John’s baptism – was it from heaven or from people? Answer me.”

Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: “I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, “You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”