And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

The landowner’s slaves came to him and said, ‘Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’

“‘No,’ he said. ‘When you gather up the weeds, you might also uproot the wheat with them.

Then He dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached Him and said, “Explain the parable of the weeds in the field to us.”

“Therefore,” He said to them, “every student of Scripture instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who brings out of his storeroom what is new and what is old.”

He went to His hometown and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “How did this wisdom and these miracles come to Him?

And they were offended by Him.

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

When evening came, the disciples approached Him and said, “This place is a wilderness, and it is already late. Send the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

“But we only have five loaves and two fish here,” they said to Him.

“Bring them here to Me,” He said.

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.

“Come!” He said.

And climbing out of the boat, Peter started walking on the water and came toward Jesus.

Immediately Jesus reached out His hand, caught hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Then those in the boat worshiped Him and said, “Truly You are the Son of God!”

For God said:

Honor your father and your mother; and,
The one who speaks evil of father or mother
must be put to death.

Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said:

But she came, knelt before Him, and said, “Lord, help me!”

“Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table!”

Now Jesus summoned His disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry; otherwise they might collapse on the way.”

The disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in this desolate place to fill such a crowd?”

“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked them.

“Seven,” they said, “and a few small fish.”

Aware of this, Jesus said, “You of little faith! Why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread?

And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it’s good for us to be here! If You want, I will make three tabernacles here: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said:

This is My beloved Son.
I take delight in Him.
Listen to Him!

Then Jesus came up, touched them, and said, “Get up; don’t be afraid.”

“Lord,” he said, “have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers severely. He often falls into the fire and often into the water.

Then the disciples approached Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the double-drachma tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your Teacher pay the double-drachma tax?”

“Yes,” he said.

When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? Who do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes from? From their sons or from strangers?”

“From strangers,” he said.

“Then the sons are free,” Jesus told him.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

“I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how many times could my brother sin against me and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

“I tell you, not as many as seven,” Jesus said to him, “but 70 times seven.

“At this, the slave fell facedown before him and said, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you everything!’

“But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him 100 denarii. He grabbed him, started choking him, and said, ‘Pay what you owe!’

“Then, after he had summoned him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

and He also said:

“For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh?

His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry!”

Then Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to Me, because the kingdom of heaven is made up of people like this.”

“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” He said to him. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

“If you want to be perfect,” Jesus said to him, “go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “I assure you: It will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: In the Messianic Age, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel.

To those men he said, ‘You also go to my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.’ So off they went.

Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’

“‘Because no one hired us,’ they said to him.

“‘You also go to my vineyard,’ he told them.

While going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the 12 disciples aside privately and said to them on the way:

“What do you want?” He asked her.

“Promise,” she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.”

But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?”

“We are able,” they said to Him.

But Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and the men of high position exercise power over them.

Jesus stopped, called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

“Lord,” they said to Him, “open our eyes!”

And He said to them, “It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you are making it a den of thieves!”

and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?”

“Yes,” Jesus told them. “Have you never read:

You have prepared praise
from the mouths of children and nursing infants?”

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. And He said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” At once the fig tree withered.

When the disciples saw it, they were amazed and said, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

When He entered the temple complex, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”

And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

“But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘My son, go, work in the vineyard today.’

Then the man went to the other and said the same thing.

“‘I will, sir,’ he answered. But he didn’t go.

“Which of the two did his father’s will?”

“The first,” they said.

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you!

Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

“But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance!’

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?

Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: Look, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap Him by what He said.

They sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality.

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

“Caesar’s,” they said to Him.

Then He said to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached Him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

But the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

“Later the rest of the virgins also came and said, ‘Master, master, open up for us!’

The man who had received five talents approached, presented five more talents, and said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. Look, I’ve earned five more talents.’

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy!’

“Then the man with two talents also approached. He said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. Look, I’ve earned two more talents.’

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy!’

“Then the man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You’re a difficult man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.

“Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.”

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

and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” So they weighed out 30 pieces of silver for him.

“Go into the city to a certain man,” He said, “and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time is near; I am celebrating the Passover at your place with My disciples.’”

While they were eating, He said, “I assure you: One of you will betray Me.”

Then Judas, His betrayer, replied, “Surely not I, Rabbi?”

“You have said it,” He told him.

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 He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He gave it to them and said, “Drink from it, all of you.

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!”

“Even if I have to die with You,” Peter told Him, “I will never deny You!” And all the disciples said the same thing.

Then He said to them, “My soul is swallowed up in sorrow —to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with Me.”

Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the time is near. The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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

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.

stated, “This man said, ‘I can demolish God’s sanctuary and rebuild it in three days.’”