I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter.

But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived there ahead of them.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

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.”

They said, “John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets.”

Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.

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?”

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!”

So while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his ear.

Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

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

So Pilate spoke to them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?”

In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law – were mocking him among themselves: “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

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