Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This came from the Lord
and is wonderful in our eyes?

Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables:

But perceiving their malice, Jesus said, “Why are you testing Me, hypocrites?

Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.

While the Pharisees were together, Jesus questioned them,

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:

As Jesus left and was going out of the temple complex, His disciples came up and called His attention to the temple buildings.

Then Jesus replied to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you.

When Jesus had finished saying all this, He told His disciples,

and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill Him.

While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had a serious skin disease,

But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for Me.

On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare the Passover so You may eat it?”

So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take and eat it; this is My body.”

Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will run away because of Me, for it is written:

I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

“I assure you,” Jesus said to him, “tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times!”

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He told the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

So he went right up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.

“Friend,” Jesus asked him, “why have you come?”

Then they came up, took hold of Jesus, and arrested Him.

At that moment one of those with Jesus reached out his hand and drew his sword. He struck the high priest’s slave and cut off his ear.

Then Jesus told him, “Put your sword back in its place because all who take up a sword will perish by a sword.

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal, to capture Me? Every day I used to sit, teaching in the temple complex, and you didn’t arrest Me.

Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had convened.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so they could put Him to death.

But Jesus kept silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “By the living God I place You under oath: tell us if You are the Messiah, the Son of God!”

“You have said it,” Jesus told him. “But I tell you, in the future you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant approached him and she said, “You were with Jesus the Galilean too.”

When he had gone out to the gateway, another woman saw him and told those who were there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene!”

and Peter remembered the words Jesus had spoken, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.

Now Jesus stood before the governor. “Are You the King of the Jews?” the governor asked Him.

Jesus answered, “You have said it.”

So when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Who is it you want me to release for you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Messiah?”

The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.

Pilate asked them, “What should I do then with Jesus, who is called Messiah?”

They all answered, “Crucify Him!”

Then he released Barabbas to them. But after having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into headquarters and gathered the whole company around Him.

Above His head they put up the charge against Him in writing:

THIS IS JESUS

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Elí, Elí, lemá sabachtháni?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Jesus shouted again with a loud voice and gave up His spirit.

When the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “This man really was God’s Son!”

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and ministered to Him were there, looking on from a distance.

When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate ordered that it be released.

But the angel told the women, “Don’t be afraid, because I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

Just then Jesus met them and said, “Good morning!” They came up, took hold of His feet, and worshiped Him.

Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see Me there.”

The 11 disciples traveled to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them.

Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.

After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news of God:

“Follow Me,” Jesus told them, “and I will make you fish for people!”

“What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. “I am willing,” He told him. “Be made clean.”

Yet he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But He was out in deserted places, and they would come to Him from everywhere.

Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Right away Jesus understood in His spirit that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

Then Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to Him, and He taught them.

While He was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were also guests with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him.

When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.

Jesus departed with His disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, Judea,

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before Him.

And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God, don’t torment me!”

They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed by the legion, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

So he went out and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.

When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him while He was by the sea.

One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at His feet

So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him.

Having heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His robe.

At once Jesus realized in Himself that power had gone out from Him. He turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My robes?”

But when Jesus overheard what was said, He told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.”

Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.”

King Herod heard of this, because Jesus’ name had become well known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that’s why supernatural powers are at work in him.”

The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to Him all that they had done and taught.

They brought to Him a deaf man who also had a speech difficulty, and begged Jesus to lay His hand on him.

Again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and he saw distinctly. He was cured and could see everything clearly.

Jesus went out with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves to be alone. He was transformed in front of them,

Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it’s good for us to be here! Let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—

Then suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus alone.

“How long has this been happening to him?” Jesus asked his father.

“From childhood,” he said.

Then Jesus said to him, “‘If You can’? Everything is possible to the one who believes.”

When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly coming together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you: come out of him and never enter him again!”

But Jesus, taking him by the hand, raised him, and he stood up.

“Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name who can soon afterward speak evil of Me.

But Jesus told them, “He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts.

When Jesus saw it, He was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me. Don’t stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

Then, looking at him, Jesus loved him and said to him, “You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”

But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”

“I assure you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father, children, or fields because of Me and the gospel,

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. They were astonished, but those who followed Him were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, He began to tell them the things that would happen to Him.

But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”