Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly.

They also said many other things against him, reviling him.

Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.

So now there are many members, but one body.

And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’

And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.

But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.

He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:

He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.

They cast out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

And in this way, with many other exhortations, John proclaimed good news to the people.

But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you.

For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.

For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body – though many – are one body, so too is Christ.

He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

They came to the house of the synagogue ruler where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.

He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.