how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?

And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse Him.

But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”

If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.

The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.”

Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.

But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

For the heart of this people has become dull,
With their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes,
Otherwise they would see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart and return,
And I would heal them.’

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

The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,

and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.

“Have you understood all these things?” They *said to Him, “Yes.”

He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

Although Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded John as a prophet.

His disciples came and took away the body and buried it; and they went and reported to Jesus.

Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and the hour is already late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!”

They *said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”

and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets.

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear.

When they got into the boat, the wind stopped.

When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.

And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick;

and they implored Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were cured.

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

‘But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’”

Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”

Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them.

So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

And Jesus *said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full.

The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

And the disciples came to the other side of the sea, but they had forgotten to bring any bread.

They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “He said that because we did not bring any bread.”

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; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”

Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.

“Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground and were terrified.

And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone.

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”

but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”

When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,

I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him.”

And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men;

and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved.

When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?”

“Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.

So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their lord all that had happened.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

They *said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?”

and to those he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ And so they went.

They *said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He *said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’

When those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.

When they received it, they grumbled at the landowner,

“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death,

But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They *said to Him, “We are able.”

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.

The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

They *said to Him, “Lord, we want our eyes to be opened.”

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.

When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?” And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet.”

And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They *said, “The first.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.

But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’

They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

They *said to Him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.”

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.

And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.

But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,

Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.

Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.

And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.

Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

And hearing this, they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away.

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.

“What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “The son of David.”

therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.

They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.

But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.