Jesus said, "Do not try to stop him, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty deed, and then be able soon to abuse me.

"For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink, on the ground that you belong to Christ, I solemnly say to you, he will not fail to get his reward.

I solemnly say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God as a little child does, will never get into it at all."

But he said to Him, "Teacher, I have kept all these commandments ever since I was a child."

Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing. Go, sell everything you have, and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back and follow me."

Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!"

who will not receive now in this life a hundred times as much in houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, but along with them persecution, and in the world to come eternal life.

But many who are first now will be last then, and last now who will be first then."

As they were walking along the road up to Jerusalem, Jesus was going on ahead of them, but they were dazed while those who were still following were afraid. Then again He took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to befall Him.

"Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be turned over to the high priests and scribes, and they will sentence Him to death, and will turn Him over to the heathen,

and they will make sport of Him, and spit on Him, and flog Him, and kill Him, but three days after He will rise again."

They answered Him, "We can." Jesus said to them, "Yes, the cup that I am drinking you will have to drink, and the baptism of agony that I am enduring you will have to endure,

but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared."

Many of the people began to rebuke him and to tell him to keep quiet, but all the louder he kept shouting, "You son of David, do pity me!"

Then Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has cured you." And all at once he could see again, and began to follow Jesus along the road.

and said to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and as soon as you get into it, you will find a colt tied which has never been ridden by a man. Untie it and bring it here.

And if anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing that?' answer, 'The Lord needs it, and will soon send it back here.'"

And many of the people spread their coats in the road, while others scattered layers of leaves cut from the fields.

Next day, while they were walking over from Bethany, He felt hungry.

And He continued teaching them and saying, "Does not the Scripture say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a cave for robbers."

I solemnly say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt at all in his heart, but has faith that what he says will take place, shall have it.

So then I tell you, whenever you pray and ask for anything, have faith that it has been granted you, and you will get it.

Then again they went into Jerusalem. And while Jesus was walking about in the temple, the high priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him

Jesus said to them, "Let me ask you just one question, and if you answer me, I will tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

Then they argued with one another in this way, "If we say, 'It was from heaven,' He will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

He had one more to send, his dearly loved son; at last he sent him to them, for he said to himself, 'They will surely respect my son.'

But those tenants said among themselves, 'This is his heir; come on, let us kill him, and all that is coming to him will be ours.'

Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come back and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

Now at the resurrection, which one's wife will she be? For all seven of them married her."

Then one of the scribes, on hearing them arguing, came up, and since he saw that Jesus had answered them properly, he asked Him, "What sort of command is the first of all commands?"

and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole mind, and your whole strength.'

and to love Him with one's whole heart, one's whole understanding, and one's whole strength, and to love one's neighbor as one loves himself is far more than all the burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

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?

men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers. They will get a much heavier sentence!"

And He called His disciples to Him and said, "I solemnly say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all these others who have been putting money into the collection-box.

For all of them put in out of their surplus, but she in her want put in all she had, yes, all she had to live on."

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?"

Many will come bearing the name of Messiah, and saying, 'I am He,' and they will mislead many.

For one nation will go to war with another, and one kingdom with another. There will be earthquakes in many places; there will be famines. But this is only the beginning of the agonies.

So you must be on the lookout for yourselves; they will turn you over to courts, and to synagogues where you will be beaten, and you must appear before governors and kings for my sake, to testify to them.

But before the end comes, the good news must be proclaimed to all the heathen.

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.

One brother will turn another over to death, and a father his child, and children will take a stand against their parents and have them put to death.

You will be hated by everybody, because you bear my name. But whoever bears up to the end will be saved.

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.

For false Christs and false prophets will announce themselves, and they will do signs and wonders to mislead, if possible, even God's chosen people.

So you must be on your guard. I have warned you about it all beforehand.

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

the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers of the sky will be shaken.

And then they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds in overwhelming power and splendor.

Then He will send out His angels, and gather His chosen people from the four points of the compass, from one end of the sky to the other.

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

I solemnly say to you, the present generation will not pass away before all this takes place.

Earth and sky will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Keep looking, keep alert, for you do not know when the time will be.

It will be like a man who leaves his home and goes on a journey, after he has given orders to his slaves, to each his particular task, and has given orders to the watchman to keep watch.

While He was in Bethany, He was a guest in the home of Simon the leper, and as He was sitting at table, a woman came in with an alabaster bottle of pure nard perfume, very costly; she broke the bottle and poured the perfume on His head.

For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you please you can do them good, but you will not always have me.

She has done all she could; she has beforehand perfumed my body for my burial.

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."

So He sent off two of His disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

Then he will show you a large upstairs room, furnished and ready; get everything ready for us there."

And while they were sitting at table and eating, Jesus said, "I solemnly say to you, one of you, one who is now eating with me, is going to betray me."

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."

While they were eating, He took a loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and gave it to them, saying, "Take this; it is my body."

He also took the cup of wine and gave thanks and gave it to them, and they all drank some of it.

I solemnly say to you, I will never again drink the product of the vine till the day when I drink the new wine in the kingdom of God."

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all stumble over me, for the Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

But after I am raised from the dead, I will go back to Galilee to meet you."

Then Peter said to Him, "Although all the rest of them stumble over you, yet I will never do so myself."

Then Jesus said to him, "I solemnly say to you, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you, yes, you, will disown me three times."

But Peter kept on emphatically saying, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And they all kept saying the same thing.

Then they came to the place called Gethsemane, and He said to His disciples, "Sit down here while I pray."

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."

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.

Then all His disciples forsook Him and made their escape.

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

The high priests and the whole council were trying to get evidence against Jesus to put Him to death, but they could find none,

"We ourselves have heard Him say, 'I will tear down this temple built by men's hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.'"

But He kept silent and made no answer at all. So the high priest again questioned Him in these words, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

Jesus said, "Yes, I am, and you will all see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming in the clouds of the sky!"

Did you hear His own blasphemy? What do you think now?" And they all condemned Him as deserving to die.

While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's waiting girls came up,

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.

As soon as it was daylight, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes; and the whole council, after binding Jesus, took Him away and turned Him over to Pilate.

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

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.

and they began to shout at Him, "All hail, you king of the Jews!"

At twelve o'clock darkness covered the whole land and lasted until three in the afternoon.

And at three o'clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi! Eloi! lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God! my God! why have you forsaken me?"

And they kept saying to one another, "Who will roll the boulder back from the doorway of the tomb for us?"

But you go and tell His disciples and Peter, 'He is going back to Galilee to meet you; you will see Him there, just as He told you.'"

She went out and told it to His disciples, while they were mourning and weeping.

Later on He appeared to the Eleven themselves while they were at table, and reproved them for their lack of faith and their stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had been raised from the dead.

Then He said to them, "You must go all over the world and preach the good news to all the creation.

He who believes it and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe it will be condemned.

And the following signs will attend those who believe: By using my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in foreign languages;

they will take snakes in their hands; even if they drink anything poisonous, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."

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.