"Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain. I have no pleasure in you," says the LORD of hosts, "neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Messiah would be born.

"A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; and she would not be comforted, because they are no more."

But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"

And suddenly all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

"Woe to you, Chorazin. Woe to you, Bethsaida. For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to hell. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.

But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

for this people's heart has grown callous, and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

Jesus answered them, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith, and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.

and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her. How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not.

Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

Or do you think that I could not ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?

How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"

They gave him wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.

And They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

And he told his disciples that a small boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would not press on him.

And he begged him much that he would not send them away out of the region.

He saw them distressed in rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.

Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.

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

It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zechariah, after the name of the father.

They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the crowds looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he would not go away from them.

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

"And as you would like men to do to you, you also do the same to them.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."

They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.

"Woe to you, Chorazin. Woe to you, Bethsaida. For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, would not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"

and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, would not light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.

"He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house;

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God does not come with observation;

He would not for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,

But the tax collector, standing far away, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner.'

As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.

He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.

They began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.

but I prayed for you, that your faith would not fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers."

But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.

They drew near to the village, where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.

I did not know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."

For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and begged him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.

For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.

This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.

After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jewish leaders sought to kill him.

Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.

Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I have not come of myself, but he sent me.

You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I do not know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.

His parents said these things because they feared the Jewish leaders; for the Jewish leaders had already agreed that if any man would confess him as the Messiah, he would be put out of the synagogue.

Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.

Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother would not have died.

Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother would not have died."

Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see God's glory?"

Now he did not say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

Then Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them."

Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue,

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said, "You are not all clean."

In my Father's house are many dwelling places. If it weren't so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

You heard how I told you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we would not have delivered him up to you."

Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I would not be delivered to the Jewish leaders. But now my Kingdom is not from here."

Jesus answered, "You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin."

Therefore the Jewish leaders, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. When he had said this, he said to him, "Follow me."

This saying therefore went out among the brothers, that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, "If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?"