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so he gathered all the high priests and scribes of the people and made inquiries of them about where the messiah was to be born.

As the disciples of John went away, Jesus proceeded to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus.

The men who ate numbered about five thousand, apart from the women and children.

Why do you not see that I was not speaking to you about bread? No, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Then the disciples realized he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

When those who had been hired about five o'clock came, they got a shilling each.

Now as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem he took the twelve aside by themselves and said to them as they were on the road,

When the high priests and Pharisees heard these parables they knew he was speaking about them;

Tell us, then, what you think about this. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

"Tell me," he said, "what you think about the Christ. Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's."

Besides, when he was seated on the tribunal, his wife had sent to tell him, "Do nothing with that innocent man, for I have suffered greatly to-day in a dream about him.")

"If this comes to the ears of the governor," they added, "we will satisfy him and see that you have no trouble about the matter."

Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with fever, so they told him at once about her,

And Jesus gave them leave. Then out came the unclean spirits and entered the swine, and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea (there were about two thousand of them) and in the sea they were drowned.

But he strictly forbade them to let anyone know about it, and told them to give her something to eat.

send them off to the farms and villages round about to buy some food for themselves."

but when he saw them buffeted as they rowed (for the wind was against them) he went to them about the fourth watch of the night walking on the sea. He meant to pass them,

they decline to eat what comes from the market till they have washed it; and they have a number of other traditions to keep about washing cups and jugs and basins [and beds].)

He said to them, "Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you hypocrites ??as it is written, This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me:

Jesus forbade them to tell anyone about it, but the more he forbade them the more eagerly they made it public;

(There were about four thousand of them.) Then he sent them away,

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, to restore all things; but what is written about the Son of man as well? This, that he is to endure great suffering and be rejected.

So they brought the boy to him, and when the spirit saw Jesus it at once convulsed the boy; he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

Then they reached Capharnahum. And when he was indoors he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

They said nothing, for on the road they had been disputing about which of them was the greatest.

What about the baptism of John? Was it from heaven or from men?"

And in the course of his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, to get saluted in the marketplaces,

So the high priest rose in their midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no reply to make? What about this evidence against you?"

Mary stayed with her about three months and then returned home.

When they saw this they told people about the word which had been spoken to them about the child;

His father and mother were astonished at these words about him,

Now as people's expectations were roused and as everybody thought to himself about John, "Can he be the Christ,"

At the outset Jesus was about thirty years of age; he was the son, as people supposed, of Joseph, the son of Heli,

When he got up to leave the synagogue he went to the house of Simon. Simon's mother-in-law was laid up with a severe attack of fever, so they asked him about her;

When day broke he went away out to a lonely spot, but the crowds made inquiries about him, came to where he was, and tried to keep him from leaving them.

so, when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and make his servant well.

When John's messengers had gone, he proceeded to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

The disciples questioned him about the meaning of the parable;

for he had an only daughter about twelve years old and she was dying. As Jesus went the crowds kept crushing him,

(There were about five thousand men of them.) He said to his disciples, "Make them lie down in rows of about fifty."

It was about eight days after he said this, when he took Peter, John, and James, and went up the hillside to pray.

But they did not understand this saying ??indeed it was kept a secret from them, to prevent them from fathoming it ??and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

He knew what they were thinking about, so he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, house after house falls down;

It was at this time that some people came to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

So he summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Hand in your accounts; you cannot be factor any longer.'

"Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, they are fond of getting saluted in the market-places, of securing the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

But he disowned him, saying, "Woman, I know nothing about him."

About an hour had passed when another man insisted, "That fellow really was with him. Why, he is a Galilean!"

And Pilate said to the high priests and the crowds, "I cannot find anything criminal about him."

Herod was greatly delighted to see Jesus; he had long wanted to see him, because he had heard about him and also because he hoped to see him perform some miracle.

Pilate said to them, "You brought me this man as being an inciter to rebellion among the people. I have examined him before you and found nothing criminal about him, for all your accusations against him.

He asked them a third time, "But what crime has he committed? I have found nothing about him that deserves death; so I shall release him with a whipping."

By this time it was about twelve o'clock, and darkness covered the whole land till three o'clock,

That very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus about seven miles from Jerusalem.

They were conversing about all these events,

"What is that?" he said to them. They replied, "All about Jesus of Nazaret! To God and all the people he was a prophet strong in action and utterance,

he gazed at Jesus as he walked about, and said, "Look, there is the lamb of God!"

He said to them, "Come and see." So they went and saw where he stayed, and stayed with him the rest of that day ??it was then about four in the afternoon.

he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets ??it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret."

and required no evidence from anyone about human nature; well did he know what was in human nature.

If you will not believe when I speak to you about things on earth, how will you believe if I speak to you about things in heaven?

Jesus said, "Get the people to lie down." Now there was plenty of grass at the spot, so the men lay down, numbering about five thousand.

After rowing about three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and nearing the boat. They were terrified,

After this Jesus moved about in Galilee; he would not move in Judaea, because the Jews were trying to kill him.

And the crowd disputed about him hotly; some said, "He is a good man," but others said, "No, he is misleading the people."

I have a great deal to say about you and many a judgment to pass upon you; but he who sent me is true, and so I tell the world what I have learned from him."

They did not understand he was speaking to them about the Father;

So they asked the blind man once more, "What have you to say about him, for opening your eyes?" The man replied, "I say he is a prophet."

and many came to him, saying, "John did not perform any Sign, but all he ever said about this man was true."

a number of Jews had gone to condole with Martha and Mary about their brother;

& 31] Now as Bethany is not far from Jerusalem, only about two miles away,

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it ??50 you do not understand it is in your own interests that one man should die for the People, instead of the whole nation being destroyed."

I have told you all this, so that when the time for it arrives, you may remember what I said to you. I did not tell you about this at the beginning, because I was with you then;