The disciples asked him, "Where in the wilderness are we to get enough bread to feed such a crowd?"

All of them ate until they were filled, then the disciples picked up what was left of the broken pieces seven baskets full.

Now those who had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.

Knowing this, Jesus asked them, "You who have little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you don't have any bread?

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

They said, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

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

Then Jesus told him, "How blessed you are, Simon son of Jonah, since flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, though my Father in heaven has.

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.

But Jesus turned and told Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense to me, because you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts!"

because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified.

I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him."

He told them, "Because of your lack of faith. I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.

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

They will kill him, but he will be raised on the third day." Then they were filled with grief.

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came up to Peter and asked, "Your teacher pays the temple tax, doesn't he?"

He answered, "Yes." When Peter went home, Jesus spoke to him first and asked him, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings on the earth collect tolls or tributes? From their own subjects, or from foreigners?"

So Jesus told him, "In that case, the subjects are exempt. However, so that we don't offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Take it and give it to them for me and you."

"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned at the bottom of the sea.

How terrible it will be for the world due to its temptations to sin! Temptations to sin are bound to happen, but how terrible it will be for that person who causes someone to sin!

"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 your brother sins against you, go and confront him while the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

But if he doesn't listen, take one or two others with you so that "every word may be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'

because where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them."

"When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were very disturbed and went and reported to their master everything that had occurred.

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."

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must never separate."

He told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not this way.

because some men are celibate from birth, while some are celibate because they have been made that way by others. Still others are celibate because they have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom from heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."

Then some little children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

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.'"

When the disciples heard this, they were completely astonished. "Who, then, can be saved?" they asked.

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.

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

About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, "Why are you standing here all day long without work?'

Those who were hired at five o'clock came, and each received a denarius.

I am allowed to do what I want with my own money, am I not? Or are you envious because I'm generous?'

"In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen."

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

"See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death.

He asked her, "What do you want?" She told him, "Promise that in your kingdom these two sons of mine will sit on your right and on your left."

He told them, "You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father."

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to be 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 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!"

"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.'"

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

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!"

and asked him, "Do you hear what these people are saying?"

When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. "How did the fig tree dry up so quickly?" they asked.

Then Jesus went into the Temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Where did John's authority to baptize come from? From heaven or from humans?"

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."

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

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.'?

Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

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

because many are invited, but few are chosen."

They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. They said, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere and that you teach the way of God truthfully. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance.

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

Recognizing their wickedness, Jesus asked, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?

They told him, "Caesar's." So he told them, "Then 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. Then they left him and went away.

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.

Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power,

because in the resurrection, people neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven.

When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.

Jesus told him, ""You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

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

While the Pharisees were still gathered, Jesus asked them,

"The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet."'?

They tie up burdens that are heavy and unbearable and lay them on people's shoulders, but they refuse to lift a finger to remove them.

"But you are not to be called "Rabbi,' because you have only one teacher, and all of you are brothers.

Nor are you to be called "Teachers,' because you have only one teacher, the Messiah!

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

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom from heaven in people's faces. You don't go in yourselves, and you don't allow those who are trying to enter to go in.

"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.

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

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

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your mint, dill, and cummin, but have neglected the more important matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but on the inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead people's bones and every kind of impurity.

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

Then you say, "If we had been living in the days of our ancestors, we would have had no part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

Therefore, you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

Then finish what your ancestors started!

"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.

"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!

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?"

But all these things are only the beginning of the birth pains."

then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

"How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!

Pray that it may not be in winter or on a Sabbath when you flee,