They arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.

When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

All the people of the surrounding country of the Geresenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.

When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.

They departed, and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the Good News, and healing everywhere.

The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida.

The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the crowd away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."

But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people."

For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."

They did so, and made them all sit down.

They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

They answered, "'John the Baptist,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."

But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."

Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.

It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.

While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

It happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great crowd met him.

I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they could not."

They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,

But they did not understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.

They did not receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.

When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them?"

For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men?s lives, but to save them." And they went to another village.

As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go."

Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

But into whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

"Woe to you, Chorazin. Woe to you, Bethsaida. For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him.

But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.

Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the proclaiming of Jonah, and look, one greater than Jonah is here.

So you are witnesses and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,

Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;

"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared?whose will they be?'

Consider the ravens: they do not sow, they do not reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds.

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They do not toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Be like people watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?

Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?

One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" He said to them,

They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.

It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

They could not answer him regarding these things.

He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

and you will be blessed, because they do not have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.

I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also come into this place of torment.'

"But Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the Prophets. Let them listen to them.'

"He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"

He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come.

They lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."

When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." It happened that as they went, they were cleansed.

neither will they say, 'Look, here.' or, 'Look, there.' for the Kingdom of God is within you."

And they will tell you, 'Look, there.' or 'Look, here.' Do not go away, nor follow after them,

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

37 They, answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

Now they were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again."

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not understand the things that were said.

They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."

As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.

"It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

"They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas.'

As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

They said, "The Lord needs it."

They brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and set Jesus on them.

As he went, they spread their cloaks in the way.

As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,

saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things that make for peace. But now, they are hidden from your eyes.

and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you did not know the time of your visitation."

They could not find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"

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

But if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

They answered that they did not know where it was from.

He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.