Herod added this to them all: He locked up John in prison.

and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

So when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a more opportune time.

He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by all.

When they heard this, all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage.

So the news about him spread into all areas of the region.

When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.

Yet Jesus himself frequently withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.

Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot,

Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.

So Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

John’s disciples informed him about all these things. So John called two of his disciples

And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.

Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place.”

But he forcefully commanded them not to tell this to anyone,

I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”