And [when they] saw [it], the disciples were astonished, saying, "How did the fig tree wither at once?"

From where was the baptism of John--from heaven or from men?" And they began to discuss [this] among themselves, saying, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

"If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all regard John as a prophet."

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

And [he] approached the second [and] said the same [thing]. So he answered [and] said, 'I [will], sir,' and he did not go.

Which of the two did the will of [his] father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did believe him. And [when] you saw [it], you did not even change your minds later [so as] to believe in him.

'Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them.

Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding celebration, and they did not want to come.

And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.

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

'And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.

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.

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here, not having wedding clothes?' But {he could say nothing}.

Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first died [after] getting married, and [because he] did not have descendants, he left his wife to his brother.

The second did the same, and the third, down to the seventh.

'And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him;

and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,

And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did question them,

And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day [on] to ask him any more [questions].

'He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it;

and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;

and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.

Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.

So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;

'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.

"For I tell you that never shall you see me again until you say, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord." "nor did they know until the deluge came and swept them away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

Lo, I did tell you beforehand.

For as in the days before the flood: they did eat and drink, marry, and were married, even unto the day that Noah entered in to the ship,

And they did not know [anything] until the deluge came and swept [them] all away. So also the coming of the Son of Man will be.

'Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?

For [when] the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take olive oil with them.

For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,

Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more.

and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, 'Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them.

'And he who also did receive the two talents having come, said, Sir, two talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other two talents I did gain besides them.

And the one who had received the one talent came up also [and] said, 'Master, [because I] knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter [seed].

But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you?

And when did we see you wandering, and take you in? or without clothing, and give it to you?

And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you?

And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

For I was hungry and you did not give me [anything] to eat, I was thirsty and you did not give me [anything] to drink,

I was a stranger and you did not welcome me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not care for me.'

Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food or drink, or wandering, or without clothing, or ill, or in prison, and did not take care of you?

Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.

And these [i.e., the ones at His left side] will go away to never ending punishment, but those who did what was right will go to never ending life."

For [when] this woman poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] in order to prepare me for burial.

Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this one did shall also be spoken of -- for a memorial of her.'

And He said, Go into the city, to such a man, and tell him, The master saith, my time is near, I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples: and the disciples did as Jesus ordered them,

And the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and they prepared the Passover.

And as they did eat, he said, "Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me."

And he answering said, 'He who did dip with me the hand in the dish, he will deliver me up;

As they did eat, Jesus took bread and gave thanks, brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take. Eat. This is my body."

And while he is yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve did come, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

And he who did deliver him up did give them a sign, saying, 'Whomsoever I will kiss, it is he: lay hold on him;'

Then saith Jesus to him, 'Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

"But if I did, how could the Scriptures be fulfilled that say that thus it must happen?"

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to arrest me? Every day in the temple [courts] I sat teaching, and you did not arrest me!

And they did not find [it], [although] many false witnesses came forward. And finally two came forward

But Jesus did not say anything. So, the head priest said to Him, "I command you [to swear] by the living God, [and] to tell us if you are the Christ [i.e., God's specially chosen one], the Son of God!"

Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others did slap,

and again did he deny with an oath -- 'I have not known the man.'

Then began he to anathematise, and to swear -- 'I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,

and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said to him -- 'Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;' and having gone without, he did weep bitterly.

and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

and said, "I did wrong in turning an innocent man over to death." But they said, "What is that to us? You must see to that yourself."

and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.

Then was fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 'And I took the thirty silverlings, the price of him who hath been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel did price,

and gave them for the field of the potter, as the Lord did appoint to me.'

And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor did question him, saying, 'Art thou the king of the Jews!' And Jesus said to him, 'Thou sayest.'

And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,

And he did not reply to him, not even with reference to one statement, so that the governor was very astonished.

He did this because he knew that they had handed him over out of jealousy.

And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, 'Nothing -- to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.'

And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

And the governor said, 'Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, 'Let be crucified.'

And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, 'I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'

Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him up that he may be crucified;

then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band;

they gave him wine mixed with gall to drink, and [when he] tasted [it] he did not want to drink [it].

When they had crucified him, they parted his garments, and did cast lots. To fulfill that was spoken by the prophet, "They divided my garments among them: and upon my vesture did cast lots."

And with similar language also did the chief priests, insulting him, with the scribes and elders, and Pharisees,

The robbers also that were crucified with him did the same, and reproached him.

And behold, the veil of the temple did rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake,

and the stones did rent, and graves did open, and the bodies of many saints which slept, arose:

And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

and they, having gone, did make the sepulchre secure, having sealed the stone, together with the watch.

and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it,

and from the fear of him did the keepers shake, and they became as dead men.

And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great Joy. And did run to bring his disciples word.

And as they went to bring his disciples word, behold also, Jesus met them, saying, Hail! And they coming up took him by the feet, and did him homage.

So they took the money [and] did as they were told, and spread abroad this report among the Jews until this very day.