Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them, “Why are you raising objections within yourselves?

To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ courts!

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

“Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

But Jesus turned and rebuked them,

Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven.”

The expert answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

Then he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

He answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?

Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

“Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.’”

When he saw them he said, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went along, they were cleansed.