Then he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh, “Ephphatha” (that is, “Be opened”).

And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly.

He spoke openly about this. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

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

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.

And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.

For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, and nothing concealed except to be brought to light.

So they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.

Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls came by.

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

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