It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.

Jesus said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy,

and a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely.

He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

But they persisted in saying, “He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”

Furthermore, some women of our group amazed us. They were at the tomb early this morning,

Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.

People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”

As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.