Gospel for the Day with Pointers

The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him with the words, ‘He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’  The soldiers mocked him too, coming up to him, offering him vinegar, and saying, ‘If you are the

Some Sadducees - those who argue that there is no resurrection - approached Jesus and they put this question to him, ‘Master, Moses prescribed for us, if a man's married brother dies childless, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his brother.’ Well then, there were seven brothers. All seven died

Jesus was speaking to the crowds when suddenly his mother and his brothers were standing outside and were anxious to have a word with him. Someone said to him: ‘Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to speak to you.’  But to the man who told him this Jesus replied, ‘Who is my

As Jesus drew near Jerusalem and came in sight of the city he shed tears over it and said, ‘If you too had only recognised on this day the way to peace! But in fact it is hidden from your eyes! ‘Yes, a time is coming when your enemies will raise fortifications all round you,

While the people were listening Jesus said, ‘A man of noble birth went to a distant country to be appointed king and then return. He summoned ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds, telling them, “Trade with these, until I get back.” ’ ‘Now it happened that on his return, having received his

Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the town and suddenly a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance; he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man. He kept trying to see which Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd; so he