“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.

Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see.

So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

But he said, ‘No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.

But when he saw the strong wind he became afraid. And starting to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”

Then the disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?”

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.

They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’

He said to them, “Not everyone can accept this statement, except those to whom it has been given.

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’

They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go and work in the vineyard too.’

They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them, and he sat on them.

The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”

But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

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

So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.