As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
“Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way;

John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.

I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him.

And Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”

But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.”

If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?

And He was saying to them, “Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides.

and *implored Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live.”

For she thought, “If I just touch His garments, I will get well.”

and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.”

And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you; up to half of my kingdom.”

If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance.”

And His disciples answered Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”

Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

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

For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.”

But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

“For everyone will be salted with fire.

Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

And Jesus, looking around, *said to His disciples, “How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!”

but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.

But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”

saying, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and will hand Him over to the Gentiles.

They will mock Him and spit on Him, and scourge Him and kill Him, and three days later He will rise again.”

and *said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.

If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.”

Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.

Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.

[But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions.”]

And Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

They began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

Answering Jesus, they *said, “We do not know.” And Jesus *said to them, “Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This 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 destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others.

In the resurrection, when they rise again, which one’s wife will she be? For all seven had married her.”

who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.”

And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down.”

“Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?”

Many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He!’ and will mislead many.

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

“But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

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

You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will.

for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light,

and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

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

And then He will send forth the angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.

Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

“Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come.

Truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.”

And He *sent two of His disciples and *said to them, “Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him;

And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; prepare for us there.”

As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me.”

Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

And Jesus *said to them, “You will all fall away, because it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.’

But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

But Peter said to Him, “Even though all may fall away, yet I will not.”

And Jesus *said to him, “Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.”

But Peter kept saying insistently, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all were saying the same thing also.

And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.

Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.”

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you.’”

These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;

they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”