“Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

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

They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.

He came and raised her up by gently taking her hand. Then the fever left her and she began to serve them.

So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.

So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, “Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation.”

It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He is dead!”

Many scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.

So while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

He proclaimed, “One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

He said to them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.

He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out, they said, “Five – and two fish.”

for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them: “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”