"Listen to another story. There was once an owner of an estate who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it, and hewed out a wine-vat in it, and built a tower, and rented it to tenant farmers, and then went abroad.

But when the time for gathering grapes was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his rent.

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard His stories, they knew that He was speaking about them,

Then the king was enraged, and sent his soldiers to put those murderers to death and burned their city.

And those slaves went out into the roads and gathered everybody they found, both good and bad, and the bridal-hall was packed with guests.

And Jesus left the temple, and was going away, when His disciples came up to Him, to show Him the temple buildings.

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to Him by themselves, and said, "Tell us when this is to take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age."

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

While the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and dropped off to sleep.

But at midnight there was a shout, 'Here comes the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!'

And while they were going to buy it, the bridegroom came, and the bridesmaids that were ready went in with him to the wedding reception; and the door was closed.

"For it is just like a man who was going on a long journey from his homeland, who called to him his slaves and turned his property over to them.

So I was afraid, and went off and buried your thousand dollars in the ground. Here is your money.'

For when I was hungry, you gave me something to eat, when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink, when I was a stranger you welcomed me to your homes,

when I needed clothes you put them on me, when I was sick you looked after me, when I was in prison you came to see me.'

For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat, when I was thirsty you gave me nothing to drink,

when I was a stranger you did not welcome me to your homes, when I needed clothes you did not put them on me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

a woman with an alabaster bottle of very costly perfume came up to Him while He was at table and poured it upon His head.

Then one of the Twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the high priests,

When evening came, He was sitting at the table with the Twelve.

Even while He was still speaking, here came Judas, one of the Twelve, and with him a crowd, with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people.

And Peter followed Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest's home; he even went inside and was sitting among the attendants to see how it would end.

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

Then he went out into the gateway, and another waiting girl saw him, and said to those there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."

But He did not answer him a single word, so that the governor was dumbfounded beyond expression.

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to set any prisoner free whom the people wanted.

Now while he was on the bench, his wife sent him this word, "Do not have anything to do with that righteous man, for I have this morning suffered excruciating pain in a dream caused by Him."

So Pilate, since he saw that he was making no headway with them, but that a riot was about to break out instead, took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, and said, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

And at once the curtain of the sanctuary was torn from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were split,

And the army captain and his men, who were keeping guard over Jesus, who felt the earthquake and saw all that was taking place, were terribly frightened, and said, "Surely this was God's Son."

Although it was now evening, a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea, who was himself a disciple of Jesus,

and said, "Sir, we remember that that pretender said while He was living, 'After three days I will rise again.'

After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to get a look at the tomb.

His appearance was as bright as lightning and his clothes as white as snow.

And the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

He is not here; He has risen, as He said He would do. Come, get a look at the place where He was lying.

John the Baptizer appeared in the desert and was preaching a baptism conditioned on repentance to obtain the forgiveness of sins.

Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

And He stayed in the desert forty days, while He was being tempted by Satan; yea, He was with the wild beasts, but the angels continued to wait upon Him.

Now after John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God:

As He was walking along the shore of the sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets in the sea, for they were fishermen.

And they were dumbfounded at His teaching, for He was teaching them like one who had authority to teach, and not like the scribes.

Just at that moment there was a man in their synagogue who was under the spell of a foul spirit, and so he screamed,

And Simon's mother-in-law was confined to her bed with a fever. So they at once told Him about her.

And He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and would not let the demons speak a word, because they knew who He was.

And His heart was moved with pity for him, so He stretched out His hand and touched him, and said, "I do want to! Be cured!"

And the leprosy at once left him, and he was cured.

After some days He came back to Capernaum, and it was reported that He was at home,

and so many people gathered there that there was no longer any room even around the door. He was telling them His message.

And as they could not get him near to Jesus, on account of the crowd, they dug through the roof over the spot where He was standing and let the pallet down that the paralyzed man was lying on.

Then he got up and at once picked up his pallet, and went out before them all. The result was that they were all dumbfounded and began to praise God and say, "We have never seen anything like this before."

And as He was passing by, He saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting in the tax-collector's office, and He said to him, "Follow me." Then he got up and followed Him.

Levi was at table in his house, and he had many tax-collectors and notorious sinners as guests, along with Jesus and His disciples, for there were many of them, and they began to follow Him.

And when the scribes who belonged to the Pharisees' party saw that He was eating with notorious sinners and tax-collectors, they said to His disciples, "Why does He eat with tax-collectors and notorious sinners?"

On the Sabbath He was passing through the wheat fields, and His disciples started to make a path by pulling off the wheat heads.

How is it that he went into the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the sacred loaves, which it is against the law for anyone except the priests to eat, and gave part of them to his soldiers, too?"

Then He said to them, "The Sabbath was made to serve man and not man to keep the Sabbath.

Then He went into a synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

So Jesus looked around at them in anger, because He was pained over their stubbornness of mind, and said to the man, "Hold out your hand." And he held it out, and his hand was cured.

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from the other side of the Jordan, and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon -- yes, a vast throng of people, as they kept hearing of the great things that He was doing, came to Him.

But He charged them time after time not to tell who He was.

And again the crowds gathered so that it was not possible for them even to take their meals.

And a crowd was sitting around Him when they told Him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you."

Then He began again to teach by the seashore. And a crowd gathered around Him so great that He got into a boat and was sitting in it, just off the shore, while all the people were on the land close to the sea.

As he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up.

Some fell upon rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep;

When He was by Himself, those who stayed about Him with the Twelve began to ask Him about the stories.

And He was saying to them: "Take care what you hear. The measure you give will come back to you, and more besides.

He also was saying: "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground,

That same day when it was evening, He said to them, "Let us go over to the other Side."

So they left the crowd and took Him in the boat in which he was sitting. And there were other boats with Him.

But a furious squall of wind came up, and the waves were dashing over into the boat, so that it was fast filling.

He was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, "Teacher, is it no concern to you that we are going down?"

Then He aroused Himself and reproved the wind, and said to the sea, "Hush! Be still." And the wind lulled, and there was a great calm.

for he had often been fastened with fetters and chains but had snapped the chains and broken the fetters, and no one was strong enough to overpower him.

For Jesus was saying to him, "You foul spirit, come out of him."

Now there was a large drove of hogs grazing on the hillside.

And as He was getting into the boat, the once insane man kept begging Him to let him go with Him.

And so he went away and began to tell everybody in the Ten Cities how much Jesus had done for him; and everybody was dumbfounded.

When Jesus again had crossed in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about Him, as He was standing on the seashore.

and had suffered much at the hands of many doctors, and had spent all she had, and yet was not a whit benefited but rather grew worse,

Her hemorrhage stopped at once, and she felt in her body that she was cured.

Even while He was saying this, people came from the house of the leader of the synagogue and said, "Your daughter is dead; why trouble the Teacher any longer?"

But Jesus paid no attention to what was said, but said to the leader of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid; only keep up your faith."

Then they began to laugh in His face. But He drove them all out, and took the little girl's father and mother and the men with Him, and went into the room where the little girl was.

And the little girl at once got up and started walking around, for she was twelve years old. And instantly they were completely dumbfounded.

King Herod heard of Him, for His name was now on everybody's lips, and people were saying that John the Baptist had risen from the dead, and that this was why such mighty powers were working in Him.

But others were saying that He was Elijah, and still others that He was a prophet like the prophets of old.

for Herod stood in awe of John, because he knew that he was an upright and holy man, and so he protected him. When he heard him speak, he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.

And He said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and rest a little while." For there was an endless stream of people coming and going, and they had no time even to eat.

So when He got out of the boat, He saw a great crowd waiting, and His heart was moved with pity at the sight of them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and so He proceeded to teach them a number of things.

Then He insisted that the disciples at once get into their boat and cross ahead of Him toward Bethsaida, while He was sending the crowd away.

Now when evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, while He was alone on land.

And because He saw that they were struggling at the oars, for the wind was against them, a while before daybreak He started toward them walking on the sea, and He meant to go right up beside them.

But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost and screamed aloud,

and hurried all over the countryside and began to bring the sick to Him on their pallets, wherever they heard He was.

And whatever villages or towns or country places He came to, they would lay the sick in the market-places and beg Him to let them touch just the tassel of His coat, and everybody that touched it was cured.

and will never eat until they have carefully washed their hands, and they never eat anything brought from the market until they wash it; and they have many other religious practices which they got from their forefathers, as the washing of cups, pitchers, and pans.

Then He left there and went into the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and wanted no one to know that He was there. But He could not escape public notice.