because all of them contributed out of their surplus, but out of her poverty she has given everything she had to live on."

"Do you see these large buildings?" Jesus responded. "Not one stone here will be left on another that will not be torn down."

"Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign when these things will be put into effect?"

Many will come in my name and say, "I AM,' and they will deceive many people.

because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes and famines in various places. These things are only the beginning of the birth pains."

"As for yourselves, be on your guard! People will hand you over to local councils, and you will be beaten in their synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings to testify to them because of me.

But first, the gospel must be proclaimed to all nations.

When they take you away and hand you over for trial, don't worry ahead of time about what you will say. Instead, say whatever is given to you at that time, because it won't be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.

You will be hated continuously by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved."

"How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!

because those days will be a time of suffering, a kind that has not happened from the beginning of God's creation until now, and certainly will never happen again.

because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce signs and omens to deceive, if possible, the elect.

"But after the suffering of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.'

Then people will see "the Son of Man coming in clouds' with great power and glory.

In the same way, when you see these things taking place, you will know that the Son of Man is near, right at the door.

I tell all of you with certainty, this generation will not disappear until all these things take place.

Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear."

"No one knows when that day or hour will come not the angels in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father.

Be careful! Watch out! Because you don't know when the time will come.

While Jesus was in Bethany sitting at the table in the home of Simon the leper, a woman arrived with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume made from pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

I tell all of you with certainty, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her."

He sent two of his disciples, telling them, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jug of water. Follow him.

Then he will show you a large upstairs room that is furnished and ready. Get everything ready for us there."

While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell all of you with certainty, one of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me."

For the Son of Man is going away, just as it has been written about him, but how terrible it will be for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had never been born."

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to them, saying, "Take some. This is my body."

Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

I tell all of you with certainty, I'll never again drink the product of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

Then Jesus told them, "All of you will turn against me, because it is written, "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

But Peter kept saying emphatically, "Even if I have to die with you, I'll never deny you!" And all the others kept saying the same thing.

Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, "Sit down here while I pray."

He kept repeating, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."

All of you must stay awake and pray that you won't be tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, but the body is weak."

Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. A crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests, the scribes, and the elders.

Then all the disciples deserted Jesus and ran away.

Then they took Jesus to the high priest. All the high priests, elders, and scribes had gathered together.

Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for some testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death, but they couldn't find any.

"We ourselves heard him say, "I will destroy this sanctuary made by human hands, and in three days I will build another one not made by human hands.'"

But he kept silent and didn't answer at all. The high priest asked him again, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?"

Jesus said, "I AM, and "you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power' and "coming with the clouds of heaven.'"

"You have heard his blasphemy! What is your verdict?" All of them condemned him as deserving death.

While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's servant girls came by.

Again he denied it. After a little while, the people who were standing there began to say to Peter again, "Obviously you're one of them, because you are a Galilean!"

Just then a rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered that Jesus told him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." Then he broke down and cried.

As soon as it was morning, the high priests convened a meeting with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. They bound Jesus with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

The soldiers led Jesus into the courtyard of the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters) and called out the whole guard.

At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

At three o'clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")

They used to accompany him and care for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him were there, too.

They kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

But go and tell his disciples especially Peter that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you."

Finally he appeared to his eleven disciples while they were eating. He rebuked them for their unbelief and stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had risen.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever doesn't believe will be condemned.

These are the signs that will accompany those who believe: In my name they'll drive out demons, they'll speak in new languages,

Then his disciples went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the signs that accompanied it.