The oath which He swore to Abraham our father,

This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

“The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up.

‘Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’

“But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;

When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,

The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine,