he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense.

Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!

So he said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.

To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.

For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,

And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.

Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.

Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.

as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

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

However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)