They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone's favor because you show no partiality.

But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, "Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

They replied, "Caesar's." He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Jesus answered them, "You are deceived, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God.

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

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

Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one teacher, the Christ.

You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.

All these things are the beginning of birth pains.

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

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

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

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

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.

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

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."

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 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?"

and saying, "You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross!"

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

telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.'

And a voice came from heaven: "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."

"Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are -- the Holy One of God!"

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?

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk'?

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."

But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.

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

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

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!

These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred."

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?"

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

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

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

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?" And so they took offense at him.

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

Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him."

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

For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer." (This means all foods are clean.)

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?

He asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ."

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."

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."

He asked them, "What are you arguing about with them?"

It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us."

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

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

Jesus looked at them and replied, "This is impossible for mere humans, but not for God; all things are possible for God."

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

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

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.

If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.'"

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

Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

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

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."

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?

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

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

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.

"Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?"

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

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

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

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.

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"

But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter, "You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean."

Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know this man you are talking about!"

So Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "You say so."

So Pilate asked him again, "Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!"

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

She exclaimed with a loud voice, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child in your womb!

He told them, "Collect no more than you are required to."

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."