<t /><p class="bodytext">So<n id="1" /> he went down to Capernaum,<n id="2" /> a town<n id="3" /> in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people.<n id="4" />

But some of the Pharisees<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Why are you<n id="2" /> doing what is against the law<n id="3" /> on the Sabbath?&#8221;

Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats<n id="1" /> in the synagogues<n id="2" /> and elaborate greetings<n id="3" /> in the marketplaces!

But<n id="1" /> some of the Pharisees<n id="2" /> in the crowd said to him, &#8220;Teacher, rebuke your disciples.&#8221;<n id="3" />

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard<n id="1" /> how he might<n id="2" /> betray Jesus,<n id="3" /> handing him over to them.<n id="4" />

At that moment,<n id="1" /> she came up to them<n id="2" /> and began to give thanks to God and to speak<n id="3" /> about the child<n id="4" /> to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.<n id="5" />p>

But<n id="1" /> he replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Why were you looking for me?<n id="3" /> Didn&#8217;t you know that I must be in my Father&#8217;s house?&#8221;<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">So John<n id="1" /> said to the crowds<n id="2" /> that came out to be baptized by him, &#8220;You offspring of vipers!<n id="3" /> Who warned you to flee<n id="4" /> from the coming wrath?

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus&#8217; knees, saying, &#8220;Go away from me, Lord,<n id="1" /> for I am a sinful man!&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Woe to you<n id="1" /> when all people<n id="2" /> speak well of you, for their ancestors<n id="3" /> did the same things to the false prophets.p>

What<n id="1" /> did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy<n id="2" /> clothes?<n id="3" /> Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury<n id="4" /> are in kings&#8217; courts!<n id="5" />

Yet<n id="1" /> another said, &#8220;I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Nevertheless, do not rejoice that<n id="1" /> the spirits submit to you, but rejoice<n id="2" /> that your names stand written<n id="3" /> in heaven.&#8221;p>

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh,<n id="1" /> so the Son of Man will be a sign<n id="2" /> to this generation.<n id="3" />

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>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;I<n id="1" /> tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body,<n id="2" /> and after that have nothing more they can do.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jesus<n id="1" /> also said to the crowds, &#8220;When you see a cloud rising in the west,<n id="2" /> you say at once, &#8216;A rainstorm<n id="3" /> is coming,&#8217; and it does.

At<n id="1" /> the time for the banquet<n id="2" /> he sent his slave<n id="3" /> to tell those who had been invited, &#8216;Come, because everything is now ready.&#8217;

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.<n id="1" />p>