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.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living!”

They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

‘No,’ they replied. ‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

and saying, “You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!”

“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.

teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

He proclaimed, “One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.

Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.

Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?”

Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: “I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is an isolated place and it is already very late.

For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.” (This means all foods are clean.)