Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues

and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them ‘Rabbi.’

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.

“Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.

In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,

When Jesus saw their reaction he said, “Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?

Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.

He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

“To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people.

Then Jesus went throughout all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness.

Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?