and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"

The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"

Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and said to those who were there, "This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth."

Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day.

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."

They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."

Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."

This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.

If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry."

So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until this day.

They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!"

He said to them, "Let's go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because I came out for this reason."

When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.

"Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

He looked around to see her who had done this thing.

He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.

When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" They were offended at him.

King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him."

But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead."

When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, "This place is deserted, and it is late in the day.

He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."

He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."

They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.

He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood.

He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."

But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.

For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.

If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs him;' and immediately he will send him back here."

For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.

and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"

But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.

This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

They brought it. He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's."

Jesus answered them, "Isn't this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment.

The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,

"Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;

Most certainly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.

But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?

For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.

Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, "Take, eat. This is my body."

He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.

Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire."

I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"

The maid saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by, "This is one of them."

But he began to curse, and to swear, "I don't know this man of whom you speak!"

When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."

The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"

Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."

All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."

It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you."

added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.

The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.

He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"

He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"

Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent."

When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.

The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"

When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to do this for him,

For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go!' and he goes; and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all the surrounding region.

This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.

"To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."

Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"