When Jesus heard it, he quietly retired by boat to a secluded place. And the crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the towns.

And when it was evening, the disciples came up to him and said, "This is a lonely place and the day is over. Send the crowds off to the villages to buy themselves food."

After he had dismissed them he went up the hill by himself to pray. And when evening came on he was there alone,

but the boat was by this time a long way from shore, struggling with the waves, for the wind was against them.

But Jesus immediately spoke to them and said, "Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid."

"Why do your disciples break the rules handed down by our ancestors? For they eat their bread without first washing their hands."

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'He who abuses his father or mother must be put to death.'

But he answered, "Any plant that my heavenly Father did not plant must be uprooted!

And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and screamed, "Son of David, take pity on me, sir! My daughter is dreadfully possessed by a demon!"

"It is a wicked and faithless age that insists on a sign, and no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah." And he left them and went away.

And Jesus said to them, "Look out, and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Why do you not see that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted."

It was then that Jesus Christ for the first time explained to his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and endure great suffering there at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day.

For what good will it do a man if he gains the whole world but parts with his life? What can a man give to buy back his life?

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

And Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Get up and do not be afraid."

but I tell you, Elijah has come already, and they would not recognize him, but treated him just as they pleased. It is in just that way that the Son of Man is going to be treated by them!"

Jesus answered, "O you unbelieving, obstinate people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

And Jesus reproved the demon and it came out of him, and from that moment the boy was cured.

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. For I tell you, if you have faith the size of a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here over to there!' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

As they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be handed over to men,

and they will kill him, but on the third day he will be raised to life again." And they were greatly distressed.

When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple-tax came and said to Peter, "Does not your Master pay the temple-tax?"

But rather than give offense to them, go down to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth and you will find in it a dollar. Take that and pay the tax for us both."

But whoever hinders one of these children who believe in me might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be sunk in the open sea.

"But if your own hand or your own foot makes you fall, cut it off and throw it away. You might better enter upon life maimed or crippled than keep both hands and feet but be thrown into the everlasting fire.

And if your own eye makes you fall, dig it out and throw it away. You might better enter upon life with only one eye than be thrown with both eyes into the fiery pit.

In just that way, it is the will of my Father in heaven that not a single one of these children be lost.

But if he will not listen, take one or two others with you, so that everything may be supported by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

"I tell you, whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted.

Again, I tell you, if even two of you here on earth agree about what they shall pray for, it will be given them by my Father in heaven.

For this reason the Kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king, who resolved to settle accounts with his slaves.

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

So the slave threw himself down before him and implored him, 'Give me time, and I will pay you all of it.'

But when the slave went out he met a fellow-slave of his who owed him twenty dollars, and he caught him by the throat and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'

So his fellow-slave threw himself down before him, and begged him, 'Give me time, and I will pay you.'

But he refused and went and had him put in prison until he should pay the debt.

So his master in his anger handed him over to the jailers, until he should pay all he owed him.

and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them shall become one'? So they are no longer two but one.

For some are incapable of marriage from their birth, and some have been made so by men, and some have made themselves so for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."

Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven!

But when the disciples heard this, they were completely astounded and said, "Then who can be saved?"

But many who are first now will be last then, and many who are now last will be first.

He agreed with the laborers to pay them a dollar a day, and sent them to his vineyard.

And he said to them, 'You go to my vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.' So they went.

When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'

So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last."

When Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve off by themselves, and said to them as they were on the way,

"We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

and hand him over to the heathen to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised to life."

He said to them, "Then what I drink you shall drink, but as for sitting at my right or my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined by my Father."

It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be your slave,

just as the Son of Man has come not to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to ransom many others."

And two blind men sitting by the roadside, hearing that it was Jesus who was passing, called out, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!"

The crowd told them to be still, but they called all the louder, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!"

Now this happened in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet,

And the crowds that went in front of him and that followed him shouted, "God bless the Son of David! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name. God bless him from on high!"

and he said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a robbers' cave."

and seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "No more fruit shall ever grow on you!" And the fig tree withered up at once.

Jesus answered, "I tell you, if you have faith and have no doubt, you will not only do what I have done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

"That, I tell you, is why the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a people that will produce its proper fruit.

Whoever falls on that stone will be shattered, but whoever it falls upon will be pulverized."

So give us your opinion: Is it right to pay the poll-tax to the emperor, or not?"

They answered, "The emperor's." Then he said to them, "Then pay the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and pay God what belongs to God!"

At the resurrection which one's wife will she be? For they all married her."

But as to the resurrection of the dead, did you never read what was said to you by God,

So if David calls him lord, how can he be his son?"

and to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have men call them 'Rabbi.'

But he who is greatest among you must be your servant.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the sanctuary, it does not matter, but if anyone swears by the gold of the sanctuary, it is binding.'

You say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it does not matter, but if anyone swears by the offering that is on it, it is binding.'

Anyone who swears by the altar is swearing by it and by everything that is on it,

and anyone who swears by the sanctuary is swearing by it and by him who dwells in it;

and anyone who swears by heaven is swearing by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.

"Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you pay tithes on mint, dill, and cummin, and you have let the weightier matters of the Law go??ustice, mercy, and integrity. But you should have observed these, without overlooking the others.

You blind Pharisee! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.

So you outwardly appear to men to be upright, but within you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

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

But he answered, "Do you see all this? I tell you, not one stone will be left here upon another but shall be torn down."

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him by themselves, and said to him, "Tell us when this is to happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age."

For many will come under my name, and say, 'I am the Christ,' and many will be misled by them.

You will hear of wars and rumors of war; do not let yourselves be alarmed. They have to come, but that is not the end.

For nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes here and there.

Then they will hand you over to persecution and they will put you to death, and you will be hated by all the heathen because you bear my name.

Many false prophets will appear, and many will be misled by them,

But he who holds out to the end will be saved.

And this good news of the kingdom will be preached all over the world, to testify to all the heathen, and then the end will come.

for there will be greater misery then than there has ever been from the beginning of creation until now, or ever will be again.

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's people those days will be cut short.

For just as the lightning starts in the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

"But immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the forces of the sky will shake.

For just as it was in the time of Noah, it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

and knew nothing about it until the flood came and destroyed them all, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left.

Two women will be grinding with the handmill; one will be taken and one left.

So you must be on the watch, for you do not know on what day your Master is coming.