Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

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

Peter said to him, “Lord, if it is you, order me to come to you on the water.”

So he said, “Come.” Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

He answered them, “And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, “Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”

“It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” he said.

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

So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: “God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!”

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.

And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.

After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn’t he?”

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

“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

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

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

Then Peter said to him, “Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”

“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,