How evil and godless are the people of this day! You ask me for a miracle? No! The only miracle you will be given is the miracle of Jonah." So he left them and went away.

People of Jerusalem, let these troubles be a warning to you, or else I will abandon you; I will turn your city into a desert, a place where no one lives."

But even if they did bring up children, I would take them away and not leave one alive. When I abandon these people, terrible things will happen to them."

Jesus and his disciples went away to Lake Galilee, and a large crowd followed him. They had come from Galilee, from Judea,

Then all the people from that territory asked Jesus to go away, because they were terribly afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and left.

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus, "Let me go with you." But Jesus sent him away, saying,

Jesus entered Jerusalem, went into the Temple, and looked around at everything. But since it was already late in the day, he went out to Bethany with the twelve disciples.

When evening came, Jesus and his disciples left the city.

As Jesus and his disciples went on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha welcomed him in her home.

A man named Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,

Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, the man he had raised from death.

Then Mary took a whole pint of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard, poured it on Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The sweet smell of the perfume filled the whole house.