So Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years old. He was the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone.’”

Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

For Peter and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken,

Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?

“But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away.

A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.

After Jesus had finished teaching all this to the people, he entered Capernaum.

A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.

So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:

Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.

Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him.

Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

Now on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.