For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

"Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

"Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten.

For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you,

I tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will."

But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest's courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.

Jesus said to him, "You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven."

As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.

and saying, "You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross!"

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.

Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance.

Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

Then go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Listen, I have told you!"

People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.

And a voice came from heaven: "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."

He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.

Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,

The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and, "By the ruler of demons he casts out demons."

For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him."

Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.

Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years.

Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?"

If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him."

Others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past."

But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived there ahead of them.

Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.

And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)

He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, 'Whatever help you would have received from me is corban' (that is, a gift for God),

He said to them, "Are you so foolish? Don't you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

All these evils come from within and defile a person."

Then Jesus went out again from the region of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the region of the Decapolis.

After Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, he put his fingers in the man's ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.

If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance."

Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my one dear Son. Listen to him!"

As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.

Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.

They went out from there and passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,

But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female.

Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.

He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.

In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

John's baptism -- was it from heaven or from people? Answer me."

They discussed with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From people -- '" (they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).

At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.

This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

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

When Jesus saw that he had answered thoughtfully, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." Then no one dared any longer to question him.

For in those days there will be suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

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

Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

"Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.

And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.

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

And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the guards and warming himself by the fire.

The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).

save yourself and come down from the cross!"

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!" Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.

There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

They had been asking each other, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

Then they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

[[Early on the first day of the week, after he arose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

like the accounts passed on to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning.

So it seemed good to me as well, because I have followed all things carefully from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

So Mary said, "Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.

because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,

from generation to generation he is merciful to those who fear him.

He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.

He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;

as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,

that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us.

that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear,

Because of our God's tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high