At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.

The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?

As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post.

Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

When Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him.

As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other shore.

When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah.

Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom.

Jesus addressed this parable to the Pharisees and scribes: “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ­ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it?