He said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, on account of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not so from the beginning.

The disciples said to him, "If that is a man's position with his wife, there is no good in marrying."

He said to them, "True, but this truth is not practicable for everyone, it is only for those who have the gift.

but Jesus said to them, "Let the children alone, do not stop them from coming to me: the Realm of heaven belongs to such as these."

Up came a man and said to him, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to gain life eternal?"

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? One alone is good. But if you want to get into Life, keep the commands."

"Which?" he said. Jesus answered, "The commands, you shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness,

The young man said, "I have observed all these. What more is wanting?"

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

And Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you truly, it will be difficult for a rich man to get into the Realm of heaven.

When the disciples heard this they were utterly astounded; they said, "Who then can possibly be saved?"

Jesus looked at them and said, "This is impossible for men, but anything is possible for God."

Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel.

to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever wage is fair.' So they went in.

And when he went out at five o'clock he came upon some others who were standing; he said to them, 'Why have you stood doing nothing all the day?'

'Because nobody hired us,' they said. He told them, 'You go into the vineyard too.'

Now when evening came the master of the vineyard said to his bailiff, 'Summon the labourers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and going on to the first.'

'These last,' they said, 'have only worked a single hour, and yet you have ranked them equal to us who have borne the brunt of the day's work and the heat!'

Now as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem he took the twelve aside by themselves and said to them as they were on the road,

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said, "Give orders that my two sons are to sit at your right hand and at your left in your Realm."

Jesus replied, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."

"You shall drink my cup," said Jesus, "but it is not for me to grant seats at my right hand and at my left; these belong to the men for whom they have been destined by my Father."

but Jesus called them and said, "You know the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men overbear them:

So Jesus stopped and called them. He said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

"Lord," they said, "we want our eyes opened."

When he entered Jerusalem the whole city was in excitement over him. "Who is this?" they said,

they said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Yes," said Jesus, "have you never read Thou hast brought praise to perfection from the mouth of babes and sucklings?"

and noticing a fig tree by the roadside he went up to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you after this!" And instantly the fig tree withered up.

When the disciples saw this they marvelled. "How did the fig tree wither up in an instant?" they said.

When he entered the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "What authority have you for acting in this way? Who gave you this authority?"

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

Tell me what you think. A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard to-day';

The man went to the second and said the same to him; he replied, 'I will not,' but afterwards he changed his mind and did go.

Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you.

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

But when the vinedressers saw his son they said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him and seize his inheritance!'

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner: this is the doing of the Lord, and a wonder to our eyes?

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

Then he said to his servants, 'The marriage-banquet is all ready, but the invited guests did not deserve it.

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

Then said the king to his servants, 'Take him hand and foot, and throw him outside, out into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

They sent him their disciples with the Herodians, who said, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and that you teach the Way of God honestly and fearlessly; you do not court human favour.

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

Then Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness, whose inscription is this?"

"Caesar's," they said. Then he told them, "Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give God what belongs to God."

"Teacher, Moses said that if anyone dies without children, his brother is to espouse his wife and raise offspring for his brother.

And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God,

"Teacher," he said, "what is the greatest command in the Law?"

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

He said to them, "How is it then that David in the Spirit calls him Lord?

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

So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?"

The stupid said to the sensible, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

Afterwards the rest of the maidens came and said, 'Oh sir, oh sir, open the door for us!'

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.'

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

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.'

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

Then the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds came forward. He said, 'I knew you were a hard man, sir, reaping where you never sowed and gathering where you never winnowed.

His master said to him in reply, 'You rascal, you idle servant! You knew, did you, that I reap where I have never sowed and gather where I have never winnowed!

When Jesus finished saying all this he said to his disciples,

"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival, in case of a riot among the people."

When the disciples saw this they were angry. "What is the use of this waste?" they said;

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.

Then one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot went and said to the high priests,

On the first day of unleavened bread the disciples of Jesus came up and said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the passover?"

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."

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

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.

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

Peter said to him, "Even though I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And all the disciples said the same thing.

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

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?

Then he went to the disciples and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? The hour is near, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Now his betrayer had given them a signal; he said, " Whoever I kiss, that is the man."

So he went up at once to Jesus; "Hail, rabbi!" he said, and kissed him.

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

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; all who draw the sword shall die by the sword.

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.

and said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the temple of God and build it in three days.'"

So the high priest rose and said to him, "Have you no reply to make? What of this evidence against you?"

Jesus said nothing. Then the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A maidservant came up and said to him, "You were with Jesus the Galilean too."

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

When he went out to the gateway another maidservant noticed him and said to those who were there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."

After a little the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them too. Why, your accent betrays you!"

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.

saying, "I did wrong in betraying innocent blood." "What does that matter to us?" they said, "it is your affair, not ours!"

The high priests took the money and said, "It would be wrong to put this into the treasury, for it is the price of blood."

Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear all their evidence against you?"

so, when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, "Who do you want released? Jesus Bar-Abbas or Jesus the so-called 'Christ'?"

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

Pilate said, "Then what am I to do with Jesus the so-called 'Christ'?" They all said, "Have him crucified!"

"Why," said the governor, "what has he done wrong?" But they shouted on more fiercely than ever, "Have him crucified!"

"He saved others," they said, "but he cannot save himself! He the 'king of Israel'! Let him come down now from the cross; then we will believe in him!

His trust is in God? Let God deliver him now if he cares for him! He said he was the Son of God!"

On hearing this some of the bystanders said, "He is calling for Elijah."