And if he finds it, I solemnly say to you, he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine that did not get lost.

"Again, I tell you, if only two of you on earth agree on what they pray for, they will get it from my Father in heaven.

So they are no longer two but one. Therefore, what God has joined together man must stop separating."

And a man came up to Him and asked, "What is there good that I can do to possess eternal life?"

And He answered him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is perfectly good. But if you want to get into that life, you must practice keeping the commandments."

Jesus said to His disciples, "I solemnly say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven.

Again, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven."

But Jesus looked at them and said, "This is impossible for men, but anything is possible for God."

Then Peter answered Him, "We have left everything we had and followed you. What then are we to get?"

The crowd reproved them and urged them to keep quiet, but they cried out all the louder, "Do pity us, Lord, you Son of David!"

And Jesus answered them, "I solemnly say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt at all, you will not only do the sort of wonder done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

And whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe it, you will get it."

Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They answered, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I solemnly say to you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of heaven ahead of you.

But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is his heir, come on, let us kill him, and get all that is coming to him!'

And those slaves went out into the roads and gathered everybody they found, both good and bad, and the bridal-hall was packed with guests.

So they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, to say to Him, "Teacher, we know that you are in the habit of telling the truth and of teaching the way of God in honesty, and you do not care what anyone says, for you are not partial.

They answered, "Caesar's." Then He said to them, "Pay Caesar, therefore, what belongs to Caesar, and pay God what belongs to God."

Jesus answered them, "You are wrong in your views, because you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God,

But did you never read, on the resurrection of the dead, what God said to you,

'I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob!' Now God is not the God of dead but of living men."

And He answered him, "'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'

whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.

And this good news of the kingdom must be preached all over the inhabited world, for a testimony to all the heathen, and then the end will come.

let him who is on the roof of his house not come down to get his household goods out;

let him who is in the field not turn back to get his coat.

And if those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's chosen people those days will be cut short.

for false Christs and false prophets will announce themselves, and they will show great signs and wonders to mislead, if possible, God's chosen people.

and begins to beat his fellow-slaves, and keeps on eating and drinking with those who get drunk,

and will cut him in two, and give him his share with the hypocrites, where they will weep and grind their teeth."

While the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and dropped off to sleep.

His master said to him 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

And throw the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness on the outside, where he will weep and grind his teeth.'

And the King will answer them, 'I solemnly say to you, every time you did a good deed to one of these most insignificant brothers of mine, you did a good deed to me.'

Then He will answer, 'I solemnly say to you, every time you failed to do a good deed to one of these most insignificant people, you failed to do a good deed to me.'

But Jesus, because He understood them, said to them, "Why do you embarrass the woman? She has done a good deed to me,

I solemnly say to you, all over the world wherever this good news is proclaimed, the good deed that she has done will be told, in memory of her."

So from that time he kept looking for a good opportunity to turn Him over to them.

On the first day of the Passover Feast the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to get the Passover supper ready for you to eat?"

So the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and got the Passover supper ready.

They were cut to the bottom of their hearts, and began to ask one by one, "It cannot be I, can it, Lord?"

Get up and let us be going. Look! Here comes my betrayer!"

And he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Rabbi," and affectionately kissed Him.

One of the men with Jesus put out his hand and drew his sword, and with a thrust at the high priest's slave cut off his ear.

Now the high priests and the whole council were trying to get false testimony against Jesus, to have Him put to death;

and said, "This man said, 'I can tear down the temple of God, and build it again in three days.'"

But Jesus kept silent. So the high priest said to Him, "I charge you, on your oath, in the name of the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

Then he went out into the gateway, and another waiting girl saw him, and said to those there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."

and saying, "You who would tear down the temple and build another in three days, save yourself! If you are really the Son of God, come down from the cross."

He has put His trust in God; let God deliver Him now, if He cares for Him, for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

About three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God! My God! why have you forsaken me?"

And the army captain and his men, who were keeping guard over Jesus, who felt the earthquake and saw all that was taking place, were terribly frightened, and said, "Surely this was God's Son."

and laid it in a tomb of his, which he had cut out of the rock, and he rolled a big boulder over the doorway of the tomb, and went away.

After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to get a look at the tomb.

He is not here; He has risen, as He said He would do. Come, get a look at the place where He was lying.

Then Jesus met them Himself, and said, "Good morning!" And they went up to Him and clasped His feet, and worshiped Him.

The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ.

He is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make the paths straight for Him.'"

Now after John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God:

"The time is ripe and the kingdom of God is near; repent and believe in the good news."

"What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, God's Holy One!"

Jesus reproved him, saying, "Hush up, get out of him!"

Then the foul spirit convulsed him and with a deafening shriek got out of him.

Then He went up to her, grasped her hand, and had her get up. The fever left her, and she began to wait upon them.

Early in the morning, long before daybreak, He got up and went out to a lonely spot, and stayed praying there.

And as they could not get him near to Jesus, on account of the crowd, they dug through the roof over the spot where He was standing and let the pallet down that the paralyzed man was lying on.

"Why is He talking this way? He is blaspheming. Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say to him, 'Get up, pick up your pallet and start walking!"

"I tell you, get up, pick up your pallet, and go home."

Then he got up and at once picked up his pallet, and went out before them all. The result was that they were all dumbfounded and began to praise God and say, "We have never seen anything like this before."

And as He was passing by, He saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting in the tax-collector's office, and He said to him, "Follow me." Then he got up and followed Him.

No one sews a patch of brand-new goods on an old coat; or, if he does, the patch tears away, the new from the old, and the hole becomes bigger than ever.

How is it that he went into the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the sacred loaves, which it is against the law for anyone except the priests to eat, and gave part of them to his soldiers, too?"

And they kept closely watching Him, to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath, to get a charge to bring against Him.

But He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up in the crowd."

Then He asked them, "Is it right to do people good on the Sabbath, or to do them evil, to save life or to take it?" But they had nothing to say.

And whenever the foul spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and screamed, "You are the Son of God."

His kinsmen heard of it and came over to get hold of Him, for they kept saying, "He has gone crazy."

But no one can get into a giant's house and carry off his goods, unless he first binds the giant; after that he can make a clean sweep of his house.

But whoever speaks abusively against the Holy Spirit can never get forgiveness, but is guilty of a sin that has no end."

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

Then He began again to teach by the seashore. And a crowd gathered around Him so great that He got into a boat and was sitting in it, just off the shore, while all the people were on the land close to the sea.

Then He said to them, "To you the secret of the kingdom of God has been entrusted, but to those who are on the outside everything is presented in stories, so that

He also was saying: "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground,

Then He kept on saying: "How can I further picture the kingdom of God, or by what story can I illustrate it?

As soon as He got out of the boat, a man under the power of a foul spirit and from the tombs met Him.

and screamed aloud, "What do you want of me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, I beg you, do not torture me."

And they begged Him, "Send us among the hogs, so that we can get into them."

So He let them do so. And the foul spirits came out of the man and got into the hogs, and the drove of about two thousand rushed over the cliff and into the sea and were drowned.

and kept earnestly begging Him, saying, "My dear little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live."

heard the reports about Jesus. So she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His coat,

for she kept saying, "If I can only touch His clothes, I shall get well."

Then He grasped her hand and said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, I tell you, get up!"

And the little girl at once got up and started walking around, for she was twelve years old. And instantly they were completely dumbfounded.

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue. And the people were dumbfounded when they heard Him, and said, "Where did He get all these things? What sort of wisdom is it that has been given Him? And such mighty deeds are done by Him!

And He said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and rest a little while." For there was an endless stream of people coming and going, and they had no time even to eat.

So they got off in their boat to be by themselves in a quiet place.

But many people saw them start and knew of it and ran around the lake from all the towns and got there ahead of them.

So when He got out of the boat, He saw a great crowd waiting, and His heart was moved with pity at the sight of them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and so He proceeded to teach them a number of things.

Then He insisted that the disciples at once get into their boat and cross ahead of Him toward Bethsaida, while He was sending the crowd away.