"Then he will say to those on his left, "Get away from me, you who are accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the Devil and his angels!

"You know that the Passover will take place in two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified."

The Son of Man is going away, just as it has been written about him. 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."

because this is my blood of the new covenant that is being poured out for many people for the forgiveness of sins.

I tell all of you I will never again drink the product of the vine until that day when I drink it with you once again in my Father's kingdom."

Then he told them, "I'm so deeply grieved that I feel I'm about to die. Wait here and stay awake with me."

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

Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?

How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say this must happen?"

But all of this has happened so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted Jesus and ran away.

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,

But they replied, "What do we care? Attend to that yourself." Then he flung the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, went outside, ran away, and hanged himself.

That is why that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

But Jesus did not reply at all, so that the governor was very surprised.

At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

He did this because he knew that they had handed him over out of jealousy.

While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message that said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because today I have suffered terribly due to a dream I had about him."

But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to demand that Jesus be put to death.

Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was about to break out instead. So he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood. Attend to that yourselves."

At that time two bandits were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left.

When the centurion and those guarding Jesus with him saw the earthquake and the other things that were taking place, they were terrified and said, "This man certainly was the Son of God!"

Later that evening, a rich man arrived from Arimathea. His name was Joseph, and he had become a disciple of Jesus.

The following day (that is, after the Day of Preparation), the high priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate

and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said while he was still alive, "I will be raised after three days.'

Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee, and you will see him there. Remember, I have told you!"

While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and told the high priests everything that had happened.

They said, "Say that Jesus' disciples came at night and stole him while you were sleeping.

teaching them to obey everything that I've commanded you. And remember, I am with you each and every day until the end of the age."

All the people were so stunned that they kept saying to each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He tells even the unclean spirits what to do, and they obey him!"

"Let's go to the neighboring town," he replied, "so I can preach there, too, because that's why I came."

He told the man, "Be sure that you don't tell anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and then offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded as proof to the authorities."

But when the man left, he began to proclaim it freely. He spread the news so widely that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly, but had to stay out in deserted places. Still, people kept coming to him from everywhere.

Several days later, Jesus returned to Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home.

Such a large crowd gathered that there wasn't room for them, even in front of the door. Jesus was speaking his message to them

But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"" Then he told the paralyzed man,

When Jesus heard that, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day."

How was it that he went into the House of God during the lifetime of Abiathar the high priest and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?"

Jesus told his disciples to have a boat ready for him so that the crowd wouldn't crush him,

because he had healed so many people that everyone who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.

Zebedee's sons James and his brother John (whom he named Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),

Then he went home. Such a large crowd gathered again that Jesus and his disciples couldn't even eat.

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

And if a household is divided against itself, that household won't stand.

Then Jesus began to teach again beside the sea. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the entire crowd remained beside the sea on the shore.

so that "they may see clearly but not perceive, and they may hear clearly but not understand, otherwise they might turn around and be forgiven.'"

Some people are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. When they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

when it's planted it comes up and becomes larger than all the garden plants. It grows such large branches that the birds in the sky can nest in its shade."

That day, when evening had come, he told them, "Let's cross to the other side."

A violent windstorm came up, and the waves began breaking into the boat, so that the boat was rapidly becoming swamped.

But Jesus was in the back of the boat, asleep on a cushion. So they woke him up and asked him, "Teacher, don't you care that we're going to die?"

He told him, "My name is Legion, because there are many of us." He kept pleading with Jesus not to send them out of that region.

So the demons begged him, "Send us among the pigs, so that we can go into them!"

and begged him urgently, saying, "My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live."

Her bleeding stopped at once, and she felt in her body that she was healed from her illness.

Immediately Jesus became aware that power had gone out of him. So he turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

Jesus left that place and went back to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were utterly amazed. "Where did this man get all these things?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What great miracles are being done by his hands!

He told them repeatedly, "Whenever you go into a home, stay there until you leave that place.

So they went and preached that people should repent.

King Herod heard about this, because Jesus' name had become well-known. He was saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead! That's why he is able to do these miracles."

because Herod was afraid of John. He knew that John was a righteous and holy man, and so he protected him. Whenever he listened to John, he did much of what he said. In fact, he liked listening to him.

He told them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest for a while," because so many people were coming and going that they didn't even have time to eat.

Send the crowds away so that they can go to the neighboring farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat."

He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he came to them, walking on the sea. He intended to go up right beside them,

They noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.

But you say, "If anyone tells his father or mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me is Corban,"' (that is, an offering to God)

You are destroying the word of God through your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many other things like that."

Nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean. It's what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean.

He asked them, "Are you so ignorant? Don't you know that nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean?

Then he continued, "It's what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean,

because it's from within, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come, as well as sexual immorality, stealing, murder,

Jesus left that place and went to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house, not wanting anyone to know he was there. However, it couldn't be kept a secret.

Then he looked up to heaven, sighed, and told him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened!"

At that time, after a large crowd again had gathered together with nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples and told them,

They also had a few small fish. He blessed them and said that the fish should also be distributed.

So they were discussing with one another the fact that they didn't have any bread.

Knowing this, Jesus asked them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you don't have any bread? Don't you understand or perceive yet? Are your hearts hardened?

Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man would have to suffer a great deal and be rejected by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but after three days he would rise again.

Then Peter told Jesus, "Rabbi, it's good that we're here! Let's set up three shelters one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

So they asked him, "Don't the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

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."

A man in the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that won't let him talk.

When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You spirit that won't let him talk or hear I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!"

The spirit screamed, shook the child violently, and came out. The boy was like a corpse, and many said that he was dead.

Then they left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus didn't want anyone to find out about it,

So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell, to the fire that cannot be 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.

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

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.

But Jesus told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that he wrote this command for you.

That's why "a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,

But Jesus told them, "You don't realize what you're asking. Can you drink from the cup that I'm going to drink from or be baptized with the baptism with which I'm going to be baptized?"

Jesus told them, "You will drink from the cup that I'm going to drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I'm going to be baptized. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right or my left. Those positions have already been prepared for others."

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.

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

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.