How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law and elders – were mocking him:

After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.

And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly.

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”

When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said, “You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.”

Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, “I do not know this man you are talking about!”

Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

Jesus answered them, “Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.

and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured.

How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Soon afterward Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.