But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

He answered, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!”

They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”

He said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

Then he said to them, “What are these matters you are discussing so intently as you walk along?” And they stood still, looking sad.

He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

(Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot, for Judas, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.)

Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, “This really is the Prophet!”

Jesus said, “This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours.

My commandment is this – to love one another just as I have loved you.

No one has greater love than this – that one lays down his life for his friends.

They replied, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Completely baffled, they said, “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.