As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,

But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

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.

The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

‘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.

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

‘No,’ they replied. ‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour?

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

But Jesus met them, saying, “Greetings!” They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.

And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.

And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd.