'where their worm does not die and the fire is not extinguished.'

Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."

But [when] Jesus saw [it], he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the young children come to me. Do not forbid them, {for to such belongs} the kingdom of God.

Truly I say to you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a young child will never enter into it."

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"

Jesus looked at them [and] said, "With human beings [it is] impossible, but not with God. For all [things] [are] possible with God."

{who will not} receive a hundred times as much now in this time--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, together with persecutions--and in the age to come, eternal life.

But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"

but to sit at my right hand or at [my] left is not mine to grant, but [is] for those for whom it has been prepared."

But it is not like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life [as] a ransom for many."

And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say 'The Lord has need of it, and will send it here again at once.'"

And [when he] saw from a distance a fig tree that had leaves, he went [to see] if perhaps he would find anything on it. And [when he] came up to it he found nothing except leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

And he did not permit anyone to carry objects through the temple [courts].

And he began to teach and was saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

Truly I say to you that whoever says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea!' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be [done] for him.

And they began to discuss [this] with one another, saying, "What should we say? If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

And they replied to Jesus saying, "We do not know." And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these [things]."

Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}.

And [when they] came, they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people} but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?"

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone's brother dies and he leaves behind a wife and does not leave a child, that his brother should take the wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

There were seven brothers, and the first took a wife. And [when he] died, he did not leave descendants.

And the seven did not leave descendants. Last of all the woman also died.

Jesus said to them, "Are you not deceived because of this, [because you] do not know the scriptures or the power of God?

Now concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses {in the passage about the bush} how God spoke to him, saying, 'I [am] the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'?

He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are very much mistaken!"

And Jesus, [when he] saw that he had answered thoughtfully, said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one dared to put a question to him any longer.

And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not [one] stone will be left here on [another] stone that will not be thrown down!"

And when you hear about wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must happen, but the end [is] not yet.

And when they arrest you [and] hand you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you should say, but whatever is given to you at that hour, say this. For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

"But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be" (let the one who reads understand), "then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

The one who is on his housetop must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house,

and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak.

But pray that it will not happen in winter.

For [in] those days there will be tribulation of such a kind as has not happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will happen.

And if the Lord had not shortened the days, {no human being would be saved}. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has shortened the days.

"And at that time if anyone should say to you, "Behold, here [is] the Christ,' 'Behold, there [he is],' do not believe [him]!

"But in those days, after that tribulation, 'the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light,

"But concerning that day or hour no one knows--not even the angels in heaven nor the Son--except the Father.

Watch out! Be alert, because you do not know when the time is!

Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming--whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or early in the morning--

For they said, "Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar by the people."

For the poor you always have with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me.

They began to be distressed and to say to him one by one, "Surely not I?"

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

But Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, certainly I will not!"

And Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you that today--this night--before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times!"

And he said, "Abba, Father, all [things] [are] possible for you! Take away this cup from me! Yet not what I will, but what you [will]."

And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to stay awake one hour?

Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak!"

And again he came [and] found them sleeping, {for they could not keep their eyes open}, and they did not know what to reply to him.

Every day I was with you in the temple [courts] teaching, and you did not arrest me! But [this has happened] in order that the scriptures would be fulfilled.

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, and they did not find [it].

For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony was not consistent.

"We heard him saying, 'I will destroy this temple made by hands, and within three days I will build another not made by hands."

And their testimony was not even consistent about this.

And the high priest stood up in the midst [of them] [and] asked Jesus, saying, "Do you not reply anything? What are these [people] testifying against you?"

But he was silent and did not reply anything. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

And the high priest tore his clothes [and] said, "What further need do we have of witnesses?

And he began to curse and to swear with an oath, "I do not know this man whom you are talking about!"

So Pilate asked him again, saying, "Do you not answer anything? See how many [charges] they are bringing against you!"

But Jesus did not answer anything further, so that Pilate was astonished.

And they attempted to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes, were mocking [him] to one another, saying, "He saved others; he is not able to save himself!

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified. He has been raised, he is not here! See the place where they laid him!

And these went [and] reported [it] to the others, and they did not believe them.

And later, [while] they were reclining at table, he appeared to the eleven. And he reprimanded their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him [after he] had been raised.

And {they did not have} a child, because Elizabeth was barren. And they were both advanced {in years}.

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John.

And behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day these [things] take place, {because} you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."

And [when he] came out he was not able to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he kept making signs to them, and remained unable to speak.

And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?"

And there were shepherds in the same region, living out of doors and keeping watch, guarding over their flock by night.

And the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring good news to you of great joy which will be for all the people:

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit [that he would] not see death before he would see the Lord's Christ.

and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.

And [after] the days were completed, while they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. And his parents did not know [it],

and [when they] did not find [him], they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.

And he said to them, "{Why} were you searching for me? Did you not know that it was necessary [for] me to be in the [house] of my Father?"

And they did not understand the statement that he spoke to them.

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

And even now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

And he answered [and] said to them, "The one who has two tunics must share with the one who does not have [one], and the one who has food must do likewise."

And those who served in the army were also asking him, saying, "What should we also do?" And he said to them, "Extort from no one, and do not blackmail [anyone], and be content with your pay."

John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water, but the one who is more powerful than I [am] is coming, of whom I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

And Jesus replied to him, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone.'"

And Jesus answered [and] said to him, "It is said, 'You are not to put to the test the Lord your God.'"

And they were all speaking well of him, and were astonished at the gracious words that were coming out of his mouth. And they were saying, "Is this man not the son of Joseph?"

And demons also were coming out of many, crying out and saying, "You are the Son of God!" And he rebuked [them] [and] did not permit them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

And Simon answered [and] said, "Master, [although we] worked hard through the whole night, we caught nothing. But at your word I will let down the nets."

and so also [were] James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were business partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid! From now on you will be catching people!"

And [when they] did not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof [and] let him down through the roof tiles with the stretcher into the midst [of them], in front of Jesus.

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}.

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."

So he said to them, "You are not able to make the {bridegroom's attendants} fast as long as the bridegroom is with them, [are you]?

And he also told a parable to them: "No one tears a patch from a new garment [and] puts [it] on an old garment. Otherwise, he will have torn the new also, and the old will not match the patch [that is] from the new.

But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Have you not read this, what David did when he and those [who were] with him were hungry--

how he entered into the house of God and took the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests alone), [and] ate [it] and gave [it] to those with him?"