‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’

Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”

“Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

“Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their food at the proper time?

But one of those with Jesus grabbed his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his ear.

For he is the one about whom Isaiah the prophet had spoken: “The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

“When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.

As you enter the house, give it greetings.

Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

The greatest among you will be your servant.

And many false prophets will appear and deceive many,

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel,

Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple,

Let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no.’ More than this is from the evil one.

Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you.

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

“To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

But on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,