Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Jesus said to Nicodemus: “No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.

Jesus said to his disciples: “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.

Jesus told his disciples a parable: “Can a blind person guide a blind person?

Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

“Blessed are you who are poor,/ for the Kingdom of God is yours./ Blessed are you who are now hungry,/ for you will be satisfied./ Blessed are you who are now weeping,/ for you will laugh./ Blessed are you when people hate you,/ and when they exclude and insult you,/ and denounce your name as evil/ on account of the Son of Man.

Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.

[The Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.