Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities: Mary (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!”

When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”

a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them, at that time they will fast.”

But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

Another said, ‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’

but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us to eat.”

(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first.”