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

In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there.

He *said to them, “Let us go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may preach there also; for that is what I came for.”

And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.

But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

And it *happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.

He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered.

And there *arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up.

Now there was a large herd of swine feeding nearby on the mountain.

Jesus went out from there and *came into His hometown; and His disciples *followed Him.

And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

And He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town.

Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them.”

And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)

The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.

There were five thousand men who ate the loaves.

and ran about that whole country and began to carry here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.

and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.)

there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.

Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice.

In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and *said to them,

About four thousand were there; and He sent them away.

And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.

But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.

Getting up, He *went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds *gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach them.

Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake,

and *said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.

Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no children.

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

The scribe said to Him, “Right, Teacher; You have truly stated that He is One, and there is no one else besides Him;

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

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

for they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people.”

While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head.

And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; prepare for us there.”

There were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome.

When He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and minister to Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

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