John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.”

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!”

Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, and lead it to water?

telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. When you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.

And which of you by worrying can add an hour to his life?

Then Jesus traveled throughout towns and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem.

Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” So he said to them,

Then the rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

He answered them, “I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:

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

They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly, “Prophesy! Who hit you?”

But they all shouted out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas for us!”

There was also a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, having been married to her husband for seven years until his death.

Then he said to them, “Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”

As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.

Everyone went to his own town to be registered.

because he loves our nation, and even built our synagogue.”