered, on which no one has ever sat; untether it and bring it here.

I tell you truly, whoever says to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' and has not a doubt in his mind but believes that what he says will happen, he will have it done.

"Teacher," they said, "Moses has written this law for us, that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother is to take the woman and raise offspring for his brother.

And he called his disciples and said to them, "I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than all who have put their money into the treasury;

for they have all put in a contribution out of their surplus, but she has given out of her neediness all she possessed, her whole living."

But whenever you see the appalling Horror standing where he has no right to stand (let the reader note this), then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills;

for those days will be days of misery, the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now ??no and never shall be.

Had not the Lord cut short those days, not a soul would be saved alive; but he has cut them short for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen.

But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

She has done all she could ??she has anticipated the perfuming of my body for burial.

I tell you truly, wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

Then he came for the third time and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? No more of that! The hour has come, here is the Son of man betrayed into the hands of sinners.

"Why," said Pilate, "what has he done wrong?" But they shouted more fiercely than ever, "Crucify him!"

and at three o'clock Jesus gave a loud cry, "El?i, El?i, lema sabachthanei" (which means, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)

but he said to them, "Do not be bewildered. You are looking for Jesus of Nazaret, who was crucified? He has risen, he is not here. That is the place where he was laid.

Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]