Now ¹  they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So ²  they left him and went away. ³ 

He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? ¹  Enough of that! ²  The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Now after John was imprisoned, ¹  Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel ²  of God. ³ 

Then ¹  he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for people, ²  not people for the Sabbath.

Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd ¹  would not press toward him.

Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

Then ¹  one of the synagogue rulers, ²  named Jairus, ³  came up, and when he saw Jesus, ⁴  he fell at his feet.

When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, ¹ 

But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue ruler, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”

They cast out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

When John’s ¹  disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret ¹  and anchored there.

Having no regard ¹  for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.” ² 

She answered, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

Then ¹  they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus ²  and asked him to touch him.

Jesus ¹  sent him home, saying, “Do not even go into the village.” ² 

Now ¹  people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, ²  but the disciples scolded those who brought them. ³ 

Then ¹  Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”