At harvest time he sent a slave<n id="1" /> to the tenants to collect from them<n id="2" /> his portion of the crop.<n id="3" />

Then Jesus said to them, &#8220;Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar&#8217;s, and to God the things that are God&#8217;s.&#8221;<n id="1" /> And they were utterly amazed at him.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;But in those days, after that suffering,<n id="1" /> <i>the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;i>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;But as for that day or hour no one knows it &#8211; neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son<n id="1" /> &#8211; except the Father.

One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest&#8217;s slave,<n id="1" /> cutting off his ear.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law<n id="2" /> came together.

Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then,<n id="1" /> after he had Jesus flogged,<n id="2" /> he handed him over<n id="3" /> to be crucified.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices<n id="1" /> so that they might go and anoint him.

Jesus<n id="1" /> gave them permission.<n id="2" /> So<n id="3" /> the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi.<n id="1" /> On the way he asked his disciples,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Who do people say that I am?&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> John&#8217;s<n id="2" /> disciples and the Pharisees<n id="3" /> were fasting.<n id="4" /> So<n id="5" /> they came to Jesus<n id="6" /> and said, &#8220;Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don&#8217;t fast?&#8221;

how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest<n id="1" /> and ate the sacred bread,<n id="2" /> which is against the law<n id="3" /> for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?&#8221;<n id="4" />

These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan<n id="1" /> comes and snatches the word<n id="2" /> that was sown in them.

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He<n id="1" /> gave them to his<n id="2" /> disciples to serve the people, and he divided the two fish among them all.

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, &#8220;Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat<n id="1" /> with unwashed hands?&#8221;

But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, &#8220;Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God&#8217;s interests, but on man&#8217;s.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have<n id="1" /> two hands and go into hell,<n id="2" /> to the unquenchable fire.

And <b><i>to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strengthi>b><n id="1" /> and <b><i>to love your neighbor as yourselfi>b><n id="2" /> is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;But when you see <i>the abomination of desolationi><n id="1" /> standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee<n id="2" /> to the mountains.

For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.&#8221;p>