He replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

“Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, ‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?

Then the disciples said to him, “Where, Lord?” He replied to them, “Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather.”

Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.

And the king said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you will have authority over ten cities.’

So they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.

Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.

So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”

A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”

As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.

The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

So they asked John, “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus.

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is translated Christ).

On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”