And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!

For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

And he said to them, "Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

"Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

And many false prophets will appear and deceive many,

and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.

But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

"Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.

There will be two women grinding grain with a mill; one will be taken and one left.

"Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

"At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

And the king will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.'

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

Then they too will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?'

Then he will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.'

And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

"You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified."

For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!

I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

and said, "What will you give me to betray him into your hands?" So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is near. I will observe the Passover with my disciples at your house."'"

And while they were eating he said, "I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me."

He answered, "The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.

The Son of Man will go 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 he had never been born."

I tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."

Then Jesus said to them, "This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."

Peter said to him, "If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!"

Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."

Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all the disciples said the same thing.

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will."

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

He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done."

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.

Jesus said to him, "You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

But the rest said, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to save him."

and said, "Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again.'

So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

Then go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Listen, I have told you!"

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there."

If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble."

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

John wore a garment made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.

Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."

But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be destroyed. Instead new wine is poured into new wineskins."

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.

If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter.

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin"

For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

And he said to them, "Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him."

when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade."

for she kept saying, "If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed."

If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."

He swore to her, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."

If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance."

Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, "Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation."