When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his figures, they knew that he was speaking about them,

So his slaves went out on the roads, and got together all the people they could find, good or bad, and the hall was filled with guests.

But as to the resurrection of the dead, did you never read what was said to you by God,

And Jesus left the Temple and was going away, when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to the Temple buildings.

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him by themselves, and said to him, "Tell us when this is to happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age."

For just as it was in the time of Noah, it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

But you may be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.

As the bridegroom was slow in coming, they all grew drowsy and fell asleep.

But in the middle of the night there was a shout 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out and meet him!'

But while they were gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and the ones that were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was closed.

"For it is just like a man who was going on a journey, and called in his slaves, and put his property in their hands.

and I was frightened, and I went and hid your thousand dollars in the ground. Here is your money!'

For when I was hungry, you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink, when I was a stranger, you invited me to your homes,

when I had no clothes, you gave me clothes, when I was sick, you looked after me, when I was in prison, you came to see me.'

For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat, and when I was thirsty you gave me nothing to drink,

when I was a stranger, you did not invite me home, when I had no clothes, you did not supply me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

Then the high priests and the elders of the people gathered in the house of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive perfume and poured it upon his head, while he was at table.

When his disciples saw it, they said indignantly, "What was the use of wasting it like that?

Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people.

But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I charge you, on your oath, by the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the son of God."

saying, "Show us you are a prophet, you Christ! Who was it that struck you?"

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

And he went out into the gateway, and another maid saw him, and said to the men there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene!"

When it was morning, all the high priests and elders of the people held a consultation about Jesus, with a view to putting him to death.

And he made him no reply to even a single accusation, so that the governor was greatly surprised.

Now at festival time the governor was accustomed to release for the people any prisoner whom they chose,

and at this time there was a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

Now while he was on the bench his wife sent to him to say, "Do not have anything to do with that upright man, for I have just had a painful experience in a dream about him."

When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing but that a riot was beginning instead, he took some water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

He trusts in God; let God deliver him if he cares for him, for he said he was God's son."

Now from noon there was darkness over the whole country until three o'clock.

And at once the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split,

And the captain and the men with him who were watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and all that was happening, were dreadfully frightened and said, "He surely must have been a son of God!"

and said, "Sir, we remember that when this impostor was alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again!'

Give orders, therefore, to have the tomb closely guarded till the third day, so that his disciples cannot come and steal him, and then tell the people that he is risen from the dead, and that delusion be worse than the other was."

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

And there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the stone back and sat upon it.

His appearance was like lightning and his clothing was as white as snow.

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

He is not here, he has risen, as he said he would do. Come and see the place where he was lying.

John's clothing was made of hair cloth, and the belt around his waist was leather, and he lived on dried locusts and wild honey.

And this was his message: "After me there is coming one stronger than I am, one whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie.

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

And just as he was coming up out of the water he saw the heavens torn open and the Spirit coming down like a dove to enter into him,

And he remained in the desert for forty days, and Satan tried to tempt him there; and he was among the wild animals; but the angels waited on him.

After John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the good news from God,

As he was passing 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.

Just then there was in their synagogue a man under the control of a foul spirit, and he cried out,

Simon's mother-in-law was in bed, sick with a fever, and they immediately told him about her.

and the whole town was gathered at the door.

And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and he would not let the demons speak, because they knew that he was Christ.

And the leprosy immediately left him, and he was cured.

Some days later he came back to Capernaum, and people heard that he was at home,

and such a crowd gathered that after a while there was no room even around the door, and he was telling them his message.

And some people came bringing to him a man who was paralyzed, four of them carrying him.

And as he was passing along he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

He was at table in his house, with many tax-collectors and irreligious people who were at table with him and his disciples, for there were many of them among his followers.

And when the scribes who were of the Pharisees' party saw that he was eating with irreligious people and tax-collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he was in need and hungry, he and his men?

How is it that he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the Presentation Loaves, which it is against the law for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some to his companions too?"

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath,

He went again to a synagogue, and there was a man there with one hand withered.

And he looked around at them with anger, hurt by their obstinacy, and he said to the man, "Hold out your hand!" And he held it out, and his hand was cured.

and Jerusalem and Idumea and from the other side of the Jordan and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon a great many who had heard of the things he was doing came to him.

And he warned them repeatedly not to tell who he was.

Peter, which was the name he gave to Simon,

And again the crowd gathered in such numbers that there was no chance for them even to have their meals.

His relatives heard of it and came over to stop him, for they said that he was out of his mind.

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said that he was possessed by Beelzebub and drove out demons by the help of the prince of demons.

This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."

There was a crowd sitting around him when they told him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you."

and as he was sowing, some of the seed chanced to fall by the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Some of it fell on rocky ground, and where there was not much soil, and it sprang up at once because the soil was not deep,

but when the sun came up, it was scorched, and withered up, because it had no root.

When he was by himself, those who stayed about him with the Twelve asked him about the figures he had used.

That same day when it was evening he said to them, "Let us cross to the other side."

So they left the crowd and took him away in the boat in which he was sitting. There were other boats with him.

And a heavy squall of wind came on and the waves dashed into the boat, so that it was beginning to fill.

He was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him up and said to him, "Master, does it make no difference to you that we are sinking?"

Then he awoke and reproved the wind, and said to the sea, "Hush! Silence!" And the wind went down and there was a great calm.

for he had often been fastened with fetters and chains and had snapped the chains and broken the fetters; and there was no one strong enough to master him,

and night and day he was always shrieking among the tombs and on the hills and cutting himself with stones.

For he was saying to him, "You foul spirit, come out of this man."

Now there was a great drove of pigs feeding there on the hillside.

As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed begged to be allowed to go with him.

The hemorrhage stopped at once, and she felt in her body that she was cured.

And they laughed at him. But he drove them all out, and took the child's father and mother and the men who were with him and went into the room where the child was lying.

And the little girl immediately got up and walked about, for she was twelve years old. The moment they saw it they were utterly amazed.

King Herod heard of him, for his name was now well known, and people were saying that John the baptizer had risen from the dead, and that that was why he was endowed with these extraordinary powers.

But others said he was Elijah, and still others that he was a prophet of the old prophetic kind.

For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him and put him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing that he was an upright and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him talk he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.

The king was exceedingly sorry, but on account of his oath and his guests he did not like to break his word to her,

So when he got out of the boat, he found a great crowd gathered, and his heart was touched at the sight of them, because they were like sheep that have no shepherd; and he proceeded to teach them a great deal.

He immediately had his disciples get into the boat and cross before him to the other side toward Bethsaida, while he was dismissing the crowd.

When evening came on, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on shore.

And he saw that they were straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, and toward morning he went out to them, walking on the sea, and was going to join them.

They saw him walking on the sea, and thought it was a ghost and screamed aloud,

and they hurried all over the countryside and began to bring the sick to him on their mats, wherever they heard he was.