Then they began to discuss it among themselves, and said, "It is because we did not take any bread."

Do you not understand yet? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many basketfuls you took up?

How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread, when I said, keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?"

Then they understood that He meant, guard yourselves not against yeast for bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.

Then Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for it is not man that made this known to you, but my Father in heaven.

Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.

But He turned and said to Peter, "Get out of my way, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me, for this view of yours is not from God but from men."

Then Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Get up and do not be so afraid."

But I say to you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but treated him as they pleased. Just so the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands."

I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."

After that the disciples came to Jesus and privately asked, "Why is it we could not drive it out?"

but still, that we may not influence them to do anything wrong, go down to the sea and throw over a hook. Pull in the first fish that bites, open its mouth and you will find in it a dollar. Take it and pay the tax for both of us."

"Be careful not to look with scorn on a single one of these little children, for I tell you that in heaven their angels have uninterrupted access to my Father in heaven.

"What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillsides, and go and search for the one that is lost?

And if he finds it, I solemnly say to you, he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine that did not get lost.

Just so it is not the will of my Father in heaven that a single one of these little ones be lost.

But if he does not listen to you, take along with you one or two others, so as to have every word confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, report it to the church.

Jesus answered him: "I tell you, not as many as seven, but as many as seventy times seven!

And because he could not pay it, his master ordered him to be sold, yea, even his wife and children and all he had, and payment to be made.

Ought you not to have shown mercy to your fellow-slave, as I too had done for you?'

This is the way my heavenly Father too will deal with you, if you do not, each one, heartily forgive your brother."

And He answered, "Have you not read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female,

He answered them, "It was because of your moral perversity that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but it was not so from the beginning.

He said to them, "It is not every man who has the capacity to carry out this saying, but it is for those to whom the capacity has been given.

He asked Him, "What sort of commandments?" Jesus answered, "You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not lie,

But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no injustice. Did you not contract with me at twenty cents?

Have I not the right to do what I please with my own money? Or, is your eye causing you to be covetous, because I am generous?

But Jesus answered, "You do not realize what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They answered, "Yes, we can."

He said to them, "You will drink the cup that I am to drink, but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father."

It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

And He left and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

And Jesus answered them, "I solemnly say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt at all, you will not only do the sort of wonder done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

Where did John's baptism come from? From heaven, or from men?" They argued it out among themselves in this way, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He also answered them, "Nor am I going to tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

Then he came to the second and said the same thing. And he answered, 'I will not.' But afterward he changed his mind and went.

For John came to you walking in the way of uprightness, and yet you did not believe him. The tax-collectors and prostitutes did believe him, but you, even though you saw that, would not change your minds afterward and believe him.

But when the king came in to take a look at the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding suit.

So they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, to say to Him, "Teacher, we know that you are in the habit of telling the truth and of teaching the way of God in honesty, and you do not care what anyone says, for you are not partial.

So give us your opinion on the question: Is it right to pay Caesar the poll-tax, or not?"

Jesus answered them, "You are wrong in your views, because you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God,

for after the resurrection men do not marry and women are not married, but continue to live together as the angels do in heaven.

'I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob!' Now God is not the God of dead but of living men."

And not one could answer Him a word, and from that day on no one ever dared to ask Him any more questions.

So everything they tell you, do and practice, but stop doing what they do, for they preach but do not practice.

But as for you, you must not seek for others to call you 'Teacher,' for you have but one who is 'Teacher,' and you are all brothers.

And you must not call anyone on earth 'father,' for the Heavenly One is your Father.

And you must not be called 'leaders,' for you have only one Leader, and that is Christ.

A curse on you, you blind leaders who say, 'Whoever swears by the sanctuary is not duty-bound, but whoever swears by the gold of the sanctuary is duty-bound.'

You say, 'Whoever swears by the altar is not duty-bound, but whoever swears by the offering on the altar is duty-bound!'

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.

You blind leaders, who are straining out the gnat but gulping down the camel!

and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have been sharers with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

But He answered them, "Do you see all these things? I solemnly say to you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be torn down."

You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars; take care not to be scared out of your wits. They have to come, but that is not the end yet.

let him who is on the roof of his house not come down to get his household goods out;

let him who is in the field not turn back to get his coat.

And pray for your flight not to be in winter or on the Sabbath,

And if those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's chosen people those days will be cut short.

"If anyone at that time says to you, 'Here is the Christ!' or 'There He is!' do not believe it,

So if they say to you, 'Here He is in the desert,' do not go out to see. Or 'Here He is in some secret place,' do not believe it.

"And immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not shed its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the sky will be shaken.

I solemnly say to you, the present age will not pass away before all this takes place.

But about that day or hour not a single one knows -- not even the angels in heaven or the Son; not a single one but the Father alone.

So keep on watching, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

But be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in exactly what part of the night the thief would come, he would have been on guard and would not have let his house be broken into.

So you, too, must continue to be ready, for at an hour you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come.

the master of that slave will come on the very day he is not expecting him,

But the thoughtful ones not only took their lamps but also extra oil in their oil cans.

But the thoughtful ones answered, 'No, no, there may not be enough for you and us. Go to the store and buy your own oil.'

But he answered, 'I positively say to you, I do not know you.'

So you must keep on watching, for you do not know either the day or the hour.

Then the man who had received the one thousand came up and said, 'Master, I knew you were a hard man, who reaped where you had not sown, who gathered where you had not threshed.

His master answered him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not threshed.

when I was a stranger you did not welcome me to your homes, when I needed clothes you did not put them on me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

Then they will answer, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or needing clothes, or sick, or in prison, and did not wait on you?'

But they kept saying, "It must not be at the feast, for a riot may break out among the people."

for you always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.

Jesus said to him, "I solemnly say to you, this very night, before a cock crows, you will disown me three times."

Then He walked on a few steps and threw Himself upon His face, and in this attitude continued to pray, and say, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me; and yet, I pray, not what I want but what you want."

Then He came back to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Could you not then watch with me a single hour?

You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak."

but they could not, although many false witnesses came forward to testify. At last two men came forward

Then the high priest tore his clothes, and said, "He has uttered blasphemy, What more evidence do we need? You have just heard His blasphemy.

But he denied it before them all, and said, "I do not understand what you mean."

Again he denied it, and even swore, "I do not know the man!"

Then he commenced cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man!" And at once a cock crowed.

The high priests picked up the money and said, "It is not legal to put it into the consecrated treasury, for it is blood money."

Then Pilate said to Him, "Do you not hear how strong is the evidence they are bringing against you?"

But He did not answer him a single word, so that the governor was dumbfounded beyond expression.

Now while he was on the bench, his wife sent him this word, "Do not have anything to do with that righteous man, for I have this morning suffered excruciating pain in a dream caused by Him."

So Pilate, since he saw that he was making no headway with them, but that a riot was about to break out instead, took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, and said, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

they gave Him some wine mixed with gall, but when He tasted it, He would not drink it.

And the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

He is not here; He has risen, as He said He would do. Come, get a look at the place where He was lying.

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go, tell my brothers to go back to Galilee, and there they will see me."

and said to them, "Tell the people that His disciples came by night, while we were sleeping, and stole Him away.

He kept preaching the following message, "After me there is coming One who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie.

And they were dumbfounded at His teaching, for He was teaching them like one who had authority to teach, and not like the scribes.