With many such figures he told them the message, as far as they were able to receive it.

So they set off by themselves in their boat for a secluded place.

And he sighed deeply and said, "Why do the men of this day ask for a sign? I tell you, no sign will be given them."

It is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!"

The high priests and the scribes heard of this, and they cast about for a way of destroying him, for they were afraid of him, for all the people were amazed at what he taught.

It was now two days before the festival of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. And the high priests and scribes were casting about for a way to arrest him by stealth and put him to death,

They were delighted to hear it and promised to pay him for it. So he was watching for an opportunity to betray him to them.