Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

raised their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”

They were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.

So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.

Then they said, “Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!”

Then they told what had happened on the road, and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation.”

Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!

Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”

Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don’t come into this place of torment.’

But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.

But Jesus replied, “Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!

Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem?

He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.