because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.

When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.”

He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

He said to them, “Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while” (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.

There were about four thousand who ate. Then he dismissed them.

So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread.

Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.

So Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters – one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?”

Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan River. Again crowds gathered to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them.

“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.

When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’

Then, when it was evening, he came to the house with the twelve.

Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:

Yet even on this point their testimony did not agree.