And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

“Ha! Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God.”

The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith!

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

He replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’

saying, “If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.”

Then a little later someone else saw him and said, “You are one of them too.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

So they all said, “Are you the Son of God, then?” He answered them, “You say that I am.”

So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”