So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”

Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place.”

As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.

Now that very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave the area.

So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.

They told him, “Jesus the Nazarene is passing by.”

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

On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

He said, “Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them!

Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,

and if I ask you, you will not answer.

Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.

Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.”

When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said, “Lord, should we use our swords?”

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

Jesus also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A rainstorm is coming,’ and it does.