And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and he gave him back to his mother.

This story about him spread all over Judea and the surrounding country.

John's disciples told him of all this,

and he called two of them to him, and sent them to the Master to ask him, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we look for someone else?"

And the men went to him and said, "John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, 'Are you the one who was to come, or should we look for someone else?' "

And blessed is the man who finds nothing that repels him in me."

And all the people, even the tax-collectors, when they heard him, acknowledged the justice of God's demands, by accepting baptism from John,

but the Pharisees and experts in the Law thwarted God's purpose for themselves, by refusing to be baptized by him.

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!'

One of the Pharisees asked him to have dinner with him, and he went to the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.

and came and stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with her hair, and kissed them, and put the perfume on them.

When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were really a prophet, he would know who and what the woman is who is touching him, for she leads a wicked life."

Jesus answered him, and said to him, "Simon, there is something I want to say to you." He said, "Proceed, Master."

"Two men were in debt to a money-lender. One owed him a hundred dollars and the other ten.

As they could not pay him, he canceled what they owed him. Now which of them will be more attached to him?"

The men at table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this man, who even forgives sins?"

Soon afterward he went about among the villages and towns preaching and telling the good news of the Kingdom of God. The Twelve went with him,

When a great throng was gathering and people were coming to him from one town after another, he said in his figurative way,

And some fell on good soil, and grew up and yielded a hundred fold!" As he said this he called out, "Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!"

His disciples asked him what this figure meant.

His mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him, on account of the crowd.

And the word came to him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside; they want to see you."

And they went to him and woke him up, and said to him, "Master! Master! We are lost!" Then he awoke and reproved the wind and the rough water, and they ceased, and there was a calm.

And he said to them, "Where is your faith?" But they were frightened and amazed, and said to one another, "Who can he be? For he gives orders even to the winds and the water, and they obey him!"

When he saw Jesus he cried out and threw himself down before him, and said in a loud voice, "What do you want of me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"

For he was commanding the foul spirit to get out of the man. For it had often seized him, and though he had been fastened with chains and fetters, and was closely watched, he would snap his bonds and the demon would drive him away to the desert.

And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion!" For many demons had gone into him.

And they begged him not to order them off to the bottomless pit.

Now there was a large drove of pigs feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to give them leave to go into them. And he did so.

Then all the people of the neighborhood of Gerasa asked him to go away from them, for they were terribly frightened. And he got into a boat and went back.

The man out of whom the demons had gone begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, and said,

"Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you." And he went and told all over the town what Jesus had done for him.

When Jesus returned, the people welcomed him, for they were all watching for him.

And a man named Jairus came up??e was leader of the synagogue??nd he fell down at Jesus' feet and begged him to come to his house,

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As he was going, the crowds of people almost crushed him.

came up behind him and touched the tassel of his cloak, and the hemorrhage stopped at once.

When the woman saw that she had not escaped his notice, she came forward trembling, and fell down before him, and before all the people told why she had touched him, and how she had been cured at once.

But Jesus heard it and said to him, "Do not be afraid; just have faith, and she will get well."

When he got to the house, he let no one go in with him but Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother.

And they laughed at him, for they knew that she was dead.

But Herod said, "John I have beheaded, but who can this be about whom I hear such reports?" And he endeavored to see him.

But the crowds learned of it and followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them about the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed to be cured.

When the day began to decline, the Twelve came up and said to him, "Send the crowd away to the villages and farms around to find food and shelter, for we are in a lonely place here."

Once when he was praying by himself, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, "Who do the people say that I am?"

For if anyone is ashamed of me and my teaching the Son of Man will be ashamed of him, when he comes with all the glory of his Father and of the holy angels.

And two men were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah,

Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but waking up they saw his glorious appearance and the two men standing by him.

Just as they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! Let us put up three huts, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah!" For he did not know what he was saying.

And from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my Son, my Chosen! Listen to him!"

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

and all at once a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him until he foams at the mouth, and it leaves him, after a struggle, badly bruised.

Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him, but Jesus reproved the foul spirit and cured the boy and gave him back to his father.

But they did not understand what he meant, indeed it was concealed from them, in order that they might not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

But Jesus knew the question that was in their minds and he took a child and made him stand by his side,

and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes him who has sent me. For it is the lowliest among you all who is really great."

John answered, "Master, we saw a man driving out demons with your name, and we told him not to do so, for he does not go with us."

Jesus said to him, "Do not try to stop him, for the man who is not against you is for you."

and sent messengers before him. They started out and went into a Samaritan village, to make preparations for him.

And the people there would not receive him, because he was going to Jerusalem.

As they were going along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and wild birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head!"

Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you must go and spread the news of the Kingdom of God!"

Yet another man said to him, "Master, I am going to follow you, but let me first say goodbye to my people at home."

Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plough, and then looks back, is fitted for the Kingdom of God."

After this the Master appointed seventy-two others, and sent them on before him, two by two, to every town or place to which he intended to come.

If there is anyone there who loves peace, your blessing will rest upon him, but if there is not, it will come back to you.

Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever disregards you disregards me, and whoever disregards me disregards him who sent me."

Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

Then an expert in the Law got up to test him and said, "Master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

Jesus said to him, "What does the Law say? How does it read?"

Jesus said to him, "You are right. Do that, and you will live."

Jesus replied, "A man was on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers, and they stripped him and beat him and went off leaving him half dead.

Now a priest happened to be going that way, and when he saw him, he went by on the other side of the road.

And a Levite also came to the place, and when he saw him, he went by on the other side.

But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon him, and when he saw him he pitied him,

and he went up to him and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. And he put him on his own mule and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

The next day he took out a dollar and gave it to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will refund to you on my way back.'

He said, "The man who took pity on him." Jesus said to him, "Go and do so yourself!"

As they continued their journey, he came to a certain village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him to her house.

Once as he was praying in a certain place, when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Master, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."

And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him in the middle of the night, and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

for a friend of mine has just come to my house after a journey, and I have nothing for him to eat,'

I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him some because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him all he needs.

Which of you fathers, if his son asks him for a fish will give him a snake instead?

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give the holy Spirit to those who ask him for it!"

Others to test him asked him for a sign from heaven.

But when somebody stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he strips him of the arms that he relied on, and divides up the spoils.

As he said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the mother who bore you and nursed you!"

As the crowds pressed a round him, he went on to say, "This is a wicked age! It demands a sign, and no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah.

When he said this, a Pharisee asked him to lunch with him, and he went to his house and took his place at table.

But the Master said to him, "You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

At this, one of the experts in the Law said to him, "Master, when you say that, you affront us too."

After he left the house, the scribes and the Pharisees began to watch him closely and to try to draw him out on many subjects,

plotting to entrap him in something he might say.

I will show you whom to fear: fear him who, after killing you, has power to hurl you into the pit. Yes, fear him, I tell you.

Someone in the crowd said to him, "Master, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance."

But he said to him, "Who made me a judge or arbitrator of your affairs?"

And he said to them, "Take care! You must be on your guard against any form of greed, for a man's life does not belong to him, no matter how rich he is."

But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you. Then who will have all you have prepared?'