Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus.

Then Peter told Jesus, "Lord, it's good that we're here! If you want, I'll set up three shelters one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

But Jesus came up to them and touched them, saying, "Get up, and stop being afraid."

When they raised their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus all by himself.

On their way down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, "Don't tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead."

As they approached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, knelt down in front of him,

Jesus replied, "You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed that very hour.

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, "Why couldn't we drive it out?"

While they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus told them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands.

He answered, "Yes." When Peter went home, Jesus spoke to him first and asked him, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings on the earth collect tolls or tributes? From their own subjects, or from foreigners?"

So Jesus told him, "In that case, the subjects are exempt. However, so that we don't offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Take it and give it to them for me and you."

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom from heaven?"

Jesus told him, "I tell you, not just seven times, but 77 times!

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the territory of Judea on the other side of the Jordan.

Jesus, however, said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to people like these."

Just then a man came up to Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what good deed should I do to have eternal life?"

Jesus asked him, "Why ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you want to get into that life, you must keep the commandments."

Jesus said, ""You must not murder, you must not commit adultery, you must not steal, you must not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,' and, "you must love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you own and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

Then Jesus told his disciples, "I tell all of you with certainty, it will be hard for a rich person to get into the kingdom from heaven.

Jesus looked at them intently and said, "For humans this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the renewed creation, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, governing the twelve tribes of Israel.

When Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and told them as they were walking along,

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons. She bowed down in front of him to ask him for a favor.

Jesus replied, "You don't realize what you're asking. Can you drink from the cup that I'm going to drink from?" They told him, "We can."

But Jesus called the disciples and said, "You know that the rulers of the unbelievers lord it over them and their superiors act like tyrants over them.

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Jesus.

When two blind men who were sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

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

Then Jesus, deeply moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and at once they could see again. So they followed him.

When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead and

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

The crowds kept saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, the man from Nazareth in Galilee."

Then Jesus went into the Temple, threw out everyone who was selling and buying in the Temple, and overturned the moneychangers' tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.

Jesus told them, "Yes! Haven't you ever read, "From the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have created praise'?" Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, he became hungry.

Jesus answered them, "I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you be able to do what has been done to the fig tree, but you will also say to this mountain, "Be removed and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen.

Then Jesus went into the Temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Jesus answered them, "I, too, will ask you one question. If you answer it for me, I will also tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

So they told Jesus, "We don't know." He in turn told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

Jesus asked them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes.'?

Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

Again Jesus spoke to them in parables. He said,

Then the Pharisees went and planned how to trap Jesus in conversation.

Recognizing their wickedness, Jesus asked, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?

That same day some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him,

Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power,

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they met together in the same place.

Jesus told him, ""You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

While the Pharisees were still gathered, Jesus asked them,

Then Jesus told the crowds and his disciples,

As Jesus left the Temple and was walking away, his disciples came up to him to point out to him the Temple buildings.

While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

Jesus answered them, "See to it that no one deceives you,

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

They conspired to arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill him.

While Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper,

But knowing this, Jesus asked them, "Why are you bothering the woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.

and inquired, "What are you willing to give me if I betray Jesus to you?" They offered him 30 pieces of silver,

and from then on he began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"

So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

When evening came, Jesus was sitting at the table with the Twelve.

Then Judas, who was going to betray him, asked, "Rabbi, I'm not the one, am I?" Jesus told him, "You have said so."

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to the disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it. This is my body."

Then Jesus told them, "All of you will turn against me this very night, because it is written, "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

Jesus told him, "I tell you with certainty, before a rooster crows this very night, you will deny me three times."

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. He told the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over there and pray."

Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. A large crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests and elders of the people.

So Judas immediately went up to Jesus and said, "Hello, Rabbi!" and kissed him tenderly.

Jesus asked him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then the other men surged forward, took hold of Jesus, and arrested him.

Suddenly, one of the men with Jesus reached out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

Jesus told him, "Put your sword back in its place! Everyone who uses a sword will be killed by a sword.

At this point, Jesus asked the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a bandit? Day after day I sat teaching in the Temple, yet you didn't arrest me.

But all of this has happened so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted Jesus and ran away.

Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death.

At this, the high priest stood up and asked Jesus, "Don't you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?"

But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest told him, "I command you by the living God to tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God!"

Jesus told him, "You have said so. Nevertheless I tell you, from now on you will see "the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power' and "coming on the clouds of heaven.'"

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard when a servant girl came up to him and said, "You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean."

As he went out to the gateway, another woman saw him and told those who were there, "This man was with Jesus from Nazareth."

Peter remembered the words of Jesus when he said, "Before a rooster crows, you'll deny me three times." Then he went outside and cried bitterly.

When morning came, all the high priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put him to death.

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,

Meanwhile, Jesus was made to stand in front of the governor. The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

While Jesus was being accused by the high priests and elders, he made no reply.

But Jesus did not reply at all, so that the governor was very surprised.

So when the people had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which man do you want me to release for you Barabbas, or Jesus who is called "the Messiah'?"

But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to demand that Jesus be put to death.

Pilate asked them, "Then what should I do with Jesus, who is called the Messiah?" They all said, "Let him be crucified!"

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

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the imperial headquarters and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.

As they were leaving, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry Jesus' cross.

Above his head they placed the charge against him. It read, "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."

About three o'clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani?", which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

So one of the men ran off at once, took a sponge, and soaked it in some sour wine. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink.