Then Jesus again spoke to them in stories, and said:

But Jesus saw their malicious plot, and so asked, "Why are you testing me so, you hypocrites?

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

And when the Pharisees came together, Jesus asked them,

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to His disciples:

And Jesus left the temple, and was going away, when His disciples came up to Him, to show Him the temple buildings.

Jesus answered, "Look out that no one misleads you about it,

When Jesus had ended this discourse, He said to His disciples,

and plotted to arrest Jesus by stratagem and put Him to death.

When Jesus came back to Bethany, to the home of Simon the leper,

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

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.

Then Judas, who afterward betrayed Him, answered by asking, "It cannot be I, can it, Rabbi?" Jesus answered him, "Yes, you are the man."

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf and blessed it; then He broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take this and eat it; this is my body."

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all stumble over me tonight, for the Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

Jesus said to him, "I solemnly say to you, this very night, before a cock crows, you will disown me three times."

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He said to the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over yonder and pray."

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

Jesus said to him, "My friend, do what you came for." Then they came up, laid hands on Jesus, and arrested 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.

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back where it belongs, for all who wield the sword will die by the sword.

At that time Jesus said to the crowds: "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me, as though I were a robber? Day after day I used to sit teaching in the temple, and you never laid hands on me.

The men who had laid hands on Jesus took Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, at whose home the scribes and elders had met.

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

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."

Jesus answered him, "Yes, I am. But I tell you, you will all soon see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a waiting girl came up to him, and said, "You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean."

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."

Then Peter remembered Jesus' words, "Before a cock crows, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.

As soon as day broke, all the high priests and elders held a consultation against Jesus, to put Him to death.

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Yes."

So when they met for this purpose, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to set free, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?"

But the high priests and the elders lined up the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death.

Pilate asked them, "What then shall I do with Jesus. the so-called Christ?" They all answered, "Have Him crucified!"

Then he set Barabbas free for them, but had Jesus flogged and turned over to be crucified.

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the barracks, and gathered about Him the whole battalion.

As they were going out of the city, they found a Cyrenian named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.

They put above His head the charge against Him, which read: "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

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

But Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit.

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."

Now several women were there looking on from a distance, who accompanied Jesus from Galilee to care for Him,

Although it was now evening, a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea, who was himself a disciple of Jesus,

came to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

And the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

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

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go, tell my brothers to go back to Galilee, and there they will see me."

The eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them,

Then Jesus came up to them, and said, "Full authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ.

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

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

So Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fishermen for catching men."

"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!"

But Jesus at once drove him out of their presence, and gave him this stringent charge:

But he went out and began to publish it so much and to spread the story so far, that Jesus could not any more go into any town openly, but had to stay out in thinly settled places. But the people kept coming to Him from every quarter.

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.

When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralyzed man, "My son, your sins are forgiven."

Now Jesus at once felt in His spirit that they were arguing about this, and said, "Why are you arguing to yourselves about this?

Levi was at table in his house, and he had many tax-collectors and notorious sinners as guests, along with Jesus and His disciples, for there were many of them, and they began to follow Him.

Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Not well but sick people have to send for the doctor. It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite."

Jesus answered them, "The wedding guests cannot fast, can they, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.

So Jesus looked around at them in anger, because He was pained over their stubbornness of mind, and said to the man, "Hold out your hand." And he held it out, and his hand was cured.

So Jesus retired with His disciples to the sea, and a vast throng of people followed Him from Galilee, and from Judea,

On catching a glimpse of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and fell down on his knees before 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."

For Jesus was saying to him, "You foul spirit, come out of him."

When they came to Jesus and saw the man who had once been insane under the power of many demons, sitting, with his clothes on, and in his right mind, they were frightened.

Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their neighborhood.

And so he went away and began to tell everybody in the Ten Cities how much Jesus had done for him; and everybody was dumbfounded.

When Jesus again had crossed in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about Him, as He was standing on the seashore.

And a man named Jairus, a leader of a synagogue, came up, and when he saw Jesus he flung himself at His feet

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

Jesus at once perceived that power had gone out of Him, and so He turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

But Jesus paid no attention to what was said, but said to the leader of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid; only keep up your faith."

But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never fails to be honored except in his native neighborhood, among his kinsmen, and in his own home."

The apostles returned and met Jesus and reported to Him everything, how many things they had done and taught.

Then Jesus and His disciples left Galilee and went to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way there He was asking His disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

Six days after this, Jesus took Peter, James, and John with Him, and led them up on a high mountain, alone by themselves. And in their presence His appearance was changed,

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

Then Peter interrupted and said to Jesus, "Teacher, it is good for us to be here. So let us put up three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

And as quick as a flash, on looking around, they saw no one with them but Jesus by Himself.

Jesus said to him, "If there is anything I can do! Everything is possible for him who has faith!"

Then Jesus, because He saw that a crowd was rushing up to Him, reproved the foul spirit and said to it, "You deaf and dumb spirit, get out of him, I charge you, and never get into him again."

But Jesus grasped his hand and raised him, and he got up.

When Jesus got home and was by Himself, His disciples were asking Him, "Why could not we drive it out?"

Jesus said, "Do not try to stop him, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty deed, and then be able soon to abuse me.

But Jesus said to them, "It was due to your moral perversity that Moses wrote that command in your law.

When Jesus saw it, He was indignant, and said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

And Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me perfectly good? No one is perfectly good but God Himself.

Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing. Go, sell everything you have, and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back and follow me."

Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!"

His disciples were startled at this statement. But Jesus again said to them as He continued the topic, "My children, how hard it is to get into the kingdom of God!

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

Jesus said, "I solemnly say to you, there is no one who has given up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farm for me and for the good news,

As they were walking along the road up to Jerusalem, Jesus was going on ahead of them, but they were dazed while those who were still following were afraid. Then again He took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to befall Him.

Jesus said to them, "You do not realize what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am drinking, or endure the baptism of agony that I am to endure?"

They answered Him, "We can." Jesus said to them, "Yes, the cup that I am drinking you will have to drink, and the baptism of agony that I am enduring you will have to endure,