Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.

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

Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

But no one is able to enter a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

And he said to them, “Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

He asked him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.”

She had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet instead of getting better, she grew worse.

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

But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived there ahead of them.

There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”

He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

Jesus ordered them not to tell anything. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them alone up a high mountain privately. And he was transfigured before them,

He answered them, “You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me.”

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

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

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

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”