For David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand,

Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense.

Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.

When he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”

He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,

And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]

Then a little later someone else saw him and said, “You are one of them too.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

and said, “If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe,

But they persisted in saying, “He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”

and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

So he said to them, “You foolish people – how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.

So they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven and those with them gathered together

Then Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

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.

All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the Lord’s hand was indeed with him.

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”