It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

When they put out their young leaves, you take note of it, and it is clear to you that summer is coming.

For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

And every day he was teaching in the Temple and every night he went out to the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives to take his rest.

And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make the Passover ready for us, so that we may take it.

And they said to him, Where are we to get it ready?

And they went, and it was as he had said: and they made the Passover ready.

For I say to you, I will not take it till it is made complete in the kingdom of God.

And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.

But the hand of him who is false to me is with me at the table.

For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.

And they were wondering among themselves which of them it was who would do this thing.

But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.

For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And he said to them, When I sent you out without money or bag or shoes, were you in need of anything? And they said, Nothing.

And he said to them, But now, he who has a money-bag, or a bag for food, let him take it: and he who has not, let him give his coat for money and get a sword.

For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.

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

And he came out, and went, as his way was, to the Mountain of Olives, and the disciples went with him.

Father, if it is your pleasure, take this cup from me: but still, let your pleasure, not mine, be done.

And when those who were with him saw what was coming, they said, Lord, may we not make use of our swords?

But Jesus, answering, said, Put up with this, at least. And touching his ear, he made it well.

And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains of the Temple and the rulers, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks?

When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.

And they made him a prisoner and took him away to the house of the high priest. But Peter went after them at a distance.

And a certain woman-servant, seeing him in the light of the fire, and looking at him with attention, said, This man was with him.

But he said, Woman, it is not true; I have no knowledge of him.

And he went out, weeping bitterly.

And when it was day, the rulers of the people came together, with the chief priests and the scribes, and they took him before their Sanhedrin, saying,

But in the future the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.

And they said, What more need have we of witness? we have the very words of his mouth.

But at these words Pilate said, Is the man a Galilaean?

And when he saw that he was under the authority of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was in Jerusalem himself at that time.

And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free.

But crying out they said, To the cross with him

And he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has he done? I see no reason for putting him to death: I will give him punishment and let him go.

But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way.

For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.

And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour;

The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two.

And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man.

And all the people who had come together to see it, when they saw the things which were done, went back again making signs of grief.

And all his friends and the women who came with him from Galilee, were waiting at a distance, watching these things.

And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.

But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready.

And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them:

He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying,

But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place.

And he said to them, What are you talking about together while you go?

Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?

And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.

And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see.

And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.

Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?

And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.

See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your hands on me and make certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;

And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.

And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.

And they were in the Temple at all times, giving praise to God.

What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.

So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?

It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.

These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!

Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?

He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.

Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).

And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).

Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.

On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there:

His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.

Then he said to them, Now take some, and give it to the master of the feast. So they took it to him.

After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,

And said to him, Every man first puts out his best wine and when all have had enough he puts out what is not so good; but you have kept the good wine till now.

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him.

And he made a whip of small cords and put them all out of the Temple, with the sheep and the oxen, sending in all directions the small money of the changers and overturning their tables;

And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?

And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days!

Now while he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, a great number of people came to have faith in his name, after seeing the signs which he did.

He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.

Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.