“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them: “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,

And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.

For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”

Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’

Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’

Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’

Now someone came up to him and said, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?”

And the landowner replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn’t you agree with me to work for the standard wage?

But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.”

When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

And while they were eating he said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.”

They became greatly distressed and each one began to say to him, “Surely not I, Lord?”

Peter said to him, “If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!”

Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”

saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”

In reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!”