And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.

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

Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return – whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn –

For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.

He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour?

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.

Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled.”

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything.

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”

In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law – were mocking him among themselves: “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.”

But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

But when the feast was over, as they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

But he replied, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished.

Jesus answered them, “Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.