so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open My mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.

and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but threw out the worthless ones.

His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

Everyone ate and was filled. Then they picked up 12 baskets full of leftover pieces!

After dismissing the crowds, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone.

But the boat was already over a mile from land, battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.

But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid. And beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me!”

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat!”

He replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Then Jesus replied to her, “Woman, your faith is great. Let it be done for you as you want.” And from that moment her daughter was cured.

So the crowd was amazed when they saw those unable to speak talking, the deformed restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they gave glory to the God of Israel.

Why is it you don’t understand that when I told you, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,’ it wasn’t about bread?”

And He gave the disciples orders to tell no one that He was the Messiah.

He was transformed in front of them, and His face shone like the sun. Even His clothes became as white as the light.

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 rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and from that moment the boy was healed.

When he began to settle accounts, one who owed 10,000 talents was brought before him.

But he wasn’t willing. On the contrary, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed.

And his master got angry and handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.

He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.

There were two blind men sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

This took place so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

When He entered Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken, saying, “Who is this?”

Early in the morning, as He was returning to the city, He was hungry.

Jesus answered them, “I assure you: If you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you tell this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.

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?”

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we’re afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought John was a prophet.”

“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they knew He was speaking about them.

The king was enraged, so he sent out his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned down their city.

So those slaves went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests.

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding.

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

Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what was spoken to you by God:

No one was able to answer Him at all, and from that day no one dared to question Him anymore.

As Jesus left and was going out of the temple complex, His disciples came up and called His attention to the temple buildings.

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 know this: If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.

Since the groom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

“In the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Here’s the groom! Come out to meet him.’

“When they had gone to buy some, the groom arrived. Then those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you have what is yours.’

For I was hungry
and you gave Me something to eat;
I was thirsty
and you gave Me something to drink;
I was a stranger and you took Me in;

I was naked and you clothed Me;
I was sick and you took care of Me;
I was in prison and you visited Me.’

For I was hungry
and you gave Me nothing to eat;
I was thirsty
and you gave Me nothing to drink;

I was a stranger
and you didn’t take Me in;
I was naked
and you didn’t clothe Me,
sick and in prison
and you didn’t take care of Me.’

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had a serious skin disease,

a woman approached Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive fragrant oil. She poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table.

When evening came, He was reclining at the table with the Twelve.

While He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. A large mob, with swords and clubs, was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Meanwhile, Peter was following Him at a distance right to the high priest’s courtyard. He went in and was sitting with the temple police to see the outcome.

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant approached him and she said, “You were with Jesus the Galilean too.”

When he had gone out to the gateway, another woman saw him and told those who were there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene!”

Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites,

And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He didn’t answer.

But He didn’t answer him on even one charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.

At the festival the governor’s custom was to release to the crowd a prisoner they wanted.

While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of Him!”

When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. See to it yourselves!”

Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was split in two from top to bottom; the earth quaked and the rocks were split.

When the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “This man really was God’s Son!”

When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

and said, “Sir, we remember that while this deceiver was still alive He said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to view the tomb.

Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.

His appearance was like lightning, and his robe was as white as snow.

But the angel told the women, “Don’t be afraid, because I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

He was preaching: “Someone more powerful than I will come after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals.

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.

He was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels began to serve Him.

After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news of God:

As He was passing along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen.

They were astonished at His teaching because, unlike the scribes, He was teaching them as one having authority.

Just then a man with an unclean spirit was in their synagogue. He cried out,

Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told Him about her at once.

The whole town was assembled at the door,

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there.

Immediately the disease left him, and he was healed.

Yet he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But He was out in deserted places, and they would come to Him from everywhere.

When He entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that He was at home.

So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and He was speaking the message to them.

Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

Then Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to Him, and He taught them.

While He was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were also guests with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him.

When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

On the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make their way picking some heads of grain.

He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry—

Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.

Now He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a paralyzed hand.

After looking around at them with anger and sorrow at the hardness of their hearts, He told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him because they heard about everything He was doing.

A crowd was sitting around Him and told Him, “Look, Your mother, Your brothers, and Your sisters are outside asking for You.”

Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea.

When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it didn’t have a root, it withered.

Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop that increased 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables.

But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

So they left the crowd and took Him along since He was already in the boat. And other boats were with Him.