As they came to Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch him.

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

Then a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I love. Keep on listening to him!"

Suddenly, as they looked around, they saw no one with them but Jesus alone.

He told them, "Elijah is indeed coming first and will restore all things. Why, then, is it written that the Son of Man must suffer a great deal and be treated shamefully?

But I tell you that Elijah has come, yet people treated him just as they pleased, as it is written about him."

As they approached the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and some scribes arguing with them.

The spirit has often thrown him into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have pity on us and help us!"

Jesus told him, ""If you are able?' Everything is possible for the person who believes!"

John told Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, because he wasn't a follower like us."

Whoever is not against us is for us.

In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out.

In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out.

In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out.

Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor? Keep on having salt among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."

Then Jesus left that place and went into the territory of Judea on the other side of the Jordan. Crowds gathered around him as usual, and he began to teach them again as was his custom.

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

I tell all of you with certainty, whoever doesn't receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it."

Then after he had hugged the children, he tenderly blessed them as he laid his hands on them.

As Jesus was setting out again, a man ran up to him, knelt down in front of him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Nobody is good except for one God.

The disciples were startled by these words, but Jesus told them again, "Children, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

It's 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 said, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or fields because of me and the gospel

who will not receive a hundred times as much here in this world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecution as well as eternal life in the age to come.

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, went to Jesus and told him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you."

They asked him, "Let us sit in your glory, one on your right and one on your left."

Jesus called his disciples and told them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers among the unbelievers lord it over them, and their superiors act like tyrants over them.

because even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."

Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus, his disciples, and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus (that is, the son of Timaeus) was sitting by the road.

and told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you go into it, you will find a colt tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it, and bring it along.

Those who went ahead and those who followed him were shouting, "Hosanna! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

How blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus became hungry.

Then he began to teach them: "It is written, is it not, "My house is to be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you've turned it into a hideout for bandits!"

That is why I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.

But those farmers told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'

This was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes'?"

They came and told him, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance. Rather, you teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or shouldn't we?"

So they brought one. Then he asked them, "Whose face and name are on this?" They told him, "Caesar's."

Then some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him,

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, he should marry the widow and have children for his brother.

In the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since all seven had married her?"

As for the dead being raised, haven't you read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God 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. You are badly mistaken!"

Then one of the scribes came near and heard the Sadducees arguing with one another. He saw how well Jesus answered them, so he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of them all?"

Jesus answered, "The most important is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,

The second is this: "You must love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these."

Then the scribe told him, "Well said, Teacher! You have told the truth that "God is one, and there is no other besides him.'

To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices."

While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Messiah is David's son?

As he taught, he said, "Beware of the scribes! They like to walk around in long robes, to be greeted in the marketplaces,

As Jesus sat facing the offering box, he watched how the crowd was dropping their money into it. Many rich people were dropping in large amounts.

He called his disciples and told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than everyone who is contributing to the offering box,

As Jesus was leaving the Temple, one of his disciples told him, "Look, Teacher, what large stones and what beautiful buildings!"

As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives facing the Temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew were asking him privately,

"Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign when these things will be put into effect?"

"As for yourselves, be on your guard! People will hand you over to local councils, and you will be beaten in their synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings to testify to them because of me.

When they take you away and hand you over for trial, don't worry ahead of time about what you will say. Instead, say whatever is given to you at that time, because it won't be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

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

"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 these things taking place, you will know that the Son of Man is near, right at the door.

It's like a man who went on a trip. As he left home, he put his servants in charge, each with his own work, and he ordered the doorkeeper to be alert.

So keep on watching, because you don't know when the master of the house is coming whether in the evening, at three o'clock in the morning, or at dawn.

I tell all of you with certainty, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her."

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"

When he goes into a house, say to its owner that the Teacher asks, "Where is my room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?'

Then he will show you a large upstairs room that is furnished and ready. Get everything ready for us there."

So the disciples left and went into the city. They found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell all of you with certainty, one of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me."

He told them, "It's one of you Twelve, the one who is dipping his bread into the bowl with me.

For the Son of Man is going away, just as it has been written about him, but how terrible it will be for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had never been born."

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to them, saying, "Take some. This is my body."

He told them, "This is my blood of the covenant that is being poured out for many people.

Then Jesus told them, "All of you will turn against me, because it is written, "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

All of you must stay awake and pray that you won't be tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, but the body is weak."

He went away again and prayed the same prayer as before.

He came back a third time. "Are you still sleeping and resting?" he asked. "Enough of that! The time has come. Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Get up! Let's go! See, the one who is betraying me is near!"

Now the betrayer personally had given them a signal, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him, and lead him safely away."

Jesus asked them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a bandit?

Peter followed Jesus at a distance as far as the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the servants and warming himself at the fire.

"You have heard his blasphemy! What is your verdict?" All of them condemned him as deserving death.

The servant girl saw him and again told those who were standing around, "This man is one of them!"

As soon as it was morning, the high priests convened a meeting with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. They bound Jesus with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

The soldiers led Jesus into the courtyard of the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters) and called out the whole guard.

Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, since seeing is believing!" Even the men who were crucified with him kept insulting him.

It was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath. Since it was already evening,

They kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

As they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were utterly astonished.

But he told them, "Stop being astonished! You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised. He is not here. Look at the place where they laid him.

But go and tell his disciples especially Peter that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you."

After this, Jesus appeared in a different form to two disciples as they were walking into the country.

Then he told them, "As you go into the entire world, proclaim the gospel to everyone.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever doesn't believe will be condemned.

Since many people have attempted to write an orderly account of the events that have transpired among us,

just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,

because he will be great in the Lord's presence. He will never drink wine or any strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.

He is the one who will go before the Lord with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and to prepare the people to be ready for the Lord."

Then Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this, since I am an old man, and my wife is getting older?"