Then they too will answer,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?&#8217;

As<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> was having a meal<n id="3" /> in Matthew&#8217;s<n id="4" /> house, many tax collectors<n id="5" /> and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much<n id="1" /> and will inherit eternal life.

Thus whenever you do charitable giving,<n id="1" /> do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues<n id="2" /> and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth,<n id="3" /> they have their reward.

After noticing a fig tree<n id="1" /> by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, &#8220;Never again will there be fruit from you!&#8221; And the fig tree withered at once.

I<n id="1" /> tell you the truth,<n id="2" /> until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter<n id="3" /> will pass from the law until everything takes place.

For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me.<n id="1" /> I say to this one, &#8216;Go&#8217; and he goes,<n id="2" /> and to another &#8216;Come&#8217; and he comes, and to my slave<n id="3" /> &#8216;Do this&#8217; and he does it.&#8221;<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His<n id="1" /> disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat<n id="2" /> and eat them.

Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat<n id="1" /> with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then<n id="2" /> he called them.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you!<n id="2" /> How often I have longed<n id="3" /> to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but<n id="4" /> you would have none of it!<n id="5" />

When he had contemplated this, an<n id="1" /> angel of the Lord<n id="2" /> appeared to him in a dream and said, &#8220;Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After they had gone, an<n id="1" /> angel of the Lord<n id="2" /> appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, &#8220;Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod<n id="3" /> is going to look for the child to kill him.&#8221;

and said to him, &#8220;If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, &#8216;<b><i>He will command his angels concerning youi>b>&#8217;<n id="1" /> and &#8216;<b><i>with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stonei>b>.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />

He told them, &#8220;It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> if you have faith the size of<n id="2" /> a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, &#8216;Move from here to there,&#8217; and it will move; nothing<n id="3" /> will be impossible for you.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, &#8220;I am innocent of this man&#8217;s blood. You take care of it yourselves!&#8221;<n id="2" />

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People<n id="1" /> brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures,<n id="2" /> paralytics, and those possessed by demons,<n id="3" /> and he healed them.

As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Woe to you, experts in the law<n id="1" /> and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth<n id="2" /> of mint, dill, and cumin,<n id="3" /> yet you neglect what is more important in the law &#8211; justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You<n id="4" /> should have done these things without neglecting the others.

And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage,<n id="1" /> he sent them into his vineyard.

no bag<n id="1" /> for the journey, or an extra tunic,<n id="2" /> or sandals or staff,<n id="3" /> for the worker deserves his provisions.