When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”

“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance.

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

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!”