Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’

Then an expert in the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

When the disciples went to the other side, they forgot to take bread.

For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”

As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.

Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

He said to them, “How then does David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ saying,

But Jesus met them, saying, “Greetings!” They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

And he said, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.

Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”

Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!”

But so that we don’t offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you.”

When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.