Mark 6(ESV) Jesus Rejected at Nazareth He went away from there and came tohis hometown, and his disciples followed him.2Andon the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, andmany who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands?3Is not thisthe carpenter, the son ...

Mark 5(ESV) Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.[a]2And when Jesus[b]had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.3He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain,4for he had often been bound with shackles and cha...

Mark 4(ESV) The Parable of the Sower 4Againhe began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him,so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.2Andhe was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:3"Listen! Behold,a sower went out to sow.4And as he sowed, som...

Mark 3(ESV) A Man with a Withered Hand Againhe entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.2Andthey watched Jesus,[a]to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.3And he said to the man with the withered hand,"Come here."4And he said to them,"Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to k...

Mark 2(ESV) Jesus Heals a Paralytic And when he returned toCapernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.2And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them.3And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.4And when they could not get near him because of the crow...

Mark 1(ESV) John the Baptist Prepares the Way The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ,the Son of God.[a] 2As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,[b] "Behold, I send my messenger before your face,who will prepare your way,3the voice of one crying in the wilderness:'Prepare[c]the way of the Lord,make his paths straight,'" 4John appeared, baptizing inthe wilder...

Matthew 28(ESV) The Resurrection Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene andthe other Mary went to see the tomb.2And behold, there was a great earthquake, foran angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.3His appearance was like lightning, andhis clothing white as snow.4And for fe...

Matthew 27(ESV) Jesus Delivered to Pilate When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the peopletook counsel against Jesus to put him to death.2And they bound him andled him away anddelivered him over toPilate the governor. Judas Hangs Himself 3Then whenJudas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus[a]was condemned,he changed his mind and brought backthe thirty p...

Matthew 26(ESV) The Plot to Kill Jesus When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,2"You know that after two daysthe Passover is coming, andthe Son of Manwill be delivered up to be crucified." 3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered inthe palace of the high priest, whose name wasCaiaphas,4and plotted together in order to a...

Matthew 25(ESV) The Parable of the Ten Virgins "Then the kingdom of heaven will be liketen virgins who took their lamps[a]and went to meetthe bridegroom.[b]2Five of them were foolish, and five werewise.3For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.5As the bridegroomwas delayed, they all became drows...