and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you’ and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”

From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

“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!

Even all the hairs on your head are numbered.

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So do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

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

You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,

Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

“But as for that day and hour no one knows it – not even the angels in heaven – except the Father alone.

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

“The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.

“It was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”