He said to them, “I am a Hebrew! And I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

And I will bring them to settle within Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and righteousness.’

Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!

So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!’”

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

Jesus said to him, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

“Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!”

Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”

The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you deceived for this reason, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God?

For in those days there will be suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

“Ha! Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God.”

Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.

Then astonishment seized them all, and they glorified God. They were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen incredible things today.”

Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,