About that time Mary made a hurried trip to a Judean town in the hill country. [Note: This was be the same province in which Jerusalem was located].

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

and 'They will lift you up with their hands so you do not trip over a stone.'"

“Do not judge [others self-righteously], and you will not be judged; do not condemn [others when you are guilty and unrepentant], and you will not be condemned [for your hypocrisy]; pardon [others when they truly repent and change], and you will be pardoned [when you truly repent and change].

He told them, "Don't take anything along on your trip no walking stick, traveling bag, bread, money, or even an extra shirt.

A friend of mine on a trip has dropped in on me, and I don't have anything to serve him.'

they were lying in wait for Him to trap Him in something He said.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.

Just as he advanc'd to the declivity of the mountain of Olives, the whole troop of disciples began to express their joy in loud acclamations, praising God, for the many miracles they had seen.

They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

Then he saw a destitute widow drop in two small copper coins.

“But be on guard, so that your hearts are not weighed down and depressed with the giddiness of debauchery and the nausea of self-indulgence and the worldly worries of life, and then that day [when the Messiah returns] will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

like a trap. For it will come upon all who reside on the face of the whole earth.