But while the world was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed wild wheat seed in the midst of the good seed, and went away.

And when the wheat plants grew up and yielded their ripened grain, the wild wheat plants appeared too.

And the farmer's slaves came up to him and said, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where did the wild wheat plants come from?'

And he said, 'No, never, for while you are gathering the wild wheat plants you might root up the good ones with them.

Let them both grow together until harvest time, and at the harvest time I will order the reapers, "Gather first the wild wheat plants and tie them into bundles to be burned up, but get the wheat into my barn."'"

It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it is grown it is the largest of plants; yea, it grows into a tree, so that the wild birds come and roost in its branches."

to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in stories, I will utter truths concealed since creation."

Then He left the crowds and went into His house. And His disciples came up to Him and said, "Explain to us the story of the wild wheat in the field."

the field is the world; the good seed are the members of the kingdom; the wild wheat seed are the followers of the wicked one.

Just as the wild wheat plants are gathered and burned up, so it will be at the close of the age.

The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all those who cause wrongdoing, and the wrongdoers,

and will throw them into the furnace of torturing punishment; there they will wail and grind their teeth.

Then the upright will shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears listen!

So it will be at the close of the age; the angels will go out and separate the wicked from the upright,

and will throw them into the furnace of torturing punishment. There they will wail and grind their teeth.

Let them alone. They are blind teachers! And if one blind man guides another, they will both fall into the ditch."

"It is a wicked and immoral age that is hankering for a spectacular sign, so no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah." Then He left them and went away.

And I, yes I, tell you, your name from now on is to be Peter, Rock, and on a massive rock like this I will build my church, and the powers of the underworld shall never overthrow it.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you forbid on earth must be what is already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth must be what is already permitted in heaven."

For whoever wants to save his higher life will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will find the higher life.

For what benefit will it be to a man, if he gains the whole world and loses his higher life? What price would a man pay to buy back his life?

For the Son of Man is going to come in His Father's splendor, with His angels, and then He will pay back to everyone in accordance with what he has done.

I solemnly say to you, some of the people standing here will certainly live to see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom."

And Peter interrupted, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here! If you consent, I will put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

He answered, "Elijah does come and will get everything ready.

He answered them, "Because you have so little faith! For I solemnly say to you, if you have the faith that is living like a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move over from here to yonder,' and it will move over, and nothing will be impossible for you to do."

and they will kill Him, but on the third day He will be raised again." And they were crushed with grief.

but still, that we may not influence them to do anything wrong, go down to the sea and throw over a hook. Pull in the first fish that bites, open its mouth and you will find in it a dollar. Take it and pay the tax for both of us."

"What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillsides, and go and search for the one that is lost?

Just so it is not the will of my Father in heaven that a single one of these little ones be lost.

"Again, I tell you, if only two of you on earth agree on what they pray for, they will get it from my Father in heaven.

So the slave fell down at his feet and pleaded, 'Give me time, and I will pay you every cent of it.'

"And his fellow-slave fell down before him and pleaded, 'Give me time, and I will pay you.'

This is the way my heavenly Father too will deal with you, if you do not, each one, heartily forgive your brother."

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell everything you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back here and follow me."

Jesus said to His disciples, "I solemnly say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus said to them: "I solemnly say to you, in the new order of life, when the Son of Man shall take His seat on His glorious throne, you too, who have followed me, will sit on twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

And everyone who has given up home or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms, for my sake, will receive many times as much, and in addition will be in possession of eternal life.

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

So he said to them, 'You too go out to my vineyard, and I will pay you what is right.' And they went.

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

"Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be turned over to the high priests and the scribes, and they will sentence Him to death,

and turn Him over to the heathen to mock and flog and crucify, but on the third day He will rise again."

He said to them, "You will drink the cup that I am to drink, but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father."

and ordered them, "Go into the village that is ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me.

If anyone says anything to you, you will say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he at once will send them."

And Jesus answered them, "I solemnly say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt at all, you will not only do the sort of wonder done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

And whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe it, you will get it."

Jesus answered them, "Let me too ask you just one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

Where did John's baptism come from? From heaven, or from men?" They argued it out among themselves in this way, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

Then he came to the second and said the same thing. And he answered, 'I will not.' But afterward he changed his mind and went.

Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They answered, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I solemnly say to you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of heaven ahead of you.

At last he sent his son to them, for he said to himself, 'They will surely respect my son.'

Now when the owner of the estate comes back, what will he do to these tenants?"

They answered, "In vengeance he will put the scoundrels to death, and rent the vineyard to other tenants who will promptly pay him the rent."

"This, I tell you, is why the kingdom will be taken away from you, and given to a people who will pay a fair rent for it.

Who ever falls upon that stone will be broken to pieces, but whomever it falls upon will be crushed to powder."

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness on the outside, where he will have to weep and grind his teeth.'

Now at the resurrection which one's wife, of the seven, will she be? For they all married her."

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Therefore, I am going to send you prophets, wise men, and scribes, some of whom you will kill -- even crucify -- and some you will flog in your synagogues and chase from city to city,

so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

I solemnly say to you, all this will come upon this age!

For I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

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 many will come bearing the name of the Messiah, and saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many people.

For nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in many places.

At that time they will turn you over to torture, and will murder you, and you will be hated by all the heathen, because you bear my name.

Then many will fall by the way, and will betray one another and hate one another.

Many false prophets will appear and mislead many people;

and because of the increasing crime wave, most people's love will grow cold.

But whoever bears up to the end will be saved.

And this good news of the kingdom must be preached all over the inhabited world, for a testimony to all the heathen, and then the end will come.

for there will be greater misery at that time than ever has been since the world began, or ever will be again.

And if those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's chosen people those days will be cut short.

for false Christs and false prophets will announce themselves, and they will show great signs and wonders to mislead, if possible, God's chosen people.

For just as the lightning starts in the east and flashes clear to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will flock.

"And immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not shed its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the sky will be shaken.

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the nations of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky in overwhelming power and splendor.

And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His chosen people from the four points of the compass, from one end of the sky to the other.

So when you see all these things, you will know that He is right at your door.

I solemnly say to you, the present age will not pass away before all this takes place.

Sky and earth will pass away but my words will never pass away.

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

and knew nothing about it until the Flood came and swept them all away, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Two men will be in the field; one will be taken, one will be left.

Two women will be grinding with the handmill; one will be taken, one will be left.

So you, too, must continue to be ready, for at an hour you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come.

I solemnly say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.

the master of that slave will come on the very day he is not expecting him,

and will cut him in two, and give him his share with the hypocrites, where they will weep and grind their teeth."

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

His master said to him 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

For the man who has will have more given to him, even till it overflows, but from the man who has nothing even what he has will be taken away.

And throw the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness on the outside, where he will weep and grind his teeth.'

"When the Son of Man comes in His splendor, and all the angels with Him, He will take His seat on His splendid throne,

and all the nations will be gathered before him, and He will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats,