The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.

I took them to the Lord's temple. I took them into the room where the disciples of the prophet Hanan son of Igdaliah stayed. That room was next to the one where the temple officers stayed and above the room where Maaseiah son of Shallum, one of the doorkeepers of the temple, stayed.

When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him.

Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew's house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

Jesus and his disciples got up and followed him.

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.

When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them.

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath."

And pointing toward his disciples he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

Then John's disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.

When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, "This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

Then he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said, "It's a ghost!" and cried out with fear.

"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat."

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?"

But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, "Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us."

Then Jesus called the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way."

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?"

he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, who then gave them to the crowds.

When the disciples went to the other side, they forgot to take bread.

When Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"

Then he instructed his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.

From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

The disciples asked him, "Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him."

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"

At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!"

Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

The disciples were greatly astonished when they heard this and said, "Then who can be saved?"

Now when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.

When the disciples saw it they were amazed, saying, "How did the fig tree wither so quickly?"

They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone's favor because you show no partiality.

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings.

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said, "Why this waste?

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is near. I will observe the Passover with my disciples at your house."'"

So the disciples did as Jesus had instructed them, and they prepared the Passover.

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, "Take, eat, this is my body."

Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all the disciples said the same thing.

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, "So, couldn't you stay awake with me for one hour?

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him and fled.

So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

Then go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Listen, I have told you!"

So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.'

So the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain Jesus had designated.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

As Jesus was having a meal in Levi's home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.

Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,

Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd would not press toward him.

He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.

On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake."

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

Now Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

When John's disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is an isolated place and it is already very late.

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to his disciples to serve the people, and he divided the two fish among them all.

Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd.

And they saw that some of Jesus' disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

His disciples answered him, "Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?"

Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.

Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's."

Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able to do so."

Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"

for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."

In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.

Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!"

The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!