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.'

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! The city that has kept on murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you refused!

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.

Alas for women who are expectant mothers and those who have nursing babies in those days!

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.

Remember, I have told you beforehand.

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.

His master said to him 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest.

For the man who has will have more given to him, even till it overflows, but from the man who has nothing even what he has will be taken away.

Surely it could have been sold for a large sum and the money given to the poor."

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

The Son of Man is going away as the Scriptures say of Him, but a curse will be on that man by whom He is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had never been born!"

Peter answered, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you."

Do you suppose that I am unable to appeal to my Father and have Him furnish me on the spot one hundred thousand angels?

At that time Jesus said to the crowds: "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me, as though I were a robber? Day after day I used to sit teaching in the temple, and you never laid hands on me.

Now the high priests and the whole council were trying to get false testimony against Jesus, to have Him put to death;

Then the high priest arose and said to Him, "Have you no answer to make? What do you say to the evidence that they bring against you?"

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.

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."

But the high priests and the elders lined up the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death.

Pilate asked them, "What then shall I do with Jesus. the so-called Christ?" They all answered, "Have Him crucified!"

He asked, "Why, what has He done that is wrong?" But they kept on shouting louder and louder, "Have Him crucified!"

About three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God! My God! why have you forsaken me?"

Issue an order then to have the tomb closely guarded, so that His disciples cannot come and steal Him and tell the people that He rose from the dead, and the last deception be worse than the first."

and teach them to practice all the commands that I have given you. And I myself will surely be with you all the days, down to the very close of an age."

I have baptized you in water, but He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."

"What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, God's Holy One!"

Then he got up and at once picked up his pallet, and went out before them all. The result was that they were all dumbfounded and began to praise God and say, "We have never seen anything like this before."

Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Not well but sick people have to send for the doctor. It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite."

Jesus answered them, "The wedding guests cannot fast, can they, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.

He answered them, "Have you never read what David did when he and his soldiers were in need and hungry?

and to have the right to drive out the demons.

Some fell upon rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep;

The ones along the path are those who have the message sown in their hearts, but as soon as it is sown there, Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.

For whoever has will have more given to him, but whoever has nothing, even what he has will be taken away."

Then He asked them, "Why are you afraid? Have you no faith yet?"

So Herodias had it in for him and wanted to have him killed. But she could not have it done,

Then He asked them, "How many loaves have you? Go and see." They found out and told Him, "Five, and two fish."

and will never eat until they have carefully washed their hands, and they never eat anything brought from the market until they wash it; and they have many other religious practices which they got from their forefathers, as the washing of cups, pitchers, and pans.

you cling to what men hand down. You are fine teachers to cancel what God commanded, in order to keep what men have handed down!

but you say if a man tells his father or mother, 'Everything I have that may be of use to you is Corban,' that is, consecrated to God,

and so you set aside what God has said by what you have handed down. You have many other practices like these."

Then He said to her, "Because you have said this, go home; the demon has gone out of your daughter."

"My heart goes out in pity for these people, for they have been staying with me three days now, and they have nothing left to eat.

Then He asked them, "How many loaves have you?" They answered, "Seven."

And as He noticed it He said to them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet know nor understand? Are your minds so dull?

Since you have eyes can you not see with them? Since you have ears can you not hear with them?

For whoever wants to save his higher life, will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for me and for the good news, will save the higher life.

The boy's father at once cried out and said, "I do have faith; help my lack of faith!"

And whoever leads one of these lowly believers to do wrong, might better have a huge millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the sea.

But he said to Him, "Teacher, I have kept all these commandments ever since I was a child."

Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing. Go, sell everything you have, and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back and follow me."

Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!"

Then Peter started to say to Him, "We have left everything we had and followed you."

They answered Him, "We can." Jesus said to them, "Yes, the cup that I am drinking you will have to drink, and the baptism of agony that I am enduring you will have to endure,

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."

And He continued teaching them and saying, "Does not the Scripture say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a cave for robbers."

Then Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God!

I solemnly say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt at all in his heart, but has faith that what he says will take place, shall have it.

So then I tell you, whenever you pray and ask for anything, have faith that it has been granted you, and you will get it.

And whenever you stand and pray, if you have anything against anybody, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven too may forgive you your shortcomings."

and said to Him, "What sort of authority have you for doing as you do? Or, who gave you the authority to do as you do?"

Jesus said to them, "Let me ask you just one question, and if you answer me, I will tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

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

Have you never read this passage of Scripture: "'That stone which the builders threw away has now become the cornerstone;

Then they were trying to have Him arrested, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that He aimed this story at them. And so they left Him and went away.

Then the scribe said to Him, "Indeed, Teacher, you have properly said that He is one by Himself, and there is no other but Him,

And He called His disciples to Him and said, "I solemnly say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all these others who have been putting money into the collection-box.

But when you hear of wars and rumors of war, stop getting alarmed. They have to come, but the end is not yet.

One brother will turn another over to death, and a father his child, and children will take a stand against their parents and have them put to death.

Alas for the women who are expectant mothers and those who have nursing babies, in those days!

If the Lord had not cut those days short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of the people chosen as His own He has cut them short.

So you must be on your guard. I have warned you about it all beforehand.

Now the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread was two days later. So the high priests and scribes kept looking for some way to arrest Him by stratagem and have Him put to death,

It might have been sold for more than sixty dollars, and the money have been given to the poor." So they kept on grumbling at her.

For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you please you can do them good, but you will not always have me.

For the Son of Man is going away, as the Scriptures say of Him, but a curse will be on that man by whom He is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had never been born."

But Peter kept on emphatically saying, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And they all kept saying the same thing.

And Jesus spoke and said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me, as though I were a robber?

"We ourselves have heard Him say, 'I will tear down this temple built by men's hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.'"

Then the high priest arose in the midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What about this testimony they are giving against you?"

Then again Pilate asked Him, "Have you no answer to make? Just see how many charges they are making against you!"

Then they crucified Him and divided among them His clothes, by drawing lots for them to see which piece each of them should have.

And at three o'clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi! Eloi! lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God! my God! why have you forsaken me?"

Since many writers have undertaken to compose narratives about the facts established among us,

have handed them down to us, I too, most excellent Theophilus, because I have carefully investigated them all from the start, have felt impressed to write them out in order for you

that you may better know the certainty of those things that you have been taught.

The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel; I stand in the very presence of God. I have been sent to talk with you and to tell you this good news.

Then the angel said, "Stop being afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; His reign will have no end."

But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no husband?"

Why is this privilege mine, to have the mother of my Lord come to me?

"Now, Master, you will let your slave go free in peace, as you have promised;

for my eyes have seen your Salvation,

When His parents saw Him, they were utterly amazed, and yet His mother said to Him, "My child, why did you treat us so? Just see how your father and I, in agony of mind, have been searching for you!"

Produce, then, fruit that is consistent with the repentance that you profess, and do not even begin to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can raise up descendants for Abraham even out of these stones.

"Ha! What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are God's Holy One."

Simon answered, "We have toiled all night and caught nothing, but since you tell me to do so, I will set the nets again."