What do you think of this? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the elder and said 'Go and work in the vineyard to-day my son.'

Then the father went to the second son, and said the same. 'I will not,' he answered; but afterwards he was sorry and went.

Listen to another parable. A man, who was an employer, once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.

After listening to these parables, the Chief Priests and the Pharisees saw that it was about them that he was speaking;

The servants went out into the roads and collected all the people whom they found, whether bad or good; and the bridal-hall was filled with guests.

So he said to him 'My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding-robe?' The man was speechless.

That same day some Sadducees came up to Jesus, maintaining that there is no resurrection. Their question was this:--

His answer was: "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.'

Leaving the Temple Courts, Jesus was walking away, when his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.

"Do you see all these things?" was his answer. "I tell you, not a single stone will be left here upon another, which will not be throne down,"

So, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said: "Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your Coming, and of the close of the age."

But this you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

As the bridegroom was late in coming, they all became drowsy, and slept.

But at midnight a shout was raised--'The Bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom came; and the bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the banquet, and the door was shut.

'You lazy, worthless servant!' was his master's reply. 'You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather up where I have not winnowed?

For, when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was a stranger, you took me to your homes;

When I was naked, you clothed me; when I fell ill, you visited me; and when I was in prison, you came to me.'

For, when I was hungry, you gave me no food; when I was thirsty, you gave me no drink;

When I was a stranger, you did not take me to your homes; when I was naked, you did not clothe me; and, when I was ill and in prison, you did not visit me.'

Then the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation met in the house of the High Priest, who was called Caiaphas,

After Jesus had reached Bethany, and while he was in the house of Simon the leper,

a woman came up to him with an alabaster jar of very costly perfume, and poured the perfume upon his head as he was at table.

It was then that one of the Twelve, named Judas Iscariot, made his way to the Chief Priests,

And Judas, who was betraying him, turned to him and said: "Can it be I, Rabbi?" "It is," answered Jesus.

And, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came in sight; and with him was a great crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent from the Chief Priests and Councillors of the Nation.

"Now play the Prophet for us, you Christ! Who was it that struck you?"

Peter, meanwhile, was sitting outside in the courtyard; and a maidservant came up to him, and exclaimed: "Why, you were with Jesus the Galilean!"

When he had gone out into the gateway, another maid saw him, and said to those who were there: "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth!"

Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that Jesus was condemned, repented of what he had done, and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the Chief Priests and Councillors.

Then it was that these words spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah were fulfilled-- 'They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who was valued, whom some of the people of Israel valued,

Meanwhile Jesus was brought before the Roman Governor. "Are you the King of the Jews?" asked the Governor. "It is true," answered Jesus.

Yet Jesus made no reply--not even a single word; at which the Governor was greatly astonished.

Now, at the Feast, the Governor was accustomed to grant the people the release of any one prisoner whom they might choose.

For he knew that it was out of jealousy that they had given Jesus up to him.

While he was still on the Bench, his wife sent this message to him--"Do not have anything to do with that good man, for I have been very unhappy to-day in a dream on account of him."

When Pilate saw that his efforts were unavailing, but that, on the contrary, a riot was beginning, he took some water, and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd, saying as he did so: "I am not answerable for this bloodshed; you must see to it yourselves."

Suddenly the Temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were torn asunder,

The Roman Captain, and the men with him who were watching Jesus, on seeing the earthquake and all that was happening, became greatly frightened and exclaimed: "This must indeed have been God's Son!"

"You may have a guard," was Pilate's reply; "go and make the tomb as secure as you can."

His appearance was as dazzling as lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow;

But the angel, addressing the women, said; "You need not be afraid. I now that it is Jesus, who was crucified, for whom you are looking.

He is not here; for he has risen, as he said he would. Come, and see the place where he was lying;

John was clad in clothing of camels' hair, with a belt of leather round his waist, and lived on locusts and wild honey;

Now about that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent apart, and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him,

And he was there in the Wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and among the wild beasts, while the angels ministered to him.

As Jesus was going along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net in the Sea, for they were fishermen.

Now there was in their Synagogue at the time a man under the power of a foul spirit, who called out:

Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying ill with fever, and they at once told Jesus about her.

And the whole city was gathered round the door.

But Jesus said to them: "Let us go somewhere else, into the country towns near, that I may make my proclamation in them also; for that was why I came."

Some days later, when Jesus came back to Capernaum, the news spread that he was in a house there;

And so many people collected together, that after a while there was no room for them even round the door; and he began to tell them his Message.

And some people came bringing to him a paralyzed man, who was being carried by four bearers.

Being, however, unable to get him near to Jesus, owing to the crowd, they removed the roofing below which Jesus was; and, when they had made an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

And later on he was in his house at table, and a number of tax-gatherers and outcasts took their places at table with Jesus and his disciples; for many of them were following him.

When the Teachers of the Law belonging to the party of the Pharisees saw that he was eating in the company of such people, they said to his disciples: "He is eating in the company of tax- gatherers and outcasts!"

One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the cornfields, his disciples began to pick the ears of wheat as they went along.

"Have you never read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he was in want and hungry, he and his companions--

Then Jesus added: "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

On another occasion Jesus went in to a Synagogue, where they was a man whose hand was withered.

And a great number, hearing of all that he was doing, came to him from Judea, from Jerusalem, from Edom, from beyond the Jordan, and from the country round Tyre and Sidon.

So he appointed the Twelve--Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),

When his relations heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.

This was said in reply to the charge that he had a foul spirit in him.

There was a crowd sitting round Jesus, and some of them said to him: "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you."

"Who is my mother? and my brothers?" was his reply.

Jesus again began to teach by the Sea; and, as an immense crowd was gathering round him, he got into a boat, and sat in it on the Sea, while all the people were on the shore at the water's edge.

And presently, as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path; and the birds came, and ate it up.

But, when the sun rose, it was scorched, and, having no root, withered away.

Afterwards, when he was alone, his followers and the Twelve asked him about his parables;

Nothing is hidden unless it is some day to come to light, nor was anything ever kept hidden but that it should some day come into the light of day.

So, leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them, just as he was, in the boat; and there were other boats with him.

A violent squall came on, and the waves kept dashing into the boat, so that the boat was actually filling.

Jesus was in the stern asleep upon the cushion; and the disciples roused him and cried: "Teacher! is it nothing to you that we are lost?"

And, as soon as Jesus had got out of the boat, he met a man coming out of the tombs, who was under the power of a foul spirit,

Night and day alike, he was continually shrieking in the tombs and among the hills, and cutting himself with stones.

There was a large drove of pigs close by, feeding on the hill- side.

As Jesus was getting into the boat, the possessed man begged him to let him stay with him.

So the man went, and began to proclaim in the district of the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and every one was amazed.

And one of the Presidents of the Synagogue, whose name was Jaeirus, came and, as soon as he saw Jesus, threw himself at his feet with repeated entreaties.

At once the mischief was stopped, and she felt in herself that she was cured of her complaint.

They began to laugh at him; but he sent them all out, and then, with the child's father and mother and his companions, went into the room where she was lying.

The little girl stood up at once, and began to walk about; for she was twelve years old. And, as soon as they saw it, they were overwhelmed with amazement;

So Herodias was incensed against John, and wanted to put him to death, but was unable to do so,

The King was much distressed; yet, on account of his oath and of the guests at his table, he did not like to refuse her.

On getting out of the boat, Jesus saw a great crowd, and his heart was moved at the sight of them, because they were 'like sheep without a shepherd'; and he began to teach them many things.

Immediately afterwards Jesus made his disciples get into the boat, and cross over in advance, in the direction of Bethsaida, while he himself was dismissing the crowd.

When evening fell, the boat was out in the middle of the Sea, and Jesus on the shore alone.

Seeing them laboring at the oars--for the wind was against them--about three hours after midnight Jesus came towards them, walking on the water, intending to join them.

But, when they saw him walking on the water, they thought it was a ghost, and cried out;

Hurried over the whole country-side, and began to carry about upon mats those who were ill, wherever they heard he was.

His answer was: "It was well said by Isaiah when he prophesied about you hypocrites in the words--'This is a people that honor me with their lips, While their hearts are far removed from me;

The woman was a foreigner, a native of Syrian Phoenicia--and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and almost dumb, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.

The man's ears were opened, the string of his tongue was freed, and he began to talk plainly.

And a profound impression was made upon the people. "He has done everything well!" they exclaimed. "He makes even the deaf hear and the dumb speak!"

About that time, when there was again a great crowd of people who had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said:

Then Jesus again placed his hands on the man's eyes; and the man saw clearly, his sight was restored, and he saw everything with perfect distinctness.