Do you not remember how many baskets full of fragments you picked up when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand?" They said, "Twelve."

"And how many basketfuls of fragments did you pick up when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand?" They said, "Seven."

Then they reached Bethsaida. A blind man was brought to him with the request that he would touch him.

"John the Baptist," they told him, "though some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the prophets."

I tell you truly," he said, to them, "there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the coming of God's Reign with power."

(for he did not know what to say, they were so terrified).

And suddenly looking round they saw no one there except Jesus all alone beside them.

As they went down the hill, he forbade them to tell anyone what they had seen, till such time as the Son of man rose from the dead.

This order they obeyed, debating with themselves what 'rising from the dead' meant.

So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

As for Elijah, I tell you he has come already, and they have done to him whatever they pleased ??as it is written of him."

When they reached the disciples they saw a large crowd round them, and some scribes arguing with them.

and whenever it seizes him it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth. He is wasting away with it; so I told your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

So they brought the boy to him, and when the spirit saw Jesus it at once convulsed the boy; he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

On leaving there they passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know of their journey,

for he was teaching his disciples, telling them that the Son of man would be betrayed into the hands of men, that they would kill him, and that when he was killed he would rise again after three days.

But they did not understand what he said, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

Then they reached Capharnahum. And when he was indoors he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

They said nothing, for on the road they had been disputing about which of them was the greatest.

They said, "Moses permitted a man to divorce her by writing out a separation notice."

and the pair shall be one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

They were more astounded than ever; they said to themselves, "Then who ever can be saved?"

They were on the way up to Jerusalem, Jesus walking in front of them: the disciples were in dismay and the company who followed were afraid. So once again he took the twelve aside and proceeded to tell them what was going to happen to himself.

"We are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and scribes; they will sentence him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles,

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

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;

but it is not for me to grant seats at my right or my left hand ??these belong to the men for whom they have been destined."

Now when the ten heard of this, they burst into anger at James and John;

Then they reached Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a considerable crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, the blind beggar who sat beside the road,

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

Now when they came near Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Hill of Olives, he despatched two of his disciples,

Off they went and found a colt tethered outside a door in the street. They untethered it;

So they answered as Jesus had told them, and the men allowed them to go.

Then they brought the colt to Jesus, and when they had put their clothes on it Jesus seated himself.

Next day, when they had left Bethany, he felt hungry,

Then they came to Jerusalem, and entering the temple he proceeded to drive out those who were buying and selling inside the temple; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the stalls of those who sold doves,

This came to the ears of the scribes and high priests, and they tried to get him put to death, for they were afraid of him. But the multitude were all astounded at his teaching.

Now as they passed in the morning they noticed the fig tree had withered to the root.

Once more they came to Jerusalem. And as he was walking within the temple the high priests and scribes and elders came

Now they argued to themselves, "[What are we to say?] If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why did you not believe him.'

No, let us say, From men" ??but they were afraid of the multitude, for the people all held John had been really a prophet.

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 they took and flogged him and sent him off with nothing.

Once more he sent them another servant; him they knocked on the head and insulted.

He sent another, but they killed him. And so they treated many others; some they flogged and some they killed.

He had still one left, a beloved son; he sent him to them last, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

So they took and killed him, and threw him outside the vineyard.

Then they tried to get hold of him, but they were afraid of the multitude. They knew he had meant the parable for them. So they left him and went away.

But they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to him for the purpose of catching him with a question.

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?

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

"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.

At the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be? She was wife to the seven of them."

When people rise from the dead they neither marry nor are married, they are like the angels in heaven.

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,

they prey upon the property of widows and offer long unreal prayers. All the heavier will their sentence be!"

for they have all put in a contribution out of their surplus, but she has given out of her neediness all she possessed, her whole living."

Now when they carry you off to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; say whatever comes to your lips at the moment, for he who speaks is not you but the holy Spirit.

for false Christs and false prophets will rise and perform signs and wonders to mislead the elect if they can.

Then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

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

This perfume might have been sold for over three hundred shillings, and the poor might have got that." So they upbraided her.

They were delighted to hear it, and promised to pay him for it. Meantime he sought a good opportunity for betraying him.

The disciples went away into the city and found it was as he had told them. So they prepared 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?"

And as they were eating he took a loaf, and after the blessing he broke and gave it to them, saying, "Take this, it means my body."

He also took a cup and after thanking God he gave it to them, and they all drank of it;

After the hymn of praise they went out to the Hill of Olives.

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

Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, "Sit here till I pray."

then he returned and found them once more asleep, for their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.

Then they laid hands on him and seized him,

Then they left him and fled, all of them;

They took Jesus away to the high priest, and all the high priests and scribes and elders met there with him.

Now the high priests and the whole of the Sanhedrin tried to secure evidence against Jesus, in order to have him put to death; but they could find none,

You have heard his blasphemy for yourselves. What is your mind?" They condemned him, all of them, to the doom of death;

Immediately morning came, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and all the Sanhedrin, and after binding Jesus they led him off and handed him over to Pilate.

Now at festival time he used to release for them some prisoner whom they begged from him.

Whereupon they shouted again, "Crucify him."

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

then they dressed him in purple, put on his head a crown of thorns which they had plaited,

They struck him on the head with a stick and spat upon him and bent their knees to him in homage.

Then, after making fun of him, they stripped off the purple, put on his own clothes, and took him away to crucify him.

They forced Simon a Cyrenian who was passing on his way from the country (the father of Alexander and Rufus) to carry his cross,

and they led him to the place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull).

They offered him wine flavoured with myrrh, but he would not take it.

Then they crucified him and distributed his clothes among themselves, drawing lots for them to decide each man's share.

It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.

They also crucified two robbers along with him, one at his right and one at his left.

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

and very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb, after sunrise.

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 when they looked they saw the boulder had been rolled to one side,

and on entering the tomb they saw a youth sitting on the right dressed in a white robe. They were bewildered,

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 ??.

She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept;

but although they heard he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

After this he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking on their way to the country.

They too went and reported it to the rest, but they would not believe them either.