For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table,<n id="1" /> or the one who serves? Is it not<n id="2" /> the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one<n id="3" /> who serves.p>

A third time he said to them, &#8220;Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty<n id="1" /> of no crime deserving death.<n id="2" /> I will therefore flog<n id="3" /> him and release him.&#8221;

[But Jesus said, &#8220;Father, forgive them, for they don&#8217;t know what they are doing.&#8221;]<n id="1" /> Then<n id="2" /> <i>they threw dicei><n id="3" /> <i>to divide his clothesi>.<n id="4" />

The<n id="1" /> women<n id="2" /> were terribly frightened<n id="3" /> and bowed<n id="4" /> their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, &#8220;Why do you look for the living<n id="5" /> among the dead?

All things have been given to me by my Father.<n id="1" /> No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides<n id="2" /> to reveal him.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Zechariah<n id="1" /> said to the angel, &#8220;How can I be sure of this?<n id="2" /> For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.&#8221;<n id="3" />

All<n id="1" /> who heard these things<n id="2" /> kept them in their hearts,<n id="3" /> saying, &#8220;What then will this child be?&#8221;<n id="4" /> For the Lord&#8217;s hand<n id="5" /> was indeed with him.p>

When<n id="1" /> his parents<n id="2" /> saw him, they were overwhelmed. His<n id="3" /> mother said to him, &#8220;Child,<n id="4" /> why have you treated<n id="5" /> us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.&#8221;<n id="6" />

Then some soldiers<n id="1" /> also asked him, &#8220;And as for us &#8211; what should we do?&#8221;<n id="2" /> He told them, &#8220;Take money from no one by violence<n id="3" /> or by false accusation,<n id="4" /> and be content with your pay.&#8221;p>

They<n id="1" /> were all amazed and began to say<n id="2" /> to one another, &#8220;What&#8217;s happening here?<n id="3" /> For with authority and power<n id="4" /> he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!&#8221;

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this,<n id="1" /> he said to himself, &#8220;If this man were a prophet,<n id="2" /> he would know who and what kind of woman<n id="3" /> this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;Where is your faith?&#8221;<n id="2" /> But they were afraid and amazed,<n id="3" /> saying to one another, &#8220;Who then is this? He commands even the winds and the water,<n id="4" /> and they obey him!&#8221;p>

When he saw<n id="1" /> Jesus, he cried out, fell<n id="2" /> down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, &#8220;Leave me alone,<n id="3" /> Jesus, Son of the Most High<n id="4" /> God! I beg you, do not torment<n id="5" /> me!&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> Jesus asked,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Who was it who touched me?&#8221; When they all denied it, Peter<n id="3" /> said, &#8220;Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing<n id="4" /> against you!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Once<n id="1" /> when Jesus<n id="2" /> was praying<n id="3" /> by himself, and his disciples were nearby, he asked them,<n id="4" /> &#8220;Who do the crowds say that I am?&#8221;<n id="5" />

But I will warn<n id="1" /> you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing,<n id="2" /> has authority to throw you<n id="3" /> into hell.<n id="4" /> Yes, I tell you, fear him!

The Lord replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Who then is the faithful and wise manager,<n id="2" /> whom the master puts in charge of his household servants,<n id="3" /> to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?

Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down<n id="1" /> first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose<n id="2" /> the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

&#8220;Which one<n id="1" /> of you, if he has a hundred<n id="2" /> sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture<n id="3" /> and go look for<n id="4" /> the one that is lost until he finds it?<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins<n id="1" /> and loses<n id="2" /> one of them,<n id="3" /> does not light a lamp, sweep<n id="4" /> the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?