as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,

for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles.

They came and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are about to die!" So he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they died down, and it was calm.

while others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had risen.

(Now about five thousand men were there.) Then he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."

They answered, "John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others that one of the prophets of long ago has risen."

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Give us each day our daily bread,

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, 'For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?'

Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, and lead it to water?

Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.'

I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.'

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.

Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.

They were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.

They said to each other, "Didn't our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?"