As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you:

the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him' ??4 John appeared baptizing in the desert and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

Conscious at once that they were arguing to themselves in this way, Jesus asked them, "Why do you argue thus in your hearts?

Now it happened that he was passing through the cornfields on the sabbath, and as the disciples made their way through they began to pull the ears of corn.

So he called them and said to them by way of parable, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

and he said to them: "The open secret of the Realm of God is granted to you, but these outsiders get everything by way of parables,

he never spoke to them except by way of parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

He said to her, "Well, go your way; the daemon has left your daughter, since you have said that."

If I send them home without food they will faint on the road. Besides, some of them have come a long way."

Now the Pharisees came out and started to argue with him, asking him for a Sign from heaven, by way of tempting him.

They were on the way up to Jerusalem, Jesus walking in front of them: the disciples were in dismay and the company who followed were afraid. So once again he took the twelve aside and proceeded to tell them what was going to happen to himself.

and asked him, "What authority have you for acting in this way? Who gave you authority to act in this way?"

They came up and said to him, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and fearless; you do not court human favour, you teach the Way of God honestly. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

They forced Simon a Cyrenian who was passing on his way from the country (the father of Alexander and Rufus) to carry his cross,

Now when the army-captain who stood facing him saw that he expired in this way, he said, "This man was certainly a son of God."

After this he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking on their way to the country.