Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they could accuse him.

And pointing toward his disciples he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

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.

He presented them with another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.

Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.

When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.

So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: “God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!”

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.

Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.

When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.

And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?”