Jesus cleanses a leper (see also Matthew 8:1-4; Luke 5:12-16). A leper came to Jesus, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, "If you want to, you can make me clean." Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, "I want to. Be made clean." When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.
John the Baptist preaches, "Repent!" (See also Matthew 1:2-8; Luke 3:1-20). In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!" For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight."
The parable of the wicked tenants (see also Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19). "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country."
Jesus heals Simon's mother-in-law and many others (1:29-34; see also Matthew 8:14-17; Luke 4:38-41). Jesus proclaims his message in Galilee (1:35-39; ; see also Matthew 4:23-25; Luke 4:42-44). Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them.
Jesus' authority questioned (21:23-27; see also Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:1-8). The parable of two sons (21:28-32). The chief priests and the elders came to Jesus as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?" Jesus answered, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?"
Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem (see also Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19). Jesus sent two disciples, saying, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and immediately he will send them."
Jesus rebukes a demon, which demonstrates Jesus' authority (see also Luke 4:31-37). Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, saying, "Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!" Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!" The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
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The devil tempts Jesus (See also Mark 1:12-23; Luke 4:1-13). Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
The parable of the laborers in the vineyard. "The master answered, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius? Take what is yours, and go your way. I desire to give to this last just as much as to you. Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?' So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."