So the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort.

John wore a garment made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

He proclaimed, “One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

As he went along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

The people there were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, not like the experts in the law.

“Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!”

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk’?

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

to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, he gave the name Boanerges (that is, “sons of thunder”);

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin”

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground –

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

Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.

He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up.”

As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.