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The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.
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Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her.
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Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
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When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”
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Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.
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Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law
Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.
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And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”
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Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake.
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While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”
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He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”
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John the Baptist Beheaded
King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
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But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!”
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For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
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That Which Defiles
The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus
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So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”
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Jesus Predicts His Death
He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
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As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
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They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.
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And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”
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Jesus Heals a Boy Possessed by an Impure Spirit
When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law arguing with them.
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The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He’s dead.”
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Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
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“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.
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“We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles,
