And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him and saying to Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

And He answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning "made them male and female",

Therefore they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.

He said to them, Because of your hard-heartedness Moses allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

His disciples said to Him, If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not good to marry.

But He said to them, Not all receive this word, except those to whom it is given.

For there are some eunuchs who were born so from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.

And behold, one came and said to Him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?

The young man said to Him, I have kept all these things from my youth up; what do I lack yet?

Jesus said to him, If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come, follow Me.

And again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Then answering Peter said to Him, Behold, we have forsaken all and have followed You. Therefore what shall we have?

For the kingdom of Heaven is like a man, a housemaster, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

And he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did likewise.

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all day idle?

And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,

Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?

And He said to her, What do you desire? She said to Him, Grant that these my two sons may sit in Your kingdom, the one on Your right hand and the other on the left.

But Jesus answered and said, You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They said to Him, We are able.

And He said to them, You shall indeed drink of My cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but to those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.

And when the ten heard it, they were indignant concerning the two brothers.

However, it shall not be so among you. But whoever desires to be great among you, let him be your servant.

And behold, two blind men were sitting by the wayside. When they heard that Jesus passed by, they cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!

And Jesus stood still and called them, and said, What do you desire that I should do to you?

All this was done so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

And the crowds who went before, and those who followed, cried out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!

And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves.

And He said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer"; but you have made it a den of thieves.

And they said to Him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes, have you never read, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise?"

And leaving them, He went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

And seeing a fig tree in the way, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He said to it, let no fruit grow on you forever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.

Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, you shall not only do this miracle of the fig tree, but also; if you shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be thrown into the sea; it shall be done.

And when He had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority?

And Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask you one thing; which if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

The baptism of John, where was it from? From Heaven or from men? And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?

And they answered Jesus and said, We cannot tell. And He said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

But what do you think? A man had two sons; and he came to the first and said, Son, go work in my vineyard today.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax-collectors and the harlots believed him. And when you had seen it, you did not repent afterwards so that you might believe him.

Hear another parable. There was a certain housemaster who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and rented it to vinedressers, and went into a far country.

And taking him, they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Therefore when the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?

They said to Him, Bad men! He will miserably destroy them and will rent out his vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their seasons.

Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, "The stone which the builders rejected, this One has become the head of the corner; this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?"

Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing out its fruits.

And he who falls on this Stone shall be broken, but on whomever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

And he sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they would not come.

Again he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage.

But when the king heard, he was angry. And he sent out his armies and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

So the servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. And the wedding was filled with reclining guests.

And they sent their disciples out to Him along with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that you are true, and that you teach the way of God in truth. Nor do you care for anyone, for you do not regard the person of men.

Therefore tell us; what do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?

And when the crowd heard this, they were astonished at His doctrine.

And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

saying, What do you think of Christ? Whose son is he? They say to Him, David's.

And they love the first couch at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and pray at length as a pretense. Therefore you shall receive the greater condemnation.

Woe to you, blind guides, saying, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is a debtor!

Therefore whoever shall swear by the altar swears by it, and by all things on it.

And whoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.

And he who shall swear by Heaven swears by the throne of God, and by Him who sits on it.

Blind guides who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

And Jesus went out and departed from the temple. And His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple.

And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the world?

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled, for all these things must occur; but the end is not yet.

Let him on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house;

Then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ! Or, There! Do not believe it.

For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders; so much so that, if it were possible, they would deceive even the elect.

Therefore if they shall say to you, Behold, He is in the desert! Do not go out. Behold, He is in the secret rooms! Do not believe it.

For as the lightning comes out of the east and shines even to the west, so also will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Now learn a parable of the fig tree. When its branch is still tender and puts out leaves, you know that summer is near.

So you, likewise, when you see all these things, shall know that it is near, at the doors.

Two shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Therefore watch; for you do not know what hour your Lord comes.

But know this, that if the steward of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be dug through.

and shall begin to strike his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken,

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

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go out to meet him.

And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps have gone out.

For it is as if a man going abroad called his own servants and gave them his goods.

And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his ability. And he went abroad at once.

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to him who has ten talents.

And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you have done it to Me.

Then He shall answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.

And it happened when Jesus finished all these sayings, He said to His disciples,

a woman came to Him, having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on His head as He reclined.

But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

When Jesus understood it, He said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work on Me.

For in putting ointment on My body, she did it for My burial.

And he said to them, What will you give me, and I will betray Him to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver.

And on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, Where do You desire that we prepare for You to eat the Passover?

And He said, Go into the city to such a man, and say to him, The Master said, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.

And as they ate, He said, Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me.

The Son of Man goes, as it has been written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.

And answering, the one betraying Him, Judas, said, Master, Not am I the one? He said to him, You said it.

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is My body.

And He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink all of it.

But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom.

And singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.