For Herod was afraid of John, [because he] knew him [to be] a righteous and holy man and protected him. And [when he] listened to him, he was greatly perplexed, and [yet] he listened to him gladly.

And immediately the king sent an executioner [and] ordered [him] to bring his head. And he went [and] beheaded him in the prison.

And the apostles regathered to Jesus and reported to him everything that they had done and that they had taught.

And the hour had already become late [when] his disciples came up to him, saying, "The place is desolate and the hour [is] already late.

But he answered [and] said to them, "You give them [something] to eat." And they said to him, "Should we go [and] purchase bread for two hundred denarii and give [it] to them to eat?"

But [when] they saw him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost, and they cried out.

For they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke with them and said to them, "Have courage, I am [he]! Do not be afraid!"

And [as] they were getting out of the boat, [people] recognized him immediately.

And wherever he would go, into villages or into towns or to farms, they would put those who were sick in the marketplaces and would implore him that if they could touch even the edge of his cloak. And all those who touched it were healed.

And the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered to him.

And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unclean hands?"

you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother,

There is nothing outside of a person that is able to defile him [by] going into him. But the things that go out of a person are the things that defile a person."

And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

And he said to them, "So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything [that is] outside that goes into a person [is] not able to defile him?

But immediately a woman whose young daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, [when she] heard about him, came [and] fell down at his feet,

Now the woman was a Greek--a Syrophoenician by nationality--and she was asking him that he would expel the demon from her daughter.

But she answered and said to him, "Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they were imploring him that he would place his hand on him.

And he took him away from the crowd by himself [and] put his fingers into his ears, and [after] spitting, he touched his tongue.

And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened!").

And his disciples answered him, "Where is anyone able to feed these [people] with bread here in the desert?"

And the Pharisees came and began to argue with him, demanding from him a sign from heaven [in order to] test him.

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand how many baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?" They said to him, "Twelve."

"When also [broke] the seven [loaves] for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?" And they said to him, "Seven."

And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought to him a blind man and implored him that he would touch him.

And he took hold of the blind man's hand [and] led him outside the village, and [after] spitting in his eyes, he placed his hands on him [and] asked him, "Do you see anything?"

And he sent him to his home, saying, "Do not even go into the village."

And they told him, saying, "John the Baptist, and others Elijah, and others that [you are] one of the prophets."

And he asked them, "But who do you say [that] I am?" Peter answered [and] said to him, "You are the Christ!"

And he warned them that they should tell no one about him.

And he was speaking openly [about] the subject, and Peter took him aside [and] began to rebuke him.

And summoning the crowd together with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

And a cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"

And they asked him, saying, "{Why do} the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

But I tell you that indeed Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

And immediately the whole crowd, [when they] saw him, were amazed, and ran up to [him] [and] greeted him.

And one [individual] from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought to you my son who has {a spirit that makes him mute}.

And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes paralyzed. And I told your disciples that they should expel it, and they were not able [to do so].

And he answered them [and] said, "O unbelieving generation! {How long} will I be with you? {How long} must I put up with you? Bring him to me!"

And they brought him to him. And [when he] saw him, the spirit immediately convulsed him, and falling on the ground, he began to roll around, foaming at the mouth.

And he asked his father how long it was since this had been happening to him. And he said, "From childhood.

And often it has thrown him both into fire and into water, in order that it could destroy him. But if you are able [to do] anything, have compassion on us [and] help us!"

But Jesus said to him, "If you are able! All [things] [are] possible for the one who believes!"

Now [when] Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter into him no more!"

And it came out, screaming and convulsing [him] greatly, and he became as if [he were] dead, so that most [of them] said, "He has died!"

But Jesus took hold of his hand [and] raised him up, and he stood up.

And [after] he had entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why were we not able to expel it?"

for he was teaching his disciples and was telling them, "The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And [when he] is killed, after three days he will rise."

But they did not understand the statement, and they were afraid to ask him.

And he took a young child [and] had him stand {among them}. And taking him in his arms, he said to them,

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us."

But Jesus said, "Do not prevent him, because there is no one who does a miracle in my name and will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.

"And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it is better for him if instead {a large millstone} is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.

And from there he set out [and] came to the region of Judea and the other side of the Jordan, and again crowds came together to him. And again, as he was accustomed [to do], he began to teach them.

And they asked him if it was permitted for a man to divorce [his] wife, [in order to] test him.

And in the house again the disciples began to ask him about this.

And they were bringing young children to him so that he could touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.

And [as] he was setting out on [his] way, one [individual] ran up and knelt down before him [and] asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?"

So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one [is] good except God alone.

And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one [thing]: Go, sell all that you have, and give [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."

Peter began to say to him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed you."

Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going on ahead of them. And they were astounded, but those who were following [him] were afraid. And taking aside the twelve again, he began to tell them the things that were about to happen to him:

"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles.

And they will mock him and spit on him and flog him and kill [him], and after three days he will rise."

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him [and] said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you."

So they said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit one at your right hand and one at [your] left in your glory."

And they said to him, "We are able." So Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup that I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with,

And many [people] warned him that he should be quiet. But he was crying out {even more loudly}, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

And Jesus stopped [and] said, "Call him." And they called the blind man [and] said to him, "Have courage! Get up! He is calling you."

And Jesus answered him [and] said, "What do you want {me to do} for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Rabboni, that I may regain [my] sight."

And Jesus said to him, "Go, your faith has healed you." And immediately he regained [his] sight and began to follow him on the road.

And the chief priests and the scribes heard [it], and began considering how they could destroy him. For they were afraid of him because the whole crowd was astounded by his teaching.

And Peter remembered [and] said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered!"

Truly I say to you that whoever says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea!' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be [done] for him.

And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive [him], so that your Father who [is] in heaven will also forgive you your sins."

And they came again to Jerusalem. And [as] he was walking in the temple [courts], the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came up to him

and said to him, "By what authority are you doing these [things], or who gave you this authority that you do these [things]?"

And they began to discuss [this] with one another, saying, "What should we say? If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

And they seized him [and] beat [him] and sent [him] away empty-handed.

He had one more, a beloved son. Last [of all] he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

But those tenant farmers said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'

And they seized [and] killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.

And they were seeking to arrest him, and they were afraid of the crowd, because they knew that he had told the parable with reference to them. And they left him [and] went away.

And they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him so that they could catch him unawares in a statement.

And [when they] came, they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people} but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?"

So they brought [one]. And he said to them, "Whose image and inscription [is] this?" And they said to him, "Caesar's."

And Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!" And they were utterly amazed at him.

And Sadducees--who say there is no resurrection--came up to him and began to ask him, saying,

Now concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses {in the passage about the bush} how God spoke to him, saying, 'I [am] the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'?

And one of the scribes came up [and] heard them debating. [When he] saw that he answered them well, he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"

And the scribe said to him, "That is true, Teacher. You have said {correctly} that he is one and there is no other except him.

And to love him from your whole heart and from your whole understanding and from your whole strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

And Jesus, [when he] saw that he had answered thoughtfully, said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one dared to put a question to him any longer.

David himself calls him 'Lord,' and how is he his son?" And the large crowd was listening to him gladly.

And [as] he was going out of the temple [courts], one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, look! What great stones and what wonderful buildings!"

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

And [as] he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,