it fell to him by lot, as was the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense,

Simon (to whom he gave the name of Peter), Andrew his brother, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

So Jesus went with them. But he was not far from the house when the captain sent some friends to tell him, "Do not trouble yourself, sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof,

For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

No one lights a lamp and hides it under a vessel or puts it below the bed: he puts it on a stand so that those who come in can see the light.

Now a considerable drove of swine was grazing there on the hillside, so the daemons begged him for leave to enter them. He gave them leave,

Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this household!'

No one lights a lamp to put it in a cellar or under a bowl, but on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

'A hundred barrels of oil,' he said. The factor told him, 'Here is your bill; sit down at once and enter fifty barrels.'

Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' 'A hundred quarters of wheat,' he said. 'Here is your bill,' said the factor, 'just enter eighty.'

So Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter the Realm of God!

As he went forward they spread their clothes under him on the road;

but those who are considered worthy to attain yonder world and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are married,

they will fall by the edge of the sword, they will be carried prisoners to all nations, and Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles till the period of the Gentiles expires.

He said to them, "When you enter the city you will meet a man carrying a water-jar: follow him to the house he enters,

and ascertaining that he came under the jurisdiction of Herod, he remitted him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem during those days.

Had not the Christ to suffer thus and so enter his glory?"

Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?"