"The time is ripe and the kingdom of God is near; repent and believe in the good news."

But a time is coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

So He told His disciples to keep a little boat ready for Him all the time, to prevent the crowds from crushing Him.

But He charged them time after time not to tell who He was.

But as soon as the crop Will permit it, he puts in the sickle, for the reaping time has come."

And He said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and rest a little while." For there was an endless stream of people coming and going, and they had no time even to eat.

And they brought to Him a man who was deaf and almost dumb, and they begged Him to lay His hand upon him.

So the people were overwhelmingly dumbfounded, and kept saying, "How wonderfully He has done everything! He even makes deaf people hear and dumb people talk."

Then He instructed them for the first time that the Son of Man had to endure great suffering and be disowned by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, and be killed but rise again after three days.

A man from the crowd answered Him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit.

and many a time it has thrown him into the fire or into the water, to destroy him. But if there is anything you can do for him, do pity us and help us!"

Then Jesus, because He saw that a crowd was rushing up to Him, reproved the foul spirit and said to it, "You deaf and dumb spirit, get out of him, I charge you, and never get into him again."

Now in the distance He saw a fig tree covered with leaves, and He went up to it to see if He might find some figs on it, but when He got to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for figs.

At the proper time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect his part of the grape crop.

Now when they take you to court for trial, do not be worrying beforehand about what you should say, but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you that will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

for there will be such misery at that time as has never been since the beginning of God's creation, and never will be again.

"If anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! Here is the Christ,' or, 'Look! There He is,' do not believe it.

Keep looking, keep alert, for you do not know when the time will be.

On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, the usual time for killing the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked Him, "Where do you want us to go and get the Passover supper ready for you to eat?"

He came back the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? No more of that! The hour has come. See! The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinful men.

At that moment for the second time a Cock crowed. Then Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will disown me three times!" And when he remembered that, he burst into tears.

Now at the time of the feast Pilate usually set a prisoner free whom the people requested.