This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.

At this, the unclean spirit shook the man, cried out with a loud voice, and came out of him.

All the people were so stunned that they kept saying to each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He tells even the unclean spirits what to do, and they obey him!"

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

So the man got up, immediately picked up his mat, and went out in front of all of them. As a result, all of the people were amazed and began to glorify God as they kept on saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

Then he told them, "You don't understand this parable, so how can you understand any of the parables?

Overcome with fear, they kept saying to one another, "Who is this man? Even the wind and the sea obey him!"

So he let them do this. The unclean spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down a steep slope into the sea and drowned there.

But he kept looking around to look at the woman who had done this.

He entered the house and asked them, "Why all this confusion and crying? The child isn't dead. She's sleeping."

But Jesus strictly ordered them not to let anyone know about this. He also told them to give her something to eat.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were utterly amazed. "Where did this man get all these things?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What great miracles are being done by his hands!

This is the builder, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon, isn't it? His sisters are here with us, aren't they?" And they were offended by him.

King Herod heard about this, because Jesus' name had become well-known. He was saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead! That's why he is able to do these miracles."

When John's disciples heard about this, they came and carried off his body and laid it in a tomb.

When it was quite late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late.

Then he told her, "Because you have said this, go! The demon has left your daughter."

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."

Knowing this, Jesus asked them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you don't have any bread? Don't you understand or perceive yet? Are your hearts hardened?

He was speaking about this matter quite openly.

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

Then a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I love. Keep on listening to him!"

Then Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" He said, "Since he was a child.

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

They didn't understand what this statement meant, and they were afraid to ask him.

"Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me."

But Jesus told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that he wrote this command for you.

Back in the house, the disciples asked him about this again.

When Jesus saw this, he became furious and told them, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of God belongs to people like these.

Shocked at this statement, the man went away sad, because he had many possessions.

who will not receive a hundred times as much here in this world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecution as well as eternal life in the age to come.

When the ten other disciples heard this, they began to be furious with James and John.

If anyone asks you, "Why are you doing this?,' say, "The Lord needs it,' and he will send it back here at once."

So he told it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" Now his disciples were listening to this.

When the high priests and elders heard this, they began to look for a way to kill him, because they were afraid of him, since the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

I tell all of you with certainty, if anyone says to this mountain, "Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' if he doesn't doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

and asked him, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority to do them?"

They began discussing this among themselves. "If we say, "From heaven,' he'll say, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

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

Haven't you ever read this Scripture: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

This was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes'?"

They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.

So they brought one. Then he asked them, "Whose face and name are on this?" They told him, "Caesar's."

The second is this: "You must love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these."

He called his disciples and told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than everyone who is contributing to the offering box,

I tell all of you with certainty, this generation will not disappear until all these things take place.

because they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there'll be a riot among the people."

Irritated, some who were there asked one another, "Why was the perfume wasted like this?

This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute." So they got extremely angry with her.

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to them, saying, "Take some. This is my body."

He told them, "This is my blood of the covenant that is being poured out for many people.

Jesus told him, "I tell you with certainty, today, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you'll deny me three times."

He kept repeating, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."

"We ourselves heard him say, "I will destroy this sanctuary made by human hands, and in three days I will build another one not made by human hands.'"

But even on this point their testimony didn't agree.

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

Then he began to invoke a divine curse and to swear with an oath, "I don't know this man you're talking about!"

When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "Listen! He's calling for Elijah!"

When the centurion who stood facing Jesus saw how he had cried out and breathed his last, he said, "This man certainly was the Son of God!"

After this, Jesus appeared in a different form to two disciples as they were walking into the country.