crying out in a loud voice, "What hast Thou to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? In God's name I implore Thee not to torment me."

And now for the first time He told them, "The Son of Man must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the Elders and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise to life."

They also asked Him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"

"O unbelieving generation!" replied Jesus; "how long must I be with you? how long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy to me."

So with a loud cry he threw the boy into fit after fit, and came out. The boy looked as if he were dead, so that most of them said he was dead;

Then sitting down He called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

but it is not to be so among you. No, whoever desires to be great among you must be your servant;

and whoever desires to be first among you must be the bondservant of all.

But when you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed: come they must, but the End is not yet.

"You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.

But the proclamation of the Good News must be carried to all the Gentiles before the End comes.

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone: why are you troubling her? She has done a most gracious act towards me.

"Even if I must die with you," declared Peter again and again, "I will never disown you." In like manner protested also all the disciples.