For it is by your words that you will be acquitted, or by your words that you will be condemned."

But he answered, "Only a wicked and faithless age insists upon a sign, and no sign will be given it but the sign of the prophet Jonah.

For just as Jonah was in the maw of the whale for three days and nights, the Son of Man will be three days and nights in the heart of the earth.

Men of Nineveh will rise with this age at the judgment and condemn it, for when Jonah preached they repented, and there is more than Jonah here!

The queen of the south will rise with this age at the judgment and condemn it, for she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and there is more than Solomon here!

Then it says, 'I will go back to my house that I left,' and it goes and finds it unoccupied, cleaned, and all in order.

Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there, and in the end the man is worse off than he was before. That is the way it will be with this present wicked age."

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!"

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

They are a fulfilment of Isaiah's prophecy, " 'You will listen and listen, and never understand, And you will look and look, and never see!

Let them both grow together until harvest time, and when we harvest I will direct the reapers to gather up the weeds first and tie them up in bundles to burn, 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 and grows into a tree, so that the wild birds come and roost in its branches."

to fulfil what was said by the prophet, "I will open my mouth in figures, I will utter things that have been hidden since the creation."

So just as the weeds are gathered up and burned, this is what will happen at the close of the age;

the Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather up out of his kingdom all the causes of sin and the wrongdoers

and throw them into the blazing furnace; there they will wail and grind their teeth.

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

That is what will happen at the close of the age. The angels will go out and remove the wicked from among the upright,

and throw them into the blazing furnace. There they will wail and grind their teeth.

Leave them alone. They are blind guides! But if one blind man leads another, they will both fall into the ditch!"

"It is a wicked and faithless age that insists on a sign, and no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah." And he left them and went away.

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it.

I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted."

For whoever wants to preserve his own life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me will find it.

For what good will it do a man if he gains the whole world but parts with his life? What can a man give to buy back his life?

For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone for what he has done.

I tell you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the Son of Man come to reign!"

And Peter spoke, and said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! If you wish, I will make three huts here, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. For I tell you, if you have faith the size of a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here over to there!' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

and they will kill him, but on the third day he will be raised to life again." And they were greatly distressed.

But rather than give offense to them, go down to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth and you will find in it a dollar. Take that and pay the tax for us both."

and he said, "I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven at all.

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills, and go in search of the one that is astray?

In just that way, it is the will of my Father in heaven that not a single one of these children be lost.

But if he will not listen, take one or two others with you, so that everything may be supported by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

"I tell you, whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted.

Again, I tell you, if even two of you here on earth agree about what they shall pray for, it will be given them by my Father in heaven.

So the slave threw himself down before him and implored him, 'Give me time, and I will pay you all of it.'

So his fellow-slave threw himself down before him, and begged him, 'Give me time, and I will pay you.'

That is what my heavenly Father will do to you, if you do not each forgive your brothers from your hearts!"

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."

Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven!

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.

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

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

"We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

and hand him over to the heathen to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised to life."

saying to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and you will at once find an ass tied there, and a colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me.

If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, 'The Master needs them'; then he will send them at once."

Jesus answered, "I tell you, if you have faith and have no doubt, you will not only do what I have 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 everything that you pray for with faith, you will obtain."

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

Where did John's baptism come from? Was it from heaven, or from men?" And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'It was from heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

And they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.

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

Then the man went to the second son, and told him the same thing. And he answered, 'I will not!' But afterward he changed his mind and went.

Finally he sent his son to them, thinking, 'They will respect my son.'

When the owner of the vineyard comes back, therefore, what will he do to these tenants?"

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."

"That, I tell you, is why the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a people that will produce its proper fruit.

Whoever falls on that stone will be shattered, but whoever it falls upon will be pulverized."

At the resurrection which one's wife will she be? For they all married her."

They tie up heavy loads and have them put on men's shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them.

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

"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.

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;

I tell 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 Lord's name!' "

But he answered, "Do you see all this? I tell you, not one stone will be left here upon another but shall be torn down."

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him by themselves, and said to him, "Tell us when this is to happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age."

For many will come under my name, and say, 'I am the Christ,' and many will be misled by them.

You will hear of wars and rumors of war; do not let yourselves be alarmed. They have to come, but that is not the end.

For nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes here and there.

Then they will hand you over to persecution and they will put you to death, and you will be hated by all the heathen because you bear my name.

Then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another.

Many false prophets will appear, and many will be misled by them,

and because of the increase of wickedness, most men's love will grow cold.

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

And this good news of the kingdom will be preached all over the world, to testify to all the heathen, and then the end will come.

for there will be greater misery then than there has ever been from the beginning of creation until now, or ever will be again.

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

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

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

Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will flock.

"But immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the forces of the sky will shake.

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will lament when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, in all his 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 winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

I tell you, these things will all happen before the present age passes away.

Earth and sky will pass away but my words will never pass away.

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

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

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

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

"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?

I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his property.

that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know

and will cut him in two, and put him with the hypocrites, to weep and gnash his teeth.

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