They will flog him severely and kill him. Yet on the third day he will rise again.”

So he said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”

Thus I grant to you a kingdom, just as my Father granted to me,

“Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,

and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

but he answered his father, ‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

Fear seized them all, and they began to glorify God, saying, “A great prophet has appeared among us!” and “God has come to help his people!”

At that very time Jesus cured many people of diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and granted sight to many who were blind.

(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone.

Herod said, “I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.

That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.

And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’

(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.