Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.

Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”

He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey – no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.

Herod said, “I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.

They answered, “John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others that one of the prophets of long ago has risen.”

But I tell you most certainly, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God.”

As he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

Then a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him!”

A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.

And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

“The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.

“I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?