But [as] he was considering these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary [as] your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

In the [same] way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth! I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

"Listen to another parable: There was a man--a master of a house--who planted a vineyard, and put a fence [around] it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.

And one of them, a legal expert, put a question to [him] to test him:

And going forward a little he fell down on his face, praying and saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you [will]."

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?

And they stripped him [and] put a scarlet military cloak around him,

and weaving a crown of thorns, they put [it] on his head, and [put] a reed in his right hand. And kneeling down before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!"