Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

Then He went up on the hillside and summoned to Him those whom He wanted, and they went to Him.

When He was by Himself, those who stayed about Him with the Twelve began to ask Him about the stories.

Then He said to them, "To you the secret of the kingdom of God has been entrusted, but to those who are on the outside everything is presented in stories, so that

The ones along the path are those who have the message sown in their hearts, but as soon as it is sown there, Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.

A different class are those people sown among the thorns. They are people who listen to the message,

And those who had seen it told them how it occurred to the man who had been under the power of the demons, and about the hogs.

In those days when a great crowd again had gathered and they had nothing to eat, He called His disciples to Him, and said,

Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!"

As they were walking along the road up to Jerusalem, Jesus was going on ahead of them, but they were dazed while those who were still following were afraid. Then again He took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to befall Him.

but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared."

Then Jesus called them to Him, and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule the heathen lord it over them, and their great men rule as despots over them;

Then those in front and those behind Him shouted: "Welcome Him! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord;

Then they reached Jerusalem, and He went into the temple and began to drive out of it those who were buying and selling things in it. Then He upset the money-changers' tables and the dove-dealers' counters,

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.'

Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come back and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

"So when you see the destructive desecration standing where he has no right to stand" -- let the reader take notice -- "then let those who remain in Judea fly to the hills;

Alas for the women who are expectant mothers and those who have nursing babies, in those days!

If the Lord had not cut those days short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of the people chosen as His own He has cut them short.

"But in those days, after that misery, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not shed its light,

Later on He appeared to the Eleven themselves while they were at table, and reproved them for their lack of faith and their stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had been raised from the dead.

And the following signs will attend those who believe: By using my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in foreign languages;