But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. For his part, he kept making signs to them, and remained dumb.

And when his period of service was over, he went back to his home.

"He has done mighty deeds with his arm, He has routed the proud-minded,

"Blessings on the Lord, the God of Israel, Because he has turned his attention to his people, and brought about their deliverance,

When their purification period under the Law of Moses was over, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

And under the Spirit's influence he went into the Temple, and when Jesus' parents brought him there to do for him what the Law required,

So he would say to the crowds that came out there to be baptized by him, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to fly from the wrath that is coming?

And the devil said to him, "If you are God's son, tell this stone to turn into bread!"

Jesus answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone is man to live!' "

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath he went to the synagogue, as he was accustomed to do, and stood up to read the Scriptures.

As the sun went down all who had friends sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and cured them.

And they brought the boats to land and left everything and followed him.

"For when John the Baptist came, he did not eat any bread or drink any wine, and you said, 'He has a demon!'

He said to them, "Do not take anything for your journey, no staff nor bag nor bread nor money, nor an extra shirt.

and he went up to him and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. And he put him on his own mule and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

Give us each day our bread for the day,

O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!

People brought babies to him to have him touch them, but the disciples, when they saw it, reproved them for it.

And Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came up, Jesus asked him,

And they brought it to Jesus. And they threw their coats on the colt and mounted Jesus on it.

But before all this, men will arrest you and persecute you, and hand you over to synagogues and prisons and have you brought before kings and governors on my account.

The festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

When the day of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed,

And he took a loaf of bread and thanked God, and broke it in pieces, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body.

As soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the high priests and scribes assembled, and brought him before their council, and said to him,

and said to them, "You brought this man before me charged with misleading the people, and here I have examined him before you and not found him guilty of any of the things that you accuse him of.

And when he took his place with them at table, he took the bread and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them.

And they told what had happened on the road, and how they had known him when he broke the bread in pieces.