The men of Ninive will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for when Jonah preached they did repent, and here is One greater than Jonah.

thus you testify and consent to what your fathers did, for they killed and you build.

This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some they will kill and some they will persecute';

Meanwhile as the crowd was gathering in its thousands till they trod on one another, he proceeded to say to his disciples first of all, "Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy,

When they bring you before synagogues and the magistrates and authorities, do not trouble yourselves about how to defend yourselves or what to say,

Look at the crows! they neither sow nor reap, no storehouse or granary have they, and yet God feeds them. How much more are you worth than birds?

Whether he comes in the second or the third watch of the night and finds them thus alert, blessed are they!

But he replied to them, "Do you think, because they suffered this, that these Galileans were worse sinners than the rest of the Galileans?

I tell you, no; unless you repent you will all perish as they did.

Or those eighteen men killed by the fall of the tower at Siloam? do you think they were worse offenders than the rest of the residents in Jerusalem?

I tell you, no; unless you repent you will all perish as they did."

Now when he entered the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees to take a meal, they watched him closely.

They held their peace. Then Jesus took hold of the man and cured him and sent him off.

This they could not dispute.

He also told a parable to the guests, when he observed how they picked out the best places.

He also said to his host, "When you give a dinner or supper, do not ask your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbours, in case they invite you back again and you get repaid.

Then you will be blessed; for as they have no means of repaying you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

But they all alike proceeded to decline. The first said to him, 'I have bought a farm and I am obliged to go and look at it. Pray consider me excused.'

for my son here was dead and he has come to life, he was lost and he is found.' So they began to make merry.

And I tell you, use mammon, dishonest as it is, to make friends for yourselves, so that when you die they may welcome you to the eternal abodes.

Now the Pharisees who were fond of money heard all this, and they sneered at him.

for I have five brothers; let him bear testimony to them, that they may not come to this place of torture as well.'

'They have got Moses and the prophets,' said Abraham, 'they can listen to them.'

'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone only goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

He said to him, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, not even if one rose from the dead."

To his disciples he said, "It is inevitable that hindrances should come, but woe to the man by whom they come;

Noticing them he said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went away they were cleansed.

they were eating, drinking, marrying and being married, till the day Noah entered the ark ??then came the deluge and destroyed them all.

Or just as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting and building,

They asked him, "Where, Lord?" And he said to them, "Where the body is lying, there the vultures will gather."

Now people even brought their infants for him to touch them; when the disciples noticed it they checked them,

they will scourge him and kill him, but he will rise again on the third day."

However, they did not understand a word of this; indeed the saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what he meant.

and they told him that Jesus the Nazarene was going by.

Instantly he regained his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people gave praise to God when they saw this.

But when they saw this, everyone began to mutter that he had gone to be the guest of a sinner.

He went on to tell a parable in their hearing, as he was approaching Jerusalem and as they imagined God's Reign would instantly come into view.

However he secured the royal power and came home. Then he ordered the servants to be called who had been given the money, that he might find out what business they had done.

'Sir,' they said, 'he has fifty already!'

As they were untethering it, the owners said to them, "Why are you untethering the colt?"

And they said, "Because the Lord needs it."

So they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their clothes on the colt they mounted Jesus upon it.

As he went forward they spread their clothes under him on the road;

and as he was now close to the descent from the Hill of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples started joyfully to praise God with a loud voice for all they had seen,

But he replied, "I tell you, if they were to keep quiet, the very stones would shout."

but they could not discover what was to be done, for the whole of the people hung upon his lips.

"Tell us," they said, "what authority you have for acting in this way? Who was it that gave you this authority?"

Now they reasoned to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why did you not believe him?'

And if we say, 'From men,' the whole of the people will stone us, for they are convinced John was a prophet."

So they answered that they did not know where it came from.

He proceeded to send another servant, and they flogged him too, insulted him and sent him off with nothing.

Then he sent still a third, but this one they wounded and threw outside.

Said the owner of the vineyard, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

But when the vinedressers saw him, they argued to themselves, 'Here is the heir, let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.'

And they threw him outside the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

He will come and kill these vinedressers and give the vineyard to others." When they heard that, they said, "God forbid!"

At that hour the scribes and high priests tried to lay hands on him, but they were afraid of the people. They knew he had meant this parable for them.

So watching their chance they sent spies who pretended to be honest persons, in order to seize on what he said and get him handed over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

They put this question to him, "Teacher, we know you are straight in what you say and teach, you do not look to human favour but teach the Way of God honestly.

"Show me a shilling. Whose likeness and inscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they replied.

So they could not seize on what he said before the people, and marvelling at his reply they said nothing.

"Teacher," they said, "Moses has written this law for us, that if a man's married brother dies and is childless, his brother is to take the woman and raise offspring for his brother.

for they cannot die any more; they are equal to angels and by sharing in the resurrection they are sons of God.

They no longer dared to put any question to him.

"Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, they are fond of getting saluted in the market-places, of securing the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

they prey upon the property of widows and offer long unreal prayers. All the heavier will their sentence be!"

So they asked him, "Teacher, and when will this happen? What will be the sign for this to take place?"

they will fall by the edge of the sword, they will be carried prisoners to all nations, and Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles till the period of the Gentiles expires.

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

as soon as they put out their leaves, you can see for yourselves that summer is at hand.

The high priests and scribes were trying how to get him put to death (for they were afraid of the people),

They were delighted and agreed to pay him for it.

They asked him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?"

They went off and found it was as he had told them. So they prepared the passover,

And they began to discuss among themselves which of them could possibly be going to do such a thing.

And he said to them, "When I sent you out with neither purse nor wallet nor sandals, did you want for anything?" "No," they said, "for nothing."

"Lord," they said, "here are two swords!" "Enough! Enough!" he answered.

Now when the supporters of Jesus saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with our swords?"

Then they arrested him and led him away inside the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance

blindfolding him they would ask him, "Prophesy, tell us who struck you?"

And many another insult they uttered against him.

When day broke, the elders of the people all met along with the high priests and scribes, and had him brought before their Sanhedrin. They said to him,

"Are you the Son of God then?" they all said. "Certainly," he replied, "I am."

So they said, "What more evidence do we need? We have heard it from his own lips."

They proceeded to accuse him, saying, "We have discovered this fellow perverting our nation, forbidding tribute being paid to Caesar, and alleging he is king messiah."

But they insisted, "He stirs up the people by teaching all over Judaea. He started from Galilee and now he is here."

Herod and Pilate became friends that day ??previously they had been at enmity.

But they shouted one and all, "Away with him! Release Bar-Abbas for us!"

but they roared, "To the cross, to the cross with him!"

But they loudly urged their demand that he should be crucified, and their shouts carried the day.

he released the man they wanted, the man who had been imprisoned for riot and murder, and Jesus he handed over to their will.

As they led him off they caught hold of Simon a Cyrenian on his way from the country and laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.

For if this is what they do when the wood is green, what will they do when the wood is dry?"

and when they came to the place called The Skull they crucified him there along with the criminals, one at his right and one at his left.

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing." Then they distributed his clothes among themselves by drawing lots.

And when all the crowds who had collected for the sight saw what had happened, they turned away beating their breasts.

As for his acquaintances, they were all standing at a distance to look on, with the women who had accompanied him from Galilee.

then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes.

On the sabbath they rested in obedience to God's command, but on the first day of the week at early dawn they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.

The boulder they found rolled away from the tomb,