They said to him, &#8220;Why then did Moses command us <i>to give <b>a certificate of dismissalb> and to divorcei> her?&#8221;<n id="1" />

A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.&#8221; Then<n id="1" /> he left them and went away.p>

and after braiding<n id="1" /> a crown of thorns,<n id="2" /> they put it on his head. They<n id="3" /> put a staff<n id="4" /> in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him:<n id="5" /> &#8220;Hail, king of the Jews!&#8221;<n id="6" />

They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds<n id="1" /> regarded him as a prophet.p>

Just then<n id="1" /> some people<n id="2" /> brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.<n id="3" /> When Jesus saw their<n id="4" /> faith, he said to the paralytic, &#8220;Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.&#8221;<n id="5" />

While he was still speaking, a<n id="1" /> bright cloud<n id="2" /> overshadowed<n id="3" /> them, and a voice from the cloud said,<n id="4" /> &#8220;This is my one dear Son,<n id="5" /> in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!&#8221;<n id="6" />

If<n id="1" /> he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If<n id="2" /> he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like<n id="3" /> a Gentile<n id="4" /> or a tax collector.<n id="5" />p>

Although<n id="1" /> Herod<n id="2" /> wanted to kill John,<n id="3" /> he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now when the Pharisees<n id="1" /> and Sadducees<n id="2" /> came to test Jesus,<n id="3" /> they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.<n id="4" />

(Now the betrayer<n id="1" /> had given them a sign, saying, &#8220;The one I kiss is the man.<n id="2" /> Arrest him!&#8221;)<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">After Herod<n id="1" /> had died, an<n id="2" /> angel of the Lord<n id="3" /> appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

And<n id="1" /> a voice from heaven said,<n id="2" /> &#8220;This is my one dear Son;<n id="3" /> in him<n id="4" /> I take great delight.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

And a leper<n id="1" /> approached, and bowed low before him, saying,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Lord, if<n id="3" /> you are willing, you can make me clean.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.<n id="1" />

Instructed by her mother, she said, &#8220;Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.&#8221;

His<n id="1" /> head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.<n id="1" />

But if we say, &#8216;From people,&#8217; we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">As<n id="1" /> they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced<n id="2" /> to carry his cross.<n id="3" />

And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> he will never lose his reward.&#8221;p>