Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:

They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Then who can be saved?”

And the demonic spirits begged him, “Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them.”

People were completely astounded and said, “He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

Then they asked him, “Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”

They discussed with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) also came to him and asked him,

Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and they will mislead many.

While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler’s house saying, “Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?”

They said, “John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets.”

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”

Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up! He is calling you.”

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

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?