The experts in the law<n id="1" /> who came down from Jerusalem<n id="2" /> said, &#8220;He is possessed by Beelzebul,&#8221;<n id="3" /> and, &#8220;By the ruler<n id="4" /> of demons he casts out demons.&#8221;

And as he sowed, some seed<n id="1" /> fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

He said to them, &#8220;The secret<n id="1" /> of the kingdom of God has been given<n id="2" /> to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,p>

But<n id="1" /> they have no root in themselves and do not endure.<n id="2" /> Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

And he said to them, &#8220;Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive,<n id="1" /> and more will be added to you.

So<n id="1" /> after leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat,<n id="2" /> and other boats were with him.

So<n id="1" /> he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis<n id="2" /> what Jesus had done for him,<n id="3" /> and all were amazed.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.

<t /><p class="bodytext">In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> called his disciples and said to them,

If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">John said to him, &#8220;Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.&#8221;

For I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> whoever gives you a cup of water because<n id="2" /> you bear Christ&#8217;s<n id="3" /> name will never lose his reward.p>

They said to him, &#8220;Permit one of us to sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.&#8221;

Jesus said to him, &#8220;Go, your faith has healed you.&#8221; Immediately he regained<n id="1" /> his sight and followed him on the road.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">They came again to Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> While Jesus<n id="2" /> was walking in the temple courts,<n id="3" /> the chief priests, the experts in the law,<n id="4" /> and the elders came up to him

and said, &#8220;By what authority<n id="1" /> are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?&#8221;

Jesus said to them, &#8220;I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

<t /><p class="bodytext">While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, &#8220;How is it that the experts in the law<n id="1" /> say that the Christ<n id="2" /> is David&#8217;s son?<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;But in those days, after that suffering,<n id="1" /> <i>the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;i>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;But as for that day or hour no one knows it &#8211; neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son<n id="1" /> &#8211; except the Father.