John the Baptist Prepares the Way

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’

Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it.

But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

The Parable of the Sower

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.

Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”

Jesus Predicts His Death

From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

The Transfiguration

After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with grief.

He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’

‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’

and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”

Marriage at the Resurrection

That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.

No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!