Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him.”

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

But Jesus said, “Enough of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance.

But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.

At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.

He said, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

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

Now when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished.

Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.

Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities: Mary (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm came down on the lake, and the boat started filling up with water, and they were in danger.

Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone.

Then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son – he is my only child!

Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.