A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”

He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help and has redeemed his people.

Then he began to tell them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.”

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, “Do not weep.”

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

So Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” He replied, “Say it, Teacher.”

When they could not pay, he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” because many demons had entered him.

Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

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

As he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

He then told them a parable: “The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

When Jesus saw her, he called her to him and said, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”

He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

Therefore he said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him.”

He said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

Then he said to them, “Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]