So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest.

Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that has the ten talents:

for to every one that has shall be given, and he shall be in abundance; but from him that has not, that even which he has shall be taken from him.

And throw the worthless slave into the outer darkness--in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

'Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

And the king shall answer and say to them, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me.

Then he will also say to those on [his] left, 'Depart from me, [you] accursed ones, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

Then he shall answer them saying, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have not done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have not done it to me.

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

"You know that after two days the Passover takes place, and the Son of Man will be handed over in order to be crucified."

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."

Now when Jesus was at Bethany [Note: This was a small village less than two miles east of Jerusalem], in the house of Simon, the man [who probably had been healed] of an infectious skin disease,

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

"the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that."

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

And in that she casted this ointment on my body, she did it to bury me, withal.

Verily I say to you, Wheresoever these glad tidings may be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

It was then that one of the Twelve, named Judas Iscariot, made his way to the Chief Priests,

and said, "What would you give me if I turned Jesus over to you?" And they weighed out thirty silver coins [Note: This amount was equivalent to about five months of a farm laborer's wages, or approximately $7,000 in 1994], and promised [See Mark 14:11] to give him that much money.

And from that time on, he began seeking a favorable opportunity in order that he could betray him.

Now on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

and he said, go into the city to such a man, and say to him, the master sends you word that his time is at hand, and he designs to keep the passover now at your house with his disciples.

And [while] they were eating he said, "Truly I say to you, that one of you will betray me."

But he answering said, He that dips his hand with me in the dish, he it is who shall deliver me up.

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."

For this is my blood, that of the new covenant, that shed for many for remission of sins.

But I tell you, from now [on] I will never drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father."

But after that I shall be risen, I will go before you to Galilee.

Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you that during this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times!"

Then he told them, "I'm so deeply grieved that I feel I'm about to die. Wait here and stay awake with me."

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?

Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak!"

He went away once more, and prayed, saying, "O my father, if this cup cannot pass away from me, but that I drink of it, thy will be fulfilled."

After that He came back to the disciples and said to them: "Still sleeping! Still resting! See! The time has come for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men!

Arise, let us go; behold, he that delivers me up has drawn nigh.

Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is: seize him.

And Jesus said to him, "Friend, [do that] for which you have come." Then they came up [and] laid hands on Jesus and arrested him.

And behold one of them that were with Jesus, stretching out his hand, drew his sword, and striking the servant of the high priest, cut 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 call upon my Father, and he would put at my disposal at once more than twelve legions of angels?

How then would the scriptures be fulfilled that it must happen in this way?"

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to arrest me? Every day in the temple [courts] I sat teaching, and you did not arrest me!

But all this has happened in order that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled." Then the disciples all abandoned him [and] fled.

Now they that had seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

and Peter followed Him at a distance, to the high-priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, that he might see the issue.

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,

And the chief priest arose, and said to him, "Answerest thou nothing? How is it that these bear witness against thee?"

But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I put you under oath by the living God, that you tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

Jesus said to him, As you say; but I tell you that hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.

Then the chief priest tore his garments, saying, That he blasphemed: what further need have we of witnesses? see, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

After that they spit in His face and hit Him with their fists, and others boxed His ears,

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

But he said before them all that it was false, saying, I have no knowledge of what you say.

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 again he denied with an oath that he knew the man.

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."

Then began he to curse and to swear, that he knew not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

And Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him, Before a cock sounds, thou will deny me thrice. And having gone outside, he wept bitterly.

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.

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,

saying, "I have sinned [by] betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What [is that] to us? You see to [it]!"

And they said, What is that to us? See thou to it. And having thrown down the pieces of silver in the temple, he withdrew and went and hanged himself.

(For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood until today.)

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying, And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was set a price on, whom they who were of the sons of Israel had set a price on,

And he did not reply to him, not even with reference to one statement, so that the governor was very astonished.

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.

They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.

And [while] he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent [a message] to him, saying, "{Have nothing to do with that righteous man}, for I have suffered much as a result of a dream today because of him.")

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should ask for Barabbas and put Jesus to death.

And the governor answering said to them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.

And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.

So Pilate, [when he] saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but instead an uproar was developing, took water [and] washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man. You see to [it]!"

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

After that, the Governor's soldiers took Jesus with them into the Government House, and gathered the whole garrison round him.

They stripped off His clothing and placed a scarlet robe on Him [Note: Mark 15:17 calls this a "purple" robe because in that day, any color with a mixture of "red" in it was often called "purple," so the use of "scarlet" was appropriate].

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

And as they went forth they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to go with them that he might 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,

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 placed above his head the charge that was made against him, written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Two robbers were also crucified with him at that time, one on the right hand and one on the left.

They that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads

and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross.

He trusted upon God; let him now deliver him, if he desires him: for he said, That I am the Son of God.

That same, also the thieves which were crucified with him cast in his teeth.

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" (that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")

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

and many bodies of holy men that slept 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!"

Many women that had followed Jesus from Galilee, and had ministered to him, were there, looking on from a distance.

Later that evening, a rich man arrived from Arimathea. His name was Joseph, and he had become a disciple of Jesus.

He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate ordered that it be released.

Pilate then commanded that it be given over to him.

and placed it in his [own] new tomb that he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a large stone to the entrance of the tomb [and] went away.

The next day that followeth the day of preparing, the high priests and Pharisees got themselves to Pilate,

saying, "Sir, we remember that [while] that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise.'