He has done a mighty deed with His arm;
He has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;

And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were finished, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

Guided by the Spirit, he entered the temple complex. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform for Him what was customary under the law,

He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

The Devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.”

He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As usual, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.

They got up, drove Him out of town, and brought Him to the edge of the hill that their town was built on, intending to hurl Him over the cliff.

When the sun was setting, all those who had anyone sick with various diseases brought them to Him. As He laid His hands on each one of them, He would heal them.

Then they brought the boats to land, left everything, and followed Him.

how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat? He even gave some to those who were with him.”

For John the Baptist did not come eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil

“Take nothing for the road,” He told them, “no walking stick, no traveling bag, no bread, no money; and don’t take an extra shirt.

He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Give us each day our daily bread.

He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

If, therefore, your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be entirely illuminated, as when a lamp shines its light on you.”

When one of those who reclined at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “The one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God is blessed!”

Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him. When he drew near, He asked him,

Then they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their robes on the donkey, they helped Jesus get on it.

But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of My name.

The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was drawing near.

Then the Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

And He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is My body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.”

They seized Him, led Him away, and brought Him into the high priest’s house. Meanwhile Peter was following at a distance.

When daylight came, the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes, convened and brought Him before their Sanhedrin.

Then their whole assembly rose up and brought Him before Pilate.

and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of.

It was as He reclined at the table with them that He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

Then they began to describe what had happened on the road and how He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.