But the rest said, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to save him.”

Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.

After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back by another route to their own country.

He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

So Jesus replied to him, “Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.

Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

So then, don’t worry saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’

For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.

In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”

If you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.

For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.