As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way";

And he preached, saying, "After me comes One who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

When he had gone a little farther from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.

And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you arethe Holy One of God!"

Now at evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed.

And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And Simon and those who were with him searched for him,

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

And as he sat at table in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him.

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

But he said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those who were with him:

how he entered the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?"

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

And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come here."

For he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him.

Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter;

James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder";

and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons."

And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

And he looked at those who sat in a circle around him, and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

And these likewise are the ones sown on rocky ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;

And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the word,

But these are the ones sown on good soil, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit thirtyfold, sixty, and a hundred."

And they were filled with awe, and said to one another, "Who is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him!"

who lived among the tombs; and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain,

So those who fed the swine fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And people went out to see what it was that had happened.

And they came to Jesus, and saw the man who had been possessed sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the man who had had the legion; and they were afraid.

And those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the swine.

And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him.

And there was a woman who had endured a flow of blood for twelve years,

And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'"

And he looked around to see who had done it.

While he was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue's house who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?"

And they laughed at him. But after he put them all outside, he took the child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

And when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to him, that such mighty works are performed by his hands!

But when Herod heard, he said, "This is John, whom I beheaded; he has been raised from the dead!"

Now those who had eaten the loaves were about five thousand men.

and ran about that whole region, and began to carry those who were sick around on pallets to wherever they heard he was.

Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered together to him,

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'

Then they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged him to put his hand on him.

And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"

And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ."

And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

And one of the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, who has a mute spirit.

Jesus said to him, "If you can, all things are possible to him who believes."

But they kept silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest.

"Whoever receives one of these little children in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."

But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for no one who does a miracle in my name can soon afterward speak evil of me.

For he who is not against us is for us.

"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!"

And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, "Then who can be saved?"

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 lands, for my sake and for the gospel,

who will not receive a hundredfold now in this timehouse and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come, eternal life.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first."

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And he took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was to happen to him.

but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."

But Jesus called them to himself and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

And some of those who stood there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"

And those who went before and those who followed cried out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

So they came to Jerusalem. And Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

And they said to him, "By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do them?"

Then some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him; and they asked him a question, saying:

And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places

who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."

And Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the multitude putting money into the treasury. Many people who were rich put in large sums.

And he called his disciples to him, and said to them, "Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury.

And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand what you are to say. But say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

And you will be hated by all men for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

"When you see 'the abomination of desolation' standing where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.

And let him who is in the field not go back to get his cloak.

But woe for those who are pregnant and those who are nursing babies in those days!

And if the Lord had not shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

But there were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was this ointment wasted?

And as they were at table eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me."

He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who dips bread into the dish with me.

For the Son of Man goes just as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

And one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

And the servant girl saw him again, and began to say to those who stood by, "This is one of them."

But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."

Now at the feast he was accustomed to release for them one prisoner whom they requested.

And with the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.

And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?"

And those who passed by hurled insults at him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days,

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

So when the centurion, who stood opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome,

who also followed him and ministered to him when he was in Galilee; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

Josnt of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

And they asked each other, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?"

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.

Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons.

She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.