But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead!"

And [as] he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being inundated by the waves, but he himself was asleep.

And getting into a boat, he crossed over and came to his own town.

But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your stretcher and go to your home."

But [when] the crowds saw [this], they were afraid and glorified God who had given such authority to men.

And [when he] heard [it], he said, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}.

But go [and] learn what it means, "I want mercy and not sacrifice." For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Then the disciples of John approached him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?"

And Jesus said to them, "{The bridegroom's attendants} are not able to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them. But days are coming when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

But no one puts a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment, for its patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear becomes worse.

Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins. {Otherwise} the wineskins burst and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are destroyed. But they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved."

[As] he was saying these [things] to them, behold, one of the rulers came [and] knelt down before him, saying, "My daughter has just now died, but come, place your hand on her and she will live!"

But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Have courage, daughter! Your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that hour.

he said, "Go away, because the girl is not dead, but is sleeping." And they ridiculed him.

But when the crowd had been sent out, he entered [and] took her hand, and the girl got up.

But they went out [and] spread the report about him in that whole region.

But the Pharisees were saying, "By the ruler of demons he expels the demons!"

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest [is] plentiful, but the workers [are] few.

but go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

But beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils, and they will flog you in their synagogues.

But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how [to speak] or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour.

For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Spirit of your Father [who is] speaking through you.

"And brother will hand over brother to death, and a father [his] children, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death,

and you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but instead be afraid of the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

But whoever denies me before people, I also will deny him before my Father [who is] in heaven.

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth! I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in the houses of kings.

But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and even more than a prophet!

Truly I say to you, among [those] born of women there has not arisen [one] greater than John the Baptist. But the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

But from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven is treated violently, and the violent claim it.

"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a man [who is] a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

But [when] the Pharisees saw [it], they said to him, "Behold, your disciples are doing what it is not permitted to do on the Sabbath!"

how he entered into the house of God and ate the bread of the presentation, which it was not permitted for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

But I tell you that [something] greater than the temple is here!

But he said to them, "What man will there be among you who will have one sheep and if this one fell into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift [it] out?

But the Pharisees went out {and plotted} against him in order that they could destroy him.

"Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

But the Pharisees, [when they] heard [it], said, "This man does not expel demons except by Beelzebul the ruler of demons!"

But knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

But if I expel demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you!

For this [reason] I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven!

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him either in this age or in the coming one!

"Either make the tree good and its fruit [is] good, or make the tree bad and its fruit [is] bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.

But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!

But he answered [and] said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation desires a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah!

Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came out.' And [when it] arrives it finds [the house] unoccupied and swept and put in order.

But he answered [and] said to the one who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"

And large crowds gathered close around him, so that he got into a boat to sit down, and all the crowd was standing on the shore.

But [when] the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have [enough] root, it withered.

But other [seed] fell on the good soil and produced grain, this one a hundred [times as much] and this one sixty and this one thirty.

And he answered [and] said to them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to those [people] it has not been granted.

For whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

But your eyes [are] blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

But he does not have a root in himself, but {lasts only a little while}, and [when] affliction or persecution happens because of the word, immediately he falls away.

But what was sown on the good soil--this is the one who hears the word and understands [it], who indeed bears fruit and produces, this one a hundred [times as much], and this one sixty, and this one thirty."

He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

But while his people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat and went away.

But he said, "No, lest [when you] gather the darnel you uproot the wheat together with it.

Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the season of the harvest I will tell the reapers, "First gather the darnel and tie it into bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my storehouse." '"

He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his field.

{It} is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it is grown it is larger than the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches."

He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took [and] put into three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."

and the field is the world. And the good seed--these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one.

which when it was filled they pulled to shore and sat down [and] collected the good [fish] into containers, but the bad they threw out.

And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his [own] hometown and in his [own] household."

For Herod, [after] arresting John, bound him and put [him] in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,

But [when] Herod's birthday celebration took place, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst [of them] and pleased Herod.

Now [when] Jesus heard [it], he withdrew from there in a boat to an isolated place by himself. And [when] the crowds heard [it], they followed him by land from the towns.

But Jesus said to them, "They do not {need} to go away. You give them [something] to eat."

And immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent away the crowds.

But the boat was already many stadia distant from the land, being beaten by the waves, because the wind was against [it].

But the disciples, [when they] saw him walking on the sea, were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" and they cried out in fear.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Have courage, I am [he]! Do not be afraid!"

So he said, "Come!" And getting out of the boat, Peter walked on the water and came toward Jesus.

But [when he] saw the strong wind, he was afraid. And beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"

And [when] they got into the boat, the wind abated.

So those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God!"

But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or his mother, "Whatever {benefit you would have received} from me [is] a gift [to God],"

'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me,

It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth--this defiles a person."

Let them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

But Peter answered [and] said to him, "Explain this parable to us."

But he said, "Are you also still without understanding?

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.

These are the things that defile a person. But eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person!"

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came up [and] asked him, saying, "Send her away, because she is crying out after us!"

But he answered [and] said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

But she came [and] knelt down before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

And large crowds came to him, having with them [the] mute, blind, lame, crippled, and many others, and they put them down at his feet, and he healed them.

And [after he] sent away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

and early in the morning, 'Today [it will be] stormy weather, because the sky is red [and] darkening.' You know how to evaluate correctly the appearance of the sky, but you are not able [to evaluate] the signs of the times.

But knowing [this], Jesus said, "Why are you discussing among yourselves that you did not take bread, [you] of little faith?

How do you not understand that I did not speak to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And they said, {Some} [say] John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

He said to them, "But who do you say [that] I am?"