They were all amazed so that they asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him."

"Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

For this reason the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."

When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one another, "Who then is this? Even the wind and sea obey him!"

The girl got up at once and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this.

He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?" And so they took offense at him.

Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him."

But when Herod heard this, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!"

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

When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is an isolated place and it is already very late.

He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this."

For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer." (This means all foods are clean.)

Then he said to her, "Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter."

Jesus ordered them not to tell anything. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more.

His disciples answered him, "Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?"

Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, "Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation."

When he learned of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?

He spoke openly about this. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

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

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my one dear Son. Listen to him!"

They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.

Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.

He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer."

But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

But at this statement, the man looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

Jesus looked at them and replied, "This is impossible for mere humans, but not for God; all things are possible for God."

who will not receive in this age a hundred times as much -- homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions -- and in the age to come, eternal life.

Now when the other ten heard this, they became angry with James and John.

But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.'"

I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

and said, "By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"

So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed.

But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'

Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

So they brought one, and he said to them, "Whose image is this, and whose inscription?" They replied, "Caesar's."

Jesus said to them, "Aren't you deceived for this reason, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God?

He called his disciples and said to them, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.

"Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

But some who were present indignantly said to one another, "Why this waste of expensive ointment?

When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it. This is my body."

He said to them, "This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many.

Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today -- this very night -- before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled."

Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:

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

Yet even on this point their testimony did not agree.

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"

When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders, "This man is one of them."

Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know this man you are talking about!"

Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

After this he appeared in a different form to two of them while they were on their way to the country.