So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days;

From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was put to death between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I say to you, It will come on this generation.

And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three.

And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:

And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death.

And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.

And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.

For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.

And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?

And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.

And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?

But first, he will have to undergo much and be put on one side by this generation.

Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.

And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?

And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham.

And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.

And when he had said this, he went on in front of them, going up to Jerusalem.

That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.

And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

But when the workmen saw him, they said to one another, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property: let us put him to death and the heritage will be ours.

He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;

And some of the scribes, in answer to this, said, Master, you have said well.

And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has given more than all of them:

But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all things are complete.

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;

And he took a cup and, having given praise, he said, Make division of this among yourselves;

And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.

And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you.

And they were wondering among themselves which of them it was who would do this thing.

Father, if it is your pleasure, take this cup from me: but still, let your pleasure, not mine, be done.

But Jesus, answering, said, Put up with this, at least. And touching his ear, he made it well.

When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.

And a certain woman-servant, seeing him in the light of the fire, and looking at him with attention, said, This man was with him.

And after about an hour, another man said, with decision, Certainly this man was with him, for he is a Galilaean.

And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.

And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In my opinion this man has done no wrong

But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.

You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him

But with loud voices they said all together, Put this man to death, and make Barabbas free.

Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life

And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS

And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.

And with reason; for we have the right reward of our acts, but this man has done nothing wrong.

And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your hands I give my spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.

And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man.

This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus.

Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?

But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;

And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his feet.

This Word was from the first in relation with God.

John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?

This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him.

After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.

Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?

And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days!

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

For at this time John had not been put into prison.

And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:

The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.

Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.

Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?

While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.

In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.