When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow me,” he said to him.

Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.

To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

Simon answered, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled.” Jesus said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.

When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead,

Now about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.

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

Now when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem.

The expert in religious law said, “The one who showed mercy to him.” So Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.”

So he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come.

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

“I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.