"When his fellow-slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly troubled, and went and reported all that happened to their master.

And great crowds thronged after Him, and He cured them there.

The disciples said to Him, "If that is a man's relation to his wife, there is no advantage in getting married."

And He laid His hands on them and left there.

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."

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."

Again he went out about twelve o'clock and three o'clock, and did as before.

"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "You know that the rulers of the heathen lord it over them, and their great men rule as despots over them.

Then Jesus' heart was moved with pity, and He touched their blinded eyes, and at once they could see again, and followed Him.

and ordered them, "Go into the village that is ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me.

They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their coats upon them, and Jesus took His seat on them.

And most of the crowd spread their coats along the road, but some were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them along the road.

And He left and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

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.

"But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons, He came to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in my vineyard today.'

"Listen to another story. There was once an owner of an estate who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it, and hewed out a wine-vat in it, and built a tower, and rented it to tenant farmers, and then went abroad.

Then Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures: 'That stone which the builders threw away has become the cornerstone; this is the work of the Lord and seems wonderful to us!'

Then the king was enraged, and sent his soldiers to put those murderers to death and burned their city.

But when the king came in to take a look at the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding suit.

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness on the outside, where he will have to weep and grind his teeth.'

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.

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

On the same day some Sadducees, who claim that there is no resurrection, came up to Him, and asked this question:

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died without children, and left his widow to his brother.

And one of their number, an expert in the law, to tempt Him, asked,

They do what they do to attract people's attention. They wear on their coats Scripture texts in big letters, and they wear large tassels,

But He answered them, "Do you see all these things? I solemnly say to you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be torn down."

For nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in many places.

for there will be greater misery at that time than ever has been since the world began, or ever will be again.

"If anyone at that time says to you, 'Here is the Christ!' or 'There He is!' do not believe it,

Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will flock.

"Who then is the faithful and thoughtful slave, whom his master put in charge of his household, to deal out to the members of it their supplies at the proper time?

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

"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

for the thoughtless ones took their lamps but took no oil with them.

But the thoughtful ones not only took their lamps but also extra oil in their oil cans.

But at midnight there was a shout, 'Here comes the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!'

Then all those bridesmaids awoke and trimmed their lamp-wicks.

But the thoughtful ones answered, 'No, no, there may not be enough for you and us. Go to the store and buy your own oil.'

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

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

for this is my blood which ratifies the covenant, the blood which is to be poured out for many for the forgiveness of their sins.

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

Then He walked on a few steps and threw Himself upon His face, and in this attitude continued to pray, and say, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me; and yet, I pray, not what I want but what you want."

He came back again and found them still sleeping, for their eyes were so heavy they could hardly hold them open.

But this has all taken place so that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled." Then the disciples all forsook Him and made their escape.

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

After that they spit in His face and hit Him with their fists, and others boxed His ears,

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.

and sitting down they kept watch of Him there.

And the passers-by kept hissing at Him, shaking their heads

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."

Now from twelve o'clock till three, darkness covered the whole land.

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 left their tombs, and after His resurrection went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

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

And Mary of Magdala and the other Mary kept sitting there in front of the tomb.

and said, "Sir, we remember that that pretender said while He was living, 'After three days I will rise again.'

Now there had been a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the boulder back and remained sitting upon it.

Then run and tell His disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and is going back to Galilee ahead of you; you will see Him there.' This is my message to you."

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

While they were on their way, some members of the guard went into the city and told the high priests everything that had taken place.

And people from all over Judea and everybody in Jerusalem kept on going out to him and being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

He kept preaching the following message, "After me there is coming One who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie.

As He was walking along the shore of the sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets in the sea, for they were fishermen.

And at once they forsook their nets and followed Him.

He walked on a little farther and saw James, the Son of Zebedee, and his brother John; they too were in their boats getting their nets in order.

He at once called them. They left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and went after Him.

Just at that moment there was a man in their synagogue who was under the spell of a foul spirit, and so he screamed,

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

So He went all over Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

There came to Him a leper, begging Him on his knees, saying to Him, "If you want to, you can cure me."

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

and so many people gathered there that there was no longer any room even around the door. He was telling them His message.

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."

Some scribes were sitting there arguing and saying to themselves,

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.

On the Sabbath He was passing through the wheat fields, and His disciples started to make a path by pulling off the wheat heads.

Then He went into a synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

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.

And again the crowds gathered so that it was not possible for them even to take their meals.

I solemnly say to you, men will be forgiven for all their sins and all the abusive things they say.

The ones along the path are those who have the message sown in their hearts, but as soon as it is sown there, Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.

The ground of itself produces, first the stalk, then the head; at last there is the matured grain of wheat in the head.

So they left the crowd and took Him in the boat in which he was sitting. And there were other boats with Him.

Then He aroused Himself and reproved the wind, and said to the sea, "Hush! Be still." And the wind lulled, and there was a great calm.

Now there was a large drove of hogs grazing on the hillside.

Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their neighborhood.

They came to the home of the leader of the synagogue, and there He saw confusion, and people weeping and wailing without restraint.

He left there and went back to His hometown, and His disciples followed Him.

He could not do any mighty deeds there, except that He put His hands on a few ailing people and cured them.

And He wondered at their lack of faith in Him. Then He made a circle of the villages and continued teaching.

they were to go with plain sandals on their feet and not to wear two shirts.

And He continued to say to them, "Whenever you put up at a house, stay there until you leave that place.

And if any place refuses to welcome you or to listen to you, when you leave there shake off the very dust from the soles of your feet as a warning to them."

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.