He said to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.”

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, “This is my one dear Son. Listen to him!”

Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’

Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, “How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is David’s son?

If David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.

While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it. This is my body.”

Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.

(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.”)

“And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age – although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!

So Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

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

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full.

“Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice – I will show you what he is like:

When they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly, “He is worthy to have you do this for him,

This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’