But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” – he said to the paralytic –

And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry –

Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent.

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”

The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons.”

I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter.

A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”

And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

He said to them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

He also said to them, “A lamp isn’t brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand?

And he said to them, “Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and sea obey him!”

He asked him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.”

While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler’s house saying, “Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?”

Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: “I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is an isolated place and it is already very late.

for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them: “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

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),