So he said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

They said to him, "Give us seats, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory."

Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I have to drink, or undergo the baptism I have to undergo?"

They said to him, "We can." Jesus said, "You shall drink the cup I have to drink and undergo the baptism I have to undergo;

so Jesus called them and said, "You know the so-called rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men overbear them:

Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." Then they called the blind man and told him, "Courage! Get up, he is calling you."

Jesus spoke to him and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said, "Rabboni, I want to regain my sight."

Then Jesus said, "Go, your faith has made you well;" and he regained his sight at once and followed Jesus along the road.

but some of the bystanders said to them, "What do you mean by untethering that colt?"

Then he said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you after this!" The disciples heard him say it.

Then Peter remembered. "Rabbi," he said, "there is the fig tree you cursed, all withered!"

Jesus said to them, "I am going to ask you a question. Answer this, and I will tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

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

But these vinedressers said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be our own.'

They came up and said to him, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and fearless; you do not court human favour, you teach the Way of God honestly. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

Are we to pay, or are we not to pay?" But he saw their trick and said to them, "Why tempt me? Bring me a shilling. Let me see it."

So they brought one. He said, "Whose likeness, whose inscription is this?" "Caesar's," they said.

Jesus said to them, "Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give God what belongs to God." He astonished them.

"Teacher," they said, "Moses has written this law for us, that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother is to take the woman and raise offspring for his brother.

Jesus said to them, "Is this not where you go wrong? ??you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, at the passage on the Bush, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?

The scribe said to him, "Right, teacher! You have truly said, He is One, and there is none else but Him.

Jesus noted his intelligent answer and said to him, "You are not far off the Realm of God." After that no one ventured to put any more questions to him.

David himself said in the holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.'

And in the course of his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, to get saluted in the marketplaces,

And he called his disciples and said to them, "I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than all who have put their money into the treasury;

As he went out of the temple one of his disciples said to him, "Look, teacher, what a size these stones and buildings are!"

Jesus said to him, "You see these great buildings? Not a stone shall be left on another, without being torn down."

"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival; that would mean a popular riot."

But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

On the first day of unleavened bread (the day when the paschal lamb was sacrificed) his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the passover?"

As they were at table eating, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me."

They got distressed at this, and said to him one after another, "Surely it is not me?" "Surely it is not me?"

he said to them, "This means my covenant-blood which is shed for many;

Jesus said to them, "You will all be disconcerted, for it is written: I will strike at the shepherd, and, the sheep will be scattered.

Peter said to him, "Though all are disconcerted, I will not be."

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

But he persisted, "Though I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And they all said the same.

he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch."

"Abba, Father," he said, "thou canst do anything. Take this cup away from me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt."

Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour?

Then he came for the third time and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? No more of that! The hour has come, here is the Son of man betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Now his betrayer had given them a signal; he said, "Whoever I kiss, that is the man. Seize him and get him safely away."

So when he arrived he at once went up to him and said, "Rabbi [rabbi]," and kissed him.

He said nothing and made no answer. Again the high priest put a question to him. "Are you the Christ?" he said, "the Son of the Blessed?"

Jesus said, "I am. And, what is more, you will all see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

and when she noticed Peter warming himself she looked at him and said, "You were with Jesus of Nazaret too."

But he denied it. "I do not know," he said, "I have no idea what you mean." Then he went outside into the passage. The cock crowed.

But he denied it again. After a little the bystanders once more said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them. Why, you are a Galilean!"

"Why," said Pilate, "what has he done wrong?" But they shouted more fiercely than ever, "Crucify him!"

So, too, the high priests made fun of him to themselves with the scribes; "he saved others," they said, "but he cannot save himself!

On hearing this some of the bystanders said, "Look, he is calling for Elijah."

Now when the army-captain who stood facing him saw that he expired in this way, he said, "This man was certainly a son of God."

They said to themselves, "Who will roll away the boulder for us at the opening of the tomb?" (for it was a very large boulder).

but he said to them, "Do not be bewildered. You are looking for Jesus of Nazaret, who was crucified? He has risen, he is not here. That is the place where he was laid.

And they fled out of the tomb, for they were seized with terror and beside themselves. They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid of ??.

Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]

And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature:

but the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zechariah, your prayer has been heard; your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you must call his name John.

Zechariah said to the angel, "But how am I to be sure of this? I am an old man myself, and my wife is advanced in years."

"The Lord has done this for me," she said, "he has now deigned to remove my reproach among men."

The angel went in and said to her, "Hail, O favoured one! the Lord be with you!"

But the angel said to her, "Fear not, Mary, you have found favour with God.

"How can this be?" said Mary to the angel, "I have no husband."

Mary said, "I am here to serve the Lord. Let it be as you have said." Then the angel went away.

Then Mary said "My soul magnifies the Lord,

They said to her, "None of your family is called by that name."

All who heard of it bore it in mind; they said, "Whatever will this child become?" For the hand of the Lord was indeed with him.

but the angel said to them, "Have no fear. This is good news I am bringing you, news of a great joy that is meant for all the People.

Now when the angels had left them and gone away to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us be off to Bethlehem to see this thing that the Lord has told us of."

then Symeon took him in his arms, blessed God, and said,

but Symeon blessed them, and to his mother Mary he said, "This child is destined for the downfall as well as for the rise of many a one in Israel; destined to be a Sign for man's attack ??35 to bring out the secret aims of many a heart. And your own soul will be pierced by a spear."

When his parents saw him they were astounded, and his mother said to him, "My son, why have you behaved like this to us? Here have your father and I been looking for you anxiously!"

"Why did you look for me?" he said, "Did you not know I had to be at my Father's house?"

But they did not understand what he said.

To the crowds who came out to get baptized by him John said, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath?

Taxgatherers also came to get baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what are we to do?"

He said to them, "Never exact more than your fixed rate."

Soldiers also asked him, "And what are we to do?" He said to them, "Never extort money, never lay a false charge, but be content with your pay."

John said to them all, "I baptize you with water, but after me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

The devil said to him, "If you are God's son, tell this stone to become a loaf."

and the devil said to him, "I will give you all their power and grandeur, for it has been made over to me and I can give it to anyone I choose.

Then he brought him to Jerusalem and placing him on the pinnacle of the temple said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down from this;

Jesus answered him, "It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

All spoke well of him and marvelled at the gracious words that came from his lips; they said, "Is this not Joseph's son?"

So he said to them, "No doubt you will repeat to me this proverb, 'Doctor, cure yourself!' 'Do here in your own country all we have heard you did in Capharnahum.'"

When he stopped speaking, he said to Simon, "Push out to the deep water and lower your nets for a take."

as was the case with James and John, the sons of Zebedaeus, who were partners of Simon. Then said Jesus to Simon, "Have no fear; from now your catch will be men."

When he saw their faith he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he said to the paralysed man, "Rise, I tell you, lift your mattress and go home."

On going outside after this he noticed a taxgatherer called Levi sitting at the tax-office and said to him, "Follow me";

They said to him, "The disciples of John fast frequently and offer prayers, as do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your adherents eat and drink."

Jesus said to them, "Can you make friends at a wedding fast while the bride groom is beside them?

Some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not allowed on the sabbath?"

And he said to them, "The Son of man is Lord even over the sabbath."

Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it right on the sabbath to help or to hurt, to save life or to kill?"

And glancing round at them all in anger he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand was quite restored.

Then, raising his eyes he looked at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you poor! the Realm of God is yours.

When they reached Jesus they asked him earnestly to do this. "He deserves to have this favour from you," they said,

When Jesus heard this he marvelled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed he said, "I tell you, I have never met faith like this anywhere even in Israel."