And he preached, saying, "After me comes One who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.

And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above him; and when they had broken through, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; if he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and the tear is made worse.

One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

And they watched him closely, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

Then he appointed twelve, that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach,

And when he had come out of the boat, there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him.

For she said, "If I touch even his clothes, I shall be made well."

And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease."

Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

Wherever he entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched him were made well.

But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God),

And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."

Then he put his hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored, and saw everything clearly.

And one of the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, who has a mute spirit.

But from the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.'

And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.

Then Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.

And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers."

For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they criticized her sharply.

And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him.

And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another not made with hands.'"

But he was silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

But Jesus still made no answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.