When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was there, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

and told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you go into it, you will find a colt tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it, and bring it along.

some men standing there asked them, "What are you doing untying that colt?"

Many people spread their coats on the road, while others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields.

I tell all of you with certainty, if anyone says to this mountain, "Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' if he doesn't doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

That is why I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.

"Whenever you stand up to pray, forgive whatever you have against anyone, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.

Then the man sent another, and that one they killed. So it was with many other servants. Some of these they beat, and others they killed.

Haven't you ever read this Scripture: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.

They came and told him, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance. Rather, you teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or shouldn't we?"

So Jesus told them, "Give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were utterly amazed at him.

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, he should marry the widow and have children for his brother.

Then the scribe told him, "Well said, Teacher! You have told the truth that "God is one, and there is no other besides him.'

When Jesus saw how wisely the man answered, he told him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." After that, no one dared to ask him another question.

While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Messiah is David's son?

"Do you see these large buildings?" Jesus responded. "Not one stone here will be left on another that will not be torn down."

Jesus began to say to them, "See to it that no one deceives you.

When they take you away and hand you over for trial, don't worry ahead of time about what you will say. Instead, say whatever is given to you at that time, because it won't be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Pray that it may not be in winter,

because those days will be a time of suffering, a kind that has not happened from the beginning of God's creation until now, and certainly will never happen again.

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here is the Messiah!', or, "Look! There he is!' don't believe it,

"Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches become tender and it produces leaves, you know that summer is near.

In the same way, when you see these things taking place, you will know that the Son of Man is near, right at the door.

"No one knows when that day or hour will come not the angels in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father.

When he goes into a house, say to its owner that the Teacher asks, "Where is my room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?'

Then he will show you a large upstairs room that is furnished and ready. Get everything ready for us there."

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

He told them, "This is my blood of the covenant that is being poured out for many people.

I tell all of you with certainty, I'll never again drink the product of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

Going on a little farther, he fell to the ground and kept praying that if it were possible the hour might pass from him.

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

He came back a third time. "Are you still sleeping and resting?" he asked. "Enough of that! The time has come. Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Just then a rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered that Jesus told him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." Then he broke down and cried.

So the crowd came and began to request that Pilate do for them what he always did.

because he knew that the high priests had handed him over due to jealousy.

The soldiers led Jesus into the courtyard of the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters) and called out the whole guard.

It was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath. Since it was already evening,

Pilate was amazed to hear that Jesus had already died, so he summoned the centurion to ask him if he was in fact dead.

When he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he let Joseph have the corpse.

Joseph bought some linen cloth, took the body down, wrapped it in the cloth, laid it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

Then they looked up and saw that the stone had been rolled away. (It was a very large stone.)

But go and tell his disciples especially Peter that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you."

After Jesus had risen early on the first day of that week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

When they heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, they refused to believe Mary.

These are the signs that will accompany those who believe: In my name they'll drive out demons, they'll speak in new languages,

Then his disciples went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the signs that accompanied it.

Since many people have attempted to write an orderly account of the events that have transpired among us,

so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

But when he did come out, he was unable to speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept motioning to them but remained unable to speak.

How blessed is this woman for believing that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled!"

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

Their friends told her, "None of your relatives has that name."

Everyone who heard about it kept thinking what had happened and asked, "What will this child become?" because it was obvious that the hand of the Lord was with him.

that he would save us from our enemies and from the grip of all who hate us.

the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham.

He granted us deliverance from our enemies' grip so that we could serve him without fear

Now in those days an order was published by Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be registered.

In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, watching their flock during the night.

When the angels had left them and gone back to heaven, the shepherds told one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see what has taken place that the Lord has told us about."

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die until he had seen the Lord's Messiah.

a light that will reveal salvation to unbelievers and bring glory to your people Israel."

Then Simeon blessed them and told Mary, his mother, "This infant is destined to cause many in Israel to fall and rise. Also, he will be a sign that will be opposed.

Indeed, a sword will pierce your own soul, too, so that the inner thoughts of many people might be revealed."

They thought that he was in their group of travelers. After traveling for a day, they started looking for him among their relatives and friends.

He asked them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I had to be in my Father's house?"

Everyone will see the salvation that God has provided.'"

John would say to the crowds that were coming out to be baptized by him, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance! Don't begin to say to yourselves, "We have father Abraham!' because I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones!

where he was being tempted by the Devil for 40 days. During that time he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he became hungry.

With their hands they will hold you up, so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.'"

All the people began to speak well of him and to wonder at the gracious words that flowed from his mouth. They said, "This is Joseph's son, isn't it?"

So he told them, "You will probably quote this proverb to me, "Doctor, heal yourself! Do everything here in your hometown that we hear you did in Capernaum.'"

But he told them, "I have to proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God in other cities, because I was sent to do that also."

So Jesus got into one of the boats (the one that belonged to Simon) and asked him to push out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and began to teach the crowds from the boat.

After the men had done this, they caught so many fish that the nets began to tear.

Because Jesus knew that they were arguing, he asked them, "Why are you arguing about this among yourselves?

But so you'll know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"." he told the paralyzed man, "I say to you: Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home!"

After that, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax collector's desk. He told him, "Follow me!"

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

How was it that he went into the house of God, took the Bread of the Presence and ate it, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and then gave some of it to his companions?"

Now it was in those days that Jesus went to a mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because your reward in heaven is great! That's the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.

"How terrible it will be for you when everyone says nice things about you, because that's the way their ancestors used to treat the false prophets!"

If you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners do that.

They are like a person building a house, who dug a deep hole to lay the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house but couldn't shake it, because it had been founded on the rock.

But the person who hears what I say but doesn't act on it is like someone who built a house on the ground without any foundation. When the floodwaters pushed against it, that house quickly collapsed, and the resulting destruction of that house was extensive."

That's why I didn't presume to come to you. But just say the word, and let my servant be healed,

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found this kind of faith!"

At that time Jesus had healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and had given sight to many who were blind.

There was a woman who was a notorious sinner in that city. When she learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's home, she took an alabaster jar of perfume

So I'm telling you that her sins, as many as they are, have been forgiven, and that's why she has shown such great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little."

So he said, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are given in parables, so that "they might look but not see, and they might listen but not understand.'"

The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the Devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

The ones that fell among the thorn bushes are the people who listen, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries, wealth, and pleasures of life, and their fruit doesn't mature.

"No one lights a lamp and hides it under a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a lamp stand so that those who come in will see the light.

There is nothing hidden that won't be revealed, and there is nothing secret that won't become known and come to light.

Now a large herd of pigs was grazing there on the hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into those pigs, and he consented to that.

Still Jesus said, "Somebody touched me, because I know that power has gone out of me."

When the woman saw that she couldn't hide, she came forward trembling. Bowing down in front of him, she explained in the presence of all the people why she had touched Jesus and how she had been instantly healed.