But he said to them, “How is it that they say that the Christ is David’s son?

For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”

(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

But the other rebuked him, saying, “Don’t you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

While the people were filled with anticipation and they all wondered whether perhaps John could be the Christ,

where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished.

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

Then Jesus asked, “Who was it who touched me?” When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you!”

While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”

Once when Jesus was praying by himself, and his disciples were nearby, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.”

Then they were all astonished at the mighty power of God.But while the entire crowd was amazed at everything Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples,

Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.

What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?