He told them, "It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you."

After he said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free.

But so that we don't offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you."

"But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.

"See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?

Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.

For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them."

"For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?"

and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery."

For there are some eunuchs who were that way from birth, and some who were made eunuchs by others, and some who became eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it."

Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them.

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God."

Jesus looked at them and replied, "This is impossible for mere humans, but for God all things are possible."

Then Peter said to him, "Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?"

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

And the landowner replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn't you agree with me to work for the standard wage?

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.

He told them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Jesus stopped, called them, and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

and said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself'?"

But if we say, 'From people,' we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet."

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

"The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet."'

The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

For many are called, but few are chosen."

Show me the coin used for the tax." So they brought him a denarius.

"Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children for his brother.'

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her."

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,

Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.

And call no one your 'father' on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one teacher, the Christ.

"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

"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,

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!'"

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.

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.

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.

"But as for that day and hour no one knows it -- not even the angels in heaven -- except the Father alone.

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

For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.

No,' they replied. 'There won't be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.'

"For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.

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.

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.

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

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!

For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.

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.'

When Jesus learned of this, he said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.

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

When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

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

From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

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."

for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

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.'

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, "So, couldn't you stay awake with me for one hour?

So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

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.

saying, "Prophesy for us, you Christ! Who hit you?"

After consulting together they bought the Potter's Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.

For this reason that field has been called the "Field of Blood" to this day.

and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."

So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?"

(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

The governor asked them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas!"

Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, "This man is calling for Elijah."

He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.