He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They replied, “Seven.”

But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.

But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

He answered them, “What did Moses command you?”

They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.”

But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female.

Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.

The man said to him, “Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth.”

They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Then who can be saved?”

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”

He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.

They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders let them go.

Jesus began to say to them, “Watch out that no one misleads you.

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

What I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!”

Peter said to him, “Even if they all fall away, I will not!”

Then they took hold of him and arrested him.