He answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

These people honor Me with their lips,
but their heart is far from Me.

But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or mother: Whatever benefit you might have received from me is Corban’” (that is, a gift committed to the temple),

Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.

When He went into the house away from the crowd, the disciples asked Him about the parable.

And He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him?

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”

He got up and departed from there to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but He could not escape notice.

So He took him away from the crowd privately. After putting His fingers in the man’s ears and spitting, He touched his tongue.

The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, demanding of Him a sign from heaven to test Him.

A cloud appeared, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud:

This is My beloved Son;
listen to Him!

As they were coming down from the mountain, He ordered them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

They kept this word to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.

“How long has this been happening to him?” Jesus asked his father.

“From childhood,” he said.

He set out from there and went to the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Then crowds converged on Him again and, as He usually did, He began teaching them once more.

But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.

He said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”

Many people spread their robes on the road, and others spread leafy branches cut from the fields.

The next day when they came out from Bethany, He was hungry.

He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples heard it.

Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.

Was John’s baptism from heaven or from men? Answer Me.”

They began to argue among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’

But if we say, ‘From men’”—they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought that John was a genuine prophet.

At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.

This came from the Lord
and is wonderful in our eyes?”

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.

When Jesus saw that he answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any longer.

Sitting across from the temple treasury, He watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich people were putting in large sums.

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives across from the temple complex, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,

For those will be days of tribulation, the kind that hasn’t been from the beginning of the world, which God created, until now and never will be again!

the stars will be falling from the sky,
and the celestial powers will be shaken.

He will send out the angels and gather His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky.

“Learn this parable from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

Then He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He gave it to them, and so they all drank from it.

Then He went a little farther, fell to the ground, and began to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.

And He said, “Abba, Father! All things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me. Nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”

While He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. With him was a mob, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.

They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’ cross. He was Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

save Yourself by coming down from the cross!”

Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with Him were taunting Him.

Then the curtain of the sanctuary was split in two from top to bottom.

There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

When he found out from the centurion, he gave the corpse to Joseph.

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?”

So they went out and started running from the tomb, because trembling and astonishment overwhelmed them. And they said nothing to anyone, since they were afraid.

It also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in an orderly sequence, most honorable Theophilus,

In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah’s division named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

because He has looked with favor
on the humble condition of His slave.
Surely, from now on all generations
will call me blessed,

His mercy is from generation to generation
on those who fear Him.

He has toppled the mighty from their thrones
and exalted the lowly.

salvation from our enemies
and from the clutches of those who hate us.

since we have been rescued
from our enemies’ clutches,
to serve Him without fear

Because of our God’s merciful compassion,
the Dawn from on high will visit us

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered.

And Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Some soldiers also questioned him: “What should we do?”

He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”

and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a physical appearance like a dove. And a voice came from heaven:

You are My beloved Son.
I take delight in You!

Then Jesus returned from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

So he took Him to Jerusalem, had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.

After the Devil had finished every temptation, he departed from Him for a time.

They were all speaking well of Him and were amazed by the gracious words that came from His mouth, yet they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

After He left the synagogue, He entered Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him about her.

When it was day, He went out and made His way to a deserted place. But the crowds were searching for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving them.

He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then He sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!”

and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.

“Don’t be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people!”

On one of those days while He was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord’s power to heal was in Him.

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them—then they will fast in those days.”

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old.

After coming down with them, He stood on a level place with a large crowd of His disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

The whole crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming out from Him and healing them all.

Give to everyone who asks you, and from one who takes your things, don’t ask for them back.

And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners to be repaid in full.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs aren’t gathered from thornbushes, or grapes picked from a bramble bush.

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Jesus went with them, and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, “Lord, don’t trouble Yourself, since I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was also with her.

Soon afterward He was traveling from one town and village to another, preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,

Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who were supporting them from their possessions.

As a large crowd was gathering, and people were flocking to Him from every town, He said in a parable:

The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the Devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

Therefore take care how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

When He got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met Him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs.

Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

The man from whom the demons had departed kept begging Him to be with Him. But He sent him away and said,

A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years, who had spent all she had on doctors yet could not be healed by any,

approached from behind and touched the tassel of His robe. Instantly her bleeding stopped.

“Someone did touch Me,” said Jesus. “I know that power has gone out from Me.”

While He was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader’s house, saying, “Your daughter is dead. Don’t bother the Teacher anymore.”

Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.

If they do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

So they went out and traveled from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing everywhere.

Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was going on. He was perplexed, because some said that John had been raised from the dead,

As the two men were departing from Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it’s good for us to be here! Let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.

Then a voice came from the cloud, saying:

This is My Son, the Chosen One;
listen to Him!

The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him.

Just then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, because he’s my only child.