For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the tax collectors the same?

And behold, some of the scholars said within themselves, This man blasphemes.

Then some of the scholars and Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we want to see a sign from thee.

And some man said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to thee.

And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them.

But others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

But that which was sown upon the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who indeed bears fruit, and is productive, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

And they said, Some, John the immerser, others, Elijah, but others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

Truly I say to you, there are some of those who stand here, who will, no, not taste of death, until they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

What does it seem to you? If it happens a hundred sheep are with some man, and one of them went astray, after going (having left the ninety-nine on the mountains), does he not seek the one going astray?

For the kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man, a house-ruler, who went out in the early morning at the same time to hire workmen for his vineyard.

But what does it seem to you? A man had two children. And having come to the first, he said, Child, go work today in my vineyard.

Tell us therefore, what does it seem to thee? Is it permitted to give tribute to Caesar or not?

Teacher, Moses said, If some man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

But the Pharisees, having heard that he silenced the Sadducees, they came together in the same place.

What does it seem to you about the Christ? Whose son is he? They say to him, Of David.

Because of this, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scholars. And some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city,

And when he left them, having gone away again, he prayed a third time, saying again the same statement.

What does it seem to you? Having answered, they said, He is deserving of death.

Then they spat in his face and struck him with a fist. And some slapped him,

And also the robbers who were crucified with him reviled him the same way.

And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calls Elijah.

Now while they were going, behold, some of the security having come into the city, reported to the chief priests all the things that happened.