Now if God so clothes the grass of the field which blooms to-day and is thrown to-morrow into the furnace, will not he much more clothe you? O men, how little you trust him!

he who will not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

Then he ordered the crowds to recline on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, blessed them, and after breaking the loaves handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds.

Then he made the disciples embark in the boat and cross before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds;

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me;

As they went out they met a Cyrenian called Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.

and calling, "You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! Save yourself, if you are God's Son! Come down from the cross!"

"He saved others," they said, "but he cannot save himself! He the 'king of Israel'! Let him come down now from the cross; then we will believe in him!