And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ."

And he charged them to tell no one about him.

He spoke plainly about this. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

After six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,

And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"

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

But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they wished, as it is written of him."

Immediately, when they saw him, all the people were greatly amazed, and ran to him and greeted him.

And one of the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, who has a mute spirit.

And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast out the spirit, but they could not."

He answered him, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."

And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

And it has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us."

Jesus said to him, "If you can, all things are possible to him who believes."

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

And the spirit cried out, convulsed him terribly, and came out. And the boy was like a corpse; so that many of them said, "He is dead."

But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"

For he was teaching his disciples and said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.

And he took a little child, and put him in the midst of them. And taking him in his arms, he said to them,

"Whoever receives one of these little children in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name and we forbade him, because he was not one of us."

But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for no one who does a miracle in my name can soon afterward speak evil of me.

"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

Then he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his custom was, he taught them.

The Pharisees came and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

In the house his disciples also asked him again about this matter.

And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.

And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."

Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, "Then who can be saved?"

Peter began to say to him, "See, we have left everything and followed you."

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And he took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was to happen to him.

"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles;

and they will mock him, and spit on him, and scourge him, and kill him. And after three days he will rise."

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and the other at your left, in your glory."

They said to him, "We are able." So Jesus said to them, "You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized;

Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

So Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." And they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take heart; rise, he is calling you."

And Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Master, let me receive my sight."

Then Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered."

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.

Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him.

And they said to him, "By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do them?"

And they reasoned among themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Again he sent to them another servant, and they wounded him in 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 beloved son. He sent him to them last, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

So they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

And they sought to arrest him, but feared the multitude, for they knew he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Then they sent to him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

When they came, they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are true, and care about no man; for you do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

And they brought one. And he said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to him, "Caesar's."

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

Then some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him; and they asked him a question, saying:

And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the first of all?"

And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher; you have well said that God is one, and there is no other but he;

and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to ask him any question.

Therefore David himself calls him 'Lord'; how is he then his son?" And the common people heard him gladly.

And he called his disciples to him, and said to them, "Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury.

And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!"

And Jesus said to him, "Do you see all these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down."

Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.

And let him who is in the field not go back to get his cloak.

It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him.

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray him to them.

And when they heard it they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought an opportunity to betray him.

Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him.

They began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one, "Is it I?"

For the Son of Man goes just as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

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

Jesus said to him, "Truly, I say to you that this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

And he took Peter, James and John with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.

And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

And when he came again, he found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what to answer him.

And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

Now the betrayer had given them a signal, saying, "The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him and lead him away under guard."

And when he came, he went up to him at once, and said, "Rabbi!" and he kissed him.

And they laid hands on him and seized him.

Then they all forsook him and fled.

And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth around his body. And they seized him,

But Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

For many bore false witness against him, but their testimonies did not agree.

Then some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,