And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him:

He said to them, “How then does David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ saying,

If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”

I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi,” and kissed him.

Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,

They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.

When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads

The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

The Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness.

When they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking for you.”

Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.

But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.

and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.

He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.

Then they asked Jesus to leave their region.