“We are able,” they told Him.

Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.

Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and their men of high positions exercise power over them.

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, “Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!”

Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”

So they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up; He’s calling for you.”

He threw off his coat, jumped up, and came to Jesus.

Then Jesus answered him, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

“Rabbouni,” the blind man told Him, “I want to see!”

“Go your way,” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.” Immediately he could see and began to follow Him on the road.

They answered them just as Jesus had said, so they let them go.

Then they brought the donkey to Jesus and threw their robes on it, and He sat on it.

Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God.

Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; then answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”

And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Then Jesus told them, “Give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were amazed at Him.

Jesus told them, “Are you not deceived because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God?

One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked Him, “Which command is the most important of all?”

“This is the most important,” Jesus answered:

Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is One.

When Jesus saw that he answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any longer.

So Jesus asked this question as He taught in the temple complex, “How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the Son of David?

Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”

Then Jesus began by telling them: “Watch out that no one deceives you.

Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a noble thing for Me.

While they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “I assure you: One of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me!”

Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will run away, because it is written:

I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.

“I assure you,” Jesus said to him, “today, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times!”

But Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as though I were a criminal, to capture Me?

They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes convened.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they could find none.

Then the high priest stood up before them all and questioned Jesus, “Don’t You have an answer to what these men are testifying against You?”

“I am,” said Jesus, “and all of you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.”

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time, and Peter remembered when Jesus had spoken the word to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” When he thought about it, he began to weep.

As soon as it was morning, the chief priests had a meeting with the elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin. After tying Jesus up, they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate.

But Jesus still did not answer anything, so Pilate was amazed.

Then, willing to gratify the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. And after having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’ cross. He was Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

And they brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means Skull Place).

And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabachtháni?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

But Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed His last.

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came and boldly went in to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

“Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been resurrected! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.

Then after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Now listen:
You will conceive and give birth to a son,
and you will call His name Jesus.

When the eight days were completed for His circumcision, He was named Jesus—the name given by the angel before He was conceived.

Guided by the Spirit, he entered the temple complex. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform for Him what was customary under the law,

After those days were over, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but His parents did not know it.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and with people.

When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. As He was praying, heaven opened,

As He began His ministry, Jesus was about 30 years old and was thought to be the

son of Joseph, son of Heli,

Then Jesus returned from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.”

And Jesus answered him, “It is written:

Worship the Lord your God,
and serve Him only.”

And Jesus answered him, “It is said: Do not test the Lord your God.”

Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread throughout the entire vicinity.

“Leave us alone! What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet and come out of him!”

And throwing him down before them, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, He was standing by Lake Gennesaret.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!”

and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.

“Don’t be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people!”

While He was in one of the towns, a man was there who had a serious skin disease all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged Him: “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the mat through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus replied to them, “Why are you thinking this in your hearts?

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!”

Jesus replied to them, “The healthy don’t need a doctor, but the sick do.

Jesus said to them, “You can’t make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David and those who were with him did when he was hungry—

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

They, however, were filled with rage and started discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, requesting Him to come and save the life of his slave.

When they reached Jesus, they pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this,

Jesus went with them, and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, “Lord, don’t trouble Yourself, since I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

Jesus heard this and was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, I have not found so great a faith even in Israel!”

The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.

At that time Jesus healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and He granted sight to many blind people.

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil

Jesus replied to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”

“Teacher,” he said, “say it.”

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before Him, and said in a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me, Jesus, You Son of the Most High God? I beg You, don’t torment me!”

“What is your name?” Jesus asked him.

“Legion,” he said—because many demons had entered him.

Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

“Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you.” And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town all that Jesus had done for him.

When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they were all expecting Him.

Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet and pleaded with Him to come to his house,

“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are hemming You in and pressing against You.”

“Someone did touch Me,” said Jesus. “I know that power has gone out from Me.”

When Jesus heard it, He answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be made well.”

When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus all that they had done. He took them along and withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

As the two men were departing from Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it’s good for us to be here! Let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.

After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was found. They kept silent, and in those days told no one what they had seen.

Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious generation! How long will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

As the boy was still approaching, the demon knocked him down and threw him into severe convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and gave him back to his father.

But Jesus, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, took a little child and had him stand next to Him.

“Don’t stop him,” Jesus told him, “because whoever is not against you is for you.”

Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said.

Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”

When Jesus saw her, He called out to her, “Woman, you are free of your disability.”

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”

In response, Jesus asked the law experts and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”