But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.

as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,

Because of our God’s tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high

Another said, ‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’

You will be hated by everyone because of my name.

and were continually in the temple courts blessing God.

But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.

I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:

Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.

“Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

Then he said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead,