They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone's favor because you show no partiality.

Show me the coin used for the tax." So they brought him a denarius.

Now when they heard this they were stunned, and they left him and went away.

The same day Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to him and asked him,

And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him:

Jesus said to him, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

He said to them, "How then does David by the Spirit call him 'Lord,' saying,

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

No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings.

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe him.

So then, if someone says to you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out, or 'Look, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe him.

Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.'

But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten.

For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

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

All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.

and said, "What will you give me to betray him into your hands?" So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

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

They became greatly distressed and each one began to say to him, "Surely not I, Lord?"

The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."

Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, "Surely not I, Rabbi?" Jesus replied, "You have said it yourself."

Peter said to him, "If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!"

Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."

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

He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.

(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him!")

Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, "Greetings, Rabbi," and kissed him.

Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you are here to do." Then they came and took hold of Jesus and arrested him.

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.

But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.

But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest's courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

So the high priest stood up and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"

But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."

Jesus said to him, "You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."

When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene."

When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,

Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?"

(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today."

Pilate said to them, "Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?" They all said, "Crucify him!"

He asked, "Why? What wrong has he done?" But they shouted more insistently, "Crucify him!"

Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.

They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him,

and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head.

When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.

Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.

Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."

Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads

In the same way even the chief priests -- together with the experts in the law and elders -- were mocking him:

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

He trusts in God -- let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said, 'I am God's Son'!"

The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.

But the rest said, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to save him."

Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, "Truly this one was God's Son!"

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance.

He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.

Then go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Listen, I have told you!"

But Jesus met them, saying, "Greetings!" They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.

If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble."

When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.

People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

The Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness.

They left their nets immediately and followed him.

Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!"

After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

They were all amazed so that they asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him."

So the news about him spread quickly throughout all the region around Galilee.

When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.

So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Simon and his companions searched for him.

When they found him, they said, "Everyone is looking for you."

Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. "If you are willing, you can make me clean," he said.