And as he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred. "Who is this?" they said.

"It is written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves."

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?"

and when he saw a solitary fig tree beside the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "Let no man gather fruit from you forever." And at once the fig tree withered away.

When his disciples saw this, they were astonished. "How instantaneously," they said, "the fig tree withered!"

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;

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.

"But give me your judgment. There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said to him, "'Son, go work today in my vineyard!'

"Then he went to the second, and said the same thing to him. "'I will not,' he answered; but afterward he changed his mind and went.

"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!

And last he sent his son to them; 'Surely they will respect my son,' he said.

But when the vine-dressers saw his son, they said to themselves: "'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.'

"The kingdom of heaven," he said, "may be compared to a king who made a wedding-feast for his son.

"Again he sent out other slaves. 'Tell the invited guests,' he said, 'that my luncheon is now ready; my oxen and fat cattle are killed; everything is ready; come to the wedding-feast.'

"Then he said to his slaves, "'The wedding-feast indeed is ready, but the invited guests were not worthy.

"Then the king came in to inspect his guests, and he discovered there a man who had not put on a wedding-garment. He said to him,

"'Bind him hand and foot, 'said the king to his officers, 'and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth.'

So they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians. "Teacher," they said, "we know that you are honest, and that you are teaching the way of God in sincerity; and are not afraid of any one, for you do not court men's favor.

And Jesus, because he knew their malice, said:

"Caesar's," they answered. Then he said to them, "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's."

"Master," they said, "Moses taught that if a man dies without issue, his brother is to marry the widow, and raise up a family for his brother.

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

"How then, "he said, "does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

"The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand Until I put thine enemies beneath thy feet?

Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples.

"and the foolish said to the wise, "'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

"The man who had received the five talents came, bringing five more, and said: "'Master, five talents you entrusted to me; see, I have gained five more.'

"The second, who had received the two talents, came up and said: "'Master, it was two talents that you entrusted to me; see, I have gained two more.'

"Then the man who had received the one talent came up and said: "'Master, I knew you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown, and gathering where you had not scattered;

"'You wicked and lazy slave,' said his master. 'You say you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not scattered?'

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

but said they, "Not during the feast, for fear of causing a riot among the people."

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;

went to the chief priests and said, "What are you ready to give me for betraying him to you?" So they weighed him thirty pieces of silver;

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?"

and as they were eating, he said to them, "In solemn truth I tell you that one of you is going to betray me!"

In reply he said: "One who has dipped his hand with me in the dish will betray me.

In answer, Judas, who betrayed him, said, "Surely it is not I, Rabbi?" He said to him, "Is it not?"

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!"

But Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And so said all the disciples.

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

and he said to them. "My soul is an anguish, even unto death! Stay here, and keep watch with me."

Then he came to his disciples, and found them asleep, and said to Peter. "So you were none of you strong enough to watch with me even one hour!

Then he came to the disciples and said: "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Look! the hour is at hand; the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

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.

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.

However, at last two came forward who said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the Temple of God and build it in three days.'"

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!"

But he denied it before them all; "I do not know what you mean," he said.

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!"

A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "You also are certainly one of them, for your speech betrays you."

"I have sinned," he said, "in betraying innocent blood!" "What is that to us?" they answered; "you must see to that."

The chief priests took the money, and said, "It would be wrong to put it into the temple-treasury, because it is the price of blood."

Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear what they are testifying against you?"

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?"

So when Pilate said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release unto you?" they said, "Barabbas."

But Pilate said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they kept shouting the more fiercely, "Let him be crucified!"

"He saved other," they said, "himself he cannot save. He, the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him!

He put his trust in God. let Him deliver him now, if He cares for him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God!'"

When they heard this, some of the bystanders said "He is calling for Elijah!"

But the rest said: "Let be! Let us see whether Elijah is coming to save him!"

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."

The day after??hat is, the day following the Preparation??he chief priests and Pharisees went in a body to Pilate and said:

"We recollect, Sir, that when he was living this imposter said, 'I will rise again after three days.'

"You can have a guard," said Pilate. "Go your way, make it as secure as you can."

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

He is not here; for he is risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where the Master was lying!

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

"If this should reach the Governor's ears," they said, "we will satisfy him and screen you from punishment."

"The time is now come," he said, "and the kingdom of God is near! Repent and believe the gospel."

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

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.

But to let you see that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins"??e said to the paralytic??11 "I bid you rise, take up your cot, and go home."

As he was passing by he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax-office; and he said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed him.

But when some scribes of the Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax-gatherers, they said to his disciples, "Is he eating and drinking with tax-gatherers and sinners?"

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."

"Look," said the Pharisees to him, "Why are they doing on the Sabbath Day what is against the law?"

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

They were silent. Then looking around upon them with anger, and deeply grieved by the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" He stretched it out, and the hand was at once completely restored.

When his relatives heard of it, they came to take possession of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

The Scribes also who had come down from Jerusalem, said, "He is Beelzebub," and, "He casts out demons by the power of the Prince of the demons."

So when he had called them to him he spoke to them in parables. "How," said he, "can Satan cast out Satan?

Then he began teaching them in parables many things. In his teaching he said to them.

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

And he said to them. "Take heed what you hear. With what measure you measure it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.

"To what shall we compare the kingdom of God?" he said again. "in what parable shall we set it forth?

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

And he awoke, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!"

The wind fell, and there ensued a great calm. Then he said to them. "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?"

Then they were awestruck, and said one to another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey him!"

As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging to go with him; but he said,

"My little daughter," he said, "is dying. I beseech you, come and lay your hands on her, that she may recover and live."

Jesus, instantly conscious that the power within him had gone forth, turned about in the crowd, and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

"You see the crowd thronging about you," said his disciples, "and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'"

"Daughter," he said, "your faith has saved you. Go in peace, and be cured of your complaint."

But Jesus, paying no attention to the remark, said to the warden of the synagogue, "Have no fear, only believe."