"A voice was heard in Ramah: wailing and great mourning. Rachel was crying for her children. She refused to be comforted, because they no longer existed."

The people living in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the land and shadow of death, a light has risen."

Rejoice and be extremely glad, because your reward in heaven is great! That's how they persecuted the prophets who came before you."

So whoever sets aside one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom from heaven. But whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom from heaven

Come to terms quickly with your opponent while you are on the way to court, or your opponent may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.

nor by the earth, because it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the Great King.

And if you greet only your relatives, that's no great thing you're doing, is it? Even the unbelievers do the same, don't they?

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!"

He asked them, "Why are you afraid, you who have little faith?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

When Jesus came to the official's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,

When the crowd had been driven outside, he went in, took her by the hand, and the young lady got up.

As you enter the house, greet its occupants.

Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the entire crowd stood on the shore.

Although Herod wanted to kill him, he was afraid of the crowd, since they regarded John as a prophet.

When he got out of the boat, he saw a large crowd. He had compassion for them and healed their sick.

Then calling out to the crowd, he addressed them, "Listen and understand!

Then Jesus answered her, "Lady, your faith is great! What you want is granted." That very hour her daughter was healed.

As a result, the crowd was amazed to see those who were unable to talk speaking, the crippled healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. So they praised the God of Israel.

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away without food, or they may faint on the road."

The disciples asked him, "Where in the wilderness are we to get enough bread to feed such a crowd?"

Ordering the crowd to sit down on the ground,

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.

As they approached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, knelt down in front of him,

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

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Jesus.

When the crowd told them harshly to be silent, they shouted even louder, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

Many people in the crowd spread their own coats on the road, while others began cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask us, "Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, "From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but on the inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

because at that time there will be great suffering, the kind that hasn't happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly won't ever happen again.

because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and display great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all "the tribes of the land will mourn' when they see "the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven' with power and great glory.

Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. A large crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests and elders of the people.

At every festival the governor had a custom of releasing to the crowd any prisoner whom they wanted.

Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was about to break out instead. So he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood. Attend to that yourselves."

Pilate told them, "You have a military guard. Go and make the tomb as secure as you know how."