For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your Teacher, and all of you are brothers.

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you do not enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter."

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her. How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not.

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled, for this must happen, but the end is not yet.

But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.

But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days.

Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.

The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

"He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.

Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Messiah, the Son of God."

But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about."

After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known."

Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say."

and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."

And a voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, with you I am well pleased."

saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God."

And the report of him went out immediately into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area.

And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."

Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?'

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and shouted, saying, "You are the Son of God."

And a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."

And he answered them, saying, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

And he said to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

And these are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

And they have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

And others are those who are sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,

And those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are dying?"

And he said to them, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"

And then he asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Are not 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 Baptist has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him."

They do not eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they wash, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.)

There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man."

He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,

He, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Do you not perceive yet, neither understand? Are your hearts hardened?

He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Messiah."

He said to them, "Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power."

He asked them, "What are you asking them?"

Jesus said to him, "'If you can?' All things are possible to him who believes."

and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."

But many who are first will be last; and the last first."

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.

But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"

They said to him, "We are able." Jesus said to them, "You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;

Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

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

Some of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing, untying the young donkey?"

When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and do not defer to anyone; for you are not partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

And Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." They marveled greatly at him.

Jesus said to them, "Is not this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

But about the dead, that they are raised; have you not read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."

When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any question after that.

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

"Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?"

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

But when you see the abomination of desolation, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,

But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days.

the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

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."

He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour?

But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?"

But he denied it, saying, "I neither know, nor understand what you are saying." He went out on the porch.

But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean."

Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."

She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

"Now you are releasing your servant, Sovereign Lord, according to your word, in peace;

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."

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

He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.

"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

saying, "Ah. what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God."

Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Son of God." Rebuking them, he did not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Messiah.

Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'

Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

"But woe to you who are rich. For you have received your consolation.

Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"

When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you the One who is to come, or should we look for another?'"