There will be great earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.

“Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,

He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,

Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.

One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”

At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.

Now during the blessing he departed and was taken up into heaven.

Then they said to him, “Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger’s voice.”

and I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

Jesus said, “This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours.

I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.

“I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.”

“Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love.

My commandment is this – to love one another just as I have loved you.

“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.

But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

we have unanimously decided to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

They had a sharp disagreement, so that they parted company. Barnabas took along Mark and sailed away to Cyprus,