<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Levi gave a great banquet<n id="2" /> in his house for Jesus,<n id="3" /> and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting<n id="4" /> at the table with them.

saying to them, &#8220;It is written, &#8216;<b><i>My house will be a house of prayeri>b>,&#8217;<n id="1" /> but you have turned it into <b><i>a deni>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>of robbersi>b>!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

If he cannot succeed,<n id="1" /> he will send a representative<n id="2" /> while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.<n id="3" />

and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, <b><i>a pair of dovesi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>or two young pigeonsi>b>.<n id="2" />p>

Then<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;Which of you, if you have a son<n id="2" /> or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?&#8221;

There<n id="1" /> right<n id="2" /> in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.<n id="3" />

He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.<n id="1" />

Now<n id="1" /> a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage<n id="2" /> for twelve years<n id="3" /> but could not be healed by anyone.

And when the people<n id="1" /> saw it, they all complained,<n id="2" /> &#8220;He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.&#8221;<n id="3" />

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" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">As he spoke,<n id="1" /> a Pharisee<n id="2" /> invited Jesus<n id="3" /> to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.<n id="4" />

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?<n id="1" />

Others, to test<n id="1" /> him,<n id="2" /> began asking for<n id="3" /> a sign<n id="4" /> from heaven.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

But they were startled and terrified, thinking<n id="1" /> they saw a ghost.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the devil<n id="2" /> led him up<n id="3" /> to a high place<n id="4" /> and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

<t /><p class="bodytext">During the reign<n id="1" /> of Herod<n id="2" /> king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to<n id="3" /> the priestly division of Abijah,<n id="4" /> and he had a wife named Elizabeth,<n id="5" /> who was a descendant of Aaron.<n id="6" />

<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.

Do not carry<n id="1" /> a money bag,<n id="2" /> a traveler&#8217;s bag,<n id="3" /> or sandals, and greet no one on the road.<n id="4" />

Indeed, as a result of him the thoughts<n id="1" /> of many hearts will be revealed<n id="2" /> &#8211; and a sword<n id="3" /> will pierce your own soul as well!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>