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,

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

But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!”

Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Then he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

“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.

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

He answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?

and a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely.

Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.’

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

The man replied, ‘A hundred measures of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

“Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.’”