“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour?

When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.

Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.

He said, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel!”

Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their boat mending nets.

And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry –

Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,

to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, he gave the name Boanerges (that is, “sons of thunder”);

Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.