<t /><p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain.<n id="2" /> After he sat down his disciples came to him.

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors<n id="1" /> do the same, don&#8217;t they?

And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don&#8217;t they?

When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.<n id="1" />

When Jesus entered the ruler&#8217;s house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,

When<n id="1" /> he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless,<n id="2" /> like sheep without a shepherd.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jesus<n id="1" /> called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits<n id="2" /> so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows:<n id="1" /> &#8220;Do not go to Gentile regions<n id="2" /> and do not enter any Samaritan town.<n id="3" />

And pointing<n id="1" /> toward his disciples he said, &#8220;Here<n id="2" /> are my mother and my brothers!

But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed weeds<n id="1" /> among the wheat and went away.

It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous

And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

When the people<n id="1" /> there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

<t /><p class="bodytext">As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> he took the twelve<n id="2" /> aside privately and said to them on the way,

But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one,<n id="1" /> killed another, and stoned another.

They said to him, &#8220;He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people<n id="1" /> who will produce its fruit.

The<n id="1" /> king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death<n id="2" /> and set their city<n id="3" /> on fire.

<p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>The Lord said to my lord,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>Sit at my right hand,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>until I put your enemies under your feeti>b>&#8221;&#8217;?<n id="2" />p>

They<n id="1" /> tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men&#8217;s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.