But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news [of his healing], to such an extent that Jesus could no longer openly enter a city [where He was known], but stayed out in the unpopulated places; yet people were still coming to Him from everywhere.

When they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus; and when they had dug out an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

When Jesus saw their [active] faith [springing from confidence in Him], He said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

“Why does this man talk that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins [remove guilt, nullify sin’s penalty, and assign righteousness] except God alone?”

Then He came to a house [in Capernaum], and a crowd formed again, so [many people] that Jesus and His disciples could not even eat a meal [together].

and the man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with chains.

Herodias had a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she could not,

and His clothes became radiant and dazzling, intensely white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them.

Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him and obey Him!”

When He had gone indoors, His disciples began asking Him privately, “Why were we unable to drive it out?”

saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a [donkey’s] colt tied, which has never been ridden by anyone; untie it and bring it here.

So they went away [to the village] and found a colt tied outside at a gate in the street, and they untied it.

Some of the people who were standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”

They brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it, and He sat on it.

Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if He would find anything on it. But He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.