Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin and have no intimacy with any man?”

And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me?

And He answered, “Why did you have to look for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

how he went into the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful [for anyone] to eat except the priests alone, and [how he also] gave it to the men who were with him?”

How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, allow me to take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite (play actor, pretender), first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

So be careful how you listen; for whoever has [a teachable heart], to him more [understanding] will be given; and whoever does not have [a longing for truth], even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

“Return home and tell [about] all the great things God has done for you.” So the man went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

When the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came up trembling and fell down before Him. She declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed.

Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here [to Me].”

Jesus said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”

If you, then, being evil [that is, sinful by nature], know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and continue to ask Him!”

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand and continue to survive? For you are saying that I drive out demons by [the power of] Beelzebul.

When they bring you before the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, do not be worried about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say;

So it is for the one who continues to store up and hoard possessions for himself, and is not rich [in his relationship] toward God.”

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the crop]; they have no storehouse or barn, and yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

Consider the lilies and wildflowers, how they grow [in the open field]. They neither labor nor spin [wool to make clothing]; yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory and splendor dressed himself like one of these.

But if this is how God clothes the grass which is in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You of little faith!

“I have come to cast fire (judgment) on the earth; and how I wish that it were already kindled!

I have a baptism [of great suffering] with which to be baptized, and how [greatly] I am distressed until it is accomplished!

You hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders)! You know how to analyze and intelligently interpret the appearance of the earth and sky [to forecast the weather], but why do you not intelligently interpret this present time?

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I have wanted to gather your children together [around Me], just as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were not willing!

Now Jesus began telling a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been selecting the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

“Therefore, salt is good; but if salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

But when he [finally] came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough food, while I am dying here of hunger!

So he summoned his master’s debtors one by one, and he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

Jesus looked at him and said, “How difficult it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these servants, to whom he had given the money, be called to him, that he might find out what business they had done.

Then He said to them, “How is it that people say that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is David’s son?

So David calls Him (the Son) ‘Lord,’ and how then is He David’s son?”

So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people [who listened devotedly to His teaching, and who respected His spiritual wisdom].

And he went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he might betray Him and hand Him over to them.

The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

Now the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed [closely], and saw the tomb and how His body was laid.

He is not here, but has risen. Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee,

and how the chief priests and our rulers handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him.

They began describing in detail what had happened on the road, and how Jesus was recognized by them when He broke the bread.