So he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people.

But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

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

But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.

At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

But he replied, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

So John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

“Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ courts!

Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.”

Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven.”

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!

Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”

“I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.

Jesus also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A rainstorm is coming,’ and it does.

At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.