Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.

“Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

But he denied it in front of them all: “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.

And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.

All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’

“But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You say so.”

and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews!”