But Peter<n id="1" /> insisted emphatically,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.&#8221; And all of them said the same thing.p>

He said, &#8220;Abba,<n id="1" /> Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup<n id="2" /> away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.&#8221;

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

Then<n id="1" /> the high priest stood up before them<n id="2" /> and asked Jesus, &#8220;Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?&#8221;

But he denied it:<n id="1" /> &#8220;I don&#8217;t even understand what you&#8217;re talking about!&#8221;<n id="2" /> Then<n id="3" /> he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed.<n id="4" />

But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter, &#8220;You must be<n id="1" /> one of them, because you are also a Galilean.&#8221;

So Pilate spoke to them again,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Then what do you want me to do<n id="2" /> with the one you call king of the Jews?&#8221;

Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then,<n id="1" /> after he had Jesus flogged,<n id="2" /> he handed him over<n id="3" /> to be crucified.p>

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, &#8220;Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

But as the man<n id="1" /> went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus<n id="2" /> was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still<n id="3" /> they kept coming<n id="4" /> to him from everywhere.p>

When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof<n id="1" /> above Jesus.<n id="2" /> Then,<n id="3" /> after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.

When Jesus heard this he said to them, &#8220;Those who are healthy don&#8217;t need a physician, but those who are sick do.<n id="1" /> I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while<n id="1" /> the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

But<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, &#8220;Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you,<n id="3" /> that he had mercy on you.&#8221;

Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, &#8220;Who touched my clothes?&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> Jesus said to them, &#8220;A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.&#8221;

For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip&#8217;s wife, because Herod<n id="1" /> had married her.

because Herod stood in awe of<n id="1" /> John and protected him, since he knew that John<n id="2" /> was a righteous and holy man. When Herod<n id="3" /> heard him, he was thoroughly baffled,<n id="4" /> and yet<n id="5" /> he liked to listen to John.<n id="6" />p>

But he answered them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;You<n id="2" /> give them something to eat.&#8221; And they said, &#8220;Should we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins<n id="3" /> and give it to them to eat?&#8221;