Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

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

Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.

Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.

Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

“Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied, “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

saying, ‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’

and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised.”

Now when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.