At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, “I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed.

After consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.

Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said, “Crucify him!”

They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head.

As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.

He trusts in God – let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said, ‘I am God’s Son’!”

He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

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

Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd would not press toward him.

Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

He also said, “The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue ruler, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”

They came to the house of the synagogue ruler where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.

Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”

Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand.

Then he said to her, “Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”

Then he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh, “Ephphatha” (that is, “Be opened”).

“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

He spoke openly about this. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.