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At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand, knelt down before Him, and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand, knelt down before Him, and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.

And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.

One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.

When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit.

And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.

So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

…and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.

And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.

Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.

Suddenly a man with an unclean spirit cried out in the synagogue:

At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.

All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”

Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.

Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Jesus promptly sent him away with a stern warning:

“See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,

Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.

“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.

Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

…and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”

Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”

But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”

Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”

Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?

Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?

Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?

Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?

Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.

He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.

As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.

When the man saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees before Him.

And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”

There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.

When Jesus had again crossed by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him beside the sea.

A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet

So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around Him.

And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.

Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—

…and to wear sandals, but not a second tunic.

And He told them, “When you enter a house, stay there until you leave that area.

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

…because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.

On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.

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

And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.

So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.

When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.

When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.

By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.