"Then they will hand you over to persecution and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

And then will many be ensnared, and they will deliver one another up, and hate one another;

Then, they who are in Judaea, let them flee into the mountains;

unhappy will they be that are with child, and they that give suck in those days.

And if those days had not been as short as they were no one would have been saved [i.e., from the devastating destruction]. But for the sake of the elect [i.e., God's people], those days will be short.

For there will arise, false Christs, and false prophets, - and they will show great signs and wonders, so that, if possible, even the chosen, should be deceived: -

See, I have forewarned you! So if they say to you,

Therefore if they say to you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out, [or] 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe [it]!

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect together from the four winds, from [one] end of heaven to the [other] end of it.

[Although] the sky and the earth will pass away [See II Pet. 3:10], my words will not pass away [i.e., they will certainly come true].

For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the ark.

And they did not know [anything] until the deluge came and swept [them] all away. So also the coming of the Son of Man will be.

and will cut him in two, and give him his share with the hypocrites, where they will weep and grind their teeth."

"Then the kingdom of heaven will be similar to ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the [bride and] groom. [Note: The picture here is that of a newly married couple returning from a festive reception to the groom's home where they continued celebrating and were welcomed by a late evening wedding party]

For [when] the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take olive oil with them.

And [when] the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

No,' they replied. 'There won't be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.'

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.

Afterwards the other bridesmaids came. 'Sir, Sir,' they said, 'open the door to us!'

And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and not serve you?'

So they shall depart to eternal punishment, and the just to eternal life."

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

But they were saying, "Not during the feast, so that there will not be an uproar among the people."

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

But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me.

and said, "What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?" And they appointed unto him thirty pieces of silver.

And they bargained with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

And the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and they prepared the Passover.

When the evening was come, he sat down with the twelve. And as they ate he said, Verily I say to you, One of you will betray me.

And as they did eat, he said, "Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me."

And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, "Is it I, master?"

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."

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

But Peter answered [and] said to him, "If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!"

And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour?

And he came again [and] found them sleeping, {for they could not keep their eyes open}.

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

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.

How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, for they say this is the way it must be?"

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].

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order that they could put him to death.

but found none: insomuch that when many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

But finally two FALSE witnesses having come, they said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it by three days.

Then the high priest arose and said to Him, "Have you no answer to make? What do you say to the evidence that they bring against you?"

What think ye?" They answered and said, "He is worthy to die."

Then spat they in his face, and buffeted him with their fists. And others smote him with the palm of their hands on the face,

while they taunted Him, saying, "Christ, prove yourself a Prophet by telling us who it was that struck you."

and he denied a second time, and that with an oath, saying, I know not the man. And a little after, they that stood by came to Peter and said,

And after a while, came unto him they that stood by, and said unto Peter, "Surely thou art even one of them, for thy speech betrayeth thee."

And when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they might put him to death.

And [after] tying him up, they led [him] away and handed [him] over to Pilate the governor.

saying, "I have sinned, betraying the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that."

But they replied, "What do we care? Attend to that yourself." Then he flung the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, went outside, ran away, and hanged himself.

But, the High-priests, taking the pieces of silver, said - It is not allowed, to cast them into the treasury; since, a price of blood, they are.

And they took counsel, and bought with them a potter's field to bury strangers in.

Then was fulfilled, that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "And they took thirty silver plates, the price of him that was valued, whom they bought of the children of Israel,

and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me."

Then said Pilate unto him, "Hearest thou not how many things they lay against thee?"

At that feast, the deputy was wont to deliver unto the people a prisoner whom they would desire.

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?"

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

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

Then the deputy answered and said unto them, "Whether of the twain will ye that I let loose unto you?" And they said, "Barabbas."

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 said the deputy, "What evil hath he done?" And they cried the more saying, "Let him be crucified."

Pilate perceiving he was so far from prevailing, that they were more tumultuous, he took water, and washed his hands before all the people, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: you are answerable for it.

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and they gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him.

And they stripped him, and put on him a purple robe,

and weaving a crown of thorns, they put [it] on his head, and [put] a reed in his right hand. And kneeling down before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!"

And they spat on him [and] took the reed and repeatedly struck [him] on his head.

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 as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they compelled to bear his cross.

And when they came unto the place, which is called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of dead men's skulls,

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 they sat and watched him there.

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

They [also] crucified two thieves with Him, one at His right side and one at His left.

They that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads

and they said [tauntingly], “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself [from death]! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes and elders, were also making fun of him. They kept saying,

"He saved other," they said, "himself he cannot save. He, the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him!

Some of them that stood there, when they heard that said, "This man calleth for Elijah."

immediately one of them ran to fetch a spunge, which they steep'd in vinegar, and fastning it to the end of a stick, they presented it to him, to drink:

the tombs were opened, and a number of bodies of the saints who slept the sleep of death rose up ??53 they left the tombs after his resurrection and entered the holy city and appeared to a number of people.

and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

When the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake and those things which happened, they feared greatly, saying, "Of a surety this was the son of God."

And there were present several women who were looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from a Galilee, ministering to him.

"Sir," they said, "we recollect that during his lifetime that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise to life again.

And they went and made the sepulchre sure with watchmen, and sealed the stone.

and, for fear of him, they who were keeping watch were thrown into a commotion, and became as dead men.

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

And as they went to tell his disciples: behold, Jesus met them, saying, "All hail." They came and held him by the feet and worshipped him.

Then said Jesus unto them, "Be not afraid. Go and tell my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me."

When they were gone, Behold, some of the keepers came in to the city, and showed unto the high priests all the things that were happened.