And they came to Jerusalem, and Jesus went into the temple: and began to cast out the sellers and buyers in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the stools of them that sold doves:

and suffered not that any one should carry any package through the temple.

And he taught, saying unto them, "Is it not written, how that my house shall be called 'The house of prayer unto all nations?' But ye have made it a den of thieves."

In the morning as they were passing along, they noticed that the fig tree was withered, clear down to its roots.

And Peter remembered [and] said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered!"

Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire.

For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.

And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

that your father also which is in heaven, may forgive you your trespasses."

and said to him, "By what authority are you doing these [things], or who gave you this authority that you do these [things]?"

Jesus replied to them, if you will answer one question, that I shall propose to you, then I will tell you by what authority I act thus.

It is about John's baptism. Was it of divine or human origin? Answer me that."

answer me that. upon this they reasoned thus with themselves; if we should say, it was divine, he will urge, why then did you not believe him?

but should we say, Of men they feared the people; for all held of John that he was truly a prophet.

And he sent a slave to the tenant farmers at the proper time, so that he could collect [some] of the fruit of the vineyard from the tenant farmers.

And again he sent to them another slave, and that one they struck on the head and dishonored.

And he sent another, and that one they killed. And [he sent] many others, [some] of whom they beat and [some] of whom they killed.

Then having still one son, his own beloved, he sent him also to them last, saying; That they will reverence my son.

But those tenants said among themselves, 'This is his heir; come on, let us kill him, and all that is coming to him will be ours.'

Have ye not even read this scripture, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone:

it is the Lord, that has done this, and it is marvellous in our eyes."

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?

Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it.

And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Then give to Caesar that which belongeth to Caesar: and give to God that which pertaineth to God." And they marveled at him.

And Sadducees come to him, that say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him saying,

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone's brother dies and he leaves behind a wife and does not leave a child, that his brother should take the wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

so that all the seven married her, but left no children. last of all she died.

Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?

Now concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses {in the passage about the bush} how God spoke to him, saying, '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, That the first of all the commands, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

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.

And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

So that David himself calleth Him Lord: how then is He his son? And many of the people heard Him with pleasure.

In the course of his teaching, Jesus said: "See that you are on your guard against the Teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and to be greeted in the streets with respect,

and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at dinners??40 men that eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get a far heavier sentence!"

and devour widows' houses: and that, under a colour of long praying. These shall receive greater damnation."

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people put money into the treasury. And many that were rich, cast in much.

And one poor widow came [and] put in two small copper coins (that is, a penny).

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:

for all have cast in of that which they had in abundance, but she of her destitution has cast in all that she had, the whole of her living.

And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not [one] stone will be left here on [another] stone that will not be thrown down!"

"When will all this take place? Tell us. And what will be the sign that it is about to be put into effect?"

And Jesus said to them, Take care that you are not tricked by anyone.

For many shall come in my name, saying, That I am; and they shall lead many astray.

but when ye shall hear the talk of wars, and the noise of wars, be not alarm'd; for that must happen; but the end is not yet.

For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be earthquakes here and there, and famines too. All that is but the beginning of the trouble.

See to yourselves! They will betray you to courts of law; and you will be taken to Synagogues and beaten; and you will be brought up before governors and kings for my sake, that you may bear witness before them.

and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.

And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.

And [at that time] a person will turn his brother over to be killed, and the father will do the same to his child. And children will rebel against their parents and will turn them over to be killed.

And ye will be hated of all on account of my name; but he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.

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 him that is upon the housetop not come down into the house, nor enter into it to take away anything out of his house;

and him that is in the field not return back to take his garment.

But woe to those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!

And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter.

For [in] those days there will be tribulation of such a kind as has not happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will happen.

And except that the Lord had should shorten those days, no man should be saved. But for the elects' sake, which he hath chosen, he hath shortened those days.

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

for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, the elect.

But see that you are on your guard! I have told you all this beforehand.

But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

and the stars of the sky will be falling, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

Truly I say to you that this generation will never pass away until all these [things] take place!

Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

But of that day or that hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father.

be circumspect, be vigilant, and devout: because you are uncertain when that time will be.

It is like a man away on a journey, who left his house and gave his slaves authority--to each one his work--and to the doorkeeper he gave orders that he should be on the alert.

For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

And that I say unto you, I say unto all men: Watch."

"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival; that would mean a popular riot."

When he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, even as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, called nard, that was pure and costly, and she brake the box and poured it on his head.

And there were some that were not content in themselves, and said, "What needed this waste of ointment?

We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.

And they grumbled at her. But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you bother her? It is a fine thing that she has done to me.

She hath done that she could: she came aforehand to anoint my body to his buryingward.

Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be rehearsed in remembrance of her."

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

When they heard that, they were glad, and promised that they would give him money. And he sought, how he might conveniently betray him.

And on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go [and] prepare, so that you can eat the Passover?"

and whatever house he goes into, tell the owner that the Teacher asks, 'Where is my room where I may eat the Passover supper with my disciples?'

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

And the disciples went out and came into the town, and saw that it was as he had said: and they made ready the Passover.

And [while] they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, that one of you who is eating with me will betray me."

And they began to show that they were hurt and to ask Him one by one, "It cannot be I, can it?"

And he answered and said to them, It is one of the twelve that dippeth with me in the dish.

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.

And he said to them, This is my blood, that of the new covenant, that shed for many.

Truly I say to you that I will never drink of the fruit of the vine any longer until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

And Jesus says to them, That all ye shall be offended with me in this night: for it has been written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

But after that I am risen again I will go into Galilee before you."

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.