“But as for that day or hour no one knows it – neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son ¹  – except the Father.

Watch out! Stay alert! ¹  For you do not know when the time will come.

Now ¹  when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath), ² 

When his family ¹  heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

They were all amazed so that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. ¹ 

“You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over ¹  to councils ²  and beaten in the synagogues. ³  You will stand before governors and kings ⁴  because of me, as a witness to them.

But as the man ¹  went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus ²  was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still ³  they kept coming ⁴  to him from everywhere.