"All of these," said the young man, "I have carefully kept. What do I still lack?"

So Jesus said to His disciples, "I solemnly tell you that it is with difficulty that a rich man will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens.

Jesus looked at them and said, "With men this is impossible, but with God everything is possible."

Then Peter said to Jesus, "See, *we* have forsaken everything and followed you; what then will be *our* reward?"

To these also he said, "'You also, go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.'

"'Because no one has hired us,' they replied. "'You also, go into the vineyard,' he said.

"When evening came, the master said to his steward, "'Call the men and pay them their wages. Begin with the last set and finish with the first.'

Jesus was now going up to Jerusalem, and He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them,

"None of you know what you are asking for," said Jesus; "can you drink out of the cup from which I am about to drink?" "We can," they replied.

"You shall drink out of my cup," He said, "but a seat at my right hand or at my left it is not for me to allot, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

But Jesus called them to Him, and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

The people angrily tried to silence them, but they cried all the louder. "O Sir, Son of David, pity us," they said.

"It is written," He said, "'My House shall be called the House of Prayer', but you are making it a robbers' cave."

and seeing a fig-tree on the road-side He went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. "On you," He said, "no fruit shall ever again grow." And immediately the fig-tree withered away.

"I solemnly tell you," said Jesus, "that if you have an unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to this mountain, 'Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' it shall be done;

"But give me your judgement. There was a man who had two sons. He came to the elder of them, and said, "'My son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.'

Which of the two did as his father desired?" "The first," they said. "I solemnly tell you,' replied Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners are entering the Kingdom of God in front of you.

"But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'

"Have you never read in the Scriptures," said Jesus, "'The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone: this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes'?

"The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "may be compared to a king who celebrated the marriage of his son,

"Again he sent other servants with a message to those who were invited. "'My breakfast is now ready," he said, 'my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and every preparation is made: come to the wedding.'

Then he said to his servants, "'The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited were unworthy of it.

"'My friend,' he said, 'how is it that you came in here without a wedding robe?'

"The man stood speechless. Then the king said to the servants, "'Bind him hand and foot and fling him into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.'

So they sent to Him their disciples together with the Herodians; who said, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you faithfully teach God's truth; and that no fear of man misleads you, for you are not biased by men's wealth or rank.

"Teacher," they said, "Moses enjoined, 'If a man die childless, his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.'

"What think you about the Christ," He said, "whose son is He?" "David's," they replied.

"'The Lord said to my Lord, sit at My right hand until I have put thy foes beneath thy feet'?

"The Scribes," He said, "and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses.

Afterwards He was on the Mount of Olives and was seated there when the disciples came to Him, apart from the others, and said, "Tell us when this will be; and what will be the sign of your Coming and of the Close of the Age?"

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

The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, and said, "'Sir, it was five talents that you entrusted to me: see, I have gained five more.'

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

"But, next, the man who had the one talent in his keeping came and said, "'Sir, I knew you to be a severe man, reaping where you had not sown and garnering what you had not winnowed.

When Jesus had ended all these discourses, He said to His disciples,

But they said, "Not during the Festival, lest there be a riot among the people."

But Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Why are you vexing her? For she has done a most gracious act towards me.

and said, "What are you willing to give me if I betray him to you?" So they weighed out to him thirty shekels,

and the meal was proceeding, when Jesus said, "In solemn truth I tell you that one of you will betray me."

Then said Jesus, "This night all of you will stumble and fail in your fidelity to me; for it is written, 'I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered in all directions.'

"All may stumble and fail," said Peter, "but I never will."

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane. And He said to the disciples, "Sit down here, whilst I go yonder and there pray."

and He said to them, "My soul is crushed with anguish to the very point of death; wait here, and keep awake with me."

Going forward a short distance He fell on His face and prayed. "My Father," He said, "if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou willest."

Then He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Alas, none of you could keep awake with me for even a single hour!

Then He came to the disciples and said, "Sleep on and rest. See, the moment is close at hand when the Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men.

Now the betrayer had agreed upon a sign with them, to direct them. He had said, "The one whom I kiss is the man: lay hold of him."

So he went straight to Jesus and said, "Peace to you, Rabbi!" And he kissed Him eagerly.

"Friend," said Jesus, "carry out your intention." Then they came and laid their hands on Jesus and seized Him firmly.

"Put back your sword again," said Jesus, "for all who draw the sword shall perish by the sword.

Then said Jesus to the crowds, "Have you come out as if to fight with a robber, with swords and bludgeons to apprehend me? Day after day I have been sitting teaching in the Temple, and you did not arrest me.

who testified, "This man said, 'I am able to pull down the Sanctuary of God and three days afterwards to build a new one.'"

Jesus however remained silent. Again the High Priest addressed Him. "In the name of the ever-living God," he said, "I now put you on your oath. Tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

Peter meanwhile was sitting outside in the court of the palace, when one of the maidservants came over to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilaean."

Soon afterwards he went out and stood in the gateway, when another girl saw him, and said, addressing the people there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene."

Again he denied it with an oath. "I do not know the man," he said.

A short time afterwards the people standing there came and said to Peter, "Certainly you too are one of them, for your brogue shows it."

and Peter recollected the words of Jesus, how He had said, "Before the cock crows you will three times disown me." And he went out and wept aloud, bitterly.

and said, "I have sinned, in betraying to death one who is innocent." "What does that matter to us?" they replied; it is your business."

When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood."

When however the High Priests and the Elders kept bringing their charges against Him, He said not a word in reply.

So when they were now assembled Pilate appealed to them. "Whom shall I release to you," he said, "Barabbas, or Jesus the so-called Christ?"

While he was sitting on the tribunal a message came to him from his wife. "Have nothing to do with that innocent man," she said, "for during the night I have suffered terribly in a dream through him."

"What then," said Pilate, "shall I do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?" With one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!"

and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, come down from the cross."

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

His trust is in God: let God deliver him now, if He will have him; for he said, 'I am God's Son.'"

"The man is calling for Elijah," said some of the bystanders.

while the rest said, "Let us see whether Elijah is coming to deliver him."

"Sir," they said, "we recollect that during his lifetime that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise to life again.

"You can have a guard," said Pilate: "go and make all safe, as best you can."

But the angel said to the women, "As for you, dismiss your fears. I know that it is Jesus that you are looking for--the crucified One.

And then suddenly they saw Jesus coming to meet them. "Peace be to you," He said. And they came and clasped His feet, bowing to the ground before Him.

Then He said, "Dismiss all fear! Go and take word to my brethren to go into Galilee, and there they shall see me."

Jesus however came near and said to them, "All power in Heaven and over the earth has been given to me.

"The time has fully come," He said, "and the Kingdom of God is close at hand: repent, and believe this Good News.

"Come and follow me," said Jesus, "and I will make you fishers for men."

When they found Him they said, "Every one is looking for you."

One day there came a leper to Jesus entreating Him, and pleading on his knees. "If you are willing," he said, "you are able to cleanse me."

Moved with pity Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. "I am willing," He said; "be cleansed."

Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are pardoned."

"Why does this man use such words?" they said; "he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, God?"

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said,

The man rose, and immediately under the eyes of all took up his mat and went out, so that they were all filled with astonishment, gave the glory to God, and said, "We never saw anything like this."

And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the Toll Office, and said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed Him.

But when the Scribes of the Pharisee sect saw Him eating with the sinners and the tax-gatherers, they said to His disciples, "He is eating and drinking with the tax-gatherers and sinners!"

Jesus heard the words, and He said, "It is not the healthy who require a doctor, but the sick: I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners."

So the Pharisees said to Him, "Look! why are they doing what on the Sabbath is unlawful?"

And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;

"Come forward," said He to the man with the shrivelled arm.

Grieved and indignant at the hardening of their hearts, He looked round on them with anger, and said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." He stretched it out, and the arm was completely restored.

Hearing of this, His relatives came to seize Him by force, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

The Scribes, too, who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Baal-zebul in him; and it is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he expels the demons."

This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."

And, fixing His eyes on the people who were sitting round Him in a circle, He said,

Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,

He also said to them, "Take care what you hear. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and that with interest.

The same day, in the evening, He said to them, "Let us cross to the other side."

So He roused Himself and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!" The wind sank, and a perfect calm set in.

For He had said to him, "Foul spirit, come out of the man."