Now at the same time there were present some who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with that of their sacrifices.

And he answering said to them, Think ye that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they suffered such things?

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, think ye that they were debtors beyond all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?

But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which people ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

The Lord therefore answered him and said, Hypocrites! does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger and leading it away, water it?

And as he said these things, all who were opposed to him were ashamed; and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things which were being done by him.

And one said to him, Sir, are such as are to be saved few in number? But he said unto them,

From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are:

then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets;

and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.

Behold, your house is left unto you; and I say unto you, that ye shall not see me until it come that ye say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the rulers, who was of the Pharisees, to eat bread on the sabbath, that they were watching him.

But they were silent. And taking him he healed him and let him go.

And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?

And they were not able to answer him to these things.

And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.

And one of those that were lying at table with them, hearing these things, said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready.

for I say to you, that not one of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.

Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;

Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?

And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.

And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.

and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will cleave to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.

And he said to them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.

The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

It would be more profitable for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should be a snare to one of these little ones.

But which of you is there who, having a bondman ploughing or shepherding, when he comes in out of the field, will say, Come and lie down immediately to table?

Thus ye also, when ye shall have done all things that have been ordered you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen; we have done what it was our duty to do.

And seeing them he said to them, Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass as they were going they were cleansed.

And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but the nine, where are they?

nor shall they say, Lo here, or, Lo there; for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.

And he said to the disciples, Days are coming, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it.

And they will say to you, Lo here, or Lo there; go not, nor follow them.

they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them;

And answering they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.

And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest of men, this parable:

The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.

But he said, The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.

And he said to them, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

And he took the twelve to him and said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written of the Son of man by the prophets shall be accomplished;

And those who were going before rebuked him that he might be silent; but he cried out so much the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

But as they were listening to these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was about to be immediately manifested.

And they that were sent, having gone their way, found as he had said to them.

And as they were loosing the colt, its masters said to them, Why loose ye the colt?

saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, even at least in this thy day, the things that are for thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes;

and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is it who has given thee this authority?

The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men?

but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

And they were not able to take hold of him in his expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.

There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;

And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry and are given in marriage,

but they who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

for neither can they die any more, for they are equal to angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

And, as all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,

As to these things which ye are beholding, days are coming in which there shall not be left stone upon stone which shall not be thrown down.

And they asked him saying, Teacher, when then shall these things be; and what is the sign when these things are going to take place?

Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand your defence,

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist.

And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.

By your patient endurance gain your souls.

Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of it depart out, and those who are in the country not enter into it;

for these are days of avenging, that all the things that are written may be accomplished.

But woe to them that are with child and to them who give suck in those days, for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.

But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws nigh.

when they already sprout, ye know of your own selves, on looking at them, that already the summer is near.

But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;

Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

And they were rejoiced, and agreed to give him money.

But they said to him, Where wilt thou that we prepare it?

And he said to them, Behold, as ye enter into the city a man will meet you, carrying an earthen pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he goes in;

and ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher says to thee, Where is the guest-chamber where I may eat the passover with my disciples?

And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors.

For which is greater, he that is at table or he that serves? Is not he that is at table? But I am in the midst of you as the one that serves.

But ye are they who have persevered with me in my temptations.

And they said, Lord, behold here are two swords. And he said to them, It is enough.

And they who were around him, seeing what was going to follow, said to him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?

And a certain one from among them smote the bondman of the high priest and took off his right ear.

And Jesus answering said, Suffer thus far; and having touched his ear, he healed him.

And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders, who were come against him, Have ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks?

When I was day by day with you in the temple ye did not stretch out your hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness.

And when it was day, the elderhood of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, were gathered together, and led him into their council, saying,

And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

But Pilate, having heard Galilee named, demanded if the man were a Galilaean;

But they were urgent with loud voices, begging that he might be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed.

And Jesus turning round to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep over me, but weep over yourselves and over your children;

for behold, days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and wombs that have not borne, and breasts that have not given suck.

for if these things are done in the green tree, what shall take place in the dry?

Now two others also, malefactors, were led with him to be put to death.

and having taken it down, wrapped it in fine linen and placed him in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had ever been laid.

And it came to pass as they were in perplexity about it, that behold, two men suddenly stood by them in shining raiment.