He told them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest for a while," because so many people were coming and going that they didn't even have time to eat.

Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

It's easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God."

When the high priests and elders heard this, they began to look for a way to kill him, because they were afraid of him, since the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death,

After they had listened to him, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So he began to look for a good opportunity to betray him.

Peter followed Jesus at a distance as far as the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the servants and warming himself at the fire.