This is the first and great commandment.

And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.

Then Jesus spoke to the crowd and to His disciples,

They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them

They love the [special] greetings they receive at the open shopping markets and to be addressed as 'Rabbi' [Note: This word signified 'great' or 'master'].

And the great of you shall be your deacon.

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for pretence, praying at great lengths; for this shall ye receive more distingnished judgment.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence!

Because lawlessness is increased, the love of most people will grow cold.

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

"But immediately after the terrible trouble of those days, [i.e., the next major event on God's calendar], the sun will become dark, and [therefore] the moon will not [be able to] shed its [reflected] light. The stars will fall from the sky and the forces of the heavens will be shaken [Note: From the description of these same events in Luke 21:25-26, it is possible that this is figurative language for great calamities happening on the earth].

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Keep guard then, for you do not know the day on which your Master is coming.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have been on his guard, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;

There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table.

“This might have been sold for a great deal and given to the poor.”

In great grief they began to say to him, one by one: "Can it be I, Master?"

And, taking with him, Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be grieved and to be in great distress.

And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

But Peter followed him afar off, unto the court of the high priest, and entered in, and sat with the officers, to see the end.

Now Peter was sitting without in the court: and a maid came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilaean.

But, to Pilate's great astonishment, he would not answer him a single word.

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.

For he knew that they had turned Him over to the court out of envy.

The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus.

And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see ye to it.

And sitting down, they kept guard over him there.

and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

And Jesus having again cried with a great voice, yielded the spirit;

But the centurion, and they who were with him on guard over Jesus, seeing the earthquake and the things that took place, feared greatly, saying, Truly this man was Son of God.

And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

pray therefore order a guard to be posted at the sepulchre till the third day, for fear his disciples should come and steal him away, and then tell the people, "he is risen from the dead:" for this last imposture would be of worse consequence than the first.

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it as'sure as ye can.

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.

And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

The guards shook, paralyzed with fear [at the sight] of him and became like dead men [pale and immobile].

And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the things that were come to pass.