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

Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

He began teaching them many things in parables. While he was teaching them he said,

While he was still speaking, some people came from the synagogue leader's home and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?"

But when Jesus heard what they said, he told the synagogue leader, "Stop being afraid! Just keep on believing."

But when Herod heard about it, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised,"

because Herod was afraid of John. He knew that John was a righteous and holy man, and so he protected him. Whenever he listened to John, he did much of what he said. In fact, he liked listening to him.

When it was quite late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late.

Because Moses said, "Honor your father and your mother,' and, "Whoever curses his father or mother must certainly be put to death.'

Then he told her, "Because you have said this, go! The demon has left your daughter."

He asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" "Seven," they said.

They also had a few small fish. He blessed them and said that the fish should also be distributed.

The man looked up and said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking around."

Then a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I love. Keep on listening to him!"

Then Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" He said, "Since he was a child.

The spirit screamed, shook the child violently, and came out. The boy was like a corpse, and many said that he was dead.

But Jesus said, "Don't stop him, because no one who works a miracle in my name can slander me soon afterwards.

They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to divorce her."

Jesus looked at them intently and said, "For humans it's impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God."

Jesus said, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or fields because of me and the gospel

So Jesus stopped and said, "Call him!"

The disciples told them what Jesus had said, and the men let them go.

Remembering what Jesus had said, Peter pointed out to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has dried up!"

Then they sent some Pharisees and some Herodians to him, intending to trap him in what he said.

As for the dead being raised, haven't you read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God said, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

Then the scribe told him, "Well said, Teacher! You have told the truth that "God is one, and there is no other besides him.'

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

As he taught, he said, "Beware of the scribes! They like to walk around in long robes, to be greeted in the marketplaces,

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

While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell all of you with certainty, one of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me."

So Judas immediately went up to Jesus and said, "Rabbi," and kissed him tenderly.

Jesus said, "I AM, and "you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power' and "coming with the clouds of heaven.'"

When she saw Peter warming himself, she glared at him and said, "You, too, were with Jesus from Nazareth."

When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "Listen! He's calling for Elijah!"

When the centurion who stood facing Jesus saw how he had cried out and breathed his last, he said, "This man certainly was the Son of God!"