They<n id="1" /> cried out, &#8220;Son of God, leave us alone!<n id="2" /> Have you come here to torment us before the time?&#8221;<n id="3" />

Then<n id="1" /> the entire town<n id="2" /> came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.p>

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.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;I<n id="1" /> am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves,<n id="2" /> so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

What<n id="1" /> did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes?<n id="2" /> Look, those who wear fancy clothes are in the homes of kings!<n id="3" />

But when the Pharisees<n id="1" /> saw this they said to him, &#8220;Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.&#8221;

A<n id="1" /> man was there who had a withered<n id="2" /> hand. And they asked Jesus,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?&#8221;<n id="4" /> so that they could accuse him.

<t /><p class="bodytext">While Jesus<n id="1" /> was still speaking to the crowds,<n id="2" /> his mother and brothers<n id="3" /> came and<n id="4" /> stood outside, asking<n id="5" /> to speak to him.

And pointing<n id="1" /> toward his disciples he said, &#8220;Here<n id="2" /> are my mother and my brothers!

Then Peter said<n id="1" /> to him, &#8220;Look,<n id="2" /> we have left everything to follow you!<n id="3" /> What then will there be for us?&#8221;

&#8220;Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law.<n id="1" /> They will condemn him to death,

Two<n id="1" /> blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Have mercy<n id="3" /> on us, Lord, Son of David!&#8221;<n id="4" />

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>Tell the people of Zion,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>Look, your king is coming to you,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>unassuming and seated on a donkey,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>and on a colt, the foal of a donkeyb>.i>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Just then<n id="1" /> the temple curtain<n id="2" /> was torn in two, from top to bottom. The<n id="3" /> earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord<n id="1" /> descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

But<n id="1" /> Jesus met them, saying, &#8220;Greetings!&#8221; They<n id="2" /> came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.

<t /><p class="bodytext">While<n id="1" /> they were going, some<n id="2" /> of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.

teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember,<n id="1" /> I am with you<n id="2" /> always, to the end of the age.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

&#8220;<b><i>Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call himi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>Emmanueli>b>,&#8221;<n id="2" /> which means<n id="3" /> &#8220;<i>God with usi>.&#8221;<n id="4" />

After listening to the king they left, and once again<n id="1" /> the star they saw when it rose<n id="2" /> led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.