Because he couldn't pay, his master ordered him, his wife, his children, and everything that he owned to be sold so that payment could be made.

Then the servant fell down and bowed low before him, saying, "Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything!'

The master of that servant had compassion and released him, canceling his debt.

"But when that servant went away, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him, seized him by the throat, and said, "Pay what you owe!'

Then his fellow servant fell down and began begging him, "Be patient with me and I will repay you!'

But he refused and had him thrown into prison until he could repay the debt.

Then his master sent for him and told him, "You evil servant! I canceled that entire debt for you because you begged me.

In anger his master handed him over to the jailers until he could repay the entire debt.

Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

They asked him, "Why, then, did Moses order us "to give a certificate of divorce and divorce her'?"

His disciples asked him, "If that is the relationship of a man with his wife, it's not worth getting married!"

Then some little children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

Jesus asked him, "Why ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you want to get into that life, you must keep the commandments."

The young man asked him, "Which ones?"

The young man told him, "I have kept all of these. What do I still lack?"

Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you own and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

They told him, "Because no one has hired us.' He told them, "You go into the vineyard as well.'

"See, 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.

Then they will hand him over to unbelievers to be mocked, whipped, and crucified, but on the third day he will be raised."

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons. She bowed down in front of him to ask him for a favor.

He asked her, "What do you want?" She told him, "Promise that in your kingdom these two sons of mine will sit on your right and on your left."

Jesus replied, "You don't realize what you're asking. Can you drink from the cup that I'm going to drink from?" They told him, "We can."

They told him, "Lord, we want to be able to see!"

Then Jesus, deeply moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and at once they could see again. So they followed him.

If anyone says anything to you, tell him, "The Lord needs them,' and that person will send them at once."

Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

Blind and lame people came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.

and asked him, "Do you hear what these people are saying?"

Then Jesus went into the Temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask us, "Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, "From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."

Then the father went to the other son and told him the same thing. He replied, "I will, sir,' but he didn't go.

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

They told him, "He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time."

Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

He asked him, "Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But the man was speechless.

Then the king told his servants, "Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the darkness outside!' In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,

They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. They said, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere and that you teach the way of God truthfully. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance.

They brought him a denarius. Then he asked them, "Whose face and name is this?"

They told him, "Caesar's." So he told them, "Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

When they heard this, they were amazed. Then they left him and went away.

That same day some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him,

One of them, an expert in the Law, tested him by asking,

Jesus told him, ""You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

"What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They told him, "David's."

He asked them, "Then how can David by the Spirit call him "Lord' when he says,

If David calls him "Lord', how can he be his son?"

No one could answer him at all, and from that day on no one dared to ask him another question.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make a single convert, and when this happens you make him twice as fit for hell as you are.

As Jesus left the Temple and was walking away, his disciples came up to him to point out to him the Temple buildings.

While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

So if they say to you, "Look! He's in the wilderness,' don't go out looking for him. And if they say, "Look! He's in the storeroom,' don't believe it,

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

that servant's master will come on a day when he doesn't expect him and at an hour that he doesn't know.

Then his master will punish him severely and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

But at midnight there came a shout: "The groom is here! Come out to meet him!'

"While they were away buying it, the groom arrived. Those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet, and the door was closed.

"His master told him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant! Since you've been trustworthy with a small amount, I'll put you in charge of a large amount. Come and share your master's joy!'

"His master told him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant! Since you've been trustworthy with a small amount, I'll put you in charge of a large amount. Come and share your master's joy!'

"His master answered him, "You evil and lazy servant! So you knew that I harvested where I haven't planted and gathered where I haven't scattered any seed?

Then the master said, "Take the talent from him and give it to the man who has the ten talents,

because to everyone who has something, more will be given, and he'll have more than enough. But from the person who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away from him.

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.

All the nations will be assembled in front of him, and he will cull them out, one from another, like a shepherd separates sheep from goats.

"Then the righteous will say to him, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you something to eat, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

They conspired to arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill him.

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume and poured it on his head while he sat at the table.

and inquired, "What are you willing to give me if I betray Jesus to you?" They offered him 30 pieces of silver,

He said, "Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, "The Teacher says, "My time is near. I will celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house."'"

Feeling deeply distressed, each one began to ask him, "Surely I am not the one, Lord?"

The Son of Man is going away, just as it has been written about him. How terrible it will be for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had never been born."

Then Judas, who was going to betray him, asked, "Rabbi, I'm not the one, am I?" Jesus told him, "You have said so."

But Peter told him, "Even if everyone else turns against you, I certainly won't!"

Jesus told him, "I tell you with certainty, before a rooster crows this very night, you will deny me three times."

Peter told him, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!" And all the disciples said the same thing.

Taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him, he began to be grieved and troubled.

Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. A large crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests and elders of the people.

Now the betrayer personally had given them a signal, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him."

So Judas immediately went up to Jesus and said, "Hello, Rabbi!" and kissed him tenderly.

Jesus asked him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then the other men surged forward, took hold of Jesus, and arrested him.

Jesus told him, "Put your sword back in its place! Everyone who uses a sword will be killed by a sword.

Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

Peter, however, followed him at a distance as far as the high priest's courtyard. He went inside and sat down with the servants to see how this would end.

Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death.

But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest told him, "I command you by the living God to tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God!"

Jesus told him, "You have said so. Nevertheless I tell you, from now on you will see "the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power' and "coming on the clouds of heaven.'"

Then they spit in his face and hit him. Some slapped him,

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard when a servant girl came up to him and said, "You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean."

As he went out to the gateway, another woman saw him and told those who were there, "This man was with Jesus from Nazareth."

When morning came, all the high priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put him to death.

They bound him with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,

Meanwhile, Jesus was made to stand in front of the governor. The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear how many charges they're bringing against you?"

He did this because he knew that they had handed him over out of jealousy.

While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message that said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because today I have suffered terribly due to a dream I had about him."

Pilate asked them, "Then what should I do with Jesus, who is called the Messiah?" They all said, "Let him be crucified!"

He asked, "What has he done wrong?" But they kept shouting louder and louder, "Let him be crucified!"