And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha,<n id="1" /> yet<n id="2" /> none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.&#8221;<n id="3" />

&#8220;Ha! Leave us alone,<n id="1" /> Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are &#8211; the Holy One<n id="2" /> of God.&#8221;

The experts in the law<n id="1" /> and the Pharisees<n id="2" /> watched<n id="3" /> Jesus<n id="4" /> closely to see if<n id="5" /> he would heal on the Sabbath,<n id="6" /> so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

Then<n id="1" /> Jesus said to them, &#8220;I ask you,<n id="2" /> is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;If<n id="1" /> you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners<n id="2" /> love those who love them.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he said to them all,<n id="2" /> &#8220;If anyone wants to become my follower,<n id="3" /> he must deny<n id="4" /> himself, take up his cross daily,<n id="5" /> and follow me.

And if a peace-loving person<n id="1" /> is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.<n id="2" />

So<n id="1" /> if<n id="2" /> Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because<n id="3" /> you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

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.

And if<n id="1" /> this is how God clothes the wild grass,<n id="2" /> which is here<n id="3" /> today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven,<n id="4" /> how much more<n id="5" /> will he clothe you, you people of little faith!

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn&#8217;t sit down<n id="1" /> first and compute the cost<n id="2" /> to see if he has enough money to complete it?

He<n id="1" /> replied to him, &#8216;If they do not respond to<n id="2" /> Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

It would be better for him to have a millstone<n id="1" /> tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea<n id="2" /> than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.<n id="3" />

For<n id="1" /> a while he refused, but later on<n id="2" /> he said to himself, &#8216;Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,<n id="3" />

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe<n id="1" /> man. You withdraw<n id="2" /> what you did not deposit<n id="3" /> and reap what you did not sow.&#8217;

saying, &#8220;If you had only known on this day,<n id="1" /> even you, the things that make for peace!<n id="2" /> But now they are hidden<n id="3" /> from your eyes.

&#8220;Father, if you are willing, take<n id="1" /> this cup<n id="2" /> away from me. Yet not my will but yours<n id="3" /> be done.&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> a little later someone else<n id="2" /> saw him and said, &#8220;You are one of them too.&#8221; But Peter said, &#8220;Man,<n id="3" /> I am not!&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> they all said, &#8220;Are you the Son of God,<n id="2" /> then?&#8221; He answered<n id="3" /> them, &#8220;You say<n id="4" /> that I am.&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> Pilate asked Jesus,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Are you the king<n id="3" /> of the Jews?&#8221; He replied, &#8220;You say so.&#8221;<n id="4" />