As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See! I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way.

He is a voice calling out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

"Why does this man talk this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

Jesus happened to be going through the grain fields on a Sabbath. As they made their way, his disciples began picking the heads of grain.

Then he told them, "You have such a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your own tradition!

Now about 4,000 men were there. Then he sent them on their way.

Then Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he was asking his disciples, "Who do people say I am?"

On their way down the mountain, Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

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.

They came and told him, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance. Rather, you teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or shouldn't we?"

In the same way, when you see these things taking place, you will know that the Son of Man is near, right at the door.

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,

In the same way, the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, "He saved others, but can't save himself!