There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

Just then some men came, carrying on a mat a man who was paralyzed. They tried to bring him in and set him down before Him.

But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He told the paralyzed man, “I tell you: Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

“Let these words sink in: The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

“And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God,

One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

On that day, a man on the housetop, whose belongings are in the house, must not come down to get them. Likewise the man who is in the field must not turn back.

For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of.

saying, ‘The Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third day’?”