People will say to you, "Look! There he is!' or "Look! Here he is!' But don't go and chase after him.

Then they asked him, "Where, Lord, will this take place?" He told them, "Wherever there's a corpse, there the vultures will gather."

In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, "Grant me justice against my adversary.'

Won't God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?

I tell you, this man, rather than the other one, went down to his home justified, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."

Now some people were even bringing their infants to Jesus to have him touch them. But when the disciples saw this, they sternly told the people not to do that.

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Nobody is good except for one God.

When Jesus heard this, he told him, "You still need to do one thing. Sell everything you have and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God

After they have whipped him, they'll kill him, but on the third day he'll rise again."

They told him that Jesus from Nazareth was coming by.

The people at the front of the crowd sternly told him to be quiet, but he started shouting even louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,

So Jesus told him, "See again! Your faith has made you well."

Zacchaeus came down quickly and was glad to welcome him into his home.

Then Jesus told him, "Today salvation has come to this home, because this man is also a descendant of Abraham,

But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation to follow him and to announce, "We don't want this man to rule over us!'

The king told him, "Well done, good servant! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.'

The king told him, "You take charge of five cities.'

The king told him, "I will judge you by your own words, you evil servant! You knew, did you, that I was a hard man, and that I withdraw what I didn't deposit and harvest what I didn't plant?

"So the king told those standing nearby, "Take the coin away from him and give it to the man who has the ten coins.'

They answered him, "Sir, he already has ten coins!'

Then he began teaching in the Temple every day. The high priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,

but they couldn't find a way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.

and asked him, "Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

They discussed this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

At the right time he sent a servant to the farmers in order to get his share of the produce of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him back empty-handed.

He sent another servant, and they beat him, too, treated him shamefully, and sent him back empty-handed.

Then he sent a third, and they wounded him and threw him out, too.

"Then the owner of the vineyard said, "What should I do? I'll send my son whom I love. Maybe they'll respect him.'

But when the farmers saw him, they talked it over among themselves and said, "This is the heir. Let's kill him so that the inheritance will be ours!'

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others." Those who heard him said, "That must never happen!"

When the scribes and the high priests realized that Jesus had told this parable about them, they wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the crowd.

So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be honest men in order to trap him in what he would say. They wanted to hand him over to the jurisdiction of the governor,

so they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you're right in what you say and teach, and that you don't favor any individual, but teach the way of God truthfully.

So they couldn't catch him before the people in what he said. Amazed at his answer, they became silent.

and asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, the man should marry the widow and have children for his brother.

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, because he considers all people to be alive to him."

Then they no longer dared to ask him another question.

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

Then they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?"

And all the people would get up early in the morning to listen to him in the Temple.

So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the crowd.

They were delighted, and agreed to give him money.

They asked him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?"

He told them, "Just after you go into the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters

Peter told him, "Lord, I am ready to go even to prison and to die with you!"

Then he left and went to the Mount of Olives, as usual. The disciples went with him.

Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd arrived. The man called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them, and he came close to Jesus to kiss him.

But Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"

But Jesus said, "No more of this!" So he touched the wounded man's ear and healed him.

Then Jesus told the high priests, the Temple police, and the elders, who had come for him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a bandit?

Then they arrested him, led him away, and brought him to the high priest's house. But Peter was following at a distance.

A servant girl saw him sitting by the fire, stared at him, and said, "This man was with him, too."

But he denied it, "I don't know him, woman!" he responded.

A little later, a man looked at him and said, "You are one of them, too." But Peter said, "Mister, I am not!"

About an hour later, another man emphatically asserted, "This man was certainly with him, because he is a Galilean!"

Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. And Peter remembered the word from the Lord, and how he had told him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

Then the men who were holding Jesus in custody began to make fun of him while they beat him.

They blindfolded him and asked him over and over again, "Prophesy! Who is the one who hit you?"

And they kept insulting him in many other ways.

As soon as day came, the elders of the people, the high priests, and the scribes assembled and brought him before their Council.

Then the whole crowd got up and took him to Pilate.

They began to accuse him, "We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Messiah, a king."

Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He answered, "You say so."

When he learned with certainty that Jesus came from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at that time.

Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, because he had been wanting to see him for a long time on account of what he had heard about him. He was also hoping to see some sign done by him.

So he continued to question him for a long time, but Jesus gave him no answer at all.

Meanwhile, the high priests and the scribes stood nearby and continued to accuse him vehemently.

Even Herod and his soldiers treated him with contempt and made fun of him. He put a magnificent robe on Jesus and sent him back to Pilate.

and told them, "You brought this man to me as one who turns the people against the government. And here in your presence I have examined him and have found him "Not Guilty' of the charges you make against him.

Neither does Herod, because he sent him back to us! Indeed, this man has done nothing to deserve death.

So I will punish him and let him go."

but they continued to shout, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"

Then he spoke to them a third time: "What has he done wrong? I have found nothing in him worthy of death. So I will punish him and let him go."

But they kept pressing him with loud shouts, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail.

As they led Jesus away, they grabbed Simon, a man from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and they put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.

A large crowd of people followed him, including some women who kept mourning and wailing for him.

When they reached the place called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. The leaders were mocking him by saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if he is the Messiah of God, the chosen one!"

The soldiers also made fun of Jesus by coming up and offering him sour wine,

There was also an inscription over him written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "This is the King of the Jews."

Now one of the criminals hanging there kept insulting him, "You are the Messiah, aren't you? Save yourself"and us!"

But the other criminal rebuked him, "Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty?

Jesus told him, "I tell you with certainty, today you will be with me in Paradise."

But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, were standing at a distance watching these things.

Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. He stooped down and saw only the linen cloths. Then he went home, wondering about what had happened.

but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.

The one whose name was Cleopas answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn't know what happened there in the past few days?"

They answered him, "The events involving Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in what he said and did before God and all the people, and how our high priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and had him crucified.

Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said. However, they didn't see him."

But they strongly urged him, "Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the daylight is nearly gone." So he went in to stay with them.

Then the two men began to tell what had happened on the road and how they had recognized him when he broke the bread in pieces.

They gave him a piece of broiled fish,

They worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy.