Then Herod, when he saw that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

John himself had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

When Jesus saw large crowds around Him, He gave the order to go to the other side of the sea.

Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

Around three in the morning, He came toward them walking on the sea.

“But whoever causes the downfall of one of these little ones who believe in Me—it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea!

Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’

“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into headquarters and gathered the whole company around Him.