Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.

He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.

After he said, “From foreigners,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

He said to her, “What do you want?” She replied, “Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”

He said, “Yes.” When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes – from their sons or from foreigners?”

The field is the world and the good seed are the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.

By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel,

You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

Judah the father of Perez and Zerah (by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

“I tell you the truth, among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.