And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:

The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.

When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

But He said, “The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”

But the disciples understood none of these things, and the meaning of this statement was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.

They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

And Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him; and when he came near, He questioned him,

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done.

He *said to him, ‘By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.

When He approached Bethphage and Bethany, near the mount that is called Olivet, He sent two of the disciples,

and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

So they answered that they did not know where it came from.

At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’

But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:
‘The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the chief corner stone’?

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”

The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them.

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

They questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth.

And He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Now there came to Him some of the Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection),

and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should marry the wife and raise up children to his brother.

but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Then He said to them, “How is it that they say the Christ is David’s son?

And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them;

for they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on.”

And while some were talking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive gifts, He said,

And He said, “See to it that you are not misled; for many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not go after them.

“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near.

because these are days of vengeance, so that all things which are written will be fulfilled.

as soon as they put forth leaves, you see it and know for yourselves that summer is now near.

So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.

“Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Now during the day He was teaching in the temple, but at evening He would go out and spend the night on the mount that is called Olivet.

And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it.”

And He said to them, “When you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house that he enters.

For indeed, the Son of Man is going as it has been determined; but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”

And He said, “I say to you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me, ‘And He was numbered with transgressors’; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment.”

When He arrived at the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

and said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

And when he learned that He belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself also was in Jerusalem at that time.

Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other.

But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail.

And Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand be granted.

For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’

saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”

And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

And He said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?” And they stood still, looking sad.

But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened.

and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive.

And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven and those who were with them,

But they were startled and frightened and thought that they were seeing a spirit.

See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”

Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,

and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.

John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’”

Then they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”

This is He on behalf of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’

I did not recognize Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water.”

I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

He *said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they came and saw where He was staying; and they stayed with Him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.

Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”

And Jesus *said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come.”

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”

So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”

You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’

What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.

He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true.

Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

So He *came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

Therefore the Samaritan woman *said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

She *said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?