And he was preaching, and saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.

Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

Then His mother and His brothers *arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.

and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.

The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.

It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,

yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that the birds of the air can nest under its shade.”

They became very much afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were utterly astonished,

And they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them.

Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly.

Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!”

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,

If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell,

If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell,

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

They were even more astonished and said to Him, “Then who can be saved?”

Then they *came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road.

Then they *came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves;

And Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

They began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him in order to trap Him in a statement.

The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury;

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

And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him;

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

And then He will send forth the angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.

Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them.

Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, “Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!”

Answering again, Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?”

Then they *brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.