“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

To the one who had said this, Jesus replied, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”

And pointing toward his disciples he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

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

‘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!”

For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

The one with the two talents also came and said, ‘Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.’

Then he will answer them, ‘I tell you the truth, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

He answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.

Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus replied, “You have said it yourself.”

Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all the disciples said the same thing.

Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”

So they came and woke him up saying, “Lord, save us! We are about to die!”

And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles.

“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”