Then another slave came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds.

The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.

Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

Then Paul left the synagogue and went to the house of a person named Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them!

Let us rejoice and exult and give him glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”

Now when Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.

After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.