A second time he sent some servants, with orders to say to those who had been invited 'I have prepared my breakfast, my cattle and fat beasts are killed and everything is ready; come to the banquet.'

But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.

Then he says to his servants, 'The marriage feast, indeed is ready; but those who had been invited were not worthy;

And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man that had not put on a wedding-robe.

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But he had nothing to say.

Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.

Show me the coin with which the tax is paid." And, when they had brought him a florin,

When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

"Teacher, Moses said [in Deut. 25:5] that when a man dies without having had any children, his brother must marry his widow and father children by her, who would [then] be considered his [dead] brother's.

Now we had living among us seven brothers; of whom the eldest married and died, and, as he had no family, left his wife for his brother.

Therefore, in the resurrection, of which of the seven will she be the wife? for they all had her.

The crowds, who had been listening to him, were greatly struck with his teaching.

When the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they came together.

As the Pharisees had mustered, Jesus put a question to them.

and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in the blood of the prophets!'

Jesus had left the Temple and was going on His way, when His disciples came and called His attention to the Temple buildings.

When he had seated himself on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

There will be great trouble [during these times], such as had never been from the beginning of time up to the present, or ever will be [in the days to come].

And unless those days had been shortened, {no human being would be saved}. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.

And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

But understand this: that if the master of the house had known what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.

But the sensible ones answered, 'There may not be enough for us and you. You had better go to the dealers and buy yourselves some.'

But [while] they had gone away to buy [it] the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding celebration, and the door was shut.

The one who had received the five talents went out [and] traded with them and gained five more.

In the same way the one [who had] the two gained two more.

But the one who had received the one went away [and] dug up the ground and hid his master's money.

And after a long time the lord of those servants came, and had a settlement with them.

And the one who had received the five talents came up [and] brought five more talents, saying, 'Master, you handed over to me five talents. See, I have gained five more talents!'

And the one [who had] the two talents also came up [and] said, 'Master, you handed over to me two talents. See, I have gained two talents more!'

And the one who had received the one talent came up also [and] said, 'Master, [because I] knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter [seed].

And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;

it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.

Take therefore the two hundred and fifty pounds away from him, give it to the servant who had the twelve hundred.

I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.

Then those who had done what was right [i.e., the ones at His right side] replied, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you? Or thirsty, and give you [something] to drink?

when I was a stranger, you did not invite me home, when I had no clothes, you did not supply me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

And it happened that when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,

After Jesus had reached Bethany, and while he was in the house of Simon the leper,

there came unto him a woman, which had an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at the board.

When his disciples saw that, they had indignation saying, "What needed this waste?

And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them, and made ready the Easter lamb.

When the evening had come, he reclined at table with the twelve.

The son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe be to that man, by whom the son of man shall be betrayed. It had been good for that man, if he had never been born."

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said: Take, eat; this is my body.

And when he had taken the cup and given thanks, he gave it to them, saying.

And when they had said grace, they went out into Mount Olivet.

And he came to his disciples, and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter: Was it so, that you had not strength to watch with me one hour?

And coming, he, again, found them sleeping, for their eyes had become heavy.

Barely had he spoken these words when Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared, accompanied by a great crowd of men with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Now the one who was betraying him had given them a sign, saying, "[The one] whom I kiss--he is [the one]. Arrest him!"

but all this was to be done, in pursuance of what the prophets had predicted. then all the disciples abandon'd him, and fled.

Now those who had arrested Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.

But they couldn't find any, even though many false witnesses had come forward. At last two men came forward

saying, "Prophesy to us, you 'Christ.' Tell us who hit you?" [Note: By this time Jesus had been blindfolded. See Mark 14:65].

And when he had gone out into the entrance, another maid saw him, and says to those there, This man also was with Jesus the Nazaraean.

And Peter remembered the statement Jesus had said, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times," and he went outside [and] wept bitterly.

Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

After they had bound him, they led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman Governor.

Then [when] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted [what he had done] [and] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders,

When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood."

So, they conferred together [and decided] to buy "The Potter's Field" with the money [Note: This was probably an abandoned field where clay had been obtained for making pottery], for use in burying people who were not from the local area.

Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, who said, "And they took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one who had been priced, [on] whom a price had been set by the sons of Israel,

and gave them for the Potter's Field, as the Lord had appointed me.

But, feast by feast, the governor had been wont to release one unto the multitude, a prisoner whom they were desiring.

He had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas.

So [after] they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you--Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?"

For he knew well, that for envy they had delivered him.

And while he was seated upon the judgment-seat, his wife had sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered many things today, in a dream, because of him."

But the chief priests and the elders had persuaded the people, that they should ask Barabbas, and should destroy Jesus.

Then he released Barabbas for them, but [after] he had Jesus flogged, he handed [him] over so that he could be crucified.

and when they had stript Him, they covered Him with a scarlet robe;

and when they had plaited a crown of thorn branches, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and kneeling before him, they derided him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews!

And when they had mocked him, they took the robe off him again, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, which, when translated, is the place of a skull,

they gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall. And when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

When they had crucified him, they parted his garments, and did cast lots. To fulfill that was spoken by the prophet, "They divided my garments among them: and upon my vesture did cast lots."

And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him.

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,

And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.

now the centurion, and they that were with him, to guard Jesus, having observ'd the earthquake, and all that had happened, were under great apprehensions, and said, certainly this was the son of God.

And there were many women there, observing from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him,

And, when, evening, arrived, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, whose name was Joseph, who also, himself, had been discipled unto Jesus.

And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

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

After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary had gone to look at the grave,

And lo! a great commotion occurred, - for, a messenger of the Lord, descending out of heaven, and coming near, had rolled away the stone, and was sitting upon it.

He is not here, for He has risen just as He said [He would]. Come and see the place where the Lord had been lying,

And [while] they were going, behold, some of the guard of soldiers went into the city [and] reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

And [after they] had assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a rather large sum of money to the soldiers,

And they took the money and did as they had been taught. And this report is current among the Jews until this day.

Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

When they saw him, they worshipped him, though some had doubts.