And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?

Tempting him. And he answering said to them, What did Moses command you?

And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.

And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

And if she herself divorces her husband and marries another [man], she commits sexual unfaithfulness [toward him]."

And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God.

And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.

And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

Then Jesus looked around Him and said to His disciples, "How difficult it is for rich people to enter the kingdom of God "

And they were greatly surprised, saying to him, Who then may have salvation?

Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.

Jesus answered him, I declare unto you, there is not a man who has forsaken his house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, out of love to me and to the gospel,

but shall receive at present in this age, what will be a hundred times better to him, than houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, tho' with persecution: and in the age to come eternal life.

And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were full of wonder; but those who came after him were in fear. And again he took the twelve, and gave them word of the things which were to come on him,

Saying, See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given up to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will give an order for his death, and will give him up to the Gentiles:

And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.

And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Master, will you give us whatever may be our request?

And they said to him, Let us be seated, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.

And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, You will take of the cup from which I take; and the baptism which I am about to undergo you will undergo:

When they heard this the ten began to be indignant at James and John, so Jesus called them to him and said:

And Jesus made them come to him, and said to them, You see that those who are made rulers over the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.

But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:

And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

And some of them, turning in protest, gave him an order to be quiet: but he went on crying out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

And Jesus came to a stop and said, Let him come. And crying out to the blind man, they said to him, Be comforted: come, he has sent for you.

So they called the blind man and told him, "Have courage! Get up. He's calling you." He threw off his coat, jumped up, and went to Jesus.

And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.

And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.

And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord has need of him and will send him back straight away.

And they went away and saw a young ass by the door outside in the open street; and they were getting him loose.

But they answered him exactly what Jesus had told them to say, so the people let them go.

And they took the young ass to Jesus, and put their clothing on him, and he got on his back.

And those who went in front, and those who came after, were crying, Glory: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord:

Blessed be the kingdom that cometh in the name of him that is Lord of our father David. Hosanna in the highest."

Therefore, He said to the tree, "From now on no one will ever eat fruit from you." Now His disciples heard Him say this.

And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching.

And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead.

Jesus replied to him, "You should have faith in God.

Truly I say to you that whoever says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea!' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be [done] for him.

And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive [him], so that your Father who [is] in heaven will also forgive you your sins."

And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:

And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things?

And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?

"If we say, 'From Heaven,' He will say, 'Why then did ye not believe him!' But, should we say, 'From men,'"??hey feared the people; for all held John to be a prophet indeed.

And when the [grape harvest] season came, the owner of the farm sent a slave to the tenant farmers asking them to deliver the grape crop [to him].

And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.

And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.

And he sent another; and they put him to death: and a number of others, whipping some, and putting some to death.

He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.

And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden.

And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick.

And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?

And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's.

And Jesus said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's. And they were full of wonder at him.

And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

"Master, Moses wrote unto us, if any man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children: that then his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

There were seven brethren and the first took a wife, and when he died left no seed behind him.

and the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third likewise:

But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?

And Jesus answered him, The first commandment of all is, Hear, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord;

And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:

And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.

And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

David himself gives him the name of Lord; and how then is he his son? And the common people gave ear to him gladly.

And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box:

And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!

And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew said to him privately,

But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not, (he that reads let him consider it,) then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains;

And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.

"And at that time if anyone should say to you, "Behold, here [is] the Christ,' 'Behold, there [he is],' do not believe [him]!

And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather to him his elect from the four winds, from the extremity of the earth to the utmost bound of heaven.

As a man going away, leaving his house, and giving authority to his servants, and each man's work to him, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

But they reasoned, "We will not [take him] during the Festival, because it might start a riot among the people."

And while Jesus was in Bethany [Note: This was a small village fewer than two miles east of Jerusalem], sitting at the dinner table in the house of Simon, the man with an infectious skin disease [Note: This man had probably been healed by now], a woman with an alabaster [i.e., stone] jar of very expensive perfume came to Him, broke the jar and poured the perfume on His head.

And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them.

And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.

And on the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover lamb is put to death, his disciples said to him, Where are we to go and make ready for you to take the Passover meal?

And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, Go into the town, and there will come to you a man with a vessel of water: go after him;

And wherever he enters a house [follow him inside and] say to the owner, 'The Teacher says, where is my guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?'

They were sad, and said to him one by one, Is it I?

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.

While they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it [giving thanks and praise], and He broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take it. This is My body.”

But Peter said to him, Though the others may be turned away from you, I will not.

And Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you that you, today, even this night, before the cock's second cry, will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him.

And he went forward a little, and falling down on the earth, made request that, if possible, the hour might go from him.

And again he came [and] found them sleeping, {for they could not keep their eyes open}, and they did not know what to reply to him.

And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority.

Now he who had been false to him had given them a sign, saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he; take him, and get him away safely.

And when he had come, he went straight to him and said, Master; and gave him a kiss.