As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,

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

But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

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

You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

“Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

The next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate

Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.

Then Jesus entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”

Now Jesus went up the mountain and called for those he wanted, and they came to him.

He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:

It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground –

He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the area.

Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.

He also said to them, “You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand.

He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.”

Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.