and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Then Herod, when he realized that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

Suddenly they shouted, “What do you have to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck and gave glory to God, who had given such authority to men.

Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

The Son Gives Knowledge and Rest

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.

Lord of the Sabbath

At that time Jesus passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick and eat some heads of grain.

Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

Still other seed fell on good ground and produced fruit: some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.

But the one sown on the good ground—this is one who hears and understands the word, who does produce fruit and yields: some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times what was sown.”

Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but collect the wheat in my barn.’”

John the Baptist Beheaded

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus.

The disciples said to him, “Where could we get enough bread in this desolate place to feed such a crowd?”

And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can’t read the signs of the times.

Who Is the Greatest?

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “So who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

Then Peter approached him and asked, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? As many as seven times?”

“I tell you, not as many as seven,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven.

Jesus said, “Leave the little children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

When the time came to harvest fruit, he sent his servants to the farmers to collect his fruit.

For at that time there will be great distress, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again.

But know this: If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.

Faithful Service to Christ

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom.