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

And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

The people there were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, not like the experts in the law.

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!"

So the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."

Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven."

He also said, "The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground --

So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake."

So they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes.

Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.

Others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past."

As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.

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

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."

Regaining his sight he said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking."

It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, "He is dead!"

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."

Peter began to speak to him, "Look, we have left everything to follow you!"

"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.

Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered."

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

In his teaching Jesus also said, "Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!"

Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'Look, there he is!' do not believe him.

It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.

He came a third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!"

Jesus said to them, "Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.