Aware of this, Jesus said, “You of little faith! Why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread?

Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the yeast in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And Jesus responded, “Simon son of Jonah, you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven.

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it.

But He turned and told Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns, but man’s.”

I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

[However, this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting.]”

And if he finds it, I assure you: He rejoices over that sheep more than over the 99 that did not go astray.

In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

“I tell you, not as many as seven,” Jesus said to him, “but 70 times seven.

So My heavenly Father will also do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother from his heart.”

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.

His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry!”

But He told them, “Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those it has been given to.

“Which ones?” he asked Him. Jesus answered:

Do not murder;
do not commit adultery;
do not steal;
do not bear false witness;

He told them, “You will indeed drink My cup. But to sit at My right and left is not Mine to give; instead, it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”

It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

Then He left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

Jesus answered them, “I assure you: If you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you tell this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.

“Then he told his slaves, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding.

Tell us, therefore, what You think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

“But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.

And do not be called masters either, because you have one Master, the Messiah.

Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!

Then He replied to them, “Don’t you see all these things? I assure you: Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”

You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

A man on the housetop must not come down to get things out of his house.

And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes.

Pray that your escape may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.

“If anyone tells you then, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Over here!’ do not believe it!

Take note: I have told you in advance.

So if they tell you, ‘Look, He’s in the wilderness!’ don’t go out; ‘Look, He’s in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days:

The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not shed its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the celestial powers will be shaken.

I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place.

But know this: If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.

This is why you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know.

“In the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Here’s the groom! Come out to meet him.’

“But he replied, ‘I assure you: I do not know you!’

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

“Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or sick, or in prison, and not help You?’

“Then He will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me either.’

“Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.”

You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.

Deeply distressed, each one began to say to Him, “Surely not I, Lord?”

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

Then Judas, His betrayer, replied, “Surely not I, Rabbi?”

“You have said it,” He told him.

But I tell you, from this moment I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it in a new way in My Father’s kingdom with you.”

Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

And He came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open.

But they could not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. Finally, two who came forward

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Look, now you’ve heard the blasphemy!

Then he started to curse and to swear with an oath, “I do not know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed,

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

they gave Him wine mixed with gall to drink. But when He tasted it, He would not drink it.

He is not here! For He has been resurrected, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay.

Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see Me there.”

and told them, “Say this, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole Him while we were sleeping.’

He was preaching: “Someone more powerful than I will come after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals.

As He was passing along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen.

and He healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew Him.

So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and He was speaking the message to them.

Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. People came and asked Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry—

how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the sacred bread—which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests—and also gave some to his companions?”

Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.

Then He told His disciples to have a small boat ready for Him, so the crowd would not crush Him.

And He would strongly warn them not to make Him known.

Then He went home, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat.

He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables

so that

they may look and look,
yet not perceive;
they may listen and listen,
yet not understand;
otherwise, they might turn back—
and be forgiven.”

Then He said to them: “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?

For to the one who has, it will be given, and from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.”

he sleeps and rises—night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he doesn’t know how.

And He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, He would explain everything to His own disciples.

And always, night and day, he was crying out among the tombs and in the mountains and cutting himself with stones.

And he kept begging Him not to send them out of the region.

But He would not let him; instead, He told him, “Go back home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how He has had mercy on you.”

had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse.

He did not let anyone accompany Him except Peter, James, and John, James’s brother.

He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.”

Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.”

So He was not able to do any miracles there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

They were to wear sandals, but not put on an extra shirt.

If any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

Though the king was deeply distressed, because of his oaths and the guests he did not want to refuse her.

He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

because they had not understood about the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened.

(For the Pharisees, in fact all the Jews, will not eat unless they wash their hands ritually, keeping the tradition of the elders.