While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.

Thus says the Lord:/ Just as from the heavens/ the rain and snow come down/ And do not return there/ till they have watered the earth,/ making it fertile and fruitful,/ Giving seed to the one who sows/ and bread to the one who eats,/ So shall my word be/ that goes forth from my mouth;/ It shall not return to me void,/ but shall do my will,/ achieving the end for which I sent it.

Jesus said to his disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words.

Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him.

The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the whole assembly of the children of Israel and tell them: Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy.

The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being.

Brothers and sisters: Through one man sin ­entered the world, and through sin, death, and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned [—for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world, though sin is not accounted when there is no law.

At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

If you hold back your foot on the sabbath/ from following your own pursuits on my holy day;/ If you call the sabbath a delight,/ and the Lord’s holy day honorable;/ If you honor it by not following your ways,/ seeking your own interests, or speaking with malice—/ Then you shall delight in the Lord,/ and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;/ I will nourish you with the heritage of Jacob, your father,/ for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post.