Now while they were going, look, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.

saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. And look, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

And he preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.

And it happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

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."

And he said to them, "Let us go somewhere else into the next towns, that I may proclaim there also, because I came out for this reason."

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 when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.

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 when they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof above him. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.

"Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?"

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?

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins", he said to the paralytic,

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."

It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they 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 it happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.

And the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

And They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

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 he sternly warned them that they should not make him known.

And he appointed twelve, designating them apostles, and that he might send them out to preach,

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

And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

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.

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

For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

For whoever has, more will be given, and he who does not have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."

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 on that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go over to the other side."

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

And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are dying?"

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

And he begged him much that he would not send them away out of the region.

And they begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them."

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.

As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.

and pleaded with him repeatedly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live."

and had suffered many things by many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse,

And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

And he strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.

And when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.

And he commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,

Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them."

So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed, but he heard him gladly.

And then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday gave a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.

Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves something to eat."

He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.

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

and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.

Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they placed the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.

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

He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

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;"'

There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man."

He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,

He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha." that is, "Be opened."

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

They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

Now they forgot to take bread; and they did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them.

And they began discussing among themselves that they had no bread.

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?

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?"

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

He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.

He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

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

He told them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. And why is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be rejected?

But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."

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."

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,

45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into hell.

47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell,

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

They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.

As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"

But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.

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."

They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.

They said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory."

But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"

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

Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

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

Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he shouted all the louder, "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."

and said to them, "Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has yet sat. Untie him, and bring him.

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.

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.