"And this is a sign to you; You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes lying in a manger."

When he noticed this the Pharisee, who had invited him, said to himself, "If this man were really a prophet he would have perceived who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, and would know that she is a sinner."

As a great crowd was gathering, and men of town after town kept restoring to him, he spoke a parable to them.

"If any one will not receive you, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave this town, as a testimony against them."

When the crowd were beginning to throng about him he proceeded to say. "This is an evil generation! It seeks a sign, and there shall be no sign be given to it except the sign of Jonah;

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

"But besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those who would cross from you to us.'

When they all saw it, they began to complain, saying "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."

"Today is salvation come to this house," said Jesus "since Zaccheus here is a son of Abraham.

"But when you see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

"But behold, the hand of my betrayer is at the table with me!

But an hour afterwards another man kept insisting, saying. "Really, this fellow was with him. Why, he is a Galilean."