After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt," he said. "Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him."

"Get up," he said. "Take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead."

Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.

The Pharisees, however, went out and plotted against Jesus to kill him.

That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, cull out the evil people from among the righteous ones,

Although Herod wanted to kill him, he was afraid of the crowd, since they regarded John as a prophet.

They will kill him, but he will be raised on the third day." Then they were filled with grief.

"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, "Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'

But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

He asked them, "Then how can David by the Spirit call him "Lord' when he says,

And don't call anyone on earth "Father,' because you have only one Father, the one in heaven.

"That is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

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

All the nations will be assembled in front of him, and he will cull them out, one from another, like a shepherd separates sheep from goats.

They conspired to arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill him.

Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?

they offered him a drink of wine mixed with gall. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.