When he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”

But some boats from Tiberias came to shore near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

They brought forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

Therefore, remember from what high state you have fallen and repent! Do the deeds you did at the first; if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place – that is, if you do not repent.

Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”