Afterwards Jesus called his disciples to him, and said: "My heart is moved at the sight of all these people, for they have already been with me three days and they have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, for fear that they should break down on the way."

Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and, to test Jesus, requested him to show them some sign from the heavens.

But Peter took Jesus aside, and began to rebuke him. "Master," he said, "please God that shall never be your fate!"

Then Jesus said to his disciples: "If any man wishes to walk in my steps, let him renounce self, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, and the brothers James and John, and led them up a high mountain alone.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and there was a voice from the cloud that said-- "This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight; him you must hear."

And I tell you that Elijah has already come, and people have not recognized him, but have treated him just as they pleased. In the same way, too, the Son of Man is destined to undergo suffering at men's hands."

When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, and, kneeling down before him, said:

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

Afterwards the disciples came up to Jesus, and asked him privately: "Why was it that we could not drive it out?"

And they will put him to death, but on the third day he will rise." And the disciples were greatly distressed.

On the same occasion the disciples came to Jesus, and asked him: "Who is really the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"

Jesus called a little child to him, and placed it in the middle of them, and then said:

But, if any one puts a snare in the way of one of these lowly ones who believe in me, it would be best for him to be sunk in the depths of the sea with a great millstone hung round his neck.

If your Brother does wrong, go to him and convince him of his fault when you and he are alone. If he listens to you, you have won your Brother.

If he refuses to listen to them, speak to the Church; and, if he also refuses to listen to the Church, treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.

When he had begun to do so, one of them was brought to him who owed him six million pounds;

And, as he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold towards the payment of the debt, together with his wife, and his children, and everything that he had.

Thereupon the servant threw himself down on the ground before him and said 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.'

The master was moved with compassion; and he let him go, and forgave him the debt.

But, on going out, that same servant came upon one of his fellow-servants who owed him ten pounds. Seizing him by the throat, he said 'Pay what you owe me.'

But the other would not, but went and put him in prison till he should pay his debt.

When his fellow-servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and went to their master and laid the whole matter before him.

Upon that the master sent for the servant, and said to him 'You wicked servant! When you begged me for mercy, I forgave you the whole of that debt.

Then his master, in anger, handed him over to the jailers, until he should pay the whole of his debt.

Great crowds followed him, and he cured them there.

Presently some Pharisees came up to him, and, to test him, said: "Has a man the right to divorce his wife for every cause?"

Some men, it is true, have from birth been disabled for marriage, while others have been disabled by their fellow men, and others again have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

Then some little children were brought to Jesus, for him to place his hands on them, and pray; but the disciples found fault with those who had brought them.

When Jesus was on the point of going up to Jerusalem, he gathered the twelve disciples round him by themselves, and said to them as they were on their way:

"Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there the Son of Man will be betrayed to the Chief Priests and Teachers of the Law, and they will condemn him to death,

And give him up to the Gentiles for them to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify; and on the third day he will rise."

Then the mother of Zebediah's sons came to him with her sons, bowing to the ground, and begging a favor.

Jesus, however, called the ten to him, and said: "The rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them as you know, and their great men oppress them.

As they were going out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.

So Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight, and followed him.

The crowds that led the way, as well as those that followed behind, kept shouting: "God save the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! God save him from on high!"

While he was still in the Temple Courts, some blind and some lame people came up to him, and he cured them.

And said to him: "Do you hear what these boys are saying?" "Yes," answered Jesus; "but did you never read the words--'Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast called forth perfect praise'?"

After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation came up to him as he was teaching, and said: " What authority have you to do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

It is about John's baptism. What was its origin? divine or human?" But they began arguing among themselves: "If we say 'divine,' he will say to us 'Why then did not you believe him?'

For when John came to you, walking in the path of righteousness, you did not believe him, but tax-gatherers and prostitutes did; and yet you, though you saw this, even then were not sorry, nor did you believe him.

But the tenants, on seeing his son, said to each other 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.'

So they seized him, and threw him outside the vineyard, and killed him.

"Miserable wretches!" they exclaimed, "he will put them to a miserable death, and he will let out the vineyard to other tenants, who will pay him his share of the produce at the proper times."

Yes, and he who falls on this stone will be dashed to pieces, while any one on whom it falls--it will scatter him as dust."

Yet, although eager to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who regarded him as a Prophet.

So he said to him 'My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding-robe?' The man was speechless.

Then the king said to the attendants 'Tie him hand and foot, and 'put him out into the darkness' outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.'

They sent their disciples, with the Herodians, to say to him: "Teacher, we know that you are an honest man, and that you teach the way of God honestly, and are not afraid of any one; for you pay no regard to a man's position.

Show me the coin with which the tax is paid." And, when they had brought him a florin,

They wondered at his answer, and left him alone and went away.

The crowds, who had been listening to him, were greatly struck with his teaching.

Then one of them, a Student of the Law, to test him, asked this question--

"How is it, then," Jesus replied, "that David, speaking under inspiration, calls him 'lord,' in the passage-

Since, then, David calls him 'lord,' how is he David's son?"

No one could say a word in answer; nor did any one after that day venture to question him further.

Alas for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You scour land and sea to make a single convert, and, when he is gained, you make him twice as deserving of the Pit as you are yourselves.

Alas for you, you blind guides! You say 'if any answer by the Temple, his oath counts for nothing; but, if any one swears by the gold of the Temple, his oath is binding him'!

You say, too, 'If any one swears by the altar, his oath counts for nothing, but, if any one swears by the offering placed on it, his oath is binding on him'!

and a man, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it,

while a man, swearing by Heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.

So, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said: "Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your Coming, and of the close of the age."

And he will send his angels, with a great trumpet, and they will gather his People round him from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Therefore, do you also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.

I tell you that his master will put him in charge of the whole of his property.

That servant's master will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour of which he is unaware,

And will flog him severely, and assign him his place among the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

But at midnight a shout was raised--'The Bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom came; and the bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the banquet, and the door was shut.

'Therefore,' he continued, 'take away from him the six hundred pounds, and give it to the one who has the six thousand.

For, to him who has, more will be given, and he shall have abundance; but, as for him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away from him.

As for the useless servant, 'put him out into the darkness' outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.'

When the Son of Man has come in his glory and all the angels with him, then he 'will take his seat on his throne of glory';

And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people--just as a shepherd separates sheep from goats- -

And plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and put him to death;

a woman came up to him with an alabaster jar of very costly perfume, and poured the perfume upon his head as he was at table.

And said "What are you willing to give me, if I betray Jesus to you?" The Priests 'weighed him out thirty pieces of silver' as payment.

"Go into the city to a certain man," he answered, "and say to him 'The Teacher says--My time is near. I will keep the Passover with my disciples at your house.'"

In great grief they began to say to him, one by one: "Can it be I, Master?"

True, the Son of Man must go, as Scripture says of him, yet alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! For that man 'it would be better never to have been born!'"

And Judas, who was betraying him, turned to him and said: "Can it be I, Rabbi?" "It is," answered Jesus.

Taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebediah, he began to show signs of sadness and deep distress of mind.

And, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came in sight; and with him was a great crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent from the Chief Priests and Councillors of the Nation.

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. "The man whom I kiss," he had said, "will be the one; arrest him."

So he went up to Jesus at once, and exclaimed: "Welcome, Rabbi!" and kissed him;

On which Jesus said to him: "Friend, do what you have come for." Thereupon the men went up, seized Jesus, and arrested him.

The whole of this occurred in fulfillment of the Prophetic Scriptures. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled.

Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the High Priest, where the Teachers of the Law and the Councillors had assembled.

Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the offices, to see the end.

Meanwhile the Chief Priests and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such false evidence against Jesus, as would warrant putting him to death,

But Jesus remained silent. On this the High Priest said to him: "I adjure you, by the Living God, to tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

Then they spat in his face, and struck him, while others dealt blows at him, saying as they did so:

Peter, meanwhile, was sitting outside in the courtyard; and a maidservant came up to him, and exclaimed: "Why, you were with Jesus the Galilean!"

When he had gone out into the gateway, another maid saw him, and said to those who were there: "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth!"

They put him in chains and led him away, and gave him up to the Roman Governor, Pilate.

Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that Jesus was condemned, repented of what he had done, and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the Chief Priests and Councillors.

Then it was that these words spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah were fulfilled-- 'They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who was valued, whom some of the people of Israel valued,

While charges were being brought against him by the Chief Priests and Councillors, Jesus made no reply.

Then Pilate said to him: "Do not you hear how many accusations they are making against you?"