Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

"Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"

saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."

The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."

Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day.

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."

All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"

and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"