Then they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt, and had Jesus get on it.

Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.

Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him.

But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

When they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly, “He is worthy to have you do this for him,

He was trying to get a look at Jesus, but being a short man he could not see over the crowd.

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.

So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, “Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!”

So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign.

While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came to him who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed down with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

Then as the men were starting to leave, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah” – not knowing what he was saying.