"Why is this waste? This perfume could have been sold for a good sum, and the money given to the poor."

But when Jesus understood it he said to them. "Why are you annoying the woman? This is a beautiful deed she has done for me;

"for the poor you have with you always, but me you will not always have.

"In pouring this perfume on my body, she was preparing me for my burial.

went to the chief priests and said, "What are you ready to give me for betraying him to you?" So they weighed him thirty pieces of silver;

and from that time he kept looking for a chance to betray him.

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

"The Son of man is indeed to go as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were good for that man if he had never been born."

"Drink from it, all of you; for this is my blood of the Covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Then Jesus said to them. "This very night even you will all stumble and fall away from me; for it is written, 'I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

"Friend, do that for which you came," said Jesus. Then they came forward and laid hands on Jesus, and arrested him.

Then Jesus said to him. "Put back your sword into its place! for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

Now Peter was following him, afar off, as far as the courtyard of the high priest; and when he got in, he was sitting with the officers, to see the end.

Then the high priest tore his garments, saying. "He has spoken blasphemy! What further need have we of witnesses? For behold, now you have heard his blasphemy!

A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "You also are certainly one of them, for your speech betrays you."

So after the consultation they bought the Potter's Field with it, for a burial-place for strangers.

and gave them for the Potter's Field, as the Lord had appointed me.

And while he was seated upon the judgment-seat, his wife had sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered many things today, in a dream, because of him."

But the chief priests and the elders urged the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus.

So when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that on the contrary a riot was threatening, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying. "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you must answer for it."

And they twisted a thorny crown for him, and put it on his head, and placed a reed in his right hand. Then they knelt before him, in mockery, crying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

He put his trust in God. let Him deliver him now, if He cares for him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God!'"

When they heard this, some of the bystanders said "He is calling for Elijah!"

This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Now therefore give order to have the sepulcher securely guarded until the third day, for fear his disciples may come and steal him away, and then tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead'; and so the last error will be worse than the first."

There had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, and gone and rolled away the stone, and was sitting upon it.

The guards trembled for fear of him, and became like dead men.

But to the women the angel said: "You need have no fear, for I know that you are seeking Jesus, the Crucified One.

He is not here; for he is risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where the Master was lying!

On this they ran quickly from the sepulcher, in fear and great joy, to tell the news to his disciples.

Then Jesus said to them. "Fear not! Go tell my brothers to depart into Galilee, and they will see men there."

The voice of one crying aloud. In the desert make ready a road for the Lord. Make his paths straight.

In the desert came John who baptized, and preached a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was among the wild beasts, but the angels were ministering to him.

And as he was passing along by the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting their net into the sea, for they were fishermen;

They were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them with authority, not like the Scribes.

and told him, "Every one is looking for you."

"Let us go away," he answered, "to the neighboring country towns, that I may preach there, too; because for that purpose I came forth."

"See you say nothing to any one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your purification what Moses commanded for a testimony to them."

and at once such a crowd gathered that there was no longer room for them, even around the door.

While he was speaking his message, they came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four men.

Later on Levi was sitting at table in his house, and together with Jesus and his disciples a number of tax-gatherers and sinners were guests, for there were many of them who used to follow him.

"The Sabbath," he told them, "was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

So he directed his disciples to keep a little boat in readiness for him, because of the crowd, to prevent their crushing him.

For he had healed so many that all the people who had ailments pressed upon him so as to touch him.

When his relatives heard of it, they came to take possession of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

so that, "for all their looking they may not see, and for all their hearing, they may not understand, lest perchance they should turn and be pardoned.

but because they have no root in themselves they last for a time; but when suffering or persecution ensues because of the Word, they at once fall away.

For he who holds, to him will more be given, and he who holds not, from him will be taken even what he holds."

With many such illustrations Jesus used to tell his message to people as far as they were able to receive it;

Not even with a chain could any man bind him, for he had been bound with fetters and chains again and again, and had snapped the chains, and broken the fetters; and there was no one strong enough to master him.

For Jesus was saying, "Foul spirit, come out of the man."

He continued asking him, "What is your mane?" "Legion is my name, for we are many."

"Go home to your own people, and tell them what great things God has done for you, and has had mercy upon you."

So he went and began to publish abroad in the District of the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and every one was astonished and all men marveled.

Now there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,

and the woman knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

But Jesus, paying no attention to the remark, said to the warden of the synagogue, "Have no fear, only believe."

And instantly the little girl stood up, and began to walk, for she was twelve years old, They were at once beside themselves with utter amazement.

He bade them take nothing but a staff for their journey; no bread, no wallet, no coins in their purse;

King Herod heard it, for the name of Jesus had become well known, People were saying, "John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and on that account these powers are working in him."

Now this Herod had sent and arrested John, and bound him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

For John had often told Herod, "It is not right for you to live with your brother's wife."

but she could not, for Herod was afraid of John because he knew that he was a just and holy man. So he kept him safe. When he listened to John he was much exercised, yet he found pleasure in listening to him.

Then came a convenient day, when Herod on his birthday held a feast for his lords and generals and the leading men of Galilee,

So she came out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptist," she replied.

Then he said to them, "Come apart, yourselves, to a quiet spot, and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they could not get time even to eat.

So when Jesus landed he saw a vast multitude, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

Then when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him and said: "This place is desert, and the day is now far spent.

but when he saw them distressed in rowing (for the wind was against them), about the fourth watch of the night he went to them, walking upon the sea,

they thought it was an apparition and shrieked aloud, for they all saw him and were terrified.

for they had not understood about the loaves; on the contrary their heart was hardened.

For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat until they have ceremoniously washed their hands in obedience to the tradition of the elders;

"Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, hypocrites," he answered. "As it is written, 'This people honor me with their lips, While their hearts are far from me;

But in vain do they worship me, For their teaching is only human precepts.'"

For although Moses said, Honor your father and mother, and Let him who curses father or mother suffer death,

you exempt him from doing any service for his father or mother.

"For that saying of yours, go home," he replied; "the demon has departed from your daughter."

"My heart aches for the crowd, because they have remained with me three days now, and they have nothing to eat;

"Where will it be possible," answered his disciples, "for one to fill these men with bread in a lonely place like this?"

They that had eaten were about four thousand.

"And when the seven for the four thousand, how many hampers full of fragments did you pick up?"

The man looked up and said, "I can make out the people, for as they move about, I see them like trees."

But he turned round, and looked upon his disciples, and rebuked Peter. "Get thee behind me, Satan," he said, "for your thoughts are not God's thoughts, but man's."

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever, for my sake and the gospel's, loses his life will save it.

For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?

Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

"Master," said Peter, addressing Jesus, "it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three tents one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

(For he did not know what to say, they were so awestruck.)

"From childhood," he answered; "and often it has thrown him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us."

Jesus said to him. "'If you can'! All things can be for one who believes."

for he was explaining to his disciples that the Son of man was to be betrayed into the hands of men, and that they would put him to death, but that after he had been put to death, he would rise again after three days,

But they were silent, for on the road they were disputing together which one was greatest.

"Do not try to stop him," Jesus answered, "for there is no one who performs a miracle in my name who can soon speak evil of me.

He who is not against us is for us.

For whoever gives you even a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, in solemn truth I tell you, that he shall certainly not lose his reward.

"And if any one shall cause one of these little ones who believe on me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown out into the sea with a great millstone about his neck.

"If your hand cause you to stumble, cut it off! It is better to be maimed and to enter into life than to have two hands and go away into hell, into the fire that cannot be put out.

If your eye cause you to stumble, tear it out! It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God one-eyed that to keep both your eyes and be cast into hell,