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

So she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother said, “The head of John the baptizer.”

But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’ (that is, a gift for God),

If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance.”

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.”

They said to him, “Permit one of us to sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.”

Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has healed you.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the road.

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,

Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, today – this very night – before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were there too.

“And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age – although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!

For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.

So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.

At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

but (because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day’s journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and news about him spread throughout the surrounding countryside.

Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.

Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.

Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.