When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:

He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;

All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.

To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also.

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.

Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don't gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.

Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has."

The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.

People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.

But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. Don't trouble the Teacher."

Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.

As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.

It happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met him.

Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.

But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"

Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don't go from house to house.

'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.'

He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.

In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight."

Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."

Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'"

for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'

and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?

Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.

The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.

For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."

Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'

They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.

"The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'

The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'

"He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

"He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"

But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'

but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.

A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!'

He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.

He said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.'

'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.

Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"

saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.

the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?"

They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?'

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

They answered that they didn't know where it was from.

But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes."

He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt down and prayed,

saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."

An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of grief,

They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed from a distance.

From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

They said, "Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth!"

But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place."

When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.

All his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God:

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.

Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.

But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."

It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven.

There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"