"And now you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day the day when this has taken place; because you did not believe my words??ords which will be fulfilled at their appointed time."

After spending the full number of days they started home, but the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother did not know this,

and when they did not find him they returned to Jerusalem, making anxious inquiry for him.

He answered, "Why is it that you have been looking for me, did you not realize that I had to be in my Father's house?"

But they did not understand the words that he spoke to them.

Demons also came out of many, screaming and saying, "You are the Son of God." But he rebuked them, and did not permit them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

"Have you never read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he and his followers were hungry?

He did so; and his hand was restored. But they were filled with fury, and they began to talk over together what they could do to Jesus.

"Rejoice in that day and exult, For your reward is great in heaven; For even so did their fathers to the prophets.

"Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you! For even so did their fathers to the false prophets.

"and so I did not think myself worthy to come to you; but speak the word, and let my man be cured.

"To What are they like, they are like children sitting in the market-place and calling to one another. "'We have piped to you,' they say, 'and you have not danced; we have wailed, and you did not cry.'

But Jesus said: "Some one did touch me; for I perceived that the power was proceeding out of me."

This they did, and made them all sit down.

But they did not understand this saying; it was hidden from them so that they perceived it not, and they were sore afraid to ask him about his saying.

But they did not receive him because his face was set to go to Jerusalem.

And when his disciples, James and John, saw this they said, "Lord, are you willing for us to bid fire come down from heaven and destroy them?" As Elijah did.

And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,

"Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

"The slave who knew his Lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes,

"but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.

"I tell you no; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did."

As he said this, all adversaries were put to shame; and all the crowd rejoiced for the glorious things that he continually did.

"Does he think the slave because he did the things that were commanded?

But they understood none of these sayings. His words were a mystery to them, and they did not know what he meant.

"'For I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take what you did not sow.'

"He said to him, "'By your own words I will Judge you, you wicked slave. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man taking up what I did not lay down, reaping what I did not sow.

"'Then why did you not put my money into the bank, so that at my coming I might I might have gotten it back with interest?'

Day after day he continued to teach in the Temple. The high priests and scribes tried to have him put to death, so did the rulers of the people.

So they reasoned among themselves. "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why did you not believe in him?'

So they answered that they did not know whence it was.

Moreover, he said to them, "When I sent you out without purse or wallet or sandals, did you lack anything?" They answered him, "We lacked nothing.'

Then one of them did strike a blow at the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear.

"When daily I was with you in the temple you did not stretch out your hands to take me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness."

and on entering they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

"Thereupon some of our own party to the tomb, and found it even so as the women had said, but him they did not see."

But while they still did not believe it for joy, and were filled with wonder, he asked them, "Have you anything here to eat?"