how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”

The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?

and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know.

And He said, “How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it?

Those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the demon-possessed man, and all about the swine.

And He did not let him, but He *said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.”

And He *said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they *said, “Five, and two fish.”

And He was asking them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”

when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They *said to Him, “Twelve.”

“When I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they *said to Him, “Seven.”

And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

And He *answered them and *said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!”

And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

And Jesus, looking around, *said to His disciples, “How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!”

The disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus *answered again and *said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

The chief priests and the scribes heard this, and began seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

And He sat down opposite the treasury, and began observing how the people were putting money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums.

Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him;

They were glad when they heard this, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.

You have heard the blasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death.

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.

Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, “Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!”