They came to him and said, "Teacher, we know that you tell the truth, without worrying about what people think. You pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people. Tell us, is it against our Law to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor? Should we pay them or not?"

Cattle know who owns them, and donkeys know where their master feeds them. But that is more than my people Israel know. They don't understand at all."

The LORD Almighty says to the priests, "Children honor their parents, and servants honor their masters. I am your father---why don't you honor me? I am your master---why don't you respect me? You despise me, and yet you ask, 'How have we despised you?'

You must not be called 'Teacher,' because you are all equal and have only one Teacher.

Nor should you be called 'Leader,' because your one and only leader is the Messiah.

"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and yet don't do what I tell you?

"You call me Teacher and Lord, and it is right that you do so, because that is what I am.

I, your Lord and Teacher, have just washed your feet. You, then, should wash one another's feet.

Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned toward him and said in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (This means "Teacher.")