John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"
It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.
Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn't press on him.
Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
His disciples said to him, "You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him.
When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, "This place is deserted, and it is late in the day.
He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all.
Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.
Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,
His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"
He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.
Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"
But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."
He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.
and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."
When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"
For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again."
In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.
Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!"
The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
When they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
Jesus told it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" and his disciples heard it.
He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,
As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!"
On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?"
He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,
and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'
His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."
But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'"
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."
When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
It happened that when Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.
Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples
At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field."
He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."
His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.
When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, "This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food."
He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It's a ghost!" and they cried out for fear.
"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."
Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"
and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.
Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"
Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."
Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we able to cast it out?"
In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"
His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."
Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
Jesus said to his disciples, "Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,
When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"
They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"
It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,
But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?
Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples."'"
The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.
Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.
As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."
Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise.
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray."
He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?
Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.
Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first."
Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.' Behold, I have told you."
They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.
As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.
Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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