greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, abusiveness, arrogance, folly??23 all these evils come from inside, and they pollute a man."

He said to her, "Let the children first eat all they want, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

And they brought to him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.

And Jesus forbade them to tell anyone about it, but the more he forbade them the more they spread the news far and wide.

In those days when a great crowd had gathered again and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them,

"I pity these people, for they have been staying with me three days now, and they have nothing left to eat.

And if I send them home hungry they will give out on the way, for some of them come from a distance."

"How many loaves have you?" he asked. "Seven," they said.

Then he ordered the people to take their places on the ground. And he took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke them in pieces and gave them to his disciples to pass, and they passed them to the people.

They had a few small fish, and he blessed them and told the disciples to pass them also to the people.

And they ate and satisfied their hunger. And the pieces that they left, that were picked up, filled seven baskets.

Now they had forgotten to bring any bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

They were discussing with one another their being without bread.

how many baskets of pieces you picked up when I broke the five loaves in pieces for those five thousand men?" They said to him, "Twelve."

"When I broke the seven loaves in pieces for the four thousand, how many baskets of pieces did you pick up?" They said to him, "Seven."

And they came to Bethsaida. And people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.

He looked up and said, "I can see people, for they look to me like trees, only they are moving about."

They said to him, "John the Baptist; others say Elijah, and others that you are one of the prophets."

And Elijah appeared to them, accompanied by Moses, and they talked with Jesus.

For he did not know what to say, they were so frightened.

And suddenly, on looking around, they saw that there was now no one with them but Jesus alone.

As they were going down the mountain, he cautioned them to let no one know what they had seen, until the Son of Man should rise from the dead.

And they did not forget what he said, but discussed with one another what he meant by the rising from the dead.

And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

Why, I tell you, not only has Elijah come, but people have treated him just as they pleased, as the Scripture says about him."

When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them.

And all the people were amazed when they saw him, and they ran up to him and greeted him.

and wherever it seizes him it convulses him, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth; and he is wasting away. I told your disciples to drive it out, and they could not do it."

And they brought the boy to him. As soon as the spirit saw him, it convulsed the boy, and he fell down on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

When he had gone home, and his disciples were alone with him, they asked him, "Why could not we drive it out?"

And they left that place and made their way through Galilee, and he did not wish anyone to know it;

for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and three days after he is killed he will rise again."

But they did not understand what he meant, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

And they reached Capernaum. When he reached home, he asked them, "What was it that you were discussing on the way?"

But they made no answer, for on the way they had been discussing with one another which of them was the greatest.

They said, "Moses permits a man to divorce his wife by drawing up a written divorce-notice."

and so they are no longer two but one.

When they reached the house the disciples asked him about this again.

When Jesus saw it, he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not try to stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they.

They were perfectly astounded and said to him, "Then who can be saved?"

As they went on their way up to Jerusalem, Jesus walked ahead of them, and they were in dismay, and those who still followed were afraid. And he took the Twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

"See!" he said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the heathen

and they will ridicule him and spit on him and flog him and kill him; and three days after he will rise again."

They said to him, "Let us sit one at your right hand and one at your left, in your triumph."

They said to him, "Yes, we can." Jesus said to them, "Then you shall drink what I am drinking, and you shall undergo the baptism that I am undergoing;

When the other ten heard of this they were at first very indignant at James and John.

And they came to Jericho. As he was leaving the town with his disciples and a great crowd, Timaeus' son Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting at the roadside.

Jesus stopped and said, "Call him here." And they called the blind man and said to him, "Courage now! Get up, he is calling you!"

When they were getting near Jerusalem, and had come to Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead,

And they set off and found a colt tied in the street at the door of a house, and they untied it.

But they answered them as Jesus had told them to do, and the men let them take it.

So they brought the colt to Jesus, and they threw their coats over it and Jesus mounted it.

On the next day, after they had left Bethany, he felt hungry.

When they reached Jerusalem, he went into the Temple, and began to drive out of it those who were buying or selling things in it, and he upset the money-changers' tables and the pigeon-dealers' seats,

The high priests and the scribes heard of this, and they cast about for a way of destroying him, for they were afraid of him, for all the people were amazed at what he taught.

In the morning as they were passing along, they saw that the fig tree was withered, to its very roots.

Then they went into Jerusalem again. And as Jesus was walking about in the Temple, the high priests, scribes, and elders came up

And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'It was from heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

Yet can we say, 'It was from men'?" For they were afraid of the people, because all the people thought John was really a prophet.

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." Jesus said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do."

And they took him and beat him and sent him back empty-handed.

And again he sent another slave to them. And they beat him over the head and treated him shamefully.

And he sent another; and him they killed; and so with many others, some they beat and some they killed.

He still had one left to send, a dearly loved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, 'They will respect my son.'

So they took him and killed him, and threw his body outside of the vineyard.

And they tried to have him arrested, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that the illustration was aimed at them. And they left him and went away.

They sent some Pharisees and Herodians to him to entrap him in argument.

And they came up and said to him, "Master, we know that you tell the truth regardless of the consequences, for you are not guided by personal considerations, but teach the way of God with sincerity. Is it right to pay the poll tax to the emperor or not?

And they brought him one. He said to them, "Whose head and title is this?" And they told him, "The emperor's."

And Jesus said, "Pay the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and pay God what belongs to God!" And they were astonished at him.

"Master," they said, "Moses made us a law that if a man's brother died, leaving a wife but no child, the man should marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

For when people rise from the dead, there is no marrying or being married, but they live as angels do in heaven.

and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at dinners??40 men that eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get a far heavier sentence!"

For they all gave of what they had to spare, but she in her want has put in everything she possessed??ll she had to live on."

But when you hear of wars and rumors of war, you must not be alarmed. They have to come, but it is not yet the end.

But you must be on your guard; they will hand you over to courts and you will be taken into synagogues and beaten, and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to testify to them.

When they are taking you off to trial do not worry beforehand about what you ought to say, but say whatever is given you when the time comes, for it is not you that will speak, but the holy Spirit.

For false Christs and false prophets will appear, and they will show signs and wonders to mislead God's chosen people if they can.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds with great power and glory,

for they said, "It must not be during the festival, or there may be a riot."

And they grumbled at her. But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you bother her? It is a fine thing that she has done to me.

They were delighted to hear it and promised to pay him for it. So he was watching for an opportunity to betray him to them.

So the disciples started and went into the city, and found everything just as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover supper.

And when they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell you, one of you is going to betray me??ne who is eating with me."

And they were hurt, and said to him one after another, "Can it be I?"

As they were eating, he took a loaf and blessed it, and he broke it in pieces and gave it to them saying, "Take this. It is my body."

And he took the wine cup and gave thanks and gave it to them and they all drank from it.

After singing the hymn they went out of the city and up the Mount of Olives.

But Peter said to him, "Even if they all desert you, I will not!"

But he persisted vehemently, "If I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And they all said the same thing.

They came to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit down here while I pray."

When he came back he found them asleep again, for they could hardly keep their eyes open; and they did not know what answer to make to him.

And they laid hands on him and seized him.

And a young man followed him with nothing but a linen cloth about his body; and they seized him,

They took Jesus away to the high priest, and all the high priests, elders, and scribes came together.

The high priests and the whole council tried to get evidence against Jesus in order to put him to death, and they could find none,

Did you hear his blasphemy? What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving to be put to death.

And some started to spit at him and to blindfold him and strike him, and say to him, "Now show that you are a prophet!" And the attendants slapped him as they took charge of him.

As soon as it was daylight, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes, and they and the whole council bound Jesus and took him away and handed him over to Pilate.

But Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer to make? See what charges they are making against you."