And when he saw the city, as he approached, he wept over it,

Day after day he taught within the temple. The high priests and scribes tried to have him put to death, and so did the leaders of the people,

Now they reasoned to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why did you not believe him?'

And if we say, 'From men,' the whole of the people will stone us, for they are convinced John was a prophet."

So they answered that they did not know where it came from.

But when the vinedressers saw him, they argued to themselves, 'Here is the heir, let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.'

So watching their chance they sent spies who pretended to be honest persons, in order to seize on what he said and get him handed over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

They put this question to him, "Teacher, we know you are straight in what you say and teach, you do not look to human favour but teach the Way of God honestly.

"Show me a shilling. Whose likeness and inscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they replied.

So they could not seize on what he said before the people, and marvelling at his reply they said nothing.

"Teacher," they said, "Moses has written this law for us, that if a man's married brother dies and is childless, his brother is to take the woman and raise offspring for his brother.

But he said to them, "How can people say that the Christ is David's son?

David then calls him Lord. So how can he be his son?"

Looking up he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

"As for what you see, there are days coming when not a stone will be left upon another, without being torn down."

So they asked him, "Teacher, and when will this happen? What will be the sign for this to take place?"

So resolve to yourselves that you will not rehearse your defence beforehand,

But whenever you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then be sure her desolation is not far away.

And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, while on earth the nations will be in dismay with bewilderment at the roar of sea and waves,

and then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

as soon as they put out their leaves, you can see for yourselves that summer is at hand.

So, whenever you see all this happen, be sure the Reign of God is at hand.

Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap.

So Jesus despatched Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover for us that we may eat it."

They went off and found it was as he had told them. So they prepared the passover,

for I tell you I will never drink the produce of the vine again till such time as God's Reign comes."

So too he gave them the cup after supper, saying, "This cup means the new covenant ratified by my blood shed for your sake.

not so with you. He who is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and he who is chief like a servant.

so, even as my Father has assigned me royal power,

He withdrew about a stone's throw and knelt in prayer,

Now when the supporters of Jesus saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with our swords?"

But after this the Son of man will be seated at God's right hand of power."

So they said, "What more evidence do we need? We have heard it from his own lips."

Herod was greatly delighted to see Jesus; he had long wanted to see him, because he had heard about him and also because he hoped to see him perform some miracle.

No, nor has Herod, for he has remitted him to us. He has done nothing, you see, that calls for death;

so I shall release him with a whipping."

He asked them a third time, "But what crime has he committed? I have found nothing about him that deserves death; so I shall release him with a whipping."

Then will people say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'

When the army-captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent."

And when all the crowds who had collected for the sight saw what had happened, they turned away beating their breasts.

So the women who had accompanied him from Galilee and who had followed Joseph, noted the tomb and the position of the body;

On the sabbath they rested in obedience to God's command, but on the first day of the week at early dawn they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.

Peter did get up and run to the tomb, but when he looked in he saw nothing except the linen bandages; so he went away home wondering what had happened.

Some of our company did go to the tomb and found things exactly as the women had said, but they did not see him."

He said to them, "O foolish men, with hearts so slow to believe, after all the prophets have declared!

Had not the Christ to suffer thus and so enter his glory?"

but they pressed him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is getting towards evening and the day has now declined." So he went in to stay with them.

So they got up and returned that very hour to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven and their friends all gathered,

They were scared and terrified, imagining it was a ghost they saw;

Look at my hands and feet. It is I! Feel me and see; a ghost has not flesh and bones as you see I have."

Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?"