After this, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and remained in seclusion for five months. She said,

where he was being tempted by the Devil for 40 days. During that time he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he became hungry.

All the people in the synagogue became furious when they heard this.

Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions became hungry?

Judas (the son of James), and Judas Iscariot (who became a traitor).

But while he was saying this, a cloud appeared and surrounded them, and they became terrified as they were being overshadowed by the cloud.

because just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

It is like a mustard seed that someone took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches."

"So the servant went back and reported all this to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and told his servant, "Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'

"Then the older son became angry and wouldn't go into the house. So his father came out and began to plead with him.

But when the official heard this he became sad, because he was very rich.

So they couldn't catch him before the people in what he said. Amazed at his answer, they became silent.

In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like large drops of blood falling on the ground.

So Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day. Before this they had been enemies.

It was already about noon, and the whole land became dark until three in the afternoon