For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

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

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

and said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

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.’

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

telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

“Tell the people of Zion, ‘Look, your king is coming to you, unassuming and seated on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Then he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living!”

Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it.

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings.

“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.