When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

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

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

When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.

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.

For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.” (This means all foods are clean.)

Then Jesus went out again from the region of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the region of the Decapolis.

“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

But if we say, ‘From people – ’” (they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).

But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’

David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”’

In his teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,

So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

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.

Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).

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

Then they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.