But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"

but to sit at my right hand or at [my] left is not mine to grant, but [is] for those for whom it has been prepared."

But it is not like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life [as] a ransom for many."

And many [people] warned him that he should be quiet. But he was crying out {even more loudly}, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

And he began to teach and was saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

Truly I say to you that whoever says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea!' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be [done] for him.

But if we say, 'From men'"--they were afraid of the crowd, because they all looked upon John {as truly a prophet}.

And he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard, and put a fence [around it], and dug a trough for the winepress, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.

And they seized him [and] beat [him] and sent [him] away empty-handed.

And he sent another, and that one they killed. And [he sent] many others, [some] of whom they beat and [some] of whom they killed.

But those tenant farmers said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'

And [when they] came, they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people} but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?"

But [because he] knew their hypocrisy, he said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I can look at [it]!"

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are very much mistaken!"

And Jesus, [when he] saw that he had answered thoughtfully, said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one dared to put a question to him any longer.

David himself said by the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet." '

And one poor widow came [and] put in two small copper coins (that is, a penny).

And summoning his disciples, he said to them, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all those who put [offerings] into the contribution box.

For they all {contributed} out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in everything she had, her whole means of subsistence."

And when you hear about wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must happen, but the end [is] not yet.

"But you, watch out for yourselves! They will hand you over to councils and you will be beaten in the synagogues and will have to stand before governors and kings because of me, for a witness to them.

And when they arrest you [and] hand you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you should say, but whatever is given to you at that hour, say this. For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

And brother will hand over brother to death, and a father [his] child, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

And you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.

"But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be" (let the one who reads understand), "then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

But pray that it will not happen in winter.

And if the Lord had not shortened the days, {no human being would be saved}. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has shortened the days.

But you, watch out! I have told you everything ahead of time!

"But in those days, after that tribulation, 'the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light,

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

"But concerning that day or hour no one knows--not even the angels in heaven nor the Son--except the Father.

But some were expressing indignation to one another: "Why has there been this waste of perfumed oil?

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you cause trouble for her? She has done a good deed to me.

For the poor you always have with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me.

But he said to them, "[It is] one of the twelve--the one who is dipping [bread] into the bowl with me.

For the Son of Man is going just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! [It would be] better for him if that man had not been born."

But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."

But Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, certainly I will not!"

But he kept saying emphatically, "If it is necessary for me to die with you, I will never deny you!" And they all were saying the same [thing] also.

And he said, "Abba, Father, all [things] [are] possible for you! Take away this cup from me! Yet not what I will, but what you [will]."

Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak!"

But a certain one of the bystanders, drawing [his] sword, struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

Every day I was with you in the temple [courts] teaching, and you did not arrest me! But [this has happened] in order that the scriptures would be fulfilled.

but he left behind the linen cloth [and] fled naked.

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, and they did not find [it].

But he was silent and did not reply anything. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

But he denied [it], saying, "I neither know nor understand what you mean!" And he went out into the gateway, and a rooster crowed.

But he denied [it] again. And after a little [while], again the bystanders began to say to Peter, "You really are [one] of them, because you also are a Galilean, and your accent {shows it}!"

But Jesus did not answer anything further, so that Pilate was astonished.

But the chief priests incited the crowd so that he would release for them Barabbas instead.

And Pilate said to them, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"

And they put a purple cloak on him, and [after] weaving a crown of thorns they placed [it] on him.

And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him, and they led him out so that they could crucify him.

And they attempted to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put [it] on a reed, [and] gave [it] to him to drink, saying, "Leave [him] alone! Let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down."

But Jesus uttered a loud cry [and] expired.

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified. He has been raised, he is not here! See the place where they laid him!

But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you."

The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who refuses to believe will be condemned.

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John.

But she was greatly perplexed at the statement, and was pondering what sort of greeting this might be.

And his mother answered [and] said, "No, but he will be named John."

But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering [them] in her heart.

but believing him to be in the group of travelers, they went a day's journey. And they began searching for him among [their] relatives and [their] acquaintances,

John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water, but the one who is more powerful than I [am] is coming, of whom I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

His winnowing shovel [is] in his hand, to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."

But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and concerning all the evil deeds that Herod had done,

And Jesus answered [and] said to him, "It is said, 'You are not to put to the test the Lord your God.'"

But in truth I say to you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three years and six months while a great famine took place over all the land.

And Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath [in the region] of Sidon, to a woman [who was] a widow.

But he passed through their midst [and] went on his way.

But he said to them, "It is necessary [for] me to proclaim the good news [of] the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this [purpose].

and he saw two boats there beside the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them [and] were washing their nets.

And he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, [and] asked him to put out from the land a little. And he sat down [and] began to teach the crowds from the boat.

And when he stopped speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch."

And Simon answered [and] said, "Master, [although we] worked hard through the whole night, we caught nothing. But at your word I will let down the nets."

And they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come [and] help them, and they came and filled both the boats so that they began to sink.

And he ordered him, "Tell no one, but go [and] show yourself to the priest and bring [the offering] for your cleansing just as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

But the report about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering to hear [him] and to be healed of their illnesses.

But he himself was withdrawing in the wilderness and praying.

But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered [and] said to them, "Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," he said to the one who was paralyzed, "I say to you, 'Get up and pick up your stretcher [and] go to your home.'"

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}.

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."

And they said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and make prayers--likewise also the [disciples] of the Pharisees--but yours are eating and drinking!"

But days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."

But new wine must be put into new wineskins.

But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?

But he knew their thoughts and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Get up and stand in the middle," and he got up [and] stood there.

But they were filled with fury, and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

"But woe to you who are rich, because you have received your comfort.

"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend expecting back nothing, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

And he also told them a parable: "Surely a blind person cannot lead the blind, [can he]? Will they not both fall into a pit?

A disciple is not superior to [his] teacher, but everyone, [when he] is fully trained, will be like his teacher.

And why do you see the speck [that is] in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam of wood [that is] in your own eye?

"For there is no good tree that produces bad fruit, nor on the other hand a bad tree that produces good fruit,

But the one who hears [my words] and does not do [them] is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, which the river burst against, and immediately it collapsed--and the collapse of that house was great!"