Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, 'Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,

But they said, "Not during the feast, so that there won't be a riot among the people."

When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said, "Why this waste?

When Jesus learned of this, he said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.

and said, "What will you give me to betray him into your hands?" So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is near. I will observe the Passover with my disciples at your house."'"

And while they were eating he said, "I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me."

Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, "Surely not I, Rabbi?" Jesus replied, "You have said it yourself."

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, "Take, eat, this is my body."

Then Jesus said to them, "This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

Peter said to him, "If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!"

Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."

Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all the disciples said the same thing.

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."

Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me."

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, "So, couldn't you stay awake with me for one hour?

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, "Greetings, Rabbi," and kissed him.

Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you are here to do." Then they came and took hold of Jesus and arrested him.

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.

At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

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

So the high priest stood up and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"

But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."

Jesus said to him, "You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."

When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene."

After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, "You really are one of them too -- even your accent gives you away!"

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!"

The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money."

Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?"

So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?"

The governor asked them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas!"

Pilate said to them, "Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?" They all said, "Crucify him!"

When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves!"

In reply all the people said, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!"

He trusts in God -- let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said, 'I am God's Son'!"

When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, "This man is calling for Elijah."

But the rest said, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to save him."

Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, "Truly this one was God's Son!"

and said, "Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again.'

Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can."

But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

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

Then Jesus came up and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

He said, "The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel!"

Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."

When they found him, they said, "Everyone is looking for you."

Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. "If you are willing, you can make me clean," he said.

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them, "Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," -- he said to the paralytic --

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.

So the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry --

Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

So he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Stand up among all these people."

Then he said to them, "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?" But they were silent.

After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and, "By the ruler of demons he casts out demons."

(because they said, "He has an unclean spirit").

A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."

He answered them and said, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:

And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!"

He said to them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

He also said to them, "A lamp isn't brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn't it to be placed on a lampstand?

And he said to them, "Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

He also said, "The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake."

But he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are about to die?"

So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Be quiet! Calm down!" Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

And he said to them, "Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?"

They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one another, "Who then is this? Even the wind and sea obey him!"

(For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!")

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, "Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you."

Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease."

But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue ruler, "Do not be afraid; just believe."

When he entered he said to them, "Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep."

Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up."

Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house."

He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the area.

Others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past."

But when Herod heard this, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!"

When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."

So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."