“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, who then gave them to the crowds.

How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.

When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.

After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn’t he?”

“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

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.

He answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,

Jesus said to them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.

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

Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them.

“Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied, “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”

And about five o’clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’

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

But Jesus called them and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.