But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.

It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.

Suddenly, a Canaanite woman from that territory came near and began to shout, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed!"

But he didn't answer her at all. Then his disciples came up and kept urging him, "Send her away, because she keeps on screaming as she follows us."

Then Jesus answered her, "Lady, your faith is great! What you want is granted." That very hour her daughter was healed.

As a result, the crowd was amazed to see those who were unable to talk speaking, the crippled healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. So they praised the God of Israel.

As they began to discuss this among themselves, they kept saying, "We didn't bring along any bread."

When Jesus had come to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"

I tell you that you are Peter, and it is on this rock that I will build my congregation, and the powers of hell will not conquer it.

The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done.

His appearance was changed in front of them, his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.

He was still speaking when a bright cloud suddenly overshadowed them. A voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him. Keep on listening to him!"

He answered them, "Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things.

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, yet people did not recognize him and treated him just as they pleased. In the same way, the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands."

As they approached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, knelt down in front of him,

and said, "Sir, have mercy on my son, because he is an epileptic and suffers terribly. Often he falls into fire and often into water.

While they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus told them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom from heaven?"

Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom from heaven,

"So if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life injured or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell fire.

In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost."

If, however, he ignores them, tell it to the congregation. If he also ignores the congregation, regard him as an unbeliever and a tax collector.

"That is why the kingdom from heaven may be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?'

This is how my heavenly Father will treat each one of you unless you forgive your brother from your hearts."

Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

and said, "That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

They asked him, "Why, then, did Moses order us "to give a certificate of divorce and divorce her'?"

His disciples asked him, "If that is the relationship of a man with his wife, it's not worth getting married!"

Jesus asked him, "Why ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you want to get into that life, you must keep the commandments."

Jesus said, ""You must not murder, you must not commit adultery, you must not steal, you must not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,' and, "you must love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God."

Jesus looked at them intently and said, "For humans this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."

In fact, everyone who has left his homes, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

"The kingdom from heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

He told them, "You go into the vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.'

They told him, "Because no one has hired us.' He told them, "You go into the vineyard as well.'

"When the first came, they thought they would receive more, but each received a denarius as well.

"These last fellows worked only one hour, but you paid them the same as us, and we've been working all day, enduring the scorching heat!'

Take what is yours and go. I want to give this last man as much as I gave you.

When Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and told them as they were walking along,

That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Jesus.

When two blind men who were sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

When the crowd told them harshly to be silent, they shouted even louder, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

"Tell the daughter of Zion, "Look, your king is coming to you! He is humble and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt of a donkey.'"

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was trembling with excitement. The people were asking, "Who is this?"

The crowds kept saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, the man from Nazareth in Galilee."

He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!"

In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, he became hungry.

They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask us, "Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, "From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."

But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

Jesus asked them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes.'?

That is why I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce fruit for it.

So he sent other servants after saying, "Tell those who have been invited, "Look! I've prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened calves have been slaughtered. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding!"'

"Then he told his servants, "The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

So go into the roads leading out of town and invite as many people as you can find to the wedding.'

So tell us what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

They brought him a denarius. Then he asked them, "Whose face and name is this?"

That same day some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him,

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother.

Now in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be, since all of them had married her?"

As for the resurrection from the dead, haven't you read what was spoken to you by God when he said,

"I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"

This is the greatest and most important commandment.

The second is exactly like it: "You must love your neighbor as yourself.'

"What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They told him, "David's."

The person who is greatest among you must be your servant.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make a single convert, and when this happens you make him twice as fit for hell as you are.

"How terrible it will be for you, blind guides! You say, "Whoever swears an oath by the sanctuary is excused, but whoever swears an oath by the gold of the sanctuary must keep his oath.'

You blind fools! What is more important, the gold or the sanctuary that made the gold holy?

Again you say, "Whoever swears an oath by the altar is excused, but whoever swears by the gift that is on it must keep his oath.'

You blind men! Which is more important, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?

"That is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

As a result, you will be held accountable for all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Berechiah's son Zechariah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Look! Your house is left abandoned!

I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, "How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

As Jesus left the Temple and was walking away, his disciples came up to him to point out to him the Temple buildings.

While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."

Anyone who's on the housetop must not come down to get what is in his house,

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here's the Messiah!' or "There he is!', don't believe it,

because just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

"Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches become tender and it produces leaves, you know that summer is near.

In the same way, when you see all these things, you'll know that the Son of Man is near, right at the door.

because just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes.

"So keep on watching, because you don't know on what day your Lord is coming.

"Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others their food at the right time?

How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!

Now five of them were foolish, and five were wise,

But the wise ones took flasks of oil with their lamps.

But at midnight there came a shout: "The groom is here! Come out to meet him!'

"But the foolish ones told the wise, "Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out!'

"But the wise ones replied, "No! There will never be enough for us and for you. You'd better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.'

Later, the other bridesmaids arrived and said, "Lord, lord, open up for us!'