Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes.

When he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.

Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone.’”

But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades!

He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?”

Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!

Then someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

So do not be overly concerned about what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things.

Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

Then he ordered the man to tell no one, but commanded him, “Go and show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

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?

As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.