Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said, “It’s a ghost!” and cried out with fear.

And he replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.

and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

and said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!

“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

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.

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,

and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised.”

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

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

They said to him, “He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”

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.

Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’?

They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.