But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.

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.

For whoever is not against us is for us.

For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to the Messiah, truly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

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.

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,

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.

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

But Jesus said, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.

For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me. Do not forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.

Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God."

It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."

Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."

He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared."

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

Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Rabboni, that I may see again."

Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

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."

The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

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.

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.

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

He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went on a journey.

They tried to seize him, but they feared the crowd; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

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?

"Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take the wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.'

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

For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."

for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."

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.

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.

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

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.

Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.

For there will arise false messiahs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, the chosen ones.

Watch, keep alert; for you do not know when the time is.

Watch therefore, for you do not know when the lord of the house is coming ?at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

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

For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

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

She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

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."

He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make ready for us there."

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."

He said to them, "This is my blood of the New Covenant, which is poured out for many.

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.'

Again he came and found them sleeping again, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him.

For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony did not agree with each other.

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."

And the crowd went up and began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

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

Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

They were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?"

for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.

They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.

After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country.

Afterward he was revealed to the Eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

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.

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

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."

The people were waiting for Zechariah, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

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

For with God nothing will be impossible."

For at that moment when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy.

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

for he has looked at the humble state of his servant girl. For look, from now on all generations will call me blessed.

For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.

His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." And they were all amazed.

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

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

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

She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and placed him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

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

For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Messiah, the Lord.

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.

At that time there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

for my eyes have seen your salvation,

a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel."

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Look, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who did not depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.

When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us this way? Look, your father and I were anxiously looking for you."

He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be doing the works of my Father?"

He came into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,