But I tell you most certainly, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God.”

As he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

Then a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him!”

Then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son – he is my only child!

Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!”

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

So he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come.

“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.

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

But the worker answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.

At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, “Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.”

So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’

So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.’”