“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.

and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them ‘Rabbi.’

But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”

“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said, “for it is written this way by the prophet:

They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues

may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

“Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.”

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.

Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.

When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’

Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,

When Jesus saw their reaction he said, “Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?