He said to them, "Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while" (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is an isolated place and it is already very late.

But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." And they said, "Should we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins and give it to them to eat?"

He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." When they found out, they said, "Five -- and two fish."

He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

He also said to them, "You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

Then he called the crowd again and said to them, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand.

He said to them, "Are you so foolish? Don't you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

He said, "What comes out of a person defiles him.

He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and to throw it to the dogs."

Then he said to her, "Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter."

Then he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh, "Ephphatha" (that is, "Be opened").

People were completely astounded and said, "He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."

In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, "Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation."

When he learned of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?

Then he said to them, "Do you still not understand?"

Regaining his sight he said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking."

They said, "John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets."

But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's."

Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

So Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters -- one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

He said to them, "Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

A member of the crowd said to him, "Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.

Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.

Then Jesus said to him, "'If you are able?' All things are possible for the one who believes."

Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"

It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, "He is dead!"

After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us."

But Jesus said, "Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.

They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her."

But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Now as Jesus was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

The man said to him, "Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!"

The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

They were even more astonished and said to one another, "Then who can be saved?"

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

They said to him, "Permit one of us to sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory."

But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I experience?"

They said to him, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,

Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man and said to him, "Have courage! Get up! He is calling you."

Then Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied, "Rabbi, let me see again."

Jesus said to him, "Go, your faith has healed you." Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the road.

and said to them, "Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

Some people standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"

He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.

Then he began to teach them and said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered."

Jesus said to them, "Have faith in God.

and said, "By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"

Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'

When they came they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone's favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we?"

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."

So they brought one, and he said to them, "Whose image is this, and whose inscription?" They replied, "Caesar's."

Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were utterly amazed at him.

Jesus said to them, "Aren't you deceived for this reason, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God?

Now as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

The expert in the law said to him, "That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him.

When Jesus saw that he had answered thoughtfully, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." Then no one dared any longer to question him.

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, "How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is David's son?

David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said, 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet."'

In his teaching Jesus also said, "Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,

He called his disciples and said to them, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!"

Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

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

But some who were present indignantly said to one another, "Why this waste of expensive ointment?

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me will betray me."

They were distressed, and one by one said to him, "Surely not I?"

He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.

While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it. This is my body."

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

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, I will not!"

Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today -- this very night -- before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all of them said the same thing.

Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert."

He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you stay awake for one hour?

He came a third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him.

Jesus said to them, "Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?

"I am," said Jesus, "and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "Why do we still need witnesses?