and every one was amazed so that they began questioning among themselves. "What does this mean? A new teaching with authority? He lays commands even upon unclean spirits and they obey him."

"Why does this man speak like this? He blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins but One, God himself?"

The man rose, at once took up his cot, and went out before them all; at which they were all astounded, and gave God glory, saying, "We never saw anything like this."

On hearing this Jesus said to them. "It is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

"Any one who has ears to hear," he added, "let him listen to this."

"You do not understand this parable," said Jesus. "Then how will you understand the other parables?

Then they were awestruck, and said one to another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey him!"

On this the swineherds ran away and spread the news in town and country. So the people went to see what had happened.

"Why all this tumult and loud weeping?" he asked.

When it came Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; many, as they listened, were deeply impressed. "Where did he get all this?" they asked; "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, and miracles such as these that happen at his hands?

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?"

Now this Herod had sent and arrested John, and bound him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

When John's disciples heard of this, they came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

Then when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him and said: "This place is desert, and the day is now far spent.

"Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, hypocrites," he answered. "As it is written, 'This people honor me with their lips, While their hearts are far from me;

you say that if a man tells his father or mother, 'This money which otherwise you would have received from me, is Korban' (that is, a thing devoted to God),

"Where will it be possible," answered his disciples, "for one to fill these men with bread in a lonely place like this?"

At this Jesus sighed deeply in his spirit, and said: "Why does the present generation seek a sign? In solemn truth I tell you that no sign shall be given this generation."

So he gave them this warning. "Look out! Be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees, and the leaven of Herod."

And they began arguing with one another because they had no bread, He noted this and said to them.

Then he strictly charged them not to say this about him to any one;

This he told them quite openly. Then Peter took him and began to rebuke him.

Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this unfaithful and wicked generation, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

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

This order they faithfully kept, questioning among themselves what "rising again from the dead" meant.

Then Jesus asked the father, "How long has he been like this?"

"This kind can only be cast out by prayer," he replied.

"For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh;

When indoors the disciples began to question Jesus again about this, and he said:

but shall receive a hundred times as much, now in this present world, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands??nd persecutions with them??nd in the world to come eternal life.

When they heard this the ten began to be indignant at James and John, so Jesus called them to him and said:

The chief priests and the Scribes heard this, and they began to seek means of destroying him; for they were afraid of him because all the crowd were greatly struck with his teaching.

"In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, 'Up and hurl yourself into the sea!' and shall not doubt in his heart, but on the contrary shall believe that what he says will happen, it will be granted him.

"By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you this authority to do these things?"

"And I will put one question to you," replied Jesus. "Answer this, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Then he sent another slave to them; and this man they knocked over the head and handled shamefully.

"Have you not read this Scripture?" (he continued) "The very stone which the builders rejected Has now become the corner-stone;

This is the Lord's doing; It is marvelous in our eyes."

And they kept seeking to lay hold on him, but were afraid of the crowd, for they knew well that he had spoken this parable about them; so they left him and went away.

And they brought it. "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" "Caesar's," they answered.

"Is not this the reason for your error," Jesus answered them, "that you know not the Scripture nor the power of God?

"The second is this, "Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. Other command greater than these there is none."

On this he called his disciples to him, and said: "I tell you solemnly that this poor widow has put in more than all who have put their offerings into the treasury;

"But when you see the Abomination of Desolation 'standing where he ought not' (let the reader ponder this), then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;

Some of those who were present said among themselves indignantly. "Why has the perfume been wasted like this?

And as they were eating he took bread, and after the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "Take it, this is my body."

and he said: "This is my covenant blood, which is poured out for many.

Jesus said to him, "I tell you in solemn truth that you yourself, today on this very night, before the cock crow twice, shall three times disown me."

"Abba, Father," he said, "all things are possible with thee. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what thou wilt."

Day after day I was face to face with you in the Temple courts, teaching, and you did not seize me. But this is done that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

"We heard him say, 'I will tear down this temple made by hands, and in three days I will build another temple not made by hands.'"

When they heard this, some of the bystanders said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah."

Then the army captain, who was standing facing Jesus when he thus died, said, "in truth this man was a Son of God."

After this he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking on their way into the country.