But Jesus called them and said, You know that the rulers of the nations exercise dominion over them, and they who are great exercise authority over them.

two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried aloud, "Sir, Son of David, pity us."

But all this was done that the words spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, who says;

And the crowds who went before him and who followed cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed be he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest.

And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

And the crowds said, This is Jesus the prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee.

And Jesus entered the temple [grounds] and drove out [with force] all who were buying and selling [birds and animals for sacrifice] in the temple area, and He turned over the tables of the moneychangers [who made a profit exchanging foreign money for temple coinage] and the chairs of those who were selling doves [for sacrifice].

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" they were indignant,

and said to him, Do thou hear what these are saying? And Jesus says to them, Yes! Did ye never read, Out of the mouth of children and those who suckle thou have perfected praise?

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

And the tenant farmers seized his slaves, [one of] whom they beat, and [one of] whom they killed, and [one of] whom they stoned.

then he sent a greater number of servants, than at first: who met with the same treatment.

But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.

They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

Jesus says to them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone that those who build rejected, this came to be in the head of the corner. This happened from Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes?

Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to [another] people who will produce the fruit of it.

and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'

Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

And he sent his servants to call those who had [previously] been invited to the wedding feast, but they refused to come.

Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;

But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.

Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding celebration is ready, but those who had been invited were not worthy.

Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.

And those slaves went out into the roads [and] gathered everyone whom they found, both evil and good, and the wedding celebration was filled {with dinner guests}.

But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:

For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.

On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,

"Teacher, Moses said [in Deut. 25:5] that when a man dies without having had any children, his brother must marry his widow and father children by her, who would [then] be considered his [dead] brother's.

Now we had living among us seven brothers; of whom the eldest married and died, and, as he had no family, left his wife for his brother.

For at the resurrection there is no marrying or being married, but all who rise are as angels in Heaven.

Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, who said,

I am Abraham's God, and Isaac's God and Jacob's God.' [So], He is not God to those who are [physically] dead, but [He is] God to those who are [still] alive."

And the multitudes who heard were astonished at his teaching.

Then one of them who was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

saying, 'What do ye think concerning the Christ? of whom is he son?' They say to him, 'Of David.'

The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put under your feet all those who are against you?

But as for you, you must not seek for others to call you 'Teacher,' for you have but one who is 'Teacher,' and you are all brothers.

And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven.

neither take the title of masters, for you have but one master, who is the Messias.

But the greatest among you will be your servant.

and one who exalts himself shall be abased, while one who abases himself shall be exalted.

“But woe (judgment is coming) to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are [in the process of] entering to do so.

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who ransack sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is gain'd, ye make him deserve Gehenna much more than your selves.

Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

'He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it;

and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;

and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who pay tithe of mint, anise, and cummin, but neglect those more important matters of the law, justice, mercy, and fidelity: these were the things ye ought to have practis'd, without neglecting however the other matters.

Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.

Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; who are like whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful without, but within are full of the bones of the dead, and all manner of filthiness;

"It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you construct burial sites for the prophets and decorate the tombs of people who were righteous.

So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:

"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,

That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

for I say to you, ye may not see me henceforth, till ye may say, Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'

At that time many will be offended and repelled [by their association with Me] and will fall away [from the One whom they should trust] and will betray one another [handing over believers to their persecutors] and will hate one another.

but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

"So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken about by the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place" (let the one who reads understand),

then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains;

Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things that are in his house [because there will not be enough time].

Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

And woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.

and he shall send his messengers, who with the shrill sound of a trumpet, shall gather together his select from the four winds, from one end of the heaven to the other.

of two persons, who shall be then in the field, one shall be taken, and the other left.

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil;

But the wise ones answered saying, "Certainly there will never be enough for us and for you! Go instead to those who sell [olive oil] and buy [some] for yourselves.'

But while they were going away to buy oil, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut and locked.

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

'And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other five talents;

in like manner also he who received the two, he gained, also he, other two;

and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, 'Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them.

'And he who also did receive the two talents having come, said, Sir, two talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other two talents I did gain besides them.

'And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter;

So take the talent away from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.’

for to every one having shall be given, and he shall have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he hath shall be taken from him;

And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

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!

Then those who had done what was right [i.e., the ones at His right side] replied, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you? Or thirsty, and give you [something] to drink?

Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!

Then he will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you failed to do it for one of these people who are humblest, you failed to do it for me.'

Then these [unbelieving people] will go away into eternal (unending) punishment, but those who are righteous and in right standing with God [will go, by His remarkable grace] into eternal (unending) life.”

Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had a serious skin disease,

there came to him a woman who had an alabaster box of very costly ointment; and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.

Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

But he answering said, He that dips his hand with me in the dish, he it is who shall deliver me up.

The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

And Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Is it I, Rabbi? He saith unto him, Thou hast said.