As they went down the hill Jesus ordered them, "Tell this vision to nobody until the Son of man is raised from the dead."

Nay, I tell you Elijah has already come, but they have not recognized him ??they have worked their will on him. And the Son of man will suffer at their hands in the same way."

When they reached the crowd, a man came up and knelt to him.

I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him."

they will kill him, but on the third day he will be raised." They were greatly distressed at this.

When they reached Capharnahum, the collectors of the temple-tax came and asked Peter, "Does your teacher not pay the temple-tax?"

Now when his fellow-servants saw what had happened they were greatly distressed, and they went and explained to their master all that had happened.

Then the Pharisees came up to tempt him. They asked, "Is it right to divorce one's wife for any reason?"

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined, then, man must not separate."

They said to him, "Then why did Moses lay it down that we were to divorce by giving a separation-notice?"

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

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

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

When those who had been hired about five o'clock came, they got a shilling each.

So when the first labourers came up, they supposed they would get more; but they too got each their shilling.

And on getting it they grumbled at the householder.

'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,

"We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and scribes; they will sentence him to death

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."

When the ten heard of this, they were angry at the two brothers,

As they were leaving Jericho a crowd followed him,

and when two blind men who were sitting beside the road heard Jesus was passing, they shouted, "O Lord, Son of David, have pity on us!"

The crowd checked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, "O Lord, Son of David, have pity on us!"

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

Then Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and they regained their sight at once and followed him.

When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Hill of Olives, then Jesus despatched two disciples,

they brought the ass and the colt and put their clothes on them. Jesus seated himself on them,

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

But when the high priests and scribes saw his wonderful deeds and saw the children who shouted in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant;

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?"

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

Where did the baptism of John come from? From heaven or from men?" Now they argued to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

And if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet."

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.

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.

Once more he sent some other servants, more than he had sent at first, and they did the same to them.

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!'

So they took and threw him outside the vineyard and killed him.

They replied, "He will utterly destroy the wretches and lease the vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their season."

When the high priests and Pharisees heard these parables they knew he was speaking about them;

they tried to get hold of him, but they were afraid of the crowds, as the crowds held him to be a prophet.

He sent his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they would not come.

But they paid no attention and went off, one to his estate, another to his business,

And those servants went out on the roads and gathered all they met, bad and good alike. Thus the marriage-banquet was supplied with guests.

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.

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

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

When they heard that they marvelled; then they left him and went away.

That same day some Sadducees came up to him, men who hold there is no resurrection. They put this question to him:

Now at the resurrection whose wife will she be? They all had her."

At the resurrection people neither marry nor are married, they are like the angels of God in heaven.

And when the crowds heard it, they were astounded at his teaching.

When the Pharisees heard he had silenced the Sadducees, they mustered their forces,

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

so do whatever they tell you, obey them, but do not do as they do. They talk but they do not act.

They make up heavy loads and lay them on men's shoulders, but they will not stir a finger to remove them.

Besides, all they do is done to catch the notice of men; they make their phylacteries broad, they wear large tassels,

they are fond of the best places at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues;

they like to be saluted in the marketplaces and to be called 'rabbi' by men.

Woe to you, you irreligious scribes and Pharisees! you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are filled with your rapacity and self-indulgence.

Woe to you, you irreligious scribes and Pharisees! you are like tombs white-washed; they look comely on the outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all manner of impurity.

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.

And many will be repelled then, they will betray one another and hate one another.

If they tell you, 'Here he is in the desert,' do not go out; 'here he is in the chamber,' do not believe it.

Then the Sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then all tribes on earth will wail, they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory.

and as they knew nothing till the deluge came and swept them all away; so will the arrival of the Son of man be.

For although the stupid took their lamps, they took no oil with them,

As the bridegroom was long of coming, they all grew drowsy and went to sleep.

Now while they were away buying oil, the bridegroom arrived; those maidens who were ready accompanied him to the marriage-banquet, and the door was shut.

Then they will answer too, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or unclothed or ill or in prison, and did not minister to you?'

So they shall depart to eternal punishment, and the just to eternal life."

"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.

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

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."

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."

After the hymn of praise they went out to the Hill of Olives.

Peter answered, "Supposing they are all disconcerted over you, I will not be disconcerted."

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

but they could find none, although a number of false witnesses came forward. However, two men came forward at last

What is your view?" They replied, "He is doomed to death."

Then they spat in his face and buffeted him, some of them cuffing him

After binding him, they led him off and handed him over to Pontius Pilate the governor.

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

So after consulting they bought with it the Potter's Field, to serve as a burying-place for strangers.

Then the word spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: and I took the thirty silver pieces, the price of him who had been priced, whom they had priced and expelled from the sons of Israel;

At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Jesus Bar-Abbas;

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!"

they stripped him and threw a scarlet mantle round him,

They spat on him, they took the stick and struck him on the head,

and after making fun of him they stripped him of the mantle, put on his own clothes, and took him off to be crucified.