The second woe has come and gone; the third is coming quickly.

The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”

Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.

Each of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.

In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

And the men were amazed and said, “What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

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

But Jesus called them and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons.”

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

So they brought one, and he said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?” They replied, “Caesar’s.”

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”