Then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son – he is my only child!

And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!

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?’

And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith!

and a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely.

Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.

At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

“Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”

Jesus said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

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.’”

For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.