He announced, "After me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to stoop and untie the string of his sandals:

and people were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them like an authority, not like the scribes.

Now when evening came, when the sun set, they brought him all who were ill or possessed by daemons ??33 indeed the whole town was gathered at the door ??34 and he cured many who were ill with various diseases and cast out many daemons; but as the daemons knew him he would not let them say anything.

"See, you are not to say a word to anybody; away and show yourself to the priest and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, to notify men."

and a large number at once gathered, till there was no more room for them, not even at the door. He was speaking the word to them,

and as they could not get near Jesus on account of the crowd they tore up the roof under which he stood and through the opening they lowered the pallet on which the paralytic lay.

On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners."

As the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were observing a fast, people came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples do not fast?"

The Pharisees said to him, "Look at what they are doing on the sabbath! That is not allowed."

He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and his men?

And he said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath:

But he charged them strictly and severely not to make him known.

some other seed fell on stony soil where it had not much earth, and it shot up at once because it had no depth of earth,

so that for all their seeing they may not perceive, and for all their hearing they may not understand, lest they turn and be forgiven."

And he said to them, "You do not understand this parable? Then how are you to understand the other parables?

but they have no root in themselves, they do not last; the next thing is that when the word brings trouble or persecution, they are at once repelled.

He also said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be placed under a bowl or a bed? Is it not to be placed upon the stand?

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."

he sleeps at night and rises by day, and the seed sprouts and shoots up ??he knows not how.

who dwelt among the tombs; by this time no one could bind him, not even with a chain,

All night and day among the tombs and the hills he shrieked and gashed himself with stones.

shrieking aloud, "Jesus, son of God most High, what business have you with me? By God, I adjure you, do not torture me."

And they begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country.

He would not allow anyone to accompany him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

and on entering he asked them, "Why make a noise and wail? The child is not dead but asleep."

Is this not the joiner, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters settled here among us?" So they were repelled by him.

There he could not do any miracle, beyond laying his hands on a few sick people and curing them.

they were to wear sandals, but not to put on two shirts, he said.

And if any place will not receive you and the people will not listen to you, shake off the very dust under your feet when you leave, as a warning to them."

Herodias had a grudge against him; she wanted him killed but she could not manage it,

The king was very vexed, but for the sake of his oaths and his guests he did not like to disappoint her;

but when he saw them buffeted as they rowed (for the wind was against them) he went to them about the fourth watch of the night walking on the sea. He meant to pass them,

for they had not understood the lesson of the loaves; their minds were dull.

Then the Pharisees and scribes put this question to him, "Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders? Why do they take their food with 'common' hands?"

He said to them, "So you do not understand, either? Do you not see how nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him?

It does not enter his heart but his belly and passes from that into the drain" (thus he pronounced all food clean).

Leaving there, he went away to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and wished no one to know of it, but he could not escape notice;

He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first of all; it is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

He noted this and said to them, "Why do you argue you have no bread? Do you not see, do you not understand, even yet? Are you still dull of heart?

You have eyes, do you not see? you have ears, do you not hear?

Do you not remember how many baskets full of fragments you picked up when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand?" They said, "Twelve."

"Do you not understand now?" he said.

And Jesus sent him home, saying, "Do not go even into the village."

but he turned on him and noticing his disciples reproved Peter, telling him, "Get behind me, you Satan! Your outlook is not God's but man's."

I tell you truly," he said, to them, "there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the coming of God's Reign with power."

(for he did not know what to say, they were so terrified).

and whenever it seizes him it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth. He is wasting away with it; so I told your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

When he went indoors his disciples asked him in private, "Why could we not cast it out?"

On leaving there they passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know of their journey,

But they did not understand what he said, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

"Whoever receives one of these little ones in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives not me but him who sent me."

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out daemons in your name; but he does not follow us, and so we stopped him."

Jesus said, "Do not stop him; no one who performs any miracle in my name will be ready to speak evil of me.

He who is not against us is for us.

Whoever gives you a cup of water because you belong to Christ, I tell you truly, he shall not miss his reward.

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

but Jesus was angry when he saw this, and he said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

I tell you truly, whoever will not submit to the Reign of God like a child will never get into it at all."

You know the commands: do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honour your father and mother."

Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but not for God: anything is possible for God."

who does not get a hundred times as much ??in this present world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and lands, together with persecutions, and in the world to come life eternal.

Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I have to drink, or undergo the baptism I have to undergo?"

but it is not for me to grant seats at my right or my left hand ??these belong to the men for whom they have been destined."

not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

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."

and noticing a fig tree in leaf some distance away he went to see if he could find anything on it; but when he reached it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for figs.

and would not allow anyone to carry a vessel through the temple;

also he taught them. "Is it not written," he asked, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations? You have made it a den of robbers."

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.

Now they argued to themselves, "[What are we to say?] If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why did you not believe him.'

So they replied to Jesus, "We do not know." Jesus said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do."

Have you not even read this scripture? ??The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner:

They came up and said to him, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and fearless; you do not court human favour, you teach the Way of God honestly. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

Are we to pay, or are we not to pay?" But he saw their trick and said to them, "Why tempt me? Bring me a shilling. Let me see it."

Jesus said to them, "Is this not where you go wrong? ??you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, at the passage on the Bush, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?

He is not the God of dead people but of living. You are far wrong."

Jesus noted his intelligent answer and said to him, "You are not far off the Realm of God." After that no one ventured to put any more questions to him.

Jesus said to him, "You see these great buildings? Not a stone shall be left on another, without being torn down."

And when you hear of wars and rumours of war, do not be alarmed; these have to come, but it is not the end yet.

Now when they carry you off to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; say whatever comes to your lips at the moment, for he who speaks is not you but the holy Spirit.

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;

a man on the housetop must not go down into the house or go inside to fetch anything out of his house,

and a man in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

Pray it may not be winter when it comes,

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.

If anyone tells you at that time, 'Look, here is the Christ,' or, 'Look, there he is,' do not believe it;

But when that misery is past, in those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not yield her light,

I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son, but only the Father.

"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival; that would mean a popular riot."

The poor you always have beside you, and you can be kind to them whenever you want; but you will not always have me.

They got distressed at this, and said to him one after another, "Surely it is not me?" "Surely it is not me?"

Peter said to him, "Though all are disconcerted, I will not be."

Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, to-day you will disown me three times, this very night, before the cock crows twice."

"Abba, Father," he said, "thou canst do anything. Take this cup away from me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt."

Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour?

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

then he returned and found them once more asleep, for their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.

for while many bore false witness against him their evidence did not agree.