What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ courts!

So Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” He replied, “Say it, Teacher.”

Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” because many demons had entered him.

Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

“I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.

Why then didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’

So they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.’

So they asked him, “Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?”

A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”

[But Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”

All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the Lord’s hand was indeed with him.

When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”

Then some soldiers also asked him, “And as for us – what should we do?” He told them, “Take money from no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your pay.”

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, “Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!”

The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’

If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”

So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, ‘For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?’