When Jesus entered the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers,<n id="1" /> and on my return I would have received my money back with interest!<n id="2" />

He asked him urgently, &#8220;My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.&#8221;

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open.<n id="1" /> And they did not know what to tell him.

When the centurion<n id="1" /> heard<n id="2" /> about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders<n id="3" /> to him, asking him to come<n id="4" /> and heal his slave.

So<n id="1" /> the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, &#8216;Give this man your place.&#8217; Then, ashamed,<n id="2" /> you will begin to move to the least important<n id="3" /> place.

But when he came to his senses<n id="1" /> he said, &#8216;How many of my father&#8217;s hired workers have food<n id="2" /> enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

Why then didn&#8217;t you put<n id="1" /> my money in the bank,<n id="2" /> so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?&#8217;

Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus<n id="1" /> at night,<n id="2" /> accompanied Joseph,<n id="3" /> carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes<n id="4" /> weighing about seventy-five pounds.<n id="5" />

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed.<n id="1" />

came<n id="1" /> to me and stood beside me<n id="2" /> and said to me, &#8216;Brother Saul, regain your sight!&#8217;<n id="3" /> And at that very moment<n id="4" /> I looked up and saw him.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">When I came<n id="1" /> to you, brothers and sisters,<n id="2" /> I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony<n id="3" /> of God.

He<n id="1" /> sent them to Bethlehem and said, &#8220;Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.&#8221;

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.

<t /><p class="bodytext">As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, &#8220;My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live.&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> he came to his hometown<n id="2" /> and began to teach the people<n id="3" /> in their synagogue.<n id="4" /> They<n id="5" /> were astonished and said, &#8220;Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

<t /><p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi,<n id="2" /> he asked his disciples,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Who do people say that the Son of Man is?&#8221;

He said to them, &#8220;Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit<n id="1" /> on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council,<n id="1" /> who was himself looking forward to<n id="2" /> the kingdom of God,<n id="3" /> went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.<n id="4" />