In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

Then Jesus went up on a hillside and called to himself those whom he had decided on, and they approached him.

When he was alone with the Twelve and those around him, they began to ask him about the parables.

He told them, "The secret about the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside, everything comes in parables

Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs ran away, they reported what had happened in the city and countryside. So the people went to see what had happened.

He sighed deeply in his spirit and remarked, "Why do those living today demand a sign? I tell all of you with certainty, no sign will be given to this generation."

Some people were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

Then Jesus looked around and told his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!"

The disciples were startled by these words, but Jesus told them again, "Children, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

Jesus told them, "You will drink from the cup that I'm going to drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I'm going to be baptized. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right or my left. Those positions have already been prepared for others."

Jesus called his disciples and told them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers among the unbelievers lord it over them, and their superiors act like tyrants over them.

Those who went ahead and those who followed him were shouting, "Hosanna! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

When they came to Jerusalem, he went into the Temple and began to throw out those who were selling and those who were buying in the Temple. He overturned the moneychangers' tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.

But those farmers told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'

"So when you see the destructive desecration standing where it should not be (let the reader take note), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

"How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!

because those days will be a time of suffering, a kind that has not happened from the beginning of God's creation until now, and certainly will never happen again.

If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen, he has shortened those days.

"But after the suffering of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

But one of those standing there drew his sword and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

The servant girl saw him and again told those who were standing around, "This man is one of them!"

Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days

She went and told those who had been with Jesus and who now were grieving and crying.

Finally he appeared to his eleven disciples while they were eating. He rebuked them for their unbelief and stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had risen.

These are the signs that will accompany those who believe: In my name they'll drive out demons, they'll speak in new languages,