The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

And a voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, with you I am well pleased."

And going on a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.

At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.

And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins", he said to the paralytic,

And as he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him.

Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and shouted, saying, "You are the Son of God."

and James the son of Zebedee; and John the brother of James (and he surnamed them Boanerges which means, Sons of Thunder);

and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;

but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"?

And when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

And these are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

And others are those who are sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,

And those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."

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."

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.

The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."

He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."

As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

He told them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. And why is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be rejected?

And one out of the crowd answered him, and said, "Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;

For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise again."

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,

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.

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

They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me."

Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he shouted all the louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me."

He had one left, a beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?

David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly.

"Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?"

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

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

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

For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

He came the third time, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, "Whomever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely."

But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?"

Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."

When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he died like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God."

Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.

Afterward he was revealed to the Eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen.