The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put under your feet all those who are against you?

But as for you, you must not seek for others to call you 'Teacher,' for you have but one who is 'Teacher,' and you are all brothers.

And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.

neither take the title of masters, for you have but one master, who is the Messias.

The man who would be the greatest among you must be your servant.

And he who will exalt himself will be made low, and he who will make himself low will be exalted.

But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because ye are locking up the kingdom of the heavens before men, - for, ye, are not entering, neither, them who are entering, suffer ye to enter.

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who ransack sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is gain'd, ye make him deserve Gehenna much more than your selves.

A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.

And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is

And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who pay tithe of mint, anise, and cummin, but neglect those more important matters of the law, justice, mercy, and fidelity: these were the things ye ought to have practis'd, without neglecting however the other matters.

You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.

Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; who are like whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful without, but within are full of the bones of the dead, and all manner of filthiness;

"It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you construct burial sites for the prophets and decorate the tombs of people who were righteous.

So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.

Therefore, I am going to send you prophets, wise men, and scribes, some of whom you will kill -- even crucify -- and some you will flog in your synagogues and chase from city to city,

So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!

For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

At that time many will be offended and repelled [by their association with Me] and will fall away [from the One whom they should trust] and will betray one another [handing over believers to their persecutors] and will hate one another.

But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.

"So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken about by the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place" (let the one who reads understand),

Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:

Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:

And let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat.

But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.

and he shall send his messengers, who with the shrill sound of a trumpet, shall gather together his select from the four winds, from one end of the heaven to the other.

of two persons, who shall be then in the field, one shall be taken, and the other left.

Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes.

And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;

Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.

they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil;

But the wise ones answered saying, "Certainly there will never be enough for us and for you! Go instead to those who sell [olive oil] and buy [some] for yourselves.'

And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.

"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.

Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more.

In the same way he who had been given the two got two more.

But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more.

And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord, you gave into my care two talents: see, I have got two more.

And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.

For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

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?

"Then He will say to those at His left, 'Be gone from me, you who are now cursed, to the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Then he will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you failed to do it for one of these people who are humblest, you failed to do it for me.'

And these [i.e., the ones at His left side] will go away to never ending punishment, but those who did what was right will go to never ending life."

Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon who had been a leper,

there came to him a woman who had an alabaster box of very costly ointment; and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.

Then one of the twelve, he who was called Judas Iscariote, went to the chief priests

And he answered [and] said, "The one who dips his hand in the bowl with me--this one will betray me.

The Son of Man is going just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if that man had not been born."

And Judas, the one who was betraying him, answered [and] said, "{Surely I am not he, am I}, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You have said [it]."

Get up, let us go! Behold, the one who is betraying me is approaching!"

And while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve apostles, came with a large crowd who were carrying swords and clubs. They had come from the leading priests and elders of the [Jewish] 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!"

And behold, one of them, who 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 Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place! For all who take up the sword will die by the sword.

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

but they found none: and though many false witnesses came, it was not found sufficient. at last there came two false witnesses, who charg'd him with saying,

But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.

saying, "Prophesy for us, [you] Christ! Who is it who hit you?"

And [when he] went out to the gateway, another [female slave] saw him and said to those [who were] there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene."

And after a little [while] those who were standing there came up [and] said to Peter, "You really are [one] of them also, because even your accent {reveals who you are}."

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, who had said to him, Before the cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went forth without, and wept bitterly.

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,

and said, "I have sinned, in betraying to death one who is innocent." "What does that matter to us?" they replied; it is your business."

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 Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say so.

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

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?"

Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ? for he knew that out of envy they had delivered Him up.

Pilate said to them, "What then should I do [with] Jesus, the one who is called Christ?" They all said, "Let him be crucified!"

As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.

After they had crucified him, they determined who would get his clothes by throwing dice for them.

And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads

and saying, "The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild [it] in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

And in the same [way] even the robbers who were crucified with him were reviling him.

And some of those who were standing there, [when they] heard [it], said, "This man is summoning Elijah!"

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

Now the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus, [when they] saw the earthquake and the things that took place, were extremely frightened, saying, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

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

among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Now [when it] was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who also was a disciple of Jesus himself.

to whom Pilate replied, you have a guard, go then, and make it as secure as you can.

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

But the angel answered [and] said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

And as they were going, some of the guards who were come into the city, had told the chief priests all things which had happened.

who, after meeting and conferring with the elders, gave a considerable sum of money to the soldiers