How is it you do not understand that it was not about bread that I spoke to you? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Then they perceived that He had not warned them against bread-yeast, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

"Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jonah," said Jesus; "for mere human nature has not revealed this to you, but my Father in Heaven.

And I declare to you that you are Peter, and that upon this Rock I will build my Church, and the might of Hades shall not triumph over it.

Then Peter took Him aside and began taking Him to task. "Master," he said, "God forbid; this will not be your lot."

But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Adversary; you are a hindrance to me, because your thoughts are not God's thoughts, but men's."

I solemnly tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom."

But I tell you that he has already come, and they did not recognize him, but dealt with him as they chose. And before long the Son of Man will be treated by them in a similar way."

I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not been able to cure him."

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked Him, "Why could not we expel the demon?"

After their arrival at Capernaum the collectors of the half-shekel came and asked Peter, "Does not your Teacher pay the half-shekel?"

What do you yourselves think? Suppose a man gets a hundred sheep and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go and look for the one that is straying?

And if he succeeds in finding it, in solemn truth I tell you that he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray.

Just so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.

But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested by two or three witnesses.

"I do not say seven times," answered Jesus, "but seventy times seven times.

"He would not, however, but went and threw him into prison until he should pay what was due.

ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?'

"In the same way my Heavenly Father will deal with you, if you do not all of you forgive one another from your hearts."

"Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them 'made them' from the beginning 'male and female,

Thus they are no longer two, but 'one'! What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

"Moses," He replied, "in consideration of the hardness of your nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not been so from the beginning.

"If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife," said the disciples to Him, "it is better not to marry."

"It is not every man," He replied, "who can receive this teaching, but only those on whom the grace has been bestowed.

Jesus however said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike that the Kingdom of the Heavens belongs."

"Which Commandments?" he asked. Jesus answered, "'Thou shalt not kill;' 'Thou shalt not commit adultery;' 'Thou shalt not steal;' 'Thou shalt not lie in giving evidence;'

"'My friend,' he answered to one of them, 'I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a shilling?

Have I not a right to do what I choose with my own property? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

"You shall drink out of my cup," He said, "but a seat at my right hand or at my left it is not for me to allot, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant,

just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as the redemption-price for many."

So He left them and went out of the city to Bethany and passed the night there.

"I solemnly tell you," said Jesus, "that if you have an unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to this mountain, 'Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' it shall be done;

John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say 'a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," He replied, "by what authority I do these things."

"'I will not,' he replied. "But afterwards he was sorry, and went.

He came to the second and spoke in the same manner. His answer was, "'I will go, Sir.' "But he did not go.

For John came to you observing all sorts of ritual, and you put no faith in him: the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners did put faith in him, and you, though you saw this example set you, were not even afterwards sorry so as to believe him.

"Now the king came in to see the guests; and among them he discovered one who was not wearing a wedding-robe.

So they sent to Him their disciples together with the Herodians; who said, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you faithfully teach God's truth; and that no fear of man misleads you, for you are not biased by men's wealth or rank.

Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for us to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?"

I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead, but of living men."

Therefore do and observe everything that they command you; but do not imitate their lives, for though they tell others what to do, they do not do it themselves.

Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one finger do they choose to lift them.

"As for you, do not accept the title of 'Rabbi,' for one alone is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

And do not accept the name of 'leader,' for your Leader is one alone--the Christ.

"But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter who are seeking to do so.

"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected the weightier requirements of the Law--just judgement, mercy, and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, and yet you ought not to have left the others undone.

You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp down the camel!

and your boast is, "'If we had lived in the time of our forefathers, we should not have been implicated with them in the murder of the Prophets.'

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee! how often have I desired to gather thy children to me, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not come!

"You see all these?" He replied; "in solemn truth I tell you that there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be pulled down."

And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End is not yet.

let him who is on the roof not go down to fetch what is in his house;

"But pray that your flight may not be in winter, nor on the Sabbath;

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short.

If therefore they should say to you, 'See, He is in the Desert!' do not go out there: or 'See, He is indoors in the room!' do not believe it.

"But immediately after those times of distress the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shed her light, the stars will fall from the firmament, and the forces which control the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.

I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.

Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

"But as to that day and the exact time no one knows--not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.

But of this be assured, that if the master of the house had known the hour at which the robber was coming, he would have kept awake, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Therefore you also must be ready; for it is at a time when you do not expect Him that the Son of Man will come.

the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him and at an hour of which he has not been informed;

For the foolish, when they took their torches, did not provide themselves with oil;

"'But perhaps,' replied the wise, 'there will not be enough for all of us. Go to the shops rather, and buy some for yourselves.'

"'In solemn truth I tell you,' he replied, 'I do not know you.'

"But, next, the man who had the one talent in his keeping came and said, "'Sir, I knew you to be a severe man, reaping where you had not sown and garnering what you had not winnowed.

"'You wicked and slothful servant,' replied his master, 'did you know that I reap where I have not sown, and garner what I have not winnowed?

when homeless, you gave me no welcome; ill-clad, you clothed me not; sick or in prison, you visited me not.'

"Then will they also answer, "'Lord, when did we see Thee hungry or thirsty or homeless or ill-clad or sick or in prison, and not come to serve Thee?'

But they said, "Not during the Festival, lest there be a riot among the people."

The poor you always have with you, but me you have not always.

Then said Jesus, "This night all of you will stumble and fail in your fidelity to me; for it is written, 'I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered in all directions.'

"In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that this very night, before the cock crows, you will three times disown me."

Going forward a short distance He fell on His face and prayed. "My Father," He said, "if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou willest."

Keep awake, and pray that you may not enter into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail."

Then said Jesus to the crowds, "Have you come out as if to fight with a robber, with swords and bludgeons to apprehend me? Day after day I have been sitting teaching in the Temple, and you did not arrest me.

Then the High Priest tore his robes and exclaimed, "Impious language! What further need have we of witnesses! See, you have now heard the impiety.

He denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you mean."

Again he denied it with an oath. "I do not know the man," he said.

Then with curses and oaths he declared, "I do not know the man." Immediately a cock crowed,

So after consulting together they spent the money in the purchase of the Potter's Field as a burial place for people not belonging to the city;

When however the High Priests and the Elders kept bringing their charges against Him, He said not a word in reply.

"Do you not hear," asked Pilate, "what a mass of evidence they are bringing against you?"

While he was sitting on the tribunal a message came to him from his wife. "Have nothing to do with that innocent man," she said, "for during the night I have suffered terribly in a dream through him."

So when he saw that he could gain nothing, but that on the contrary there was a riot threatening, he called for water and washed his hands in sight of them all, saying, "I am not responsible for this murder: you must answer for it."

So give orders for the sepulchre to be securely guarded till the third day, for fear his disciples should come by night and steal the body, and then tell the people that he has come back to life; and so the last imposture will be more serious than the first."

He is not here: He has come back to life, as He foretold. Come and see the place where He lay.

telling them to say, "His disciples came during the night and stole his body while we were asleep."