Afterwards he sent them his son; 'They will respect my son,' he said.

"The Realm of heaven," he said, "may be compared to a king who gave a marriage-banquet in honour of his son.

Once more he sent some other servants, saying, 'Tell the invited guests, here is my supper all prepared, my oxen and fat cattle are killed, everything is ready; come to the marriage-banquet.'

So he said to him, 'My man, how did you get in here without a wedding-robe?' The man was speech less.

But Jesus detected their malice. He said, "Why do you tempt me, you hypocrites?

Show me the coin for taxes." So they brought him a shilling.

"Tell me," he said, "what you think about the Christ. Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's."

The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, till I put your enemies under your feet.'

Blind Pharisee! first clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may be clean as well.

it is that on you may fall the punishment for all the just blood shed on earth from the blood of Abel the just down to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

For I tell you, you will never see me again till you say, Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name."

for many will come in my name, saying 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name.

Pray that you may not have to fly in winter or on the sabbath,

so, whenever you see all this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, but only my Father.

But if the bad servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of coming,'

But the sensible replied, 'No, there may not be enough for us and for you. Better go to the dealers and buy for yourselves.'

Then the servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds came forward, bringing twelve hundred more; he said, 'You handed me twelve hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another twelve hundred.'

Then the servant with the five hundred pounds came forward. He said, 'You handed me five hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another five hundred.'

Well then, you should have handed my money to the bankers and I would have got my capital with interest when I came back.

Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

For I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you entertained me,

I was unclothed and you clothed me, I was ill and you looked after me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.'

Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

For I was hungry but you never fed me, I was thirsty but you never gave me drink,

I was a stranger but you never entertained me, I was unclothed but you never clothed me, I was ill and in prison but you never looked after me.'

Then he will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did not do it to one of these, even the least of them, you did not do it to me.'

But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me.

The poor you always have beside you, but you will not always have me.

In pouring this perfume on my body she has acted in view of my burial.

"What will you give me for betraying him to you?" And they weighed out for him thirty silver pieces.

He said, "Go into the city to so-and-so; tell him that the Teacher says, 'My time is near, I will celebrate the passover at your house with my disciples.' "

and as they were eating he said, "One of you is going to betray me."

They were greatly distressed at this, and each of them said to him, "Lord, surely it is not me."

He answered, "One who has dipped his hand into the same dish as myself is going to betray me.

Then Judas his betrayer said, "Surely it is not me, rabbi?" He said to him, "Is it not?"

As they were eating he took a loaf and after the blessing he broke it; then he gave it to the disciples saying, "Take and eat this, it means my body."

this means my blood, the new covenant-blood, shed for many, to win the remission of their sins.

I tell you, after this I will never drink this produce of the vine till the day I drink it new with you in the Realm of my Father."

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all be disconcerted over me to-night, for it is written, I will strike at the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

But after my rising I will precede you to Galilee."

Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, you will disown me three times this very night, before the cock crows."

he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch with me."

Then he went forward a little and fell on his face praying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt."

Then he went to the disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, "So the three of you could not watch with me for a single hour?

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

Again he went away for the second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done."

Come, get up and let us go. Here is my betrayer close at hand!"

Jesus said, "My man, do your errand." Then they laid hands on Jesus and seized him.

What! do you think I cannot appeal to my Father to furnish me at this moment with over twelve legions of angels?

At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you never seized me.

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said, that 'before the cock crows you will disown me three times.' And he went outside and wept bitterly.

and I gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord had bidden me.

The governor said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" "Bar-Abbas," they said.

and about three o'clock Jesus gave a loud cry, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani" (that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)

Now be quick and go to his disciples, tell them he has risen from the dead and that 'he precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there.' That is my message for you."

then Jesus said to them, "Have no fear! Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee; they shall see me there."

Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth;

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you:

He announced, "After me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to stoop and untie the string of his sandals:

then said a voice from heaven, 'Thou art my Son, the Beloved, in thee is my delight.'

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

but he said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the adjoining country-towns, so that I may preach there as well; that is why I came out here."

A leper came to him beseeching him on bended knee, saying, "If you only choose, you can cleanse me;"

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

As he passed along he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me," and he rose and followed him.

I tell you truly, the sons of men shall be forgiven all their sins, and all the blasphemies they may utter,

He replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

And glancing at those who were sitting round him in a circle he said, "There are my mother and my brothers!

Whoever does the will of God, that is my brother and sister and mother."

so that for all their seeing they may not perceive, and for all their hearing they may not understand, lest they turn and be forgiven."

shrieking aloud, "Jesus, son of God most High, what business have you with me? By God, I adjure you, do not torture me."

so the spirits begged him saying, "Send us into the swine, that we may enter them,"

with earnest entreaties. "My little girl is dying," he said, "do come and lay your hands on her that she may recover and live,"

Jesus was at once conscious that some healing virtue had passed from him, so he turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd are pressing round you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"

then he took the child's hand and said to her, "Talitha koum" ??which may be translated, "Little girl, I am telling you to rise."

He swore to her, "I will give you whatever you want, were it the half of my realm."

Then she hurried in at once and asked the king, saying, "I want you to give me this very moment John the Baptist's head on a dish."

He said to them, "Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you hypocrites ??as it is written, This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me:

vain is their worship of me, for the doctrines they teach are but human precepts.

Then he called the crowd to him again and said to them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand this:

"I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat.

but he turned on him and noticing his disciples reproved Peter, telling him, "Get behind me, you Satan! Your outlook is not God's but man's."

Then he called the crowd to him with his disciples and said to them, "If anyone wishes to follow me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and so follow me;

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.

Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this disloyal and sinful generation, the Son of man will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Then a cloud came overshadowing them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, listen to him."

A man from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you; he has a dumb spirit,

He answered them, "O faithless generation, how long must I still be with you? how long have I to bear with you? Bring him to me."

At once the father of the boy cried out, "I do believe; help my unbelief."

"Whoever receives one of these little ones in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives not me but him who sent me."

Jesus said, "Do not stop him; no one who performs any miracle in my name will be ready to speak evil of me.

but Jesus was angry when he saw this, and he said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

Jesus said to him, "Why call me 'good'? No one is good, no one but God.

"Teacher," he said, "I have observed all these commands from my youth."

Jesus looked at him and loved him. "There is one thing you want," he said; "go and sell all you have; give the money to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, take up the cross, and follow me."