"If you want to be perfect," said Jesus, "go, sell your property, give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

So Jesus said to his disciples. "In solemn truth I tell you that a rich man will find it difficult to enter the kingdom of heaven.

When they heard this the disciples were utterly astounded. "Who then can be saved?" they exclaimed. Jesus looked at them.

Whereupon Peter said to Jesus. "Look, Master, we have forsaken everything and followed you. Now what shall be our reward?"

"In solemn truth I tell you," Jesus answered, "that in the New Creation, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you also who have followed me shall sit on twelve thrones, to govern the twelve tribes of Israel.

When Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve aside by themselves, and as they went he said to them.

"None of you know what you are asking," said Jesus. "Can you drink the cup which I am about to drink?" "We can," they replied.

but Jesus called them to him and said: "You know how the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

And two blind men, sitting by the side of the road, heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried out, "Have pity on us, Master, Son of David!"

Then Jesus stopped and called to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

Then Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and they saw at once, and followed him.

And when they approached Jerusalem, and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them.

So the disciples went and did as Jesus told them;

Then Jesus seated himself upon them, and most of the crowd kept spreading their cloaks on the road, and others began cutting branches off the trees, and spreading them in the road.

And the crowds answered, "This is the Prophet Jesus, from Nazareth, in Galilee."

Then Jesus entered into the Temple courts, and cast out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

they asked him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Surely," said Jesus, "and have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?"

In reply Jesus said to them, "In solemn truth I tell you that if you have faith and never doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Up, cast yourself into the sea!' it shall be done;

Jesus answered. "I also will put a question to you, which, if you tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor am I going to tell you in what authority I do these deeds.

"Which of these two did the will of his father?" "The last," they replied. "I tell you truly," said Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and harlots are going into the kingdom of heaven before you!

"Have you never read in the Scriptures," Jesus answered, "how The stone that the builders rejected Has been made the corner-stone; This is the Lord's doing, It is wonderful in our eyes?

Once more Jesus answered them in parables.

And Jesus, because he knew their malice, said:

In answer Jesus said: "You err because you do not know the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

As soon as the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together,

Jesus answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put this question to them.

Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples.

Then Jesus left the Temple courts and was walking away, when his disciples came to point out to him the Temple buildings.

"Take care," Jesus answered, "that no one mislead you;

Now it happened that after Jesus had finished all these discourses, he said to his disciples,

and they plotted together to get Jesus into their power by a trick, and to put him to death;

While Jesus was staying in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper,

But when Jesus understood it he said to them. "Why are you annoying the woman? This is a beautiful deed she has done for me;

On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to make preparation for you eat the Passover?"

The disciples did as Jesus told them, and made ready the Passover.

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is my body."

Then Jesus said to them. "This very night even you will all stumble and fall away from me; for it is written, 'I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

Jesus said to him, "In solemn truth I tell you that on this very night, before cockcrow, you will deny me three times!"

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, "Sit down here, while I go and pray yonder."

So he came straight up to Jesus and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed him eagerly.

"Friend, do that for which you came," said Jesus. Then they came forward and laid hands on Jesus, and arrested him.

And, behold, one of these who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and smote the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

Then Jesus said to him. "Put back your sword into its place! for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

Then Jesus said to the crowds. "Are you come out as against a robber, with swords and staves to arrest me? Day after day, I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not apprehend me.

Then all his disciples forsook him and fled; but those who had apprehended Jesus led him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

And the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to get false evidence against Jesus, in order that they might have him executed;

Rising to his feet the high priest asked Jesus. "Do you make no answer? What is it that these are testifying against you?"

But Jesus kept silence. Again the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the Living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

"I am He," Jesus answered; "yet I tell you that from this time on you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming upon the clouds of heaven."

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one of the maidservants came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus, the Galilean!"

Soon afterward he went out into the porch, and another maid saw him, and said to those who were there, "This fellow certainly was with Jesus, the Nazarene!"

Then Peter recalled the word that Jesus had spoken, "Before the cock crow, you shall three times deny me"??nd he went out and broke out into bitter weeping.

And when the morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, how they might put him to death.

Now Jesus stood before the Governor, and the Governor questioned him. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he asked.

"It is as you say," answered Jesus; but while he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

So when they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"

He knew well that it was because of enmity that they had brought Jesus before him.

But the chief priests and the elders urged the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus.

And Pilate asked, "What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?" What one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!"

Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he scourged, and delivered to be crucified.

Then the soldiers of the Governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered all the battalion together.

they gave Jesus wine to drink, mingled with gall. But after tasting it he refused to drink it.

They also placed above his head his accusation written, This is Jesus The King of the Jews

But at three o'clock Jesus cried out in loud voice, "Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?" (That is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?")

And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

When the Roman captain and the soldiers who were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were greatly terrified and said, "Certainly this man must have been God's Son."

And there were present several women who were looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from a Galilee, ministering to him.

When it was eventide, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Josephus, who was himself a disciple of Jesus.

This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

But to the women the angel said: "You need have no fear, for I know that you are seeking Jesus, the Crucified One.

And behold! Jesus himself met them, saying, "All hail!" And they went up to him and clasped his feet and worshiped him.

Then Jesus said to them. "Fear not! Go tell my brothers to depart into Galilee, and they will see men there."

But the eleven disciples went away to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

And Jesus came forward to them and spoke to them, saying. "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

Beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

It was at that time that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan;

After John had been thrown into prison Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of God.

so Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men."

"What business have you with us, you Jesus of Nazareth? Are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of God."

But Jesus rebuked him, saying. "Be quit! Come out of him."

Jesus, moved with compassion, put out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do choose, be clean!"

Jesus immediately sent him away, charging him sternly and saying.

But he went out and began to tell every one and to publish it broadcast, so that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; but he had to remain outside in lonely places, and people kept coming to him from every quarter.

Some days later when Jesus entered Capernaum again the news spread, "He is in the house";

When they could not get him near to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof under which he stood, and after making an opening, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.

Then Jesus, when he perceived their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son your sins are forgiven."

Jesus clearly perceived at once be the Spirit that they were thus reasoning in their hearts and said to them.

Then Jesus went again to the seaside, and the whole crowd kept coming to him, and he taught them.

Later on Levi was sitting at table in his house, and together with Jesus and his disciples a number of tax-gatherers and sinners were guests, for there were many of them who used to follow him.

On hearing this Jesus said to them. "It is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

"Can friends of the bridegroom fast while he is still with them?" asked Jesus. "As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

And they kept watching Jesus to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath; so as to have some charge to bring against him.

"Stand up," Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, "and come forward."

Then Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great crowd of people from Galilee followed.

Afterwards Jesus began to teach by the seaside, and a vast multitude of people gathered about him, so that he went on board a boat on the sea, and sat there, while all the people stayed on shore, at the water's edge.

"You do not understand this parable," said Jesus. "Then how will you understand the other parables?

With many such illustrations Jesus used to tell his message to people as far as they were able to receive it;

On the evening of that same day Jesus said to them, "Let us go across to the other side."