What is your verdict?" They answered, "He is guilty and deserves death."

But he denied it in front of them all: "I don't know what you're talking about!"

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!"

Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel,

Pilate said to them, "Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?" They all said, "Crucify him!"

He asked, "Why? What wrong has he done?" But they shouted more insistently, "Crucify him!"

Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, "Truly this one was God's Son!"

They were all amazed so that they asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him."

He replied, "Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do."

So the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry --

And he said to them, "Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him."

He also asked, "To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.

But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, "Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you."

So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.

Then the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.

But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue ruler, "Do not be afraid; just believe."

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."

There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him."

He said, "What comes out of a person defiles him.

For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

What can a person give in exchange for his life?

(For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.)

As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.

He asked them, "What are you arguing about with them?"

Then they came to Capernaum. After Jesus was inside the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?"

He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"

Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

Now as Jesus was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I experience?"

Then Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied, "Rabbi, let me see again."

Some people standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"

I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

and said, "By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"

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

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had."

"Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?"

When they arrest you and hand you over for trial, do not worry about what to speak. But say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

What I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!"

She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.

I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"

You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?" They all condemned him as deserving death.

But he denied it: "I don't even understand what you're talking about!" Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed.

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

So Pilate spoke to them again, "Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?"

Pilate asked them, "Why? What has he done wrong?" But they shouted more insistently, "Crucify him!"

Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.

"This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people."

And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled."

So they made signs to the baby's father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.

All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the Lord's hand was indeed with him.

When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

and all who heard it were astonished at what the shepherds said.

But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean.

and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons.

So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

So the child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

So the crowds were asking him, "What then should we do?"

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

Then some soldiers also asked him, "And as for us -- what should we do?" He told them, "Take money from no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your pay."

Jesus said to them, "No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself!' and say, 'What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.'"

They were all amazed and began to say to one another, "What's happening here? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

But Jesus said to them, "I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do."

But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry --

But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.

"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full.

The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.

"Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do what I tell you?

"Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice -- I will show you what he is like:

So he answered them, "Go tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury are in kings' courts!

What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

"To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner."

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him."

Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," because many demons had entered him.

When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.

So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

"Return to your home, and declare what God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town what Jesus had done for him.

Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.