And all the people<n id="1" /> came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts.<n id="2" />p>

Thus<n id="1" /> I grant<n id="2" /> to you a kingdom,<n id="3" /> just as my Father granted to me,

But Peter<n id="1" /> denied it: &#8220;Woman,<n id="2" /> I don&#8217;t know<n id="3" /> him!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted<n id="1" /> to release Jesus.

and saying, &#8220;If<n id="1" /> you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!&#8221;

There was also an inscription<n id="1" /> over him, &#8220;This is the king of the Jews.&#8221;p>

and<n id="1" /> saying, &#8220;The Lord has really risen, and has appeared to Simon!&#8221;<n id="2" />

The<n id="1" /> angel answered him, &#8220;I am Gabriel, who stands<n id="2" /> in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring<n id="3" /> you this good news.

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove.<n id="1" /> And a voice came from heaven, &#8220;You are my one dear Son;<n id="2" /> in you I take great delight.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins.<n id="1" /> If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

The good person out of the good treasury of his<n id="1" /> heart<n id="2" /> produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury<n id="3" /> produces evil, for his mouth speaks<n id="4" /> from what fills<n id="5" /> his heart.p>

But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice<n id="1" /> is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When<n id="2" /> the river burst against that house,<n id="3" /> it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

and sent them to Jesus<n id="1" /> to ask,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Are you the one who is to come,<n id="3" /> or should we look for another?&#8221;

When<n id="1" /> the men came to Jesus,<n id="2" /> they said, &#8220;John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask,<n id="3" /> &#8216;Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?&#8217;&#8221;<n id="4" />

&#8220;A sower went out to sow<n id="1" /> his seed.<n id="2" /> And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds<n id="3" /> devoured it.

&#8220;Return to your home,<n id="1" /> and declare<n id="2" /> what God has done for you.&#8221;<n id="3" /> So<n id="4" /> he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town<n id="5" /> what Jesus<n id="6" /> had done for him.p>

Jesus said to him, &#8220;Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky<n id="1" /> have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.&#8221;<n id="2" />

If you then, although you are<n id="1" /> evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit<n id="2" /> to those who ask him!&#8221;p>

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief<n id="1" /> was coming, he would not have let<n id="2" /> his house be broken into.