And he said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

And leaving the crowd, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other boats were also with him.

As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.

Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them."

And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you."

And he swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."

So she went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist."

And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to an isolated place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they placed the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.

He said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.

As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."

But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Crowds came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me. Do not forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."

Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

and said to them, "Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has yet sat. Untie him, and bring him.

They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.

As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.

They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,

Jesus said to them, "I will also ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife."

The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any question after that.

Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?

As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings."

As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them.

For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard?very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.

The disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.

As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me?he who eats with me."

They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, "Surely not I?"

For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

As they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, "Take; this is my body."

Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?

Now as Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came,

And the crowd went up and began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'"

She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country.

Afterward he was revealed to the Eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever."

(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),

and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

As it is written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.

As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Messiah,

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."

Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Eli,

He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things.

Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to destroy it?"

as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

"And as you would like men to do to you, you also do the same to them.

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

"The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.

But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the crowds pressed against him.

As many as do not receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?"

As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.

It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.

While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

But they did not understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.

As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go."

Go your way. Look, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."

But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him.

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."

It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."

I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.

"I tell you, ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the crowd lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you."

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

Now as he spoke, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.

As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the crowd rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;