(The ripe fruit you greatly desired has gone from you, and all your luxury and splendor have gone from you – they will never ever be found again!)

The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)

and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea.

and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.

“For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

But he said, ‘No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.

As the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.

These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”

After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them, and he sat on them.

“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.

The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more.

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten.

In reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

So he went into all of Galilee preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.