<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.

Jesus said to him, &#8220;I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> today &#8211; this very night &#8211; before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.&#8221;

Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue.<n id="1" /> Many who heard him were astonished, saying, &#8220;Where did he get these ideas?<n id="2" /> And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

And wherever he would go &#8211; into villages, towns, or countryside &#8211; they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if<n id="1" /> they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.p>

People<n id="1" /> from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem<n id="2" /> were going out to him, and he was baptizing them<n id="3" /> in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

After looking around<n id="1" /> at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts,<n id="2" /> he said to the man, &#8220;Stretch out your hand.&#8221; He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.<n id="3" />

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>

He said to them, &#8220;Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>This people honors me with their lips,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>but their hearti>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>is far from meb>.i>p>

If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have<n id="1" /> two feet and be thrown into hell.

If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out!<n id="1" /> It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have<n id="2" /> two eyes and be thrown into hell,

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, &#8220;Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.<n id="1" />

But Jesus said to them, &#8220;You don&#8217;t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I experience?&#8221;<n id="1" />

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said<n id="1" /> to them, &#8220;Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius<n id="2" /> and let me look at it.&#8221;

When they came they said to him, &#8220;Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone&#8217;s favor, because you show no partiality<n id="1" /> but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.<n id="2" /> Is it right<n id="3" /> to pay taxes<n id="4" /> to Caesar<n id="5" /> or not? Should we pay or shouldn&#8217;t we?&#8221;

He came a third time and said to them, &#8220;Are you still sleeping and resting?<n id="1" /> Enough of that!<n id="2" /> The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.