And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

“Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,

But others said, “He is Elijah.” And others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.”

And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.”

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar's.”

And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise.

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

Beware of the Scribes

And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces

It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake.

There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that?