Now when Jesus<n id="1" /> realized what they were thinking, he said to them,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed,<n id="3" /> and no town or house divided against itself will stand.

Then<n id="1" /> he came to his hometown<n id="2" /> and began to teach the people<n id="3" /> in their synagogue.<n id="4" /> They<n id="5" /> were astonished and said, &#8220;Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

<p class="bodytext">As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.&#8221;

And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In<n id="1" /> the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

What do you think? If someone<n id="1" /> owns a hundred<n id="2" /> sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?<n id="3" />

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven<n id="1" /> to the other.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">While<n id="1" /> they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, &#8220;Take, eat, this is my body.&#8221;

After<n id="1" /> a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, &#8220;You really are one of them too &#8211; even your accent<n id="2" /> gives you away!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">After they had gone, an<n id="1" /> angel of the Lord<n id="2" /> appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, &#8220;Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod<n id="3" /> is going to look for the child to kill him.&#8221;

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>For the heart of this people has become dull;i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>they are hard of hearing,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and they have shut their eyes,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>so that they would not see with their eyesi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and hear with their earsi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and understand with their heartsi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>and turn, and I would heal themb>.i>&#8217;<n id="1" />p>

He said, &#8220;Yes.&#8221; When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first,<n id="1" /> &#8220;What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes &#8211; from their sons<n id="2" /> or from foreigners?&#8221;

They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians,<n id="1" /> saying, &#8220;Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.<n id="2" /> You do not court anyone&#8217;s favor because you show no partiality.<n id="3" />