so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

“‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

And he said, “Are you also still without understanding?

These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”

The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them,

Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand

Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”

For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.

The Transfiguration

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.

He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him,

And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.”

And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.

But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.

And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’

So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’

Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.

The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven.

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”