"Listen to another story. There was once an owner of an estate who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it, and hewed out a wine-vat in it, and built a tower, and rented it to tenant farmers, and then went abroad.

But when the time for gathering grapes was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his rent.

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard His stories, they knew that He was speaking about them,

Then the king was enraged, and sent his soldiers to put those murderers to death and burned their city.

And those slaves went out into the roads and gathered everybody they found, both good and bad, and the bridal-hall was packed with guests.

And Jesus left the temple, and was going away, when His disciples came up to Him, to show Him the temple buildings.

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to Him by themselves, and said, "Tell us when this is to take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age."

For just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

While the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and dropped off to sleep.

But at midnight there was a shout, 'Here comes the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!'

And while they were going to buy it, the bridegroom came, and the bridesmaids that were ready went in with him to the wedding reception; and the door was closed.

"For it is just like a man who was going on a long journey from his homeland, who called to him his slaves and turned his property over to them.

So I was afraid, and went off and buried your thousand dollars in the ground. Here is your money.'

For when I was hungry, you gave me something to eat, when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink, when I was a stranger you welcomed me to your homes,

when I needed clothes you put them on me, when I was sick you looked after me, when I was in prison you came to see me.'

For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat, when I was thirsty you gave me nothing to drink,

when I was a stranger you did not welcome me to your homes, when I needed clothes you did not put them on me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

a woman with an alabaster bottle of very costly perfume came up to Him while He was at table and poured it upon His head.

Then one of the Twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the high priests,

When evening came, He was sitting at the table with the Twelve.

Even while He was still speaking, here came Judas, one of the Twelve, and with him a crowd, with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people.

And Peter followed Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest's home; he even went inside and was sitting among the attendants to see how it would end.

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a waiting girl came up to him, and said, "You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean."

Then he went out into the gateway, and another waiting girl saw him, and said to those there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."

But He did not answer him a single word, so that the governor was dumbfounded beyond expression.

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to set any prisoner free whom the people wanted.

Now while he was on the bench, his wife sent him this word, "Do not have anything to do with that righteous man, for I have this morning suffered excruciating pain in a dream caused by Him."

So Pilate, since he saw that he was making no headway with them, but that a riot was about to break out instead, took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, and said, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

And at once the curtain of the sanctuary was torn from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were split,

And the army captain and his men, who were keeping guard over Jesus, who felt the earthquake and saw all that was taking place, were terribly frightened, and said, "Surely this was God's Son."

Although it was now evening, a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea, who was himself a disciple of Jesus,

and said, "Sir, we remember that that pretender said while He was living, 'After three days I will rise again.'

After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to get a look at the tomb.

His appearance was as bright as lightning and his clothes as white as snow.

And the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

He is not here; He has risen, as He said He would do. Come, get a look at the place where He was lying.