As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

He proclaimed, "One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

And a voice came from heaven: "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."

Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."

Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. "If you are willing, you can make me clean," he said.

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

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

He answered them and said, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven."

Then he cried out with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God -- do not torment me!"

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

He asked him urgently, "My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live."

Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."

He swore to her, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."

He said to them, "Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while" (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.'

But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, 'Whatever help you would have received from me is corban' (that is, a gift for God),

Then he called the crowd again and said to them, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand.

Then he said to her, "Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter."

"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's."

Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my one dear Son. Listen to him!"

A member of the crowd said to him, "Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.

He answered them, "You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me."

Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"

"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me."

But Jesus said, "Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.

"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

The man said to him, "Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared."

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Many scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Then Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied, "Rabbi, let me see again."

He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.

Then he began to teach them and said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

John's baptism -- was it from heaven or from people? Answer me."

He had one left, his one dear son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."

David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said, 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet."'

Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and they will mislead many.

"You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Pray that it may not be in winter.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.

Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'

While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me will betray me."

He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.

While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it. This is my body."

He said to them, "This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many.

Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today -- this very night -- before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert."

He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!"

Jesus said to them, "Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?

Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled."

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

So Pilate asked them, "Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?"

So Pilate spoke to them again, "Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?"

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!" Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

Around three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;