In the same way even the chief priests &#8211; together with the experts in the law<n id="1" /> &#8211; were mocking him among themselves:<n id="2" /> &#8220;He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them;<n id="1" /> they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons.<n id="2" /> But<n id="3" /> he would not permit the demons to speak,<n id="4" /> because they knew him.<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> John&#8217;s<n id="2" /> disciples and the Pharisees<n id="3" /> were fasting.<n id="4" /> So<n id="5" /> they came to Jesus<n id="6" /> and said, &#8220;Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don&#8217;t fast?&#8221;

Jesus<n id="1" /> said to them, &#8220;The wedding guests<n id="2" /> cannot fast while the bridegroom<n id="3" /> is with them, can they?<n id="4" /> As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.

how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest<n id="1" /> and ate the sacred bread,<n id="2" /> which is against the law<n id="3" /> for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?&#8221;<n id="4" />

But no one is able to enter a strong man&#8217;s<n id="1" /> house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.<n id="2" />

But<n id="1" /> he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him, &#8220;Teacher, don&#8217;t you care that we are about to die?&#8221;

But<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, &#8220;Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you,<n id="3" /> that he had mercy on you.&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> Jesus said to them, &#8220;A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.&#8221;

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, &#8220;Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat<n id="1" /> with unwashed hands?&#8221;

But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, &#8220;Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God&#8217;s interests, but on man&#8217;s.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

And he said to them, &#8220;I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> there are some standing here who will not<n id="2" /> experience<n id="3" /> death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but<n id="1" /> they were not able to do so.&#8221;<n id="2" />

&#8220;Whoever welcomes<n id="1" /> one of these little children<n id="2" /> in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.&#8221;p>

But Jesus said to them, &#8220;You don&#8217;t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I experience?&#8221;<n id="1" />

After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit<n id="1" /> on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

Then he began to teach<n id="1" /> them and said, &#8220;Is it not written: &#8216;<b><i>My house will be called a house of prayer for all nationsi>b>&#8217;?<n id="2" /> But you have turned it into <b><i>a deni>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>of robbersi>b>!&#8221;<n id="4" />

So<n id="1" /> they answered Jesus,<n id="2" /> &#8220;We don&#8217;t know.&#8221;<n id="3" /> Then Jesus said to them, &#8220;Neither will I tell you<n id="4" /> by what authority<n id="5" /> I am doing these things.&#8221;p>

Now as for the dead being raised,<n id="1" /> have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush,<n id="2" /> how God said to him, &#8216;<b><i>I am the God of Abraham, thei>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>God of Isaac, and the God of Jacobi>b>&#8217;?<n id="4" />