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 call no man on earth your father; for 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.

"whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites I because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye go not in yourselves, nor suffer those who are entering to go in.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you close the kingdom of heaven in the face of men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you suffer those who are entering, to go in.

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.

"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing! But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound [by his oath].'

Therefore the one who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything [that is] on it.

And the one who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells [in] it

And the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by the one who sits 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.

Blind guides who filter out a gnat and swallow 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;

Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; who build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just,

Thus you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets!

That is why I send you Prophets, wise men, and Teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from town to town;

so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of righteous Abel up to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen gathers her young together under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

For I tell you, you will never see me from now [on] until you say, 'Blessed [is] the one 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 the one who endures to the end--this person will be saved.

"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 flee to the mountains;

The one who is on his housetop must not come down to take things out of his house,

and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak.

And woe to those {who are pregnant} and to those who are nursing [their babies] 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 then is the faithful and wise slave whom the master has put in charge of his household slaves to give them their food at the right time?

Blessed [is] that slave whom his master will find so doing [when he] comes back.

and begins to beat his fellow-slaves, and keeps on eating and drinking with those who get drunk,

"Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins who took their lamps [and] went out to meet the bridegroom.

Those who were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

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.'

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.

For it is, just as a man, who, going from home, called his own servants, and delivered up to them his substance;

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 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].

Therefore take the talent from him and give [it] to the one who has the ten talents.

For to everyone who has, [more] will be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

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

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, [you] who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!

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 on his left, "Get away from me, you who are accursed, into the eternal fire that has been 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.'

Then these [unbelieving people] will go away into eternal (unending) punishment, but those who are righteous and in right standing with God [will go, by His remarkable grace] into eternal (unending) life.”

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace 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 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 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, who was one of the Twelve, came in sight; and with him was a great crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent from the Chief Priests and Councillors of the Nation.

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 those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut 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,

However, at last two came forward who said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the Temple of God and build it in three days.'"

saying, "Tell us, thou Christ, who is he that smote thee?"

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 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 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.

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

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!"

And as they went out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, whom they compelled to go with them 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