<t /><p class="bodytext">So<n id="1" /> they sailed over to the region of the Gerasenes,<n id="2" /> which is opposite<n id="3" /> Galilee.

Then<n id="1" /> two men, Moses and Elijah,<n id="2" /> began talking with him.<n id="3" />

Now<n id="1" /> a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage<n id="2" /> for twelve years<n id="3" /> but could not be healed by anyone.

but one thing<n id="1" /> is needed. Mary has chosen the best<n id="2" /> part; it will not be taken away from her.&#8221;p>

Whoever does not carry his own cross<n id="1" /> and follow<n id="2" /> me cannot be my disciple.

(This<n id="1" /> was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection<n id="2" /> started in the city, and for murder.)<n id="3" />

But the angel said to them, &#8220;Do not be afraid! Listen carefully,<n id="1" /> for I proclaim to you good news<n id="2" /> that brings great joy to all the people:

Then<n id="1" /> when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus<n id="2" /> was dining<n id="3" /> at the Pharisee&#8217;s house, she brought an alabaster jar<n id="4" /> of perfumed oil.<n id="5" />

and Joanna the wife of Cuza<n id="1" /> (Herod&#8217;s<n id="2" /> household manager),<n id="3" /> Susanna, and many others who provided for them<n id="4" /> out of their own resources.p>

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing<n id="1" /> the word, cling to it<n id="2" /> with an honest and good<n id="3" /> heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> one of those at the meal with Jesus<n id="2" /> heard this, he said to him, &#8220;Blessed is everyone<n id="3" /> who will feast<n id="4" /> in the kingdom of God!&#8221;<n id="5" />

The<n id="1" /> women who had accompanied Jesus<n id="2" /> from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

And now,<n id="1" /> because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time,<n id="2" /> you will be silent, unable to speak,<n id="3" /> until the day these things take place.&#8221;p>

So<n id="1" /> Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth<n id="2" /> in Galilee to Judea, to the city<n id="3" /> of David called Bethlehem,<n id="4" /> because he was of the house<n id="5" /> and family line<n id="6" /> of David.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this,<n id="1" /> he said to himself, &#8220;If this man were a prophet,<n id="2" /> he would know who and what kind of woman<n id="3" /> this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Meanwhile,<n id="1" /> when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus<n id="2" /> began to speak first to his disciples, &#8220;Be on your guard against<n id="3" /> the yeast of the Pharisees,<n id="4" /> which is hypocrisy.<n id="5" />

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner<n id="1" /> who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people<n id="2" /> who have no need to repent.<n id="3" />p>