Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They said, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I tell you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.

Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, " 'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone; This came from the Lord, And seems marvelous to us'?

And Jesus spoke to them again in figures, and said,

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

While the Pharisees were still gathered there, Jesus asked them,

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,

And Jesus left the Temple and was going away, when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to the Temple buildings.

Jesus answered, "Take care that no one misleads you about this.

When Jesus had finished this discourse he said to his disciples,

and plotted to arrest Jesus by stealth and put him to death.

When Jesus got back to Bethany, to the house of Simon the leper,

But Jesus observed this and said to them, "Why do you bother the woman? It is a fine thing that she has done to me.

On the first day of the festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you wish us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover supper?"

So the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and prepared the Passover supper.

As they were eating Jesus took a loaf and blessed it, and he broke it in pieces and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it. It is my body!"

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all desert me tonight, for the Scriptures say, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

Jesus said to him, "I tell you, tonight, before a cock crows, you will disown me three times!"

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over yonder and pray."

And he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Master!" and kissed him affectionately.

Jesus said to him, "My friend, what are you here for?" Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and secured him.

One of the men with Jesus put out his hand and drew his sword, and striking at the high priest's slave, cut his ear off.

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back where it belongs! For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

At that same time Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out to arrest me with swords and clubs, as though I were a robber? Day after day I have sat in the Temple preaching, and you never seized me.

The men who had seized Jesus took him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, at whose house the scribes and elders had gathered.

Now the high priests and the whole council were trying to get false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I charge you, on your oath, by the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the son of God."

Jesus said to him, "It is true. But I tell you you will soon see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming upon the clouds of the sky!"

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a maid came up to him, and said, "You were with Jesus the Galilean, too!"

And he went out into the gateway, and another maid saw him, and said to the men there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene!"

And Peter remembered Jesus' words when he had said, "Before a cock crows, you will disown me three times!" And he went outside and wept bitterly.

When it was morning, all the high priests and elders of the people held a consultation about Jesus, with a view to putting him to death.

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "Yes."

So when they gathered to ask this, Pilate said to them, "Which one do you want me to release for you, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?"

But the high priests and the elders prevailed on the crowd to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death.

Pilate said to them, "Then what am I to do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?" They all said, "Have him crucified!"

Then he released Barabbas for them, and he had Jesus flogged and handed him over to be crucified.

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the barracks, and got the whole battalion together about him.

As they went out of the city they came upon a Cyrenian named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.

They put above his head the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."

And about three, Jesus called out loudly, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?"

But Jesus cried out again loudly, and gave up his spirit.

And the captain and the men with him who were watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and all that was happening, were dreadfully frightened and said, "He surely must have been a son of God!"

There were several women there watching from a distance who had followed Jesus from Galilee to wait upon him,

In the evening a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea, who had himself been a disciple of Jesus, came.

He went to Pilate and asked him for Jesus' body. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

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

And Jesus himself met them, and said, "Good morning!" And they went up to him and clasped his feet, and bowed to the ground before him.

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

And the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.

And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ.

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

After John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the good news from God,

Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men."

"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!"

Jesus reproved him, and said, "Silence! Get out of him!"

And Jesus immediately drove him away with stern injunctions,

But he went off and began to talk so much about it, and to spread the story so widely, that Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in unfrequented places, and people came to him from every direction.

As they could not get him near Jesus on account of the crowd, they broke open the roof just over his head, and through the opening they lowered the mat with the paralytic lying on it.

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven."

Jesus, at once perceiving by his spirit that they were pondering over this, said to them, "Why do you ponder over this in your minds?

Jesus heard it, and said to them, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor. I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious."

Jesus said to them, "Can wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.

Then the Pharisees left the synagogue and immediately consulted with the Herodians about Jesus, with a view to putting him to death.

So Jesus retired with his disciples to the seashore, and a great many people from Galilee followed him, and from Judea

And Jesus said, "If you do not understand this figure, then how will you understand my other figures?

And catching sight of Jesus in the distance he ran up and made obeisance to him

and screamed out, "What do you want of me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? In God's name, I implore you, do not torture me."

When they came to Jesus and found the demoniac sitting quietly with his clothes on and in his right mind??he same man who had been possessed by Legion??hey were frightened.

And he went off and began to tell everybody in the Ten Towns all Jesus had done for him; and they were all astonished.

When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him as he stood on the shore.

had heard about Jesus. And she came up in the crowd behind him and touched his coat,

Jesus instantly perceived that healing power had passed from him, and he turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

But Jesus paid no attention to what they said, but said to the leader of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid, just have faith."

And they took offense at him. Jesus said to them, "A prophet is treated with honor everywhere except in his native place and among his relatives and at his home."

The apostles rejoined Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.

As soon as they came ashore, the people recognized Jesus,

And Jesus forbade them to tell anyone about it, but the more he forbade them the more they spread the news far and wide.

Then Jesus and his disciples went away to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he questioned his disciples and said to them, "Who do people say that I am?"

Six days after this Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him, and led them up on a high mountain, off by themselves. And his appearance underwent a change in their presence,

And Elijah appeared to them, accompanied by Moses, and they talked with Jesus.

Then Peter spoke, and said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! Let us put up three huts, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

And suddenly, on looking around, they saw that there was now no one with them but Jesus alone.

Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like this?" And he said,

Jesus said to him, " 'If there is anything I can do!' Everything is possible for one who has faith!"

Then Jesus, seeing that a crowd was rapidly gathering, reproved the foul spirit and said to it, "You deaf and dumb spirit, get out of him, I charge you, and never enter him again!"

But Jesus grasped his hand and made him rise, and he stood up.

But Jesus said, "Do not tell him not to do so, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty act, and be able soon after to abuse me.

But Jesus said to them, "It was on account of your perversity that he laid down that law for you.

When Jesus saw it, he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not try to stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they.

But Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God himself.

And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

But his face fell at Jesus' words, and he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to enter the Kingdom of God!"

But the disciples were amazed at what he said. And Jesus said to them again, "My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God!

Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but not for God, for anything is possible for God."

Jesus said, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for me and for the good news,

As they went on their way up to Jerusalem, Jesus walked ahead of them, and they were in dismay, and those who still followed were afraid. And he took the Twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking for. Can you drink what I am drinking, or undergo the baptism that I am undergoing?"

They said to him, "Yes, we can." Jesus said to them, "Then you shall drink what I am drinking, and you shall undergo the baptism that I am undergoing;