“Whose image and inscription is this?” He asked them.

The same day some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came up to Him and questioned Him:

“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

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

I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

“Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”

This is the greatest and most important command.

The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.

“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose Son is He?”

“David’s,” they told Him.

He asked them, “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls Him ‘Lord’:

“But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.

[“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.]

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as fit for hell as you are!

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the sanctuary, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the sanctuary is bound by his oath.’

Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the sanctuary that sanctified the gold?

Also, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gift that is on it is bound by his oath.’

Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!

See, your house is left to you desolate.

For I tell you, you will never see Me again until you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”

As Jesus left and was going out of the temple complex, His disciples came up and called His attention to the temple buildings.

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached Him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to all nations. And then the end will come.

“If anyone tells you then, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Over here!’ do not believe it!

For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Wherever the carcass is, there the vultures will gather.

“Now learn this parable from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

In the same way, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near—at the door!

As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be:

Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.

This is why you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

“Who then is a faithful and sensible slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?

That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

But if that wicked slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’

But the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

“The sensible ones answered, ‘No, there won’t be enough for us and for you. Go instead to those who sell, and buy oil for yourselves.’

“Later the rest of the virgins also came and said, ‘Master, master, open up for us!’

“For it is just like a man going on a journey. He called his own slaves and turned over his possessions to them.

So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you have what is yours.’

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

a woman approached Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive fragrant oil. She poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table.

I assure you: Wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare the Passover so You may eat it?”

“Go into the city to a certain man,” He said, “and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time is near; I am celebrating the Passover at your place with My disciples.’”

So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take and eat it; this is My body.”

For this is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will run away because of Me, for it is written:

I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

Then He said to them, “My soul is swallowed up in sorrow —to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with Me.”

Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the time is near. The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Get up; let’s go! See, My betrayer is near.”

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal, to capture Me? Every day I used to sit, teaching in the temple complex, and you didn’t arrest Me.

But Jesus kept silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “By the living God I place You under oath: tell us if You are the Messiah, the Son of God!”

What is your decision?”

They answered, “He deserves death!”

and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah! Who hit You?”

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

So they conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners.

Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites,

and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.

So when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Who is it you want me to release for you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Messiah?”

Pilate asked them, “What should I do then with Jesus, who is called Messiah?”

They all answered, “Crucify Him!”

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced this man to carry His cross.

Above His head they put up the charge against Him in writing:

THIS IS JESUS

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

“He saved others, but He cannot save Himself! He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Elí, Elí, lemá sabachtháni?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

“You have a guard of soldiers,” Pilate told them. “Go and make it as secure as you know how.”

After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to view the tomb.

His appearance was like lightning, and his robe was as white as snow.

He is not here! For He has been resurrected, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay.

Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead. In fact, He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see Him there.’ Listen, I have told you.”

As they were on their way, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been spread among Jewish people to this day.

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You,
who will prepare Your way.

The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were flocking to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

As soon as He came up out of the water, He saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending to Him like a dove.

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!”

As He was passing along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen.

They were astonished at His teaching because, unlike the scribes, He was teaching them as one having authority.

“What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Then they were all amazed, so they began to argue with one another, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

As soon as they left the synagogue, they went into Simon and Andrew’s house with James and John.

And He said to them, “Let’s go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach there too. This is why I have come.”

telling him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

Immediately he got up, picked up the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded and gave glory to God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.

But the time will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, and a worse tear is made.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”

The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”