"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law, justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

But he answered them, "You see all these things, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down."

Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will this be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

But he who endures to the end will be saved.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

"So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination of desolation,' spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand)

Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.

For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.

And if those days had not been shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.

Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and the other left.

But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.

Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

and he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

"Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

But the wise replied, 'No, there may not be enough for both us and you; go rather to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.'

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

"For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them.

Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

"You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."

and they plotted to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be a riot among the people."

Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

The Son of Man goes just as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of me this night; for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, "O my Father, if this cup cannot pass away unless I drink it, your will be done."

Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand."

But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

But how then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen in this way?"

But all this has taken place, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.

But Jesus remained silent. And 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."

After a little while those who stood by came up and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you."

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? You see to it!"

Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel,

But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he made no answer.

Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said, "Let him be crucified!"

And he said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified!"

And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"

Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to carry his cross.

And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots;

And those who passed by hurled insults at him, wagging their heads

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

Therefore order that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' So the last deception will be worse than the first."

So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.

But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee; and there they will see me."

and said, "Tell them, 'His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.'

And all the land of Judea, and the people from Jerusalem, went out to him and they were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.

And as he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the Sea; for they were fishermen.

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"

So he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and immediately the fever left her. And she served them.

And Jesus, moved with compassion, put out his hand and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be clean."

Then they came to him, bringing a paralytic carried by four men.

As he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed him.

But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins."

Then he appointed twelve, that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach,

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons."

Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;

Again he began to teach by the sea. and a very large crowd gathered around him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.

Then he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his teaching:

so that 'seeing they may see but not perceive, and hearing may hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven.'"

And he said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand?

For there is nothing hidden, except to be revealed; nor is anything secret, but that it should come to light.

Then he said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you; and more will be given you.

For whoever has, to him will more be given; and whoever does not have, from him even what he has will be taken away."

and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.

All by itself the earth produces grainfirst the blade, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

Then he rose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.

And crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me."

And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him.

And when Jesus had crossed over again by the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea.

Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name. And seeing him, he fell at his feet,

and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be healed, and live."

For she said, "If I touch even his clothes, I shall be made well."

And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease."

But ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid; only believe."

He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha cumi!" which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise."

And when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to him, that such mighty works are performed by his hands!

And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a lonely place and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

So they went away in the boat to a lonely place by themselves.

Send them away, so they can go to the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves something to eat."

But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." And they said to him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?"

And he saw the disciples straining at the oars, for the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He was about to pass by them,