Then the king became outraged. He sent his troops, and they destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

"Then he told his servants, "The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Those servants went out into the streets and brought in everyone they found, evil and good alike, and the wedding hall was packed with guests.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom from heaven in people's faces. You don't go in yourselves, and you don't allow those who are trying to enter to go in.

Therefore, you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

I tell all of you with certainty, all these things will happen to those living today."

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

"How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!

If those days hadn't been limited, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be limited.

"Immediately after the troubles of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.'

In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.

"While they were away buying it, the groom arrived. Those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet, and the door was closed.

"After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

"Then the king will say to those on his right, "Come, you who have been blessed by my Father! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,

"Then he will say to those on his left, "Get away from me, you who are accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the Devil and his angels!

Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

As he went out to the gateway, another woman saw him and told those who were there, "This man was with Jesus from Nazareth."

Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads,

When the centurion and those guarding Jesus with him saw the earthquake and the other things that were taking place, they were terrified and said, "This man certainly was the Son of God!"

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

Then Jesus went up on a hillside and called to himself those whom he had decided on, and they approached him.

When he was alone with the Twelve and those around him, they began to ask him about the parables.

He told them, "The secret about the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside, everything comes in parables

Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs ran away, they reported what had happened in the city and countryside. So the people went to see what had happened.

He sighed deeply in his spirit and remarked, "Why do those living today demand a sign? I tell all of you with certainty, no sign will be given to this generation."

Some people were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

Then Jesus looked around and told his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!"

The disciples were startled by these words, but Jesus told them again, "Children, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

Jesus told them, "You will drink from the cup that I'm going to drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I'm going to be baptized. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right or my left. Those positions have already been prepared for others."

Jesus called his disciples and told them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers among the unbelievers lord it over them, and their superiors act like tyrants over them.

Those who went ahead and those who followed him were shouting, "Hosanna! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

When they came to Jerusalem, he went into the Temple and began to throw out those who were selling and those who were buying in the Temple. He overturned the moneychangers' tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.

But those farmers told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'

"So when you see the destructive desecration standing where it should not be (let the reader take note), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

"How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!

because those days will be a time of suffering, a kind that has not happened from the beginning of God's creation until now, and certainly will never happen again.

If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen, he has shortened those days.

"But after the suffering of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

But one of those standing there drew his sword and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

The servant girl saw him and again told those who were standing around, "This man is one of them!"

Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days

She went and told those who had been with Jesus and who now were grieving and crying.

Finally he appeared to his eleven disciples while they were eating. He rebuked them for their unbelief and stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had risen.

These are the signs that will accompany those who believe: In my name they'll drive out demons, they'll speak in new languages,

just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,

His mercy lasts from generation to generation for those who fear him.

to shine on those who sit in darkness and in death's shadow, and to guide our feet into the way of peace."

Now in those days an order was published by Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be registered.

Yet Elijah wasn't sent to a single one of those widows except to one at Zarephath in Sidon.

Then they told him, "John's disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do those of the Pharisees. But your disciples keep right on eating and drinking."

Now it was in those days that Jesus went to a mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.

They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Even those who were being tormented by unclean spirits were being healed.

"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.

Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who insult you.

"If you love those who love you, what thanks do you deserve? Why, even sinners love those who love them.

If you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners do that.

If you lend to those from whom you expect to get something back, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back what they lend.

Really, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look! Those who wear fine clothes and live in luxury are in royal palaces.

Those who were at the table with them began to say among themselves, "Who is this man who even forgives sins?"

"No one lights a lamp and hides it under a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a lamp stand so that those who come in will see the light.

But he answered those people, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear a message from God and heed it."

Now a large herd of pigs was grazing there on the hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into those pigs, and he consented to that.

Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs saw what had happened, they ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside.

Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" While everyone was denying it, Peter and those who were with him said, "Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing in on you."

But the crowds found out about this and followed him. He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to heal those who needed healing.

Still another man said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to those at home."

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who keep asking him!"

But he said, "Instead, how blessed are those who hear God's word and obey it!"

"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a hiding place or under a basket, but on a lamp stand, so that those who enter may see its light.

Jesus said, "How terrible it will be for you experts in the Law, too! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you don't even lift a finger to ease those burdens.

So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed those for whom you are building monuments.

so those living today will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that was shed since the foundation of the world,

How terrible it will be for you experts in the Law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You didn't go in yourselves, and you kept out those who were trying to go in."

"But I tell you, my friends, never be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can't do anything more.

How blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching for him when he comes! I tell all of you with certainty, he himself will put on an apron, make them sit down at the table, and go around and serve them.

What about those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were worse offenders than all the other people living in Jerusalem?

But the synagogue leader, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, told the crowd, "There are six days when work is to be done. So come on those days to be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you people were unwilling!

Now one of those eating with him heard this and told him, "How blessed is the person who will eat in the kingdom of God!"

When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who were invited, "Come! Everything is now ready.'

Because I tell all of you, none of those men who were invited will taste anything at my banquet.'"

Besides all this, a wide chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross from this side to you cannot do so, nor can they cross from your side to us.'

But first he must suffer a great deal and be rejected by those living today.

Those who were listening to Jesus asked, "Then who can be saved?"

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

So those who were sent went off and found it as Jesus had told them.

They will level you to the ground you and those who live within your city limits. They will not leave one stone on another within your walls, because you didn't recognize the time when you were visited."

Then Jesus went into the Temple and began to throw out those who were selling things.

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

Jesus told them, "Those who belong to this age marry and are married,

but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, those inside the city must leave it, and those in the countryside must not go into it,

"How terrible it will be for those women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! because there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

But he told them, "The kings of the unbelievers lord it over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called benefactors.

When those who were around Jesus saw what was about to take place, they asked, "Lord, should we attack with our swords?"

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."

However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,

"Who are you?" they asked him. "We must give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

Now those men had been sent from the Pharisees.