and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was among the wild beasts, but the angels were ministering to him.

so Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men."

But the days will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then, on that day, they will fast.

"Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God, that one is my brother and sister and mother."

"You do not understand this parable," said Jesus. "Then how will you understand the other parables?

And he said to them. "Take heed what you hear. With what measure you measure it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.

For he who holds, to him will more be given, and he who holds not, from him will be taken even what he holds."

yet when sown shoots up and becomes larger than any plant, sending out such branches that the wild birds build their nests under its shadow."

at which the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced. She charmed Herod and his guests. "Ask me whatever you want," said the king to the young girl, "and I will give it to you."

and if I send them away fasting to their homes, they will faint on the way. Moreover, some of them are from a distance."

"Where will it be possible," answered his disciples, "for one to fill these men with bread in a lonely place like this?"

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever, for my sake and the gospel's, loses his life will save it.

"Elijah does indeed first come," he said, "and restores all things, But how is it written about the Son of Man, that he will endure great suffering, and be rejected?

For by fire every one will be salted;

salt is excellent, but if the salt has lost its savor, what will you use to restore its saltness? Then have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

"See," said he, "we are going up to Jerusalem and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and the Scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will hand him over to the Gentiles,

who will mock him, spit upon him, flog him, and put him to death; and after three days he will rise again."

Jesus sent two of his disciples and told them. "Go to that village in front of you, and immediately on entering it you will find a colt tied, upon which no man has ever sat; untie him and bring him here.

And if any man asks you, 'Why are you doing that?" answer, 'The Lord has need of him, and he will immediately send him back.'"

"In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, 'Up and hurl yourself into the sea!' and shall not doubt in his heart, but on the contrary shall believe that what he says will happen, it will be granted him.

"And I will put one question to you," replied Jesus. "Answer this, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Then they began arguing with one another. "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?"

So their answer to Jesus was, "We do not know." "Neither will I tell you," said Jesus, "by what authority I do these things."

He had still one, a Son beloved, He sent him last to them, saying, "'They will reverence my Son.'

"But those tenants said to themselves. 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

What will the owner of the Vineyard do?" "He will come and put the tenants to death," they said, "and will give the vineyard to others."

"Be ye watchful lest any one mislead you. Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and will mislead many.

For nation shall rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines; these are the beginning of birth-pangs.

"You yourselves must be on your guard. They will hand you over to the courts, and you will be flogged on the synagogues; and you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, to witness to them for me.

"And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise up against their parents, and have them put to death.

You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

For those will be days of suffering the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now, and never shall be.

for false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show signs and wonders, to lead astray the very chosen, if they can.

"But when the tribulation is past, in those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed her light,

and the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

Then will they see the Son of man coming in clouds, with great power and glory.

Then he will send forth the angels and gather his chosen from the four winds, from uttermost earth to uttermost sky.

She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor among you, and can show them kindness whenever you wish, but me you will not always have.

Then he sent two of his disciples, and told them. "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jar of water.

He will himself show you a large, upper room, furnished and ready. there make preparation for us."

While they were at the table, eating, Jesus said solemnly. "It is one of you who will betray me??ne who is eating with me."

Solemnly I tell you I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

And Jesus said to them. "All of you are about to stumble, for it is written, 'I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad.'"

"But after my resurrection I will go before you into Galilee."

"Although they all stumble and fall, yet will not I," answered Peter.

But Peter kept protesting passionately, "Though I must die with you, I will not disown you!" And they all kept saying the same.

"Abba, Father," he said, "all things are possible with thee. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what thou wilt."

"We heard him say, 'I will tear down this temple made by hands, and in three days I will build another temple not made by hands.'"

At that instant for the second time a cock crew. Then Peter recalled the word which Jesus had spoken to him, "Before the cock crows twice you will disown me thrice." And as he thought of it, he began to weep aloud.

Then a man ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, and put it on a stick, and offered it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down!"

and they kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?"

But go, tell his disciples and Peter, "'He is going before you into Galilee, where you will see him, as he told you.'"