"Elijah does indeed first come," he said, "and restores all things, But how is it written about the Son of Man, that he will endure great suffering, and be rejected?

For by fire every one will be salted;

salt is excellent, but if the salt has lost its savor, what will you use to restore its saltness? Then have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

"See," said he, "we are going up to Jerusalem and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and the Scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will hand him over to the Gentiles,

who will mock him, spit upon him, flog him, and put him to death; and after three days he will rise again."

Jesus sent two of his disciples and told them. "Go to that village in front of you, and immediately on entering it you will find a colt tied, upon which no man has ever sat; untie him and bring him here.

And if any man asks you, 'Why are you doing that?" answer, 'The Lord has need of him, and he will immediately send him back.'"

"In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, 'Up and hurl yourself into the sea!' and shall not doubt in his heart, but on the contrary shall believe that what he says will happen, it will be granted him.

"And I will put one question to you," replied Jesus. "Answer this, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Then they began arguing with one another. "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?"

So their answer to Jesus was, "We do not know." "Neither will I tell you," said Jesus, "by what authority I do these things."

He had still one, a Son beloved, He sent him last to them, saying, "'They will reverence my Son.'

"But those tenants said to themselves. 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

What will the owner of the Vineyard do?" "He will come and put the tenants to death," they said, "and will give the vineyard to others."

"Be ye watchful lest any one mislead you. Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and will mislead many.

For nation shall rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines; these are the beginning of birth-pangs.

"You yourselves must be on your guard. They will hand you over to the courts, and you will be flogged on the synagogues; and you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, to witness to them for me.

"And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise up against their parents, and have them put to death.

You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

For those will be days of suffering the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now, and never shall be.

for false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show signs and wonders, to lead astray the very chosen, if they can.

"But when the tribulation is past, in those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed her light,

and the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

Then will they see the Son of man coming in clouds, with great power and glory.

Then he will send forth the angels and gather his chosen from the four winds, from uttermost earth to uttermost sky.

She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor among you, and can show them kindness whenever you wish, but me you will not always have.

Then he sent two of his disciples, and told them. "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jar of water.

He will himself show you a large, upper room, furnished and ready. there make preparation for us."

While they were at the table, eating, Jesus said solemnly. "It is one of you who will betray me??ne who is eating with me."

Solemnly I tell you I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

And Jesus said to them. "All of you are about to stumble, for it is written, 'I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad.'"

"But after my resurrection I will go before you into Galilee."

"Although they all stumble and fall, yet will not I," answered Peter.

But Peter kept protesting passionately, "Though I must die with you, I will not disown you!" And they all kept saying the same.

"Abba, Father," he said, "all things are possible with thee. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what thou wilt."

"We heard him say, 'I will tear down this temple made by hands, and in three days I will build another temple not made by hands.'"

At that instant for the second time a cock crew. Then Peter recalled the word which Jesus had spoken to him, "Before the cock crows twice you will disown me thrice." And as he thought of it, he began to weep aloud.

Then a man ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, and put it on a stick, and offered it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down!"

and they kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?"

But go, tell his disciples and Peter, "'He is going before you into Galilee, where you will see him, as he told you.'"

But the Angel said to him. "Do not be afraid, Zachariah, because your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.

"And now you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day the day when this has taken place; because you did not believe my words??ords which will be fulfilled at their appointed time."

"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. "And the Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,

"For he has regarded the humiliation of his slave, And from this hour all ages will count me blessed.

All the story laid it up in their hearts, saying "What, then, will this child be?" For the Lord's hands was with him.

He has his fan in his hand to cleanse his threshing-floor thoroughly, and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff will he burn with unquenchable fire."

"To you will I give all this authority and this glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

"If then you will worship me, it shall all be yours."

"They will bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy food against a stone."

Jesus answered. "Doubtless you will quote the proverb to me, 'Physician, heal thyself!' Do also here in your own country all that we hear that you have done in Capernaum."

"Master," answered Simon, "although we toiled all night, we took nothing; but at your bidding I will let down the nets."

and so were Simon's partners, James and John, sons of Zebedee.) But Jesus answered Simon. "Fear not; from this time on, you will be catching men."

"But there is coming a day when the Bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then at that time they will fast."

He also told them a parable. "No one," he said, "tears a piece from a new garment, and patches it upon an old one; otherwise he will tear the new garment, and the patch from the new will not mend the old.

"Nor does any one pour new wine into old wine-skins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and will itself be spilled, and the skins be destroyed

"But you must love even your enemies and be kind to them, And lend, despairing of no man. Then your reward will be great, And you will be the sons of the Most High; For he is kind even to the ungrateful and to the evil.

"Pardon, and you shall be pardoned; Give, and gifts shall be given to you; Full measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they shall pour into your bosom. For with what measure you measure, they will measure back to you."

He also told them a parable. "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

"There is no disciple who is above his master; But every one when he is completely trained will be like his master.

"Or how can you say to your brother. "Brother, allow me to pull that splinter out of your eye," when you do not see the beam in your own eye? Hypocrite! Take out first the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the splinter from your brother's eye.

"I will show whom the man that comes to me, and listens to my works, and does them, is like.

"When they had nothing pay he forgave them with such charm. "Tell me, then, which of these will love him most?"

"A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed some fell by the wayside, and was trodden under foot, and the wild birds ate it up.

"If any one will not receive you, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave this town, as a testimony against them."

"But I tell you truly there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God."

"and behold a spirit seizes hold of him, and rudely he shouts out, It convulses him till he foams; indeed it will hardly leave off bruising him sorely.

As they were going on their way, a man came to him and said, "I will follow wherever you go."

"The foxes have their holes," Jesus answered, "and the wild birds have their nest, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head."

And another man also said to him. "I will follow you, Lord; but first permit me to bid farewell to those who are in my house."

"For I tell you that it will be mare tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that town.

"However, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

"The next day he took two silver pieces and gave them to the landlord and said, "'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will repay it to you on my way back.'

"I tell you that, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunate persistence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.

"What father is there among you who, if his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish will give him instead a serpent?

"Or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?

"Whenever a foul spirit is gone out of a man, it roams through waterless places, in search of rest; but when it can find none, it says, 'I will go back to the house which I have left.'

"If, however, your whole body is full of light, without having any part dark, it will be wholly radiant with light, as when the lamp illumines you with its bright rays."

"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.

"Woe unto you lawyers also!" said Jesus, "for you load men with irksome burdens, and you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

"For this reason also said the Wisdom of God. 'I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and some they will persecute;

"I will warn you whom you ought to fear. Fear him who, after he was after he has killed, has power to throw you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

"And I tell you that whoever confesses me before men, the Son of man will confess him before the angels of God;

"for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what you ought to say."

"And he said to himself. 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build larger ones in which I will store all my wheat and my goods.

"'And I will say to my soul, "'Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years! Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.'

"Now if God so clothe the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

"For where your treasure is there will your heart be also.

"Happy are those slaves whom their master shall find watching when he comes. I tell you truly that will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and come and serve them.

The Lord answered. "Who then is that faithful steward, the wise man whom his Lord will put in charge of the rations in due time?

"Of a truth I tell you that he will put him in charge of his possessions.

"that slave's master will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour when he knows not, and will surely scourge him, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful.

"The slave who knew his Lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes,

"but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.

"From this time there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three;

"And when you feel the south winds blowing you say, 'There will be a hot wind,' and it comes to pass.

"I tell you no; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

"I tell you no; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did."

"It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his own garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches."

"Struggle to enter in by the narrow door," he answered, "for I tell you that many will try to enter and not be able,

"when once the master of the house is risen up and has shut the door. You will begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, crying, "'Lord, open to us.' "'I do not know were you came from,' he will reply.