Now John was dressed in camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist. He ate grasshoppers and wild honey.

Now after John had been arrested, Jesus went to Galilee and proclaimed the gospel about the kingdom of God.

He said, "The time is now! The kingdom of God is near! Repent, and keep believing the gospel!"

Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying in bed, sick with a fever, so they promptly told Jesus about her.

Now some scribes were sitting there, arguing among themselves,

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees would fast regularly. Some people came and asked Jesus, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

Now a large herd of pigs was grazing on a hillside nearby.

Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs ran away, they reported what had happened in the city and countryside. So the people went to see what had happened.

Now there was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years.

Immediately the girl hurried back to the king with her request, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

Now the woman happened to be a Greek, born in Phoenicia in Syria. She kept asking him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Now about 4,000 men were there. Then he sent them on their way.

Now the disciples had forgotten to take any bread along, but they had one loaf with them in the boat.

Now Jesus and his disciples had been on the road going up to Jerusalem, with Jesus walking ahead of them. They were astonished, and the others who followed were afraid.

So he told it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" Now his disciples were listening to this.

"Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, execute the farmers, and give the vineyard to others.

because those days will be a time of suffering, a kind that has not happened from the beginning of God's creation until now, and certainly will never happen again.

"Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches become tender and it produces leaves, you know that summer is near.

Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death,

Now the betrayer personally had given them a signal, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him, and lead him safely away."

Now there was a man in prison named Barabbas. He had been with the insurgents who had committed murder during the rebellion.

Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, since seeing is believing!" Even the men who were crucified with him kept insulting him.

Now there were women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of young James and Joseph, and Salome.

Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph observed where the body had been laid.

She went and told those who had been with Jesus and who now were grieving and crying.