Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

And when the day was coming on, He went out and retired into a solitary place; and the people sought for Him, and came to Him, and would fain have detained Him, that He might not go from them.

And no one [after] drinking old [wine] wants new, because he says, 'The old is [just] fine!'"

How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take that splinter out of your eye,' when all the while you yourself do not see the beam in your own eye? Vain pretender! take the beam out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother's eye.

But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing [entirely unsuited for the harsh wilderness]? Those who wear splendid clothing and live in luxury are in royal palaces!

While he was speaking, somebody came from the ruler of the synagogue's house, who said to him, your daughter is dead; 'tis in vain to importune the master any farther.

And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

And I will say to myself, 'Soul, you have plenty of goods [i.e., grain and supplies] stored up for many years, [so], take it easy; eat, drink and have fun.'

Vain pretenders! You know how to read the aspect of earth and sky. How is it you cannot read this present time?

and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?

If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'"

In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Get thee out, and go hence: for Herod would fain kill thee.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

For which of you wants to build a tower and does not first sit down to calculate the expense, to see if he has enough money to complete it? ??29 in case, after he has laid the foundation and then is unable to finish the building, all the spectators start to make fun of him,

Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to make fun of him,

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

and fain to eat up the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. (The very dogs used to come and lick his ulcers.)

To his disciples he said, "There will come days when you will long and long in vain to have even one day of the Son of man.

saying, "If you knew, in this your day??ven you??he things pertaining to peace! but just now were they hid from your eyes!

Then He proceeded to speak a parable to the people. "There was a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, let it out to vine-dressers, and went abroad for a considerable time.

At vintage-time he sent a servant to the vine-dressers, for them to give him a share of the crop; but the vine-dressers beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.

"But when the vine-dressers saw him, they discussed the matter with one another, and said, "'This is the heir: let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

He will come and put these vine-dressers to death, and give the vineyard to others." "God forbid!" exclaimed the hearers.

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

Then some of the scribes replied, "Teacher, you have given a fine answer."

Some having said of the temple, that the stone-work was fine, and the furniture magnificent:

For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.

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

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.

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

and having taken it down, wrapped it in fine linen and placed him in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had ever been laid.