“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.

“Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation, ‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,

When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching,

If you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’

But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,

“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.

Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,