John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.”

Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

“I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.

Then someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, “Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.”

Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.

When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

He replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

Then Jesus said to them, “When I sent you out with no money bag, or traveler’s bag, or sandals, you didn’t lack anything, did you?” They replied, “Nothing.”

Then one of them struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his right ear.

Then a slave girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, “This man was with him too!”

And after about an hour still another insisted, “Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.”

As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.

Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.”

He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.

Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God – he has seen the Father.)