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Isn't this the carpenter's son? isn't his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

And his sisters, are they not all with us? From where then has this man all these things?

And they were offended in him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.

and said to his [household] slaves, This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead; and therefore these powers work in him.

For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

And being grieved, the king, because of his oaths and because of those who sat to eat with him, he commanded it to be given;

And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the girl: and she brought it to her mother.

And his disciples came, and took up the corpse, and buried him; and they went and told Jesus.

And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and says to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt?

and they implored him that they might only touch the border of his garment: and as many as touched were made whole.

But you say, whoever shall say to his father or his mother, That with which you might have been profited by me is given [to God];

he shall not honor his father. And you have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and implored him, saying, Send her away; for she cries out after us.

And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, maimed, mute, and many others, and they cast them down at his feet; and he healed them:

And Jesus called to him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I don't want to send them away fasting, lest perhaps they faint on the way.

Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?

From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For whoever would save his life shall lose it: and whoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?