And the devil said to him, "I will give you all this domain and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to whomever I want.

And no one [after] drinking old [wine] wants new, because he says, 'The old is [just] fine!'"

And just as you want people {to do} to you, do {the same} to them.

And he said to [them] all, "If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me, this person will save it.

Now [when] the disciples James and John saw [it], they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

All [things] have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father and who the Father is except the Son, and [anyone] to whom the Son wants to reveal [him]."

At [that] same hour some Pharisees came up [and] said to him, "Go out and depart from here, because Herod wants to kill you!"

But he became angry and did not want to go in. So his father came out [and] began to implore him.

And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.'

But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

"What do you want me to do for you?" And he said, "Lord, that I may regain [my] sight.

But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

But these enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring [them] here and slaughter them [in] my presence!'"

So they said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare [it]?"