Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.

As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journey, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” And to another he said, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But he answered him, “Let the dead bury their dead.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel.

An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest.

Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: “What is your opinion?

While they were all amazed at his every deed, Jesus said to his disciples, “Pay attention to what I am telling you.

Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’” Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The Christ of God.” He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone.

Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, “John has been raised from the dead”; others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”; still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.” But Herod said, “John I beheaded.

Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd.