As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

John wore a garment made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.

Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."

But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be destroyed. Instead new wine is poured into new wineskins."

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.

If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter.

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin"

For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

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

And he said to them, "Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him."

when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade."

for she kept saying, "If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed."

If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."

He swore to her, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."

If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance."

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."

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

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."

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

for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."

But Jesus said, "Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.

For I tell you the truth, whoever gives you a cup of water because you bear Christ's name will never lose his reward.

Everyone will be salted with fire.

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

and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

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.

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

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

They will mock him, spit on him, flog him severely, and kill him. Yet after three days, he will rise again."

They said to him, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,

and said to them, "Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

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

Then he began to teach them and said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

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.

Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins."

Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

They discussed with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

He had one left, his one dear son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

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

What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven had married her."

They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment."

Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

"Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?"

Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and they will mislead many.

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. These are but the beginning of birth pains.

"You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

For in those days there will be suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the elect.

"But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;

the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

Then everyone will see the Son of Man arriving in the clouds with great power and glory.

Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

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

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return -- whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn --

For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

He sent two of his disciples and told them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.

He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there."

While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me will betray me."

For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."

I tell you the truth, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."

Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, I will not!"

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

But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all of them said the same thing.

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."

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

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

"I am," said Jesus, "and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to take him down!"

They had been asking each other, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you."

The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well."