She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved.

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard *said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last group to the first.’

But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’

And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.

He *said to them, “Then how does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.

“Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,

“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink.