As they were walking along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

Now some Sadducees (who contend that there is no resurrection) came to him.

For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey – no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.

(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

So the news about him spread into all areas of the region.

Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave the area.

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,

The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,

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!”

So Jesus told them this parable:

Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.

The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and news about him spread throughout the surrounding countryside.

You gave me no kiss of greeting, but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet.

So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”