After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.

Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

He told them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. And why is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be rejected?

He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."

Having screamed, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."

But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.

And he said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."

He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."

But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.

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.

45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into hell.

47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell,

For everyone will be salted with fire.

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."

They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, "Then who can be saved?"

But many who are first will be last; and the last first."

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.

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?"

They said to him, "We are able." Jesus said to them, "You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;

When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John.

But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he shouted all the louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me."

He taught, saying to them, "Is not it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers."

As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.

Truly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; it will be done for him.

and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority to do these things?"

Jesus said to them, "I will also ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

If we should say, 'From man'"?they feared the crowd, for all held John to really be a prophet.

They answered and said to Jesus, "We do not know." Jesus said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."

But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and do not defer to anyone; for you are not partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

Should we pay, or should we not pay?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."

In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife."

David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly.

And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down."

"Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?"

And Jesus began to say to them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.

"When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled. Such things must happen, but the end is not yet.

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them.

The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.

When they lead you away and deliver you up, do not be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

And pray that it won't be in the winter.

For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.

For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."

Truly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."

They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, "Surely not I?"

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."

Jesus said to them, "All of you will fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended, yet I will not."

He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed.

Arise, let us be going. Look, he who betrays me is near."

But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?" They all condemned him to be worthy of death.

And the servant girl saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by, "This is one of them."

But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean."

Pilate, wishing to please the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

And they compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha. You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Look, he is calling for Elijah."

One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let us see whether Elijah comes to take him down."

When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he died like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God."

He said to them, "Do not be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Look, the place where they put him.

When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed.

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

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."

And look, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."

to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

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

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom."

Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born will be called the Son of God.

For with God nothing will be impossible."

And Mary said, "See, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord."

His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."

They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."

All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and worked redemption for his people;

(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready his ways,

to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.

to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him, being pregnant.

There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.