So Jesus said to him, as He saw that he had answered thoughtfully, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one ventured to ask Him any more questions.

While He was teaching in the temple, He answered them and said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

Jesus said to him, "Are you looking in wonder at these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another that will not be torn down."

"When will all this take place? Tell us. And what will be the sign that it is about to be put into effect?"

Jesus began to say to them: "Look out that no one misleads you about it.

Now when they take you to court for trial, do not be worrying beforehand about what you should say, but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you that will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

And pray that it may not be in winter,

for there will be such misery at that time as has never been since the beginning of God's creation, and never will be again.

"If anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! Here is the Christ,' or, 'Look! There He is,' do not believe it.

"But in those days, after that misery, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not shed its light,

"Now learn what the story of the fig tree means. Just as soon as its branches grow tender, and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

So when you see all these things taking place, you will know that He is right at the door.

But about that day or hour not a single one knows -- not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son; not a single one but the Father.

so that he may not come unexpectedly and find you asleep.

I solemnly say to you, all over the world wherever this good news is proclaimed, the deed that she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

and whatever house he goes into, tell the owner that the Teacher asks, 'Where is my room where I may eat the Passover supper with my disciples?'

And they began to show that they were hurt and to ask Him one by one, "It cannot be I, can it?"

For the Son of Man is going away, as the Scriptures say of Him, but a curse will be on that man by whom He is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had never been born."

Then He walked on a few steps and threw Himself upon the ground and kept praying that if it were possible He might escape the hour of agony,

You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak."

He came back the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? No more of that! The hour has come. See! The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinful men.

At that very moment, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a crowd of men with swords and clubs, from the high priests, scribes, and elders.

and when she saw that Peter was warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You were with Jesus of Nazareth too!"

Then he commenced cursing and swearing, "I do not know this man that you are talking about."

At that moment for the second time a Cock crowed. Then Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will disown me three times!" And when he remembered that, he burst into tears.

But Jesus made no further answer at all, so that Pilate was astonished.

For he knew that the high priests out of envy had turned Him over to him.

Then Pilate again asked, "Why, what has He done that is wrong?" But they shouted at the top of their voices, "Crucify Him!"

Then the soldiers led Him away to a place inside the court yard, that is, of the governor's palace, and they called the whole battalion together.

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see it and believe!" Even the men who were crucified with Him made sport of Him.

And when the captain who stood facing him saw that He expired in this way, he said, "This man was surely God's Son!"

Although it was now evening, yet since it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

but when he found out from the captain that He was, he gave him permission to take His body.

So he bought a linen sheet, then took Him down from the cross, wrapped Him in the linen sheet, and laid Him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a boulder up to the doorway of the tomb.

Then they looked up and saw that the boulder had already been rolled to one side, for it was a very large one.

But although they had heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

Then they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept on working with them and confirming their message by the signs that attended it.

that you may better know the certainty of those things that you have been taught.

Then Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know that this is so? For I am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in years."

But when he came out, he could not speak to them, and so they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. Meanwhile he kept on making signs to them, and remained dumb.

He has done mighty deeds with His arm. He has scattered those that are proud in the purpose of their hearts.

And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and so they were rejoicing with her.

Then they said to her, "There is no one among your relatives that bears that name."

to grant us deliverance from the dreaded hand of our foes, so that we could serve Him

Now in those days an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census of the whole world should be taken.

Then an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, so that they were fearfully frightened.

Then when the angel left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has told us."

When they saw this, they informed them of the story that had been told about this child.

Then the shepherds went back continuing to give glory and praise to God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told them.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not die without seeing the Lord's Messiah.

yea, a sword will pierce your heart -- so that the secret purposes of many hearts will be revealed."

Just at that time she came up and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem.

Now when they had completed everything that was in accordance with the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

They supposed that He was somewhere in the caravan, and so they traveled a whole day before they began to make an anxious search for Him among His relatives and acquaintances.

Then He said to them, "Why is it that you were searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"

So he used to say to the crowds that continued to come out there to be baptized by him: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?

Produce, then, fruit that is consistent with the repentance that you profess, and do not even begin to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can raise up descendants for Abraham even out of these stones.

Now the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Every tree, then, that fails to bear good fruit is to be cut down and thrown into the fire."

But Herod the governor, because he was repeatedly reproved by him for Herodias his brother's wife, and for all the wicked deeds that Herod had done,

added this on top of it all, that he put John in prison.

while He was being tempted by the devil. During that time He ate nothing, and so at the end of it He felt hungry.

and, 'They will bear you up on their hands, so that you will never strike your foot against a stone.'"

So they all began to speak well of Him and to wonder at the gracious words that fell from His lips, and yet they continued to say, "Is He not Joseph's son?"

He said to them, "Doubtless you will quote this proverb to me, 'Doctor, cure yourself! Do the things here in your hometown that we hear you did in Capernaum.'"

Even demons came out of many people, shrieking and saying, "You are the Son of God!" But He reproved them and would not let them speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.

But He said to them, "To other towns also I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God, for that is what I was sent to do."

They did so and caught so vast a shoal of fish that their nets began to break.

So they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

For at the haul of fish that they had made, bewildering amazement had seized him and all his men,

Jesus saw that they were arguing, and answered them: "Why are you arguing so in your hearts?

But to show you that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth" -- turning to the man who was paralyzed, He said to him, "Get up, pick up your pallet, and go home."

It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite to repentance."

After that they said to Him, "John's disciples rigidly practice fasting and offering up prayers; so do the Pharisees, but your disciples keep right on eating and drinking."

But a time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them; at that time they will fast."

Now it was in those days that He went up on the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

Burst into joy on that day and leap for ecstasy, for your reward will be rich in heaven; for this is the way your forefathers used to treat the prophets.

Now if you practice loving only those who love you, what credit do you get for that? Why, even notorious sinners practice loving those who love them.

And if you practice doing good only to those who do good to you, what credit do you get for that? Even notorious sinners practice the same.

And if you ever lend to people expecting to get it back, what credit do you get for that? Even notorious sinners practice lending to one another, expecting to get it back in full.

But you must practice loving your enemies, doing good to them, and lending to them, despairing of nothing; so that your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me get that tiny speck out of your eye,' when you cannot see the girder in your own eye? You hypocrite! First get the girder out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to get out the tiny speck in your brother's eye.

"For there never is a healthy tree that bears poor fruit, nor a sickly tree that bears good fruit.

The good man, out of his good inner storehouse, brings forth what is good, the bad man, out of his bad one, what is bad. For a man's mouth usually speaks the things that fill his heart.

He is like a man who was building a house, who dug deep, and laid its foundation upon the rock; and when a flood came, the torrent burst upon that house but it could not shake it, because it was well built.

But the man who merely hears them and does not practice them is like a man who built a house upon the ground without a foundation. The torrent burst upon it, and at once it collapsed, and the wreck of that house was complete."

There was a Roman captain who had a slave that was very dear to him, and he was sick and at the point of death,

So they went to Jesus and continued to urge Him earnestly, saying, "He deserves that you do this for him,

When Jesus heard this, He was astounded at him, and turning to the crowd that was following Him He said, "I tell you, I have not found, in a single case among the Jews, so great faith as this!"

At that very hour He cured many people of diseases and scourges and evil spirits, and graciously granted sight to many blind persons.

But when John's messengers had gone, He began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the desert to gaze at? A reed that is tossed to and fro by the wind?

There was a woman in the town who was a social outcast, and when she learned that He was taking dinner at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster bottle of perfume

So when the Pharisee who invited Him saw it, he said to himself, "If He were really a prophet, He would know who and of what character the woman is who is clinging to Him -- that she is a social outcast."

But He said to the woman, "It is your faith that has saved you; go on in peace."

So He said, "You are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others they are told in stories, so that they may look and not see, may hear and not understand.

Those along the path illustrate those who hear it, but then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.

"Nobody lights a lamp and then covers it with a pot or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

Then Jesus said, "Who was it that touched me?" But as all were denying that they had done so, Peter said, "Master, the crowds are jamming you and jostling you."

When the woman saw that she had not escaped His notice, she came forward trembling, and falling down before Him she told in the presence of all the people why she had touched Him and how she had been cured at once.

So He said to her, "My daughter, it is your faith that has cured you; go on in peace."

Then they began to laugh in His face, for they knew that she was dead.