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.

But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don’t be moving from house to house.

He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a lightning flash.

In that same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.

Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’

And others, as a test, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

But when one stronger than he attacks and overpowers him, he takes from him all his weapons he trusted in, and divides up his plunder.

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then says, ‘I’ll go back to my house where I came from.’

As He was saying these things, a woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “The womb that bore You and the one who nursed You are blessed!”

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here!

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.

“Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible.

Someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

From now on, five in one household will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?

Satan has bound this woman, a daughter of Abraham, for 18 years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’

But He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness!’

They will come from east and west, from north and south, and recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.

“Then the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.

I know what I’ll do so that when I’m removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and everyone who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.’

“‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

“But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

“Which one of you having a slave tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in His day.

But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”

So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.’

“‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.

was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?”

They discussed it among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

There will be violent earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.

People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the celestial powers will be shaken.

“Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly

For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

Then He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray,

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup away from Me—nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.”

[Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

When He got up from prayer and came to the disciples, He found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief.

But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the Power of God.”

“Why do we need any more testimony,” they said, “since we’ve heard it ourselves from His mouth?”

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where He started even to here.”