But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them, “Why are you raising objections within yourselves?

Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.

Jesus answered them, “Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”

After looking around at them all, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand was restored.

“Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice – I will show you what he is like:

I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he is.”

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

Simon answered, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled.” Jesus said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

But he replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”

Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead,

Herod said, “I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.

As he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white.

“Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

Jesus said to another, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.