For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."

But Jesus said, "Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.

For I tell you the truth, whoever gives you a cup of water because you bear Christ's name will never lose his reward.

Everyone will be salted with fire.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

who will not receive in this age a hundred times as much -- homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions -- and in the age to come, eternal life.

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

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

They will mock him, spit on him, flog him severely, and kill him. Yet after three days, he will rise again."

They said to him, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,

and said to them, "Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.'"

Then he began to teach them and said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins."

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

They discussed with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

He had one left, his one dear son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'

What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven had married her."

They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment."

Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

"Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?"

Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and they will mislead many.

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

"You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

For in those days there will be suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

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

"But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;

the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

Then everyone will see the Son of Man arriving in the clouds with great power and glory.

Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

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.

Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return -- whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn --

For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

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

He sent two of his disciples and told them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.

He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there."

While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me will betray me."

For 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 the truth, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

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

Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, I will not!"

Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today -- this very night -- before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all of them said the same thing.

He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away 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."

"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.'"

"I am," said Jesus, "and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to take him down!"

They had been asking each other, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you."

The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well."

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.

Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."

And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place."

Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

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

He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end."

Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?"

The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.

For nothing will be impossible with God."

because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,

All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the Lord's hand was indeed with him.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

Because of our God's tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high

This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger."

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord"),

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

Indeed, as a result of him the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed -- and a sword will pierce your own soul as well!"

Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low, and the crooked will be made straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth,

and all humanity will see the salvation of God.'"

Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."

John answered them all, "I baptize you with water, but one more powerful than I am is coming -- I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

His winnowing fork is in his hand to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire."

And he said to him, "To you I will grant this whole realm -- and the glory that goes along with it, for it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.

So then, if you will worship me, all this will be yours."

for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,'

and 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

Jesus said to them, "No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself!' and say, 'What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.'"