People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Then the demons begged him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they could accuse him.

And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said, “It’s a ghost!” and cried out with fear.

When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, “Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”

So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: “God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!”

The disciples asked him, “Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”

“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

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