who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others."

"As to these things which you now admire, the time is coming when there will not be one stone left here upon another which will not be pulled down."

"Rabbi, when will this be?" they asked Him, "and what will be the token given when these things are about to take place?"

"See to it," He replied, "that you are not misled; for many will come assuming my name and professing, 'I am He,' or saying, 'The time is close at hand.' Do not go and follow them.

Then He said to them, "Nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

And there will be great earthquakes, and in places famines and pestilence; and there will be terrible sights and wonderful tokens from Heaven.

"But before all these things happen they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and to prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my sake.

In the end all this will be evidence of your fidelity.

for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to withstand or reply to.

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, friends; and some of you they will put to death.

You will be the objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name;

By your patient endurance you will purchase your lives.

"Alas for the women who at that time are with child or who have infants; for there will be great distress in the land, and anger towards this People.

They will fall by the sword, or be carried off into slavery among all the Gentiles. And Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles, till the appointed times of the Gentiles have expired.

"There will be signs in sun, moon, and stars; and on earth anguish among the nations in their bewilderment at the roaring of the sea and its billows;

while men's hearts are fainting for fear, and for anxious expectation of what is coming on the world. For the forces which control the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.

And then will they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and glory.

I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.

Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

for it will come on all dwellers on the face of the whole earth.

"You will no sooner have entered the city," He replied, "than you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house to which he goes,

"And he will show you a large furnished room upstairs. There make your preparations."

for I tell you that from this time I will never drink the produce of the vine till the Kingdom of God has come."

"I tell you, Peter," said Jesus, "that the cock will not crow to-day till you have three times denied that you know me."

"Father, if it be Thy will, take this cup away from me; yet not my will but Thine be done!"

The Master turned and looked on Peter; and Peter recollected the Master's words, how He had said to him, "This very day, before the cock crows, you will disown me three times."

"Are you the Christ? Tell us." "If I tell you," He replied, "you will certainly not believe;

and if I ask you questions, you will certainly not answer.

But from this time forward the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of God's omnipotence."

I will therefore give him a light punishment and release him."

A third time he appealed to them: "Why, what crime has the man committed? I have discovered in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore give him a light punishment and release him."

For a time is coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the women who never bore children, and the breasts which have never given nourishment.'

Then will they begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us;' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'

For if they are doing these things in the case of the green tree, what will be done in that of the dry?"

who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.

This recalled to His disciples the words of Scripture, "My zeal for Thy House will consume me."

"Demolish this Sanctuary," said Jesus, "and in three days I will rebuild it."

"It has taken forty-six years," replied the Jews, "to build this Sanctuary, and will you rebuild it in three days?"

If I have told you earthly things and none of you believe me, how will you believe me if I tell you of things in Heaven?

He who believes in the Son has the Life of the Ages; he who disobeys the Son will not enter into Life, but God's anger remains upon him.

"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;

but whoever drinks any of the water that I shall give him will never, never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become a fountain within him of water springing up for the Life of the Ages."

"Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

But a time is coming--nay, has already come--when the true worshippers will worship the Father with true spiritual worship; for indeed the Father desires such worshippers.

"I know," replied the woman, "that Messiah is coming--'the Christ,' as He is called. When He has come, He will tell us everything."

"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."

For the Father loves the Son and reveals to Him all that He Himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will He reveal to Him, in order that you may wonder.

"In most solemn truth I tell you that a time is coming--nay, has already come--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

Wonder not at this. For a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice and will come forth--

"I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.

"You search the Scriptures, because you suppose that in them you will find the Life of the Ages; and it is those Scriptures that yield testimony concerning me;

I have come as my Father's representative, and you do not receive me. If some one else comes representing only himself, him you will receive.

"Do not suppose that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, namely Moses, on whom your hope rests.

Bestow your pains not on the food which perishes, but on the food that remains unto the Life of the Ages--that food which will be the Son of Man's gift to you; for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."

Every one whom the Father gives me will come to me, and him who comes to me I will never on any account drive away.

For I have left Heaven and have come down to earth not to seek my own pleasure, but to do the will of Him who sent me.

And this is the will of Him who sent me, that of all that He has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it to life on the last day.

For this is my Father's will, that every one who fixes his gaze on the Son of God and believes in Him should have the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him to life on the last day."

"no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; then I will raise him to life on the last day.

I am the living bread come down out of Heaven. If a man eats this bread, he shall live for ever. Moreover the bread which I will give is my flesh given for the life of the world."

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him up on the last day.

As the ever-living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father, so also he who eats me will live because of me.

Jesus therefore appealed to the Twelve. "Will you go also?" He asked.

If any one is willing to do His will, he shall know about the teaching, whether it is from God or originates with me.

But from among the crowd a large number believed in Him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will He perform more miracles than this teacher has performed?"

You will look for me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."

The Jews therefore said to one another, "Where is he about to betake himself, so that we shall not find him? Will he betake himself to the Dispersion among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

What do those words of his mean, 'You will look for me, but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"

Again He said to them, "I am going away. Then you will try to find me, but you will die in your sins. Where I am going, it is impossible for you to come."

That is why I told you that you will die in your sins; for, unless you believe that I am He, that is what will happen."

So Jesus added, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He. Of myself I do nothing; but as the Father has taught me, so I speak.

and you shall know the Truth, and the Truth will make you free."

If then the Son shall make you free, you will be free indeed.

but how it is that he can now see or who has opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him himself; he is of full age; he himself will give his own account of it."

But a stranger they will by no means follow, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

I am the Door. If any one enters by me, he will find safety, and will go in and out and find pasture.

I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold. Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.

He said this, and afterwards He added, "Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, but I will go and wake him."

"Master," said the disciples, "if he is asleep he will recover."

And even now I know that whatever you ask God for, God will give you."

"I know," said Martha, "that he will rise again at the resurrection, on the last day."

If we leave him alone in this way, everybody will believe in him, and the Romans will come and blot out both our city and our nation."

They therefore looked out for Jesus, and asked one another as they stood in the Temple, "What do you think? --will he come to the Festival at all?"

If a man wishes to be my servant, let him follow me; and where I am, there too shall my servant be. If a man wishes to be my servant, the Father will honour him.

Father, glorify Thy name." Thereupon there came a voice from the sky, "I have glorified it and will also glorify it again."

Now is a judgement of this world: now will the Prince of this world be driven out.

And I-- if I am lifted up from the earth--will draw all men to me."

He who sets me at naught and does not receive my teachings is not left without a judge: the Message which I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

After speaking thus Jesus was troubled in spirit and said with deep earnestness, "In most solemn truth I tell you that one of you will betray me."

Moreover God will glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him without delay.

Dear children, I am still with you a little longer. You will seek me, but, as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' so for the present I say to you.

It is by this that every one will know that you are my disciples--if you love one another."

"Master," asked Peter again, "why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life on your behalf.

"You say you will lay down your life on my behalf!" said Jesus; "in most solemn truth I tell you that the cock will not crow before you have three times disowned me."

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will return and take you to be with me, that where I am you also may be.

And whatever any of you ask in my name, I will do, in order that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If you make any request of me in my name, I will do it.

"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be for ever with you--the Spirit of truth.

I will not leave you bereaved: I am coming to you.