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

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

But when the Pharisees heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”

And he replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, “Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”

“It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” he said.

Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

He answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,

Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”