After some days He came back to Capernaum, and it was reported that He was at home,

Some scribes were sitting there arguing and saying to themselves,

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast. So some people came and asked Him, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples practice fasting, but yours never do?"

As he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up.

Some fell upon rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep;

Some fell among the thorn seed, and the thorns grew up and choked them out and they yielded no grain.

Some fell in rich soil, and came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold."

The Pharisees met about Him, and also some scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

They had noticed that some of His disciples were in the habit of eating their meals without first giving their hands a ceremonial washing to make them clean.

And if I send them home hungry, they will give out on the road, for some of them are a long way from home."

And He said to them, "I solemnly say to you, some of the people standing here will certainly live to see the kingdom of God come in its power."

When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them and some scribes arguing with them.

Some Pharisees came up, and to test Him they began to ask Him whether a man should be allowed to divorce his wife.

but some bystanders said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"

Now in the distance He saw a fig tree covered with leaves, and He went up to it to see if He might find some figs on it, but when He got to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for figs.

Then the high priests and the scribes heard of this, and they kept looking for some way to destroy Him, for they were afraid of Him, for everybody was swept off his feet at what He said.

Then he sent a third one, and they killed him, and many others, some of whom they beat, some they killed.

Then they sent some Pharisees and Herodians to Him to trap Him in argument.

Then some Sadducees, who claim that there is no resurrection, came up to Him and asked Him this question,

Now the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread was two days later. So the high priests and scribes kept looking for some way to arrest Him by stratagem and have Him put to death,

But some of the guests were indignantly saying to themselves, "Why was such a waste of the perfume made?

He also took the cup of wine and gave thanks and gave it to them, and they all drank some of it.

Some took the witness stand and gave this false testimony against Him:

And some of them started to spit on Him and to blindfold Him and to hit Him with their fists, and say to Him, "Now play the prophet!" Even the attendants took charge of Him with slaps at Him.

There was in prison a man named Barabbas, among some revolutionaries who in their uprising had committed murder,

Some of the bystanders when they heard it said, "Listen! He is calling for Elijah!"