And going on a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.

And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him."

Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

and said to him, "See you say nothing to anyone, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."

But he went out, and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.

And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you reason these things in your hearts?

Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?'

And he arose immediately, and took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this."

And as he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him.

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

And Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great crowd followed from Galilee, and from Judea,

And he told his disciples that a small boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would not press on him.

For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and shouted, saying, "You are the Son of God."

And he came into a house, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

And so he summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

And again he began to teach by the seaside. And a great crowd was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the crowd were on the land by the sea.

"Listen. Consider the farmer who went out to sow.

that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should return and be forgiven.'"

It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."

And a big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

And he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace. Be still." The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

And he said to them, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"

And they were greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,

And he gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.

And those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came out to see what it was that had happened.

They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.

And those who saw it declared to them how it happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.

So he went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.

And when Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great crowd was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.

And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

He looked around to see her who had done this thing.

While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?"

And they came to the synagogue ruler's house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing.

So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent.

For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.

For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

So Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she could not,

So she went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist."

So immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to an isolated place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

So they went away in the boat to an isolated place by themselves.

But they saw them going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities and they arrived before them.

And he came out, saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see." When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish."

When evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land.

He saw them distressed in rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,

but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and began to scream;

for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, "Cheer up. It is I. Do not be afraid."

Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'

But he said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

But she answered him, "Yes, Sir. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

Again he departed from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis.

He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.

He, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Do you not perceive yet, neither understand? Are your hearts hardened?

Having eyes, do you not see? Having ears, do you not hear? Do you not remember?

He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.

He looked up, and said, "I see men; they look like trees walking."

Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He made him look up, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.

Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"

They answered him, "John the Baptist, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."

He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Messiah."

He said to them, "Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power."

For he did not know what to say, for they became very afraid.

Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only.

They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes questioning them.

Immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him.

They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.

When Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again."

Having screamed, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he does not follow us."

Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me. Do not forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me."

Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Rabboni, that I may see again."

If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs him;' and immediately he will send him back here."

Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.

Truly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; it will be done for him.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions."

They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should say, 'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

If we should say, 'From man'"?they feared the crowd, for all held John to really be a prophet.

Should we pay, or should we not pay?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."

They brought it. He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's."

And Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." They marveled greatly at him.

There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

"Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take the wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.'

When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any question after that.

Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?

David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly.