And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

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.

The Temptation of Jesus

The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.

And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!”

And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.

And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Jesus Preaches in Galilee

And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.

And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”

And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.”

But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.

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!”

Jesus Calls Levi

He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.

And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”

And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach

and have authority to cast out demons.

And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”

Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.”

And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.

And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.”

“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.

And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,

yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”

And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.

Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.

And crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.”

For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country.

So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the sea.

And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?”

And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him and went in where the child was.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent.

And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.

And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

And he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.”

And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land.

but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out,

And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”

And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,

And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”

And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.”

And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.”

Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”

And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”

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.”

And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”

And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”

Anyone Not Against Us Is for Us

John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.”

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,

The Rich Young Man

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.

And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

And when evening came they went out of the city.

And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.

For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!”

Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out,

And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?

But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into the gateway and the rooster crowed.

For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.

And they cried out again, “Crucify him.”

And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

[Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.]

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

[[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]