And He answered him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is perfectly good. But if you want to get into that life, you must practice keeping the commandments."

He asked Him, "What sort of commandments?" Jesus answered, "You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not lie,

And when the young man heard that, he went away in deep distress, for he owned a great deal of property.

When he had contracted with the laborers at twenty cents a day, he sent them off to his vineyard.

He went out again about nine o'clock and found others standing around doing nothing.

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

Again he went out about twelve o'clock and three o'clock, and did as before.

About five he went out again and found still others standing around, and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?'

They answered him, 'Because nobody has hired us.' He said to them, 'You too go out to my vineyard.'

But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no injustice. Did you not contract with me at twenty cents?

And as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside, and said to them while on the road,

"Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be turned over to the high priests and the scribes, and they will sentence Him to death,

and turn Him over to the heathen to mock and flog and crucify, but on the third day He will rise again."

And He asked her, "What do you want?" She answered Him, "Give orders that these two sons of mine may sit one at your right and one at your left in your kingdom."

He said to them, "You will drink the cup that I am to drink, but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father."

Then Jesus' heart was moved with pity, and He touched their blinded eyes, and at once they could see again, and followed Him.

If anyone says anything to you, you will say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he at once will send them."

And the crowds that went in front of Him and followed Him shouted: "Welcome the Son of David! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord; Welcome Him from on high!"

When He came into Jerusalem, the whole city was trembling with excitement, and asking, "Who is He?"

And the crowds kept saying, "He is the prophet Jesus of Nazareth in Galilee."

Then blind and crippled people came to Him, and He cured them.

But because the high priests and scribes saw the wonders that He did and the children shouting in the temple, "Welcome the Son of David," they were indignant

And He left and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

Early next morning when He returned to the city, He felt hungry.

As He saw a fig tree by the roadside, He came to it but found on it nothing but leaves, and said to it, "Never again shall a fig grow on you!" And the fig tree at once withered up.

When the disciples saw it, they were dumbfounded, and asked, "How is it that the fig tree withered up all at once?"

And when He had come into the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to Him while He was teaching, and asked, "What sort of authority have you for doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Where did John's baptism come from? From heaven, or from men?" They argued it out among themselves in this way, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He also answered them, "Nor am I going to tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

"But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons, He came to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in my vineyard today.'

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

Then he came to the second and said the same thing. And he answered, 'I will not.' But afterward he changed his mind and went.

But when the time for gathering grapes was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his rent.

Again he sent other slaves, and more than at first, and they treated them exactly the same way.

At last he sent his son to them, for he said to himself, 'They will surely respect my son.'

Now when the owner of the estate comes back, what will he do to these tenants?"

They answered, "In vengeance he will put the scoundrels to death, and rent the vineyard to other tenants who will promptly pay him the rent."

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard His stories, they knew that He was speaking about them,

And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding reception, but they refused to come.

A second time he sent other slaves, and said to them, 'Tell the invited guests that I have my reception all ready, my bullocks and fatlings are butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding reception!'

After that he said to his slaves, 'My wedding reception is ready, but those invited have proved unworthy.

But when the king came in to take a look at the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding suit.

So he said to him, 'My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding suit on?' But his lips were sealed.

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness on the outside, where he will have to weep and grind his teeth.'

And He asked them, "Whose likeness and title is this?"

They answered, "Caesar's." Then He said to them, "Pay Caesar, therefore, what belongs to Caesar, and pay God what belongs to God."

Now the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, and so they had a meeting.

And He answered him, "'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'

"What is your opinion of the Christ? Whose son is He?" They answered Him, "He is David's son."

He asked them, "How then does David, under the guidance of the Spirit, call Him Lord, when he says:

If David, then, calls Him Lord, how can He be his son?"

A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you scour land and sea to win a single convert, and when he is won you make him twice as fit for the pit as you are.

You serpents! You brood of vipers! How can you escape a sentence to the pit!

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! The city that has kept on murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you refused!

For I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

But He answered them, "Do you see all these things? I solemnly say to you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be torn down."

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to Him by themselves, and said, "Tell us when this is to take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age."

"If anyone at that time says to you, 'Here is the Christ!' or 'There He is!' do not believe it,

So if they say to you, 'Here He is in the desert,' do not go out to see. Or 'Here He is in some secret place,' do not believe it.

And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His chosen people from the four points of the compass, from one end of the sky to the other.

So when you see all these things, you will know that He is right at your door.

But be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in exactly what part of the night the thief would come, he would have been on guard and would not have let his house be broken into.

Blessed is that slave if, when his master comes back, he finds him so doing.

I solemnly say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.

the master of that slave will come on the very day he is not expecting him,

But he answered, 'I positively say to you, I do not know you.'

He gave one five thousand dollars, another two thousand, another one thousand, to each in accordance with his ability. Then he started on his long journey.

For the man who has will have more given to him, even till it overflows, but from the man who has nothing even what he has will be taken away.

And throw the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness on the outside, where he will weep and grind his teeth.'

"When the Son of Man comes in His splendor, and all the angels with Him, He will take His seat on His splendid throne,

and all the nations will be gathered before him, and He will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats,

and He will put the sheep at His right hand and the goats at his left.

"Then He will say to those at His left, 'Be gone from me, you who are now cursed, to the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Then He will answer, 'I solemnly say to you, every time you failed to do a good deed to one of these most insignificant people, you failed to do a good deed to me.'

When Jesus had ended this discourse, He said to His disciples,

Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

a woman with an alabaster bottle of very costly perfume came up to Him while He was at table and poured it upon His head.

But Jesus, because He understood them, said to them, "Why do you embarrass the woman? She has done a good deed to me,

Then one of the Twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the high priests,

So from that time he kept looking for a good opportunity to turn Him over to them.

And He said, "Go into the city, to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is near. I am going to keep the Passover at your house with my disciples."'"

When evening came, He was sitting at the table with the Twelve.

And while they were eating, He said, "I solemnly say to you, one of you is going to betray me."

He answered, "The man who has just dipped his hand with me in the dish is the man who is going to betray me.

The Son of Man is going away as the Scriptures say of Him, but a curse will be on that man by whom He is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had never been born!"

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf and blessed it; then He broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take this and eat it; this is my body."

He also took the cup of wine and gave thanks; then He gave it to them, saying, "All of you drink some of it,

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He said to the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over yonder and pray."

And He took Peter and Zebedee's two sons along with Him and He began to give way to His grief and distress of heart.

Then He said to them, "My heart is breaking, it almost kills me! You must stay here and keep watching with me."

Then He walked on a few steps and threw Himself upon His face, and in this attitude continued to pray, and say, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me; and yet, I pray, not what I want but what you want."

Then He came back to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Could you not then watch with me a single hour?

A second time He went away and prayed, "My Father, if it cannot pass by without my drinking it, your will be done."

He came back again and found them still sleeping, for their eyes were so heavy they could hardly hold them open.

Then He left them again and prayed the third time, using the same words.

After that He came back to the disciples and said to them: "Still sleeping! Still resting! See! The time has come for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men!

Even while He was still speaking, here came Judas, one of the Twelve, and with him a crowd, with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people.

Now His betrayer had given them a signal by saying, "The one I kiss is He. Seize Him!"

And he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Rabbi," and affectionately kissed Him.

One of the men with Jesus put out his hand and drew his sword, and with a thrust at the high priest's slave cut off his ear.