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He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
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He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
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but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”
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so that, “‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’”
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Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
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Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town.
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And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
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When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the impure spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” he said, “I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”
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If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.
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‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
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Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
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Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.
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“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
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because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again.
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“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
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It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
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“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
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But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the others said the same.
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And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ).
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Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.
