Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

People<n id="1" /> from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem<n id="2" /> were going out to him, and he was baptizing them<n id="3" /> in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then<n id="1" /> he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes<n id="2" /> and asked, &#8220;Do you see anything?&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi.<n id="1" /> On the way he asked his disciples,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Who do people say that I am?&#8221;

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have<n id="1" /> two hands and go into hell,<n id="2" /> to the unquenchable fire.

You know the commandments: &#8216;<b><i>Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,i>b> <i>do not defraud<b>, honor your father and motherb>i>.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />

He came a third time and said to them, &#8220;Are you still sleeping and resting?<n id="1" /> Enough of that!<n id="2" /> The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.