They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
He asked his father, âHow long has it been since this has come to him?â He said, âFrom childhood.
Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.â
Jesus said to him, âIf you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.â
Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, âI believe. Help my unbelief!â
When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, âYou mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!â
After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, âHe is dead.â
But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, âWhy couldnât we cast it out?â
He said to them, âThis kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.â
They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didnât want anyone to know it.
For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, âThe Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.â
But they didnât understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, âWhat were you arguing among yourselves on the way?â
He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, âIf any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.â
He took a little child, and set him in the middle of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,
âWhoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesnât receive me, but him who sent me.â
John said to him, âTeacher, we saw someone who doesnât follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesnât follow us.â
But Jesus said, âDonât forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, âIs it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?â
They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.
But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, âAllow the little children to come to me! Donât forbid them, for Godâs Kingdom belongs to such as these.
Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive Godâs Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.â
He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, âGood Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?â
Jesus said to him, âWhy do you call me good? No one is good except oneâGod.
Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, âOne thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.â
Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, âHow difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into Godâs Kingdom!â
The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, âChildren, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into Godâs Kingdom!
They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, âThen who can be saved?â
Jesus, looking at them, said, âWith men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.â
Peter began to tell him, âBehold, we have left all, and have followed you.â
Jesus said, âMost certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,
They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.
âBehold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.
They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.â
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, âTeacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.â
He said to them, âWhat do you want me to do for you?â
They said to him, âGrant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory.â
But Jesus said to them, âYou donât know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?â
They said to him, âWe are able.â Jesus said to them, âYou shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;
but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.â
For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.â
They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, âJesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!â
Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, âYou son of David, have mercy on me!â
Jesus stood still, and said, âCall him.â They called the blind man, saying to him, âCheer up! Get up. He is calling you!â
He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
Jesus asked him, âWhat do you want me to do for you?â The blind man said to him, âRabboni, that I may see again.â
Jesus said to him, âGo your way. Your faith has made you well.â Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus on the way.
When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
and said to them, âGo 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 sat. Untie him, and bring him.
If anyone asks you, âWhy are you doing this?â say, âThe Lord needs him;â and immediately he will send him back here.â
They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him.
Some of those who stood there asked them, âWhat are you doing, untying the young donkey?â
They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.
They brought the young donkey to Jesus, and threw their garments on it, and Jesus sat on it.
Many spread their garments on the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and spreading them on the road.
Those who went in front, and those who followed, cried out, âHosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Psalm 118:25-26
Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!â
Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.
Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
Jesus told it, âMay no one ever eat fruit from you again!â and his disciples heard it.
They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple, and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changersâ tables, and the seats of those who sold the doves.
He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.
He taught, saying to them, âIsnât it written, âMy house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?â Isaiah 56:7 But you have made it a den of robbers!â Jeremiah 7:11
The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
Peter, remembering, said to him, âRabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.â
Jesus answered them, âHave faith in God.
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,
and they began saying to him, âBy what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?â
Jesus said to them, âI will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
They answered Jesus, âWe donât know.â Jesus said to them, âNeither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.â
Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, âThey will respect my son.â
They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
Havenât you even read this Scripture: âThe stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.
This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyesâ?â Psalm 118:22-23
They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.
They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
When they had come, they asked him, âTeacher, we know that you are honest, and donât defer to anyone; for you arenât partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
Shall we give, or shall we not give?â But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, âWhy do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.â
Jesus answered them, âRender to Caesar the things that are Caesarâs, and to God the things that are Godâs.â They marveled greatly at him.
There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,
In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife.â
Jesus answered them, âIsnât this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
But about the dead, that they are raised; havenât you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, âI am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacobâ? Exodus 3:6
One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, âWhich commandment is the greatest of all?â
Jesus answered, âThe greatest is, âHear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:
The second is like this, âYou shall love your neighbor as yourself.â Leviticus 19:18 There is no other commandment greater than these.â
The scribe said to him, âTruly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.â
When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, âYou are not far from Godâs Kingdom.â No one dared ask him any question after that.
Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, âHow is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, âThe Lord said to my Lord, âSit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.ââ Psalm 110:1
Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?â The common people heard him gladly.
Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.
He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, âMost certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,












