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

And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.

And when they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof above him. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

And the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

And he said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry?he, and those who were with him?

How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"

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

And he told his disciples that a small boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would not press on him.

And he sternly warned them that they should not make him known.

And he came into a house, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should return and be forgiven.'"

And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

And he said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is not it put on a stand?

For whoever has, more will be given, and he who does not have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."

and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he does not know how.

Without a parable he did not speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are dying?"

He lived in the tombs. And no one could bind him any more, not even with chains,

And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me."

And he begged him much that he would not send them away out of the region.

And he did not allow him, but said to him, "Go to your house, to your own, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you."

But Jesus, overhearing the message spoken, said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid, only believe."

And when he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep.

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Are not his sisters here with us?" They were offended at him.

Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house."

but to wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics.

Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them."

For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

So Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she could not,

And the king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he did not wish to refuse her.

He saw them distressed in rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,

for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, "Cheer up. It is I. Do not be afraid."

for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

They do not eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they wash, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.)

The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,

because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, cleansing all the foods?"

From there he arose, and went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice.

But he said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

Now they forgot to take bread; and they did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them.

He, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Do you not perceive yet, neither understand? Are your hearts hardened?

Having eyes, do you not see? Having ears, do you not hear? Do you not remember?

He asked them, "Do you not yet understand?"

He sent him away to his house, saying, "Do not enter into the village."

But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan. For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."

For he did not know what to say, for they became very afraid.

And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"

They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it.

But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

"Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, does not receive me, but him who sent me."

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he does not follow us."

But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.

For whoever is not against us is for us.

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,

45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into hell.

47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell,

'where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.'

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me. Do not forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Truly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'"

Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."

But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"

but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared."

But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.

He taught, saying to them, "Is not it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers."

Truly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; it will be done for him.

But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.

They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should say, 'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

They answered and said to Jesus, "We do not know." Jesus said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."

When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and do not defer to anyone; for you are not partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

Should we pay, or should we not pay?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."

Jesus said to them, "Is not this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

But about the dead, that they are raised; have you not read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."

When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any question after that.

And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down."

"When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled. Such things must happen, but the end is not yet.

When they lead you away and deliver you up, do not be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

But when you see the abomination of desolation, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,

and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Messiah.' or, 'Look, there.' do not believe it.

But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

But of that day or the hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Watch, keep alert; for you do not know when the time is.

Watch therefore, for you do not know when the lord of the house is coming ?at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."