Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all who were buying and selling inside the temple; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the stalls of those who sold doves,

Jesus answered, "I tell you truly, if you have faith, if you have no doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree but even if you say to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

All that ever you ask in prayer you shall have, if you believe."

Jesus replied, "Well, I will ask you a question, and if you answer me, then I will tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

Where did the baptism of John come from? From heaven or from men?" Now they argued to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

And if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet."

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

he replied, 'I will go, sir,' but he did not go.

The man went to the second and said the same to him; he replied, 'I will not,' but afterwards he changed his mind and did go.

Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you.

Afterwards he sent them his son; 'They will respect my son,' he said.

Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to these vinedressers?"

They replied, "He will utterly destroy the wretches and lease the vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their season."

I tell you therefore that the Realm of God will be taken from you and given to a nation that bears the fruits of the Realm.

[Everyone who falls on this stone will be shattered, and whoever it falls upon will be crushed.]"

Once more he sent some other servants, saying, 'Tell the invited guests, here is my supper all prepared, my oxen and fat cattle are killed, everything is ready; come to the marriage-banquet.'

while the rest seized his servants and ill-treated them and killed them.

Then he said to his servants, 'The marriage-banquet is all ready, but the invited guests did not deserve it.

And those servants went out on the roads and gathered all they met, bad and good alike. Thus the marriage-banquet was supplied with guests.

Then said the king to his servants, 'Take him hand and foot, and throw him outside, out into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

After them all, the woman died.

Now at the resurrection whose wife will she be? They all had her."

He replied, "You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.

The whole Law and the prophets hang upon these two commands."

They make up heavy loads and lay them on men's shoulders, but they will not stir a finger to remove them.

Besides, all they do is done to catch the notice of men; they make their phylacteries broad, they wear large tassels,

But you are not to be called 'rabbi,' for One is your teacher, and you are all brothers;

Whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be uplifted.

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you shut the Realm of heaven in men's faces; you neither enter yourselves, nor will you let those enter who are on the point of entering.

He who swears by the altar swears by it and by all that lies on it;

Blind Pharisee! first clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may be clean as well.

Woe to you, you irreligious scribes and Pharisees! you are like tombs white-washed; they look comely on the outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all manner of impurity.

And you will fill up the measure that your fathers filled.

This is why I will send you prophets, wise men, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, some of whom you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town;

it is that on you may fall the punishment for all the just blood shed on earth from the blood of Abel the just down to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

I tell you truly, it will all come upon this generation.

For I tell you, you will never see me again till you say, Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name."

but he replied to them, "You see all this? I tell you truly, not a stone here will be left upon another, without being torn down."

So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?"

for many will come in my name, saying 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see and do not be alarmed. These have to come, but it is not the end yet.

For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be famines and earthquakes here and there.

All that is but the beginning of the trouble.

Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name.

And many will be repelled then, they will betray one another and hate one another.

Many false prophets will rise and mislead many.

And in most of you love will grow cold by the increase of iniquity;

but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

This gospel of the Reign shall be preached all over the wide world as a testimony to all the Gentiles, and then the end will come.

for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now ??no and never shall be.

Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, ??if that were possible.

For like lightning that shoots from east to west, so will be the arrival of the Son of man.

Wherever the body lies, there will the vultures gather.

Immediately after the misery of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not yield her light, the stars will drop from heaven and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken.

Then the Sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then all tribes on earth will wail, they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory.

He will despatch his angels with a loud trumpet call to muster his elect from the four winds, from the verge of heaven to the verge of earth.

so, whenever you see all this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door.

I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

As were the days of Noah, so will the arrival of the Son of man be.

and as they knew nothing till the deluge came and swept them all away; so will the arrival of the Son of man be.

Then there will be two men in the field, one will be taken and one will be left;

two women will be grinding at the millstone, one will be taken and one will be left.

Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.

I tell you truly, he will set him over all his property.

that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know;

he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of the impious. There men will wail and gnash their teeth.

For although the stupid took their lamps, they took no oil with them,

whereas the sensible took oil in their vessels as well as their lamps.

As the bridegroom was long of coming, they all grew drowsy and went to sleep.

Then all the maidens rose and trimmed their lamps.

The stupid said to the sensible, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

Now while they were away buying oil, the bridegroom arrived; those maidens who were ready accompanied him to the marriage-banquet, and the door was shut.

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

Well then, you should have handed my money to the bankers and I would have got my capital with interest when I came back.

Throw the good-for-nothing servant into the darkness outside; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

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

and all nations will be gathered in front of him; he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

I was unclothed and you clothed me, I was ill and you looked after me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

Then the just will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and fed you? or thirsty and gave you drink?

when did we see you ill or in prison and visit you?'

The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.'

Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

I was a stranger but you never entertained me, I was unclothed but you never clothed me, I was ill and in prison but you never looked after me.'

Then they will answer too, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or unclothed or ill or in prison, and did not minister to you?'

Then he will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did not do it to one of these, even the least of them, you did not do it to me.'

When Jesus finished saying all this he said to his disciples,

"You know the passover is to be held two days after this; and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified."

The poor you always have beside you, but you will not always have me.

I tell you truly, wherever this gospel is preached through all the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

"What will you give me for betraying him to you?" And they weighed out for him thirty silver pieces.

He said, "Go into the city to so-and-so; tell him that the Teacher says, 'My time is near, I will celebrate the passover at your house with my disciples.' "

He also took a cup and after thanking God he gave it to them saying, "Drink of it, all of you;

I tell you, after this I will never drink this produce of the vine till the day I drink it new with you in the Realm of my Father."

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all be disconcerted over me to-night, for it is written, I will strike at the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

But after my rising I will precede you to Galilee."

Peter answered, "Supposing they are all disconcerted over you, I will not be disconcerted."

Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, you will disown me three times this very night, before the cock crows."