Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there.

And He said to them, “Let’s go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach there too. This is why I have come.”

So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and He was speaking the message to them.

But some of the scribes were sitting there, thinking to themselves:

While He was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were also guests with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him.

Now He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a paralyzed hand.

He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Silence! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

Now a large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside.

And He gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there.

They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed by the legion, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

He went away from there and came to His hometown, and His disciples followed Him.

So He was not able to do any miracles there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

Then He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.

If any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

but many saw them leaving and recognized them. People ran there by land from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.

When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they have washed. And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, jugs, copper utensils, and dining couches.)

He got up and departed from there to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but He could not escape notice.

In those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He summoned the disciples and said to them,

About 4,000 men were there. He dismissed them

Then He said to them, “I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”

“Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name who can soon afterward speak evil of Me.

He set out from there and went to the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Then crowds converged on Him again and, as He usually did, He began teaching them once more.

“I assure you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father, children, or fields because of Me and the gospel,

and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

and some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the donkey?”

After seeing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, He went to find out if there was anything on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and questioned Him:

There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying, left no offspring.

“The second is: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.”

Then the scribe said to Him, “You are right, Teacher! You have correctly said that He is One, and there is no one else except Him.

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

“Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah! Look—there!’ do not believe it!

“Not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be rioting among the people.”

He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.”

But again he denied it. After a little while those standing there said to Peter again, “You certainly are one of them, since you’re also a Galilean!”

There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “Look, He’s calling for Elijah!”

There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see Him there just as He told you.’”