For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.

“But look, the hand of the one who betrays me is with me on the table.

A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,

and said, “If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe,

So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”

And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.

Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.

But these words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.

Then he said to them, “What are these matters you are discussing so intently as you walk along?” And they stood still, looking sad.

He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is translated Christ).

Jesus replied, “Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come.”

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will devour me.”

So then the Jewish leaders responded, “What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?”

But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people.

After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.

Now a dispute came about between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing.

John replied, “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.