But he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter that life, keep the commandments."

But when the disciples heard this, they were completely astounded and said, "Then who can be saved?"

Jesus said to them, "In the new world, I tell you, when the Son of Man takes his seat on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit upon twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel!

And anyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or land for my sake will receive many times as much, and share eternal life.

But many who are first now will be last then, and many who are now last will be first.

For the Kingdom of Heaven is like an employer who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

When those who were hired about five o'clock came they received a dollar apiece.

And when those who were hired first came they expected to get more, but they too got a dollar apiece.

and said, 'These men who were hired last worked only one hour, and you have put them on the same footing with us who have done the heavy work of the day and have stood the midday heat.'

So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last."

He said to them, "Then what I drink you shall drink, but as for sitting at my right or my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined by my Father."

And two blind men sitting by the roadside, hearing that it was Jesus who was passing, called out, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!"

And the crowds that went in front of him and that followed him shouted, "God bless the Son of David! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name. God bless him from on high!"

When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred, and everyone asked, "Who is he?"

And Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all who were buying or selling things in it, and he upset the money-changers' tables and the pigeon-dealers' seats,

When he had entered the Temple, and was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came up to him, and said, "What authority have you for doing as you do, and who gave you this authority?"

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'My son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

"Listen to another figure. There was a land owner who planted a vineyard and fenced it in, and hewed out a wine-vat in it, and built a watch-tower, and leased it to tenants, and left the neighborhood.

They said to him, "He will put the wretches to a miserable death, and let the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the vintage when it is due."

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a king, who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, and they would not come.

He sent other slaves a second time, and said to them, 'Tell those who have been asked, "Here I have my banquet all ready, my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!" '

Then he said to his slaves, 'The banquet is ready, but those who were invited have proved unworthy of it.

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw among them a man who did not have on wedding clothes.

But he who is greatest among you must be your servant.

"But alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you lock the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces, for you will neither go in yourselves nor let those enter who are trying to do so.

Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the sanctuary, it does not matter, but if anyone swears by the gold of the sanctuary, it is binding.'

Anyone who swears by the altar is swearing by it and by everything that is on it,

and anyone who swears by the sanctuary is swearing by it and by him who dwells in it;

and anyone who swears by heaven is swearing by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.

This is why I am going to send you prophets, wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and hunt from one town to another;

it is that on your heads may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of Abel the upright to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar!

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!

For I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name!' "

But he who holds out to the end will be saved.

"So when you see the dreadful desecration, of which the prophet Daniel spoke, set up in the Holy Place"??he reader must take note of this??16 "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills;

But alas for women who are with child at that time or who have babies!

"Who then will be the faithful, thoughtful slave whom his master put in charge of his household, to give the members of it their supplies at the proper time?

"Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

"For it is just like a man who was going on a journey, and called in his slaves, and put his property in their hands.

The man who had received the five thousand dollars immediately went into business with the money, and made five thousand more.

In the same way the man who had received the two thousand made two thousand more.

But the man who had received the one thousand went away and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.

And the man who had received the five thousand dollars came up bringing him five thousand more, and said, 'Sir, you put five thousand dollars in my hands; here I have made five thousand more.'

And the man who had received the two thousand came up and said, 'Sir, you put two thousand dollars into my hands; here I have made two thousand more.'

And the man who had received the one thousand came up and said, 'Sir, I knew you were a hard man, who reaped where you had not sown, and gathered where you had not threshed,

So take the thousand dollars away from him, and give it to the man who has the ten thousand,

for the man who has will have more given him, and will be plentifully supplied, and from the man who has nothing even what he has will be taken away.

Then the king will say to those at his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take possession of the kingdom which has been destined for you from the creation of the world.

Then he will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you failed to do it for one of these people who are humblest, you failed to do it for me.'

He answered, "The man who just dipped his hand in the same dish with me is going to betray me.

The Son of Man is to go away as the Scriptures say of him, but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born!"

Judas, who betrayed him, said, "Can it be I, Master?" He said to him, "You are right!"

Now the man who betrayed him gave them a signal, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Seize him!"

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back where it belongs! For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

The men who had seized Jesus took him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, at whose house the scribes and elders had gathered.

saying, "Show us you are a prophet, you Christ! Who was it that struck you?"

Then Judas who had betrayed him, when he saw that he had been condemned, in his remorse brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders,

So the words spoken by the prophet Jeremiah were fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver pieces, the price of the one whose price had been fixed, on whom some of the Israelites had set a price,

Now at festival time the governor was accustomed to release for the people any prisoner whom they chose,

and saying, "You who would tear down the sanctuary, and build one in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

Even the robbers who were crucified with him abused him in the same way.

the tombs opened, and many of the saints who had fallen asleep rose

And the captain and the men with him who were watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and all that was happening, were dreadfully frightened and said, "He surely must have been a son of God!"

There were several women there watching from a distance who had followed Jesus from Galilee to wait upon him,

In the evening a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea, who had himself been a disciple of Jesus, came.

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

And they were amazed at his teaching, for he taught them like one who had authority, and not like the scribes.

"What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!"

In the evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed by demons,

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

And some people came bringing to him a man who was paralyzed, four of them carrying him.

"Why does this man talk so? This is blasphemy. Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

He was at table in his house, with many tax-collectors and irreligious people who were at table with him and his disciples, for there were many of them among his followers.

And when the scribes who were of the Pharisees' party saw that he was eating with irreligious people and tax-collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

Jesus heard it, and said to them, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor. I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious."

and Jerusalem and Idumea and from the other side of the Jordan and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon a great many who had heard of the things he was doing came to him.

For he cured so many people that all who had any ailments pressed up to him to touch him.

And he warned them repeatedly not to tell who he was.

And he went up the hillside and summoned to him those whom he wanted, and they went to him.

He appointed twelve of them, whom he called apostles, to be with him and to be sent out to preach,

and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. Then he went home.

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said that he was possessed by Beelzebub and drove out demons by the help of the prince of demons.

He answered, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

And he said, "Let him who has ears be sure to listen!"

When he was by himself, those who stayed about him with the Twelve asked him about the figures he had used.

It is different with those sown among the thorns. They are people who listen to the message,

And the ones sown in good ground are the people who listen to the message and welcome it and yield thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold.

For people who have will have more given them, and from people who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.

And they were very much frightened, and said to one another, "Who can he be? For even the wind and the sea obey him."

And the men who tended them ran away and spread the news in the town and in the country around, and the people came to see what had happened.

When they came to Jesus and found the demoniac sitting quietly with his clothes on and in his right mind??he same man who had been possessed by Legion??hey were frightened.

And those who had seen it told them what had happened to the demoniac, and all about the pigs.

As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed begged to be allowed to go with him.

And a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,

Jesus instantly perceived that healing power had passed from him, and he turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?' "

But he still looked around to see the person who had done it.

And they laughed at him. But he drove them all out, and took the child's father and mother and the men who were with him and went into the room where the child was lying.

But when Herod heard of him he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead."