When Jesus perceived<n id="1" /> their hostile thoughts,<n id="2" /> he said to them,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Why are you raising objections<n id="4" /> within yourselves?

Jesus<n id="1" /> answered them, &#8220;Those who are well don&#8217;t need a physician, but those who are sick do.<n id="2" />

So<n id="1" /> Jesus said to them, &#8220;You cannot make the wedding guests<n id="2" /> fast while the bridegroom<n id="3" /> is with them, can you?<n id="4" />

Jesus<n id="1" /> answered them,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Haven&#8217;t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry &#8211;

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;

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.

When<n id="1" /> they came<n id="2" /> to Jesus, they urged<n id="3" /> him earnestly,<n id="4" /> &#8220;He is worthy<n id="5" /> to have you do this for him,

So<n id="1" /> Jesus answered him,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Simon, I have something to say to you.&#8221; He replied,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Say it, Teacher.&#8221;

Jesus then<n id="1" /> asked him, &#8220;What is your name?&#8221; He<n id="2" /> said, &#8220;Legion,&#8221;<n id="3" /> because many demons had entered him.

After<n id="1" /> the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So<n id="2" /> they kept silent and told no one<n id="3" /> at that time<n id="4" /> anything of what they had seen.p>

The expert in religious law<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;The one who showed mercy<n id="2" /> to him.&#8221; So<n id="3" /> Jesus said to him, &#8220;Go and do<n id="4" /> the same.&#8221;p>

So<n id="1" /> Jesus asked<n id="2" /> the experts in religious law<n id="3" /> and the Pharisees, &#8220;Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath<n id="4" /> or not?&#8221;

When Jesus noticed this,<n id="1" /> he said, &#8220;How hard<n id="2" /> it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!<n id="3" />

He<n id="1" /> was trying to get a look at Jesus,<n id="2" /> but being a short man he could not see over the crowd.<n id="3" />

Then<n id="1" /> Jesus said to him, &#8220;Today salvation<n id="2" /> has come to this household,<n id="3" /> because he too is a son of Abraham!<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared,<n id="1" /> and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up<n id="2" /> to Jesus to kiss him.<n id="3" />

Then<n id="1" /> Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard,<n id="2" /> and the elders who had come out to get him, &#8220;Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?<n id="3" />

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over<n id="1" /> to their will.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">As<n id="1" /> they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene,<n id="2" /> who was coming in from the country.<n id="3" /> They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.<n id="4" />

But Jesus turned to them and said, &#8220;Daughters of Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves<n id="2" /> and for your children.