They said, “John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets.”

Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

“But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;

But some who were present indignantly said to one another, “Why this waste of expensive ointment?

Peter said to him, “Even if they all fall away, I will not!”

A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection.

They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.

Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.

So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.

So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.

But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.

They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.

In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied, “Twelve.”

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them alone up a high mountain privately. And he was transfigured before them,

After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.”