[Chapters 11 & 12 are the Jerusalem days. Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem is a deliberately staged demonstration full of symbolic actions...

46  And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus [the son of Timaeus, as...

35  And James and John   [likely Jesus’ cousins] , the sons of Zebedee [whose wife Salome was Mary’s sister] , came up to him and said to...

32  And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And  they were amazed, and those who followed...

23  And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “ How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!...

[All three synoptic gospels include this story.]   17  And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran  up and  knelt  before him and...

13  And they were bringing children to him  that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them.  [It was common practice for...

1   And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan , and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his...

42  “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around...

38  John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us...