Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord’s temple.

King Zedekiah said to them, “Very well, you can do what you want with him. For I cannot do anything to stop you.”

I will have compassion on you so that he in turn will have mercy on you and allow you to return to your land.’

“You must not disobey the Lord your God by saying, ‘We will not stay in this land.’

“‘As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of final punishment,

He spoke with me, instructing me as follows: “Daniel, I have now come to impart understanding to you.

Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket.

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.

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

He presented them with another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them: “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

The disciples said to him, “Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

And call no one your ‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!

He also said, “The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”