The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

Herod said, “I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.

As he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white.

John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.”

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

Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.

Then he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

Then he said to them, “Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”

So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

“Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

When Jesus noticed this, he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham!

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be king over us!’

Then they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt, and had Jesus get on it.

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,