A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 5:1-12a
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully.
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully.
Some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you.” He replied, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and I perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I accomplish my purpose.
Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.
Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like?
Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath.
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.
Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain—and so it does; and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is going to be hot—and so it is.