And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
Herod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he sought to see him.
Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.”
What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, “Is this Naomi?”
So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?”
and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.”
When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
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