And they discussed [this] with one another, saying, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced [that] John was a prophet."

And at the proper time he sent a slave to the tenant farmers, so that they would give him [some] of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenant farmers sent him away empty-handed [after] beating [him].

So the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

But [when] the tenant farmers saw him, they began to reason with one another, saying, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance will become ours!'

And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.

"Show me a denarius! Whose image and inscription does it have?" And they answered [and] said, "Caesar's."

So he said to them, "Well then, give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!"

saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us if someone's brother dies having a wife, and this man is childless, that his brother should take the wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

But he said to them, "In what sense do they say [that] the Christ is David's son?

And he looked up [and] saw the rich putting their gifts into the contribution box,

and he saw a certain poor widow putting in there two small copper coins.

And he said, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all [of them].

"[As for] these [things] that you see--days will come in which not [one] stone will be left on [another] stone that will not be thrown down!"

"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.

because these are days of vengeance, [so that] all the things that are written can be fulfilled.

"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity from the noise of the sea and [its] surging,

And then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.

When they put out [foliage], now you see for yourselves [and] know that by this time the summer is near.

So also you, when you see these [things] happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

Truly I say to you that this generation will never pass away until all [things] take place!

So [throughout] the days he was teaching in the temple [courts], and [throughout] the nights he was going out [and] spending the night on the hill that is called [the Mount] of Olives.

And he sent Peter and John, saying, "Go [and] prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat [it].

So they said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare [it]?"

And you will say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?" '

So they went [and] found [everything] just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

So he said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called benefactors.

And he said to them, "When I sent you out without a money bag and a traveler's bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, [did you]?" And they said, "Nothing."

And he said to them, "But now the one who has a money bag must take [it], and likewise a traveler's bag. And the one who does not have a sword must sell his cloak and buy [one].

So they said, "Lord, behold, here [are] two swords!" And he said to them, "It is adequate."

And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw and {knelt down} [and] began to pray,

And [when] those around him saw what was about to happen, they said, "Lord, should we strike with the sword?"

And after a short time another person saw him [and] said, "You also are [one] of them!" But Peter said, "Man, I am not!"

So they all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" And he said to them, "You say that I am."

And Pilate asked him, saying, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him [and] said, "You say [so]."

So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man.

And [when] Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him.

So he questioned him {at considerable length}, but he answered nothing to him.

So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people

So he said to them a third [time], "Why? What wrong has this man done? I found no basis for an accusation {deserving death} in him. Therefore I will punish him [and] release [him]."

For behold, days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and [the] breasts that did not nurse!'

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!'

And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."

Now [when] the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, "Certainly this man was righteous!"

And all the crowds that had come together for this spectacle, [when they] saw the things that had happened, returned [home] beating [their] breasts.

And all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee who saw these [things], stood at a distance.

And the women who had been accompanying him from Galilee followed [and] saw the tomb and how his body was placed.

But Peter got up [and] ran to the tomb, and bending over to look, he saw only the [strips of] linen cloth, and he went away to his home wondering what had happened.

And he said to them, "What [things]?" So they said to him, "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, a man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people,

And some of those with us went out to the tomb and found [it] like this, just as the women had also said, but him they did not see."

Look at my hands and my feet, that I am I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as {you see that I have}."

So they gave him a piece of broiled fish,