Jesus<n id="1" /> said to them, &#8220;Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts,<n id="2" /> but from the beginning it was not this way.

Two<n id="1" /> blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Have mercy<n id="3" /> on us, Lord, Son of David!&#8221;<n id="4" />

Jesus<n id="1" /> answered them, &#8220;I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Woe to you, experts in the law<n id="1" /> and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You<n id="2" /> build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves<n id="3" /> of the righteous.

For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, &#8216;<b><i>Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!i>b>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

For just like the lightning<n id="1" /> comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

&#8216;No,&#8217; they replied.<n id="1" /> &#8216;There won&#8217;t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.&#8217;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Are you the king<n id="3" /> of the Jews?&#8221; Jesus<n id="4" /> said, &#8220;You say so.&#8221;<n id="5" />

&#8220;He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down<n id="1" /> now from the cross, we will believe in him!

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together,<n id="1" /> she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

He<n id="1" /> sent them to Bethlehem and said, &#8220;Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">But when he saw many Pharisees<n id="1" /> and Sadducees<n id="2" /> coming to his baptism, he said to them, &#8220;You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Reach agreement<n id="1" /> quickly with your accuser while on the way to court,<n id="2" /> or he<n id="3" /> may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

But whenever you pray, go into your room,<n id="1" /> close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.<n id="2" />

On that day, many will say to me, &#8216;Lord, Lord, didn&#8217;t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do<n id="1" /> many powerful deeds?&#8217;

<t /><p class="bodytext">When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes,<n id="1" /> two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

Whenever<n id="1" /> they persecute you in one place,<n id="2" /> flee to another. I tell you the truth,<n id="3" /> you will not finish going through all the towns<n id="4" /> of Israel before the Son of Man comes.p>

For just as Jonah was <b><i>in the belly of the huge fishi>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>for three days and three nightsb>i>,<n id="2" /> so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.