When Jesus heard that, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

Jesus looked around at them in anger, deeply hurt because of their hard hearts. Then he told the man, "Hold out your hand." The man held it out, and his hand was restored to health.

When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!"

Now a large herd of pigs was grazing on a hillside nearby.

So he let them do this. The unclean spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down a steep slope into the sea and drowned there.

Since she had heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his robe,

But when Jesus heard what they said, he told the synagogue leader, "Stop being afraid! Just keep on believing."

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were utterly amazed. "Where did this man get all these things?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What great miracles are being done by his hands!

King Herod heard about this, because Jesus' name had become well-known. He was saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead! That's why he is able to do these miracles."

But when Herod heard about it, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised,"

because Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom Herod had married.

John had been telling Herod, "It's not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

because Herod was afraid of John. He knew that John was a righteous and holy man, and so he protected him. Whenever he listened to John, he did much of what he said. In fact, he liked listening to him.

An opportunity came during Herod's birthday celebration, when he gave a banquet for his top officials, military officers, and the most important people of Galilee.

When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. So the king told the girl, "Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you."

When John's disciples heard about this, they came and carried off his body and laid it in a tomb.

They ran all over the countryside and began carrying the sick on their mats to any place where they heard he was.

Because it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then into the sewer, thereby expelling all foods."

because it's from within, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come, as well as sexual immorality, stealing, murder,

In fact, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell down at his feet.

Jesus had been warning them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!"

But Jesus told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that he wrote this command for you.

Then Jesus looked around and told his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!"

The disciples were startled by these words, but Jesus told them again, "Children, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

When the ten other disciples heard this, they began to be furious with James and John.

When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was there, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

When the high priests and elders heard this, they began to look for a way to kill him, because they were afraid of him, since the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

I tell all of you with certainty, if anyone says to this mountain, "Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' if he doesn't doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

Then one of the scribes came near and heard the Sadducees arguing with one another. He saw how well Jesus answered them, so he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of them all?"

and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'

To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices."

"We ourselves heard him say, "I will destroy this sanctuary made by human hands, and in three days I will build another one not made by human hands.'"

"You have heard his blasphemy! What is your verdict?" All of them condemned him as deserving death.

When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "Listen! He's calling for Elijah!"

When they heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, they refused to believe Mary.

and they'll pick up snakes with their hands.Even if they drink any deadly poison, it won't hurt them, and they'll place their hands on the sick, and they'll recover."