As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare your way;

John's clothing was made of hair cloth, and the belt around his waist was leather, and he lived on dried locusts and wild honey.

I have baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the holy Spirit."

And he remained in the desert for forty days, and Satan tried to tempt him there; and he was among the wild animals; but the angels waited on him.

Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men."

But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and when that day comes, they will fast.

I tell you, men will be forgiven for everything, for all their sins and all the abusive things they say.

Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

And Jesus said, "If you do not understand this figure, then how will you understand my other figures?

"Take care what you hear," he said to them. "The measure you give will be given to you, and even more besides.

For people who have will have more given them, and from people who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.

But as soon as the crop will let him, the man goes in with his sickle, for the harvest time has come.

yet once sown, comes up and grows to be the largest of all the plants, and produces branches so large that the wild birds can roost under the shelter of it."

"Ask me for anything you like and I will give it to you." And he made oath to her, "I will give you whatever you ask me for, up to half my kingdom."

For the Pharisees and all the Jews observe the rules handed down from their ancestors, and will not eat until they have washed their hands in a particular way,

and they will not eat anything from the market without first purifying it by sprinkling it, and they have a number of other observances which have come down to them, in the way of washing cups, pitchers, and basins.

And if I send them home hungry they will give out on the way, for some of them come from a distance."

And he sighed deeply and said, "Why do the men of this day ask for a sign? I tell you, no sign will be given them."

For whoever wants to preserve his own life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me and for the good news will preserve it.

For if anyone is ashamed of me and my teachings in this unfaithful and sinful age, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of him, when he comes back in his Father's glory, with the holy angels."

And he said to them, "I tell you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the reign of God come in its might."

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, and reforms everything, and does not the Scripture say of the Son of Man that he will suffer much and be refused?

for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and three days after he is killed he will rise again."

But Jesus said, "Do not tell him not to do so, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty act, and be able soon after to abuse me.

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink, on the ground that you belong to Christ, I tell you, will certainly not fail to be repaid.

Salt is a good thing, but if salt loses its strength, what will you use to season it? You must have salt within you, and live in peace with one another."

And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to enter the Kingdom of God!"

but will receive now in this life a hundred times as much in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and lands, though not without persecution??nd in the coming age eternal life.

But many who are first now will be last then, and the last will be first."

"See!" he said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the heathen

and they will ridicule him and spit on him and flog him and kill him; and three days after he will rise again."

and said to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and as soon as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

And if anybody says to you, 'Why are you doing that?' say, 'The Master needs it, and will send it back here directly.' "

I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea!' and has no doubt in his mind, but has faith that what he says will happen, shall have it.

Jesus said to them, "Let me ask you one question, and if you answer me, I will tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.

And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'It was from heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." Jesus said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do."

He still had one left to send, a dearly loved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, 'They will respect my son.'

But the tenants said to one another, 'This is his heir! Come on, let us kill him, and the property will belong to us!'

What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come back and put the tenants to death and give the vineyard to others.

At the resurrection, which one's wife will she be? For all seven of them married her."

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!"

"Tell us when this is to happen, and what the sign will be when it is all just going to be carried out."

Many will come under my name and say 'I am he,' and many will be misled by them.

For nation will rise in arms against nation and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes here and there, there will be famines. This is only the beginning of the sufferings.

But you must be on your guard; they will hand you over to courts and you will be taken into synagogues and beaten, and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to testify to them.

When they are taking you off to trial do not worry beforehand about what you ought to say, but say whatever is given you when the time comes, for it is not you that will speak, but the holy Spirit.

Brother will give up brother to be put to death, and the father his child, and children will turn against their parents and have them put to death.

You will be hated by everyone, because you bear my name. But he who holds out to the end will be saved.

for there will be such misery in those days as there has never been since the beginning of God's creation until now, and never will be again.

For false Christs and false prophets will appear, and they will show signs and wonders to mislead God's chosen people if they can.

But in those days, when that misery is over, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed its light

and the stars will fall from the sky and the forces in the sky will shake.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds with great power and glory,

and then he will send out the angels and gather his chosen people from the four winds, from one end of the world to the other.

I tell you, these things will all happen before the present age passes away.

Earth and sky will pass away, but my words will not.

You must look out and be on the alert, for you do not know when it will be time;

For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you please you can do for them, but you will not always have me.

I tell you, wherever the good news is preached all over the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

So he sent away two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

And he will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make your preparations for us there."

I tell you, I will never drink the product of the vine again till the day when I shall drink the new wine in the Kingdom of God."

And Jesus said to them, "You will all desert me, for the Scriptures say, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

But after I am raised to life again I will go back to Galilee before you."

But Peter said to him, "Even if they all desert you, I will not!"

Jesus said to him, "I tell you, this very night before the cock crows twice you yourself will disown me three times!"

But he persisted vehemently, "If I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And they all said the same thing.

"We ourselves have heard him say, 'I will tear down this sanctuary built by men's hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.' "

But Jesus said, "I am! and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming in the clouds of the sky!"

At that moment for the second time a cock crowed. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will disown me three times!" And at that, he wept aloud.

And they said to one another, "Who will roll the stone back from the doorway of the tomb for us?"

But go and say to his disciples and to Peter, 'He is going before you to Galilee; you will see him there, just as he told you.' "

He who believes it and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe it will be condemned.

And signs like these will attend those who believe: with my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in foreign tongues;

they will take snakes in their hands, and if they drink poison it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."