Then he brought John's head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen!"

Now the woman happened to be a Greek, born in Phoenicia in Syria. She kept asking him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

But he kept telling her, "First let the children be filled. It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."

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

So she went home and found her child lying in bed, and the demon was gone.

Amazed beyond measure, they kept on saying, "He does everything well! He even makes deaf people hear and mute people talk!"

His disciples answered him, "Where could anyone get enough bread to feed these people out here in the wilderness?"

Then he told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death until they see the kingdom of God arrive with power."

Do you have eyes, but fail to see? Do you have ears, but fail to hear? Don't you remember?

Then Peter told Jesus, "Rabbi, it's good that we're here! Let's set up three shelters one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You spirit that won't let him talk or hear I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!"

They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to divorce her."

So he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.

And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

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.

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

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

Then the second married her and died without having children, and so did the third.

In the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since all seven had married her?"

Jesus answered, "The most important is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,

because all of them contributed out of their surplus, but out of her poverty she has given everything she had to live on."

"Do you see these large buildings?" Jesus responded. "Not one stone here will be left on another that will not be torn down."

But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, stop being alarmed. These things must take place, but the end hasn't come yet,

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here is the Messiah!', or, "Look! There he is!' don't believe it,

"No one knows when that day or hour will come not the angels in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father.

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.

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me,

I tell all of you with certainty, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her."

Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, "Sit down here while I pray."

So he told them, "I'm deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Wait here and stay awake."

Going on a little farther, he fell to the ground and kept praying that if it were possible the hour might pass from him.

When he went back, he found his disciples asleep. "Simon, are you asleep?" he asked Peter. "You couldn't stay awake for one hour, could you?

Pilate was amazed to hear that Jesus had already died, so he summoned the centurion to ask him if he was in fact dead.

But he told them, "Stop being astonished! You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised. He is not here. Look at the place where they laid him.

When they heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, they refused to believe Mary.

During the reign of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Now in the sixth month of her pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,

The angel came to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you!"

Then the angel told her, "Stop being afraid, Mary, because you have found favor with God.

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will surround you. Therefore, the child will be holy and will be called the Son of God.

And listen! Elizabeth, your relative, has herself conceived a son in her old age, this woman who was rumored to be barren is in her sixth month.

Then Mary said, "Truly I am the Lord's servant. Let everything you have said happen to me." Then the angel left her.

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby jumped in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit

How blessed is this woman for believing that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled!"

When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

Their friends told her, "None of your relatives has that name."

While they were there, the time came for her to have her baby,

and she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no place for them in the guest quarters.

However, Mary continued to treasure all these things in her heart and to ponder them.

Now Anna, a prophetess, was also there. She was a descendant of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher. She was very old, having lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage,

Then he went back with them, returning to Nazareth and remaining in submission to them. His mother continued to treasure all these things in her heart.

The Devil also took him into Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the Temple. He told Jesus, "Since you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

So he told them, "You will probably quote this proverb to me, "Doctor, heal yourself! Do everything here in your hometown that we hear you did in Capernaum.'"

Then Jesus got up to leave the synagogue and went into Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a high fever, so they asked Jesus about her.

He bent over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began serving them.

But the news about Jesus spread even more, and many crowds began gathering to hear him and to be healed of their diseases.

They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Even those who were being tormented by unclean spirits were being healed.

As he approached the entrance to the city, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her.

When the Lord saw her, he felt compassion for her. He told her, "You can stop crying."

So he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have observed and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear again, the dead are raised, and the destitute hear the good news.

Wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

and knelt at his feet behind him. She was crying and began to wash his feet with her tears and dry them with her hair. Then she kissed his feet over and over again, anointing them constantly with the perfume.

Then, turning to the woman, he told Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You didn't give me any water for my feet, but this woman has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

So I'm telling you that her sins, as many as they are, have been forgiven, and that's why she has shown such great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little."

Then Jesus told her, "Your sins are forgiven!"

But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced 100 times as much as was planted." As he said this, he called out, "Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"

The ones on the stony ground are the people who joyfully welcome the word when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.

But the ones on the good soil are the people who hear the word but also hold on to it with good and honest hearts, producing a crop through endurance."

But he answered those people, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear a message from God and heed it."

A woman was there who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. Although she had spent all she had on doctors, no one could heal her.

She came up behind Jesus and touched the tassel of his garment, and her bleeding stopped at once.

Then he told her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace."

Now everyone was crying and wailing for her. But Jesus said, "Stop crying! She's not dead. She's sleeping."

But he took her hand and called out, "Young lady, get up!"

So her spirit returned, and she got up at once. Then Jesus directed that she be given something to eat.

Her parents were amazed, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.

As the day was drawing to a close, the Twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away to the neighboring villages and farms so they can rest and get some food, because we are here in a deserted place."

I tell you with certainty, some people who are standing here won't experience death until they see the kingdom of God."

Just as Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter told Jesus, "Master, it's good that we're here! Let's set up three shelters one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." (Peter didn't know what he was saying.)

Jesus answered, "You unbelieving and perverted generation! How much longer must I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!"

Because I tell you, many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see but didn't see them, and to hear the things you hear but didn't hear them."

Now as they were traveling along, Jesus went into a village. A woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.

But Martha was worrying about all the things she had to do, so she came to him and asked, "Lord, you do care that my sister has left me to do the work all by myself, don't you? Then tell her to help me."

The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha! You worry and fuss about a lot of things.

But there's only one thing you need. Mary has chosen what is better, and it is not to be taken away from her."

Suppose he answers from inside, "Stop bothering me! The door is already locked, and my children are here with us in the bedroom. I can't get up and give you anything!'

As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and told him, "How blessed is the womb that gave birth to you and the breasts that nursed you!"

But he said, "Instead, how blessed are those who hear God's word and obey it!"

The queen of the south will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look, something greater than Solomon is here!

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look, something greater than Jonah is here!"

Can any of you add an hour to the length of your life by worrying?

the master of that servant will come on a day when he doesn't expect him and at an hour that he doesn't know. Then his master will punish him severely and assign him a place with unfaithful people.

So he told the gardener, "Look here! For three years I've been coming to look for fruit on this tree but I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?'

A woman was there who had a spirit that had disabled her for eighteen years. She was hunched over and completely unable to stand up straight.

When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said, "Woman, you are free from your illness."

Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.

At that hour some Pharisees came and told Jesus, "Leave and get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you!"

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you people were unwilling!