Yet<n id="1" /> his parents<n id="2" /> did not understand<n id="3" /> the remark<n id="4" /> he made<n id="5" /> to them.

raised their voices and said, &#8220;Jesus, Master, have mercy<n id="1" /> on us.&#8221;

They<n id="1" /> were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.

So<n id="1" /> they worshiped<n id="2" /> him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<n id="3" />

But they were filled with mindless rage<n id="1" /> and began debating with one another what they would do<n id="2" /> to Jesus.p>

Then<n id="1" /> they said, &#8220;Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves<n id="2" /> from his own lips!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

Then they told what had happened on the road,<n id="1" /> and how they recognized him<n id="2" /> when he broke the bread.p>

After<n id="1" /> the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So<n id="2" /> they kept silent and told no one<n id="3" /> at that time<n id="4" /> anything of what they had seen.p>

<p class="poetry">and forgive us our sins,p> <p class="poetry">for we also forgive everyone who sins<n id="1" /> against us.p> <p class="poetry">And do not lead us into temptation.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons<n id="1" /> cast them<n id="2" /> out? Therefore they will be your judges.

So you testify that you approve of<n id="1" /> the deeds of your ancestors,<n id="2" /> because they killed the prophets<n id="3" /> and you build their<n id="4" /> tombs!<n id="5" />

Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away<n id="1" /> the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered<n id="2" /> those who were going in.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine<n id="2" /> at the house of a leader<n id="3" /> of the Pharisees,<n id="4" /> they were watching<n id="5" /> him closely.

(for I have five brothers) to warn<n id="1" /> them so that they don&#8217;t come<n id="2" /> into this place of torment.&#8217;

But<n id="1" /> the twelve<n id="2" /> understood none of these things. This<n id="3" /> saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp<n id="4" /> what Jesus meant.<n id="5" />p>

So<n id="1" /> they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.p>

But Jesus<n id="1" /> replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Woe to you experts in religious law as well!<n id="3" /> You load people<n id="4" /> down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch<n id="5" /> the burdens with even one of your fingers!

Or those eighteen who were killed<n id="1" /> when the tower in Siloam fell on them,<n id="2" /> do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem?<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">He<n id="1" /> said also to the man<n id="2" /> who had invited him, &#8220;When you host a dinner or a banquet,<n id="3" /> don&#8217;t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.