After a little the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them too. Why, your accent betrays you!"

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus replied, "Certainly."

and calling, "You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! Save yourself, if you are God's Son! Come down from the cross!"

but the angel addressed the women, saying, "Have no fear; I know you are looking for the crucified Jesus.

"Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? We know who you are, you are God's holy One."

"See, you are not to say a word to anybody; away and show yourself to the priest and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, to notify men."

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven."

Which is the easier thing, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to tell him, 'Rise, lift your pallet, and go away'?

On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners."

no one pours fresh wine into old wineskins, otherwise the wine will burst the wineskins, and both wine and wineskins are ruined."

The Pharisees said to him, "Look at what they are doing on the sabbath! That is not allowed."

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him they fell down before him, screaming, "You are the Son of God!"

there was a crowd sitting round him, and he was told, "Here are your mother and brothers and sisters wanting you outside."

He replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

And glancing at those who were sitting round him in a circle he said, "There are my mother and my brothers!

And he said to them, "You do not understand this parable? Then how are you to understand the other parables?

Similarly those who are sown 'on stony soil' are the people who on hearing the word accept it with enthusiasm;

but they have no root in themselves, they do not last; the next thing is that when the word brings trouble or persecution, they are at once repelled.

Another set are those who are sown 'among thorns'; they listen to the word,

As for those who were sown 'on good soil,' these are the people who listen to the word and take it in and bear fruit at the rate of thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."

He said also, "To what can we compare the Realm of God? how are we to put it in a parable?

He was sleeping on the cushion in the stern, so they woke him up saying, "Teacher, are we to drown, for all you care?"

Then he said to them, "Why are you afraid like this? Have you no faith yet?"

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd are pressing round you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"

Is this not the joiner, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters settled here among us?" So they were repelled by him.

Now this came to the hearing of king Herod, for the name of Jesus had become well known; people said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, that is why miraculous powers are working through him;"

He replied, "Give them some food, yourselves." They said, "Are we to go and buy ten pounds' worth of food and give them that to eat?"

vain is their worship of me, for the doctrines they teach are but human precepts.

He noted this and said to them, "Why do you argue you have no bread? Do you not see, do you not understand, even yet? Are you still dull of heart?

"John the Baptist," they told him, "though some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the prophets."

So he inquired of them, "And who do you say I am?" Peter replied, "You are the Christ."

I tell you truly," he said, to them, "there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the coming of God's Reign with power."

So Peter addressed Jesus, saying, "Rabbi, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"

Jesus asked them, "What are you discussing with them?"

Salt is excellent: but if salt is tasteless, how are you to restore its flavour? Let there be 'salt between you'; be at peace with one another."

and the pair shall be one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first."

"We are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and scribes; they will sentence him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles,

Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I have to drink, or undergo the baptism I have to undergo?"

If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing that?' say, 'The Lord needs it,' and he will send it back immediately."

Now they argued to themselves, "[What are we to say?] If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why did you not believe him.'

They came up and said to him, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and fearless; you do not court human favour, you teach the Way of God honestly. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

Are we to pay, or are we not to pay?" But he saw their trick and said to them, "Why tempt me? Bring me a shilling. Let me see it."

When people rise from the dead they neither marry nor are married, they are like the angels in heaven.

He is not the God of dead people but of living. You are far wrong."

Jesus noted his intelligent answer and said to him, "You are not far off the Realm of God." After that no one ventured to put any more questions to him.

As he went out of the temple one of his disciples said to him, "Look, teacher, what a size these stones and buildings are!"

Now when they carry you off to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; say whatever comes to your lips at the moment, for he who speaks is not you but the holy Spirit.

But whenever you see the appalling Horror standing where he has no right to stand (let the reader note this), then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills;

But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

Peter said to him, "Though all are disconcerted, I will not be."

Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour?

He said nothing and made no answer. Again the high priest put a question to him. "Are you the Christ?" he said, "the Son of the Blessed?"

But he denied it again. After a little the bystanders once more said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them. Why, you are a Galilean!"

Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "Certainly."

but he said to them, "Do not be bewildered. You are looking for Jesus of Nazaret, who was crucified? He has risen, he is not here. That is the place where he was laid.

Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]

You are to conceive and bear a son, and you must call his name Jesus.

she called out with a loud cry, "Blessed among women are you, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

The crowds asked him, "Then what are we to do?"

Taxgatherers also came to get baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what are we to do?"

Soldiers also asked him, "And what are we to do?" He said to them, "Never extort money, never lay a false charge, but be content with your pay."

The devil said to him, "If you are God's son, tell this stone to become a loaf."

Then he brought him to Jerusalem and placing him on the pinnacle of the temple said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down from this;

"Ha! Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!"

From many people daemons were also driven out, clamouring aloud, "You are God's son!" But he checked them and refused to let them say anything, as they knew he was the Christ.

When he saw their faith he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

Which is the easier thing, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'?

Jesus replied to them, "Healthy people have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill:

Some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not allowed on the sabbath?"

Then, raising his eyes he looked at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you poor! the Realm of God is yours.

Blessed are you who hunger to-day! you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep to-day! you shall laugh.

Blessed are you when men will hate you, when they will excommunicate you and denounce you and defame you as wicked on account of the Son of man;

each tree is known by its fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, and grapes are not plucked from a bramble-bush.

So John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, "Are you the Coming One? Or are we to look out for someone else?"

When the men reached Jesus they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask if you are the Coming One or if we are to look out for someone else?"

So he replied, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and to the poor the gospel is preached.

Come, what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft robes? Those who are gorgeously dressed and luxurious live in royal palaces.

"To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

Therefore I tell you, many as her sins are, they are forgiven, for her love is great; whereas he to whom little is forgiven has but little love."

And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

Those 'on the road' are people who hear; but then the devil comes and carries off the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

Those 'on the rock' are people who on hearing the word welcome it with enthusiasm, but they have no root; they believe for a while and fall away in the hour of trial.

Word was brought to him that "your mother and brothers are standing outside; they wish to see you."

But he answered, "My mother and brothers are those who listen to the word of God and obey it."

they went and woke him up. "Master, master," they cried, "we are drowning!" So he woke up and checked the wind and the surf; they ceased and there was a calm.

Jesus said, "Who touched me?" As everyone denied it, Peter and his companions said, "Master, the crowds are all round you pressing hard!"

Now as the day began to decline the twelve came up to him and said, "Send the crowd off to lodge in the villages and farms around and get provisions there, for here we are in a desert place."

He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves." They said, "We have only got five loaves and two fish. Unless ??are we to go and buy food for the whole of this people?"

I tell you plainly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Reign of God."

When they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" (not knowing what he was saying).

He said to them, "The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few; so pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to gather his harvest.

Stay at the same house, eating and drinking what the people provide (for the workman deserves his wages); you are not to shift from one house to another.

Wherever you are received on entering any town, eat what is provided for you,

heal those in the town who are ill, and tell them, 'The Reign of God is nearly on you.'

But wherever you are not received on entering any town, go out into the streets of the town and cry,

Only, do not rejoice because the spirits obey you: rejoice because your names are enrolled in heaven."

Then turning to the disciples he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

Next morning he took out a couple of shillings and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Attend to him, and if you are put to any extra expense I will refund you on my way back.'

And suppose he answers from the inside, 'Don't bother me; the door is locked by this time, and my children are in bed with me. I can't get up and give you anything.'