But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the rulers of the Gentiles act as lords over them, and their great men have authority over them.

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Jesus.

And behold, two blind men, sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying: Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David.

And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said: What do you wish me to do for you?

Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes; and their eyes immediately received sight, and they followed him.

And when they drew near to Jerusalem, and had come to Bethphage, to the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

then sent Jesus two disciples, Saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose and bring them to me.

And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them;

they brought the ass and the colt and put their clothes on them. Jesus seated himself on them,

Then Jesus seated himself upon them, and most of the crowd kept spreading their cloaks on the road, and others began cutting branches off the trees, and spreading them in the road.

And the multitude said: This is Jesus the prophet, that is from Nazareth of Galilee.

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves,

But, when the Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law saw the wonderful things that Jesus did, and the boys who were calling out in the Temple Courts "God save the Son of David!", they were indignant,

and they said to him: Do you not hear what these say? And Jesus said to them: Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Jesus told them, "Yes! Haven't you ever read, "From the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have created praise'?" Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

The next morning, in returning to the city, Jesus became hungry;

Jesus answered and said to them: Verily I say to you, If you have faith, and doubt not, you shall do, not only what is done to the fig-tree, but even if you shall say to this mountain, Be taken up, and be thrown into the sea, it shall be done.

After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation came up to him as he was teaching, and said: " What authority have you to do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

Jesus answered and said to them: I also will ask you one thing, which if you will tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.

And they answered and said to Jesus: We know not. And he said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, The publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

Jesus said to them: Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner?

And when the leading priests and Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they realized He was speaking about them.

Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

And Jesus answering, spoke to them again in parables, saying:

Then the Pharisees went away and conferred together as to how they might lay a snare for Jesus in the course of conversation.

But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said to them: "Why do you tempt me, hypocrites?

And Jesus saith to them, Whose is this image and inscription?

That same day some Sadducees came up to Jesus, maintaining that there is no resurrection. Their question was this:--

For they all had her. Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Jesus answered and said to them: You err, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they collected together.

Jesus said to him: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.

While the Pharisees were together, Jesus asked them a question,

"How is it, then," Jesus replied, "that David, speaking under inspiration, calls him 'lord,' in the passage-

[Psa. 110:1] 'The Lord [i.e., God] said to my [i.e., David's] Lord [i.e., Jesus], sit at my right side until I put your enemies [in full subjection] beneath your feet.'

If David then could call Him [i.e., Jesus] Lord, how could He be his son?"

No one was able to answer [Jesus' reasoning] with [so much as] a word, and no one dared to ask Him any more questions from that day onward.

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,

But you should not assume the title 'Rabbi,' for [only] one is your teacher [i.e., Jesus Himself] and all of you are [simply] brothers.

And [as] Jesus went out of the temple [courts] he was going along, and his disciples came up to point out to him the buildings of the temple.

But Jesus said to them: Do you not see all these things? Verily I say to you, There shall not be left here a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down,

So, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said: "Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your Coming, and of the close of the age."

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Watch out that no one deceives you!

And you will hear of wars [going on] and rumors of [other] wars [pending]. Do not worry, for such things must necessarily happen. But the end has not yet come. [Note: By "the end" here Jesus probably alludes to the downfall of Jerusalem, in AD 70, with its attending destruction of the Temple buildings].

In the same way also, when you see all these things happening, you [should] know that He [i.e., Jesus] is as near as your [front] door.

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

and plotted in order that they could arrest Jesus by stealth and kill [him].

Now [while] Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

When Jesus understood that, he said unto them, "Why trouble ye the woman? She hath wrought a good work upon me.

And said "What are you willing to give me, if I betray Jesus to you?" The Priests 'weighed him out thirty pieces of silver' as payment.

So from that time Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

The first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus saying unto him, "Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the paschal lamb?"

And He said, Go into the city, to such a man, and tell him, The master saith, my time is near, I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples: and the disciples did as Jesus ordered them,

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

In the evening Jesus took his place with the twelve disciples,

and the meal was proceeding, when Jesus said, "In solemn truth I tell you that one of you will betray me."

"The one who dipped his bread beside me in the dish," replied Jesus, "is the one who will betray me.

And Judas, who was betraying him, turned to him and said: "Can it be I, Rabbi?" "It is," answered Jesus.

As they did eat, Jesus took bread and gave thanks, brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take. Eat. This is my body."

Then said Jesus unto them, "All ye shall be offended by me this night. For it is written, 'I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.'

Jesus said unto him, "Verily I say unto thee, that this same night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice."

Then went Jesus with them into a place, which is called Gethsemane, and said unto the disciples, "Sit ye here while I go and pray yonder."

Then said Jesus unto them, "My soul is heavy even unto the death. Tarry ye here: and watch with me."

Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. A large crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests and elders of the people.

And forthwith-all he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail master." And kissed him.

And Jesus said unto him, "Friend, wherefore art thou come?" Then came they and laid hands on Jesus and took him.

And behold, one of them which were with Jesus, stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest, and smote off his ear.

Then said Jesus unto him, "Put up thy sword into his sheath. For all they that lay hands on the sword, shall perish with the sword.

Or, do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father and He will immediately send me more than twelve legions of angels [i.e., Jesus could have called about 72,000 angels to minister to Him. See Matt. 4:11]?

The same time said Jesus to the multitude, "Ye be come out as it were unto a thief, with swords and staves for to take me: daily I sat among you teaching in the temple, and ye took me not.

But all of this has happened so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted Jesus and ran away.

And they took Jesus and led him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

But Peter followed Him from a distance [as they were going] to the courtyard of the head priest. He went inside [i.e., eventually. See John 18:15-16] and sat down with the [Jewish] officers to see how things would turn out [i.e., with Jesus' trial].

The chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, for to put him to death,

and said, "This man [i.e., Jesus] said, 'I can destroy the Temple of God, and [then] rebuild it within three days.'"

Rising to his feet the high priest asked Jesus. "Do you make no answer? What is it that these are testifying against you?"

But Jesus held his peace. And the chief priest answered, and said to him, "I charge thee in the name of the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be Christ the son of God."

Jesus said to him, "Thou hast said. Nevertheless I say unto you, hereafter shall ye see the son of man sitting on the righthand of power, and come in the clouds of the sky."

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

Peter sat without in the palace, and a damsel came to him, saying, "Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee."

When he was gone out into the porch, another wench saw him, and said unto them that were there, "This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth."

And a little later, those standing nearby came to Peter and said, "[We know] for sure, you also are one of them [i.e., Jesus' disciples], because your accent gives you away."

And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, which he said unto him, "Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice": and went out at the doors and wept bitterly.

when the morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people held a counsel against Jesus, to put him to death,

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,

Jesus stood before the deputy, and the deputy asked him, saying, "Art thou the King of the Jews?" Jesus said unto him, "Thou sayest."

"It is as you say," answered Jesus; but while he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

But Jesus did not reply at all, so that the governor was very surprised.

And at that time they had a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.

And when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, "Whether will ye that I give loose unto you: Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?"

He knew well that it was because of enmity that they had brought Jesus before him.

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

Pilate said unto them, "What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified."

Then let he Barabbas loose unto them, and scourged Jesus, and delivered him to be crucified.

Then the soldiers of the deputy took Jesus unto the common hall, and gathered unto him all the company.

As they were leaving, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry Jesus' cross.

they gave Jesus wine to drink, mingled with gall. But after tasting it he refused to drink it.

And they set up over his head the cause of his death written, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews."