He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They replied, "Seven."

Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.

They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.

Everyone ate and was satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

Now they had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.

So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread.

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?" They replied, "Twelve."

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

Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.

Regaining his sight he said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking."

They said, "John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets."

And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

(For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.)

Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more except Jesus.

As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.

Then they asked him, "Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran at once and greeted him.

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able to do so."

So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

They went out from there and passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,

for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."

But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

Then they came to Capernaum. After Jesus was inside the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?"

But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her."

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

They were even more astonished and said to one another, "Then who can be saved?"

They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

They will mock him, spit on him, flog him severely, and kill him. Yet after three days, he will rise again."

They said to him, "Permit one of us to sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory."

They said to him, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,

Now when the other ten heard this, they became angry with James and John.

They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man and said to him, "Have courage! Get up! He is calling you."

Now as they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples

So they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.

They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders let them go.

Then they brought the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields.

Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.

Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

They discussed with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From people -- '" (they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed.

He had one left, his one dear son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.

Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words.

When they came they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone's favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we?"

So they brought one, and he said to them, "Whose image is this, and whose inscription?" They replied, "Caesar's."

Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were utterly amazed at him.

In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven had married her."

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

In his teaching Jesus also said, "Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,

They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment."

For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had."

Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and they will mislead many.

When they arrest you and hand you over for trial, do not worry about what to speak. But say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

For they said, "Not during the feast, so there won't be a riot among the people."

It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!" So they spoke angrily to her.

When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me will betray me."

They were distressed, and one by one said to him, "Surely not I?"

While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it. This is my body."

And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, I will not!"

Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.

Then they took hold of him and arrested him.

A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him,

Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything.

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"

You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?" They all condemned him as deserving death.

So Pilate asked him again, "Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!"

During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested.

They shouted back, "Crucify him!"

Pilate asked them, "Why? What has he done wrong?" But they shouted more insistently, "Crucify him!"

They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

They began to salute him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.

When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which is translated, "Place of the Skull").

They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.

It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him.