These are the things that defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

When Jesus left there, He withdrew to the area of Tyre and Sidon.

Then Jesus replied to her, “Woman, your faith is great. Let it be done for you as you want.” And from that moment her daughter was cured.

The disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in this desolate place to fill such a crowd?”

They all ate and were filled. Then they collected the leftover pieces—seven large baskets full.

Now those who ate were 4,000 men, besides women and children.

Aware of this, Jesus said, “You of little faith! Why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread?

Or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many large baskets you collected?

And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!”

And Jesus responded, “Simon son of Jonah, you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven.

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it.

But He turned and told Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns, but man’s.”

What will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

When the disciples heard it, they fell facedown and were terrified.

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Don’t tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

I brought him to Your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”

“Because of your little faith,” He told them. “For I assure you: If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.

As they were meeting in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.

They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised up.” And they were deeply distressed.

When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the double-drachma tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your Teacher pay the double-drachma tax?”

“Yes,” he said.

When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? Who do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes from? From their sons or from strangers?”

“From strangers,” he said.

“Then the sons are free,” Jesus told him.

“I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

“But whoever causes the downfall of one of these little ones who believe in Me—it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea!

If your hand or your foot causes your downfall, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

And if your eye causes your downfall, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, rather than to have two eyes and be thrown into hellfire!

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

“If your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him in private. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.

But if he won’t listen, take one or two more with you, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every fact may be established.

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there among them.”

When the other slaves saw what had taken place, they were deeply distressed and went and reported to their master everything that had happened.

Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”

Then children were brought to Him so He might put His hands on them and pray. But the disciples rebuked them.

honor your father and your mother;
and love your neighbor as yourself.

“If you want to be perfect,” Jesus said to him, “go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

When the disciples heard this, they were utterly astonished and asked, “Then who can be saved?”

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more and will inherit eternal life.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

“When those who were hired about five came, they each received one denarius.

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’

“Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death.

“What do you want?” He asked her.

“Promise,” she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.”

But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?”

“We are able,” they said to Him.

It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

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

There were two blind men sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

“Lord,” they said to Him, “open our eyes!”

Tell Daughter Zion,
“Look, your King is coming to you,
gentle, and mounted on a donkey,
even on a colt,
the foal of a beast of burden.”

A very large crowd spread their robes on the road; others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

And He said to them, “It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you are making it a den of thieves!”

When the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders that He did and the children shouting in the temple complex, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant

and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?”

“Yes,” Jesus told them. “Have you never read:

You have prepared praise
from the mouths of children and nursing infants?”

When the disciples saw it, they were amazed and said, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

When He entered the temple complex, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”

Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”

They began to argue among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’

“Which of the two did his father’s will?”

“The first,” they said.

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you!

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him. Tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him, but you, when you saw it, didn’t even change your minds then and believe him.

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This came from the Lord
and is wonderful in our eyes?

Although they were looking for a way to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, because they regarded Him as a prophet.

Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: Look, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

“Then he told his slaves, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Therefore go to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.’

“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

They sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality.

Tell us, therefore, what You think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

But perceiving their malice, Jesus said, “Why are you testing Me, hypocrites?

“Caesar’s,” they said to Him.

Then He said to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.

And when the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.

While the Pharisees were together, Jesus questioned them,

The Lord declared to my Lord,
‘Sit at My right hand
until I put Your enemies under Your feet’?

“The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses.

They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.

“But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.

The greatest among you will be your servant.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as fit for hell as you are!

Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the sanctuary that sanctified the gold?

Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence!

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity.

In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have taken part with them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’

You, therefore, testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ sins!

This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!