still, as this widow is bothering me, I will see justice done to her ??not to have her for ever coming and pestering me.'

The Pharisee stood up and prayed by himself as follows; 'I thank thee, O God, I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rogues, and immoral, or even like yon taxgatherer.

but Jesus called for the infants. "Let the children come to me," he said, "do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

Jesus said to him, "Why call me 'good'? No one is good, no one but God.

So Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter the Realm of God!

Why, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Realm of God."

He said, "What is impossible for men is possible for God."

As he approached Jericho, it chanced that a blind man was seated beside the road begging.

Then he entered Jericho. And as he passed through it,

So he ran forward and climbed into a sycomore tree to get a sight of him, as he was to pass that road.

So Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "I will give the half of all I have, Lord, to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will give him back four times as much."

And Jesus said of him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since Zacchaeus here is a son of Abraham.

He went on to tell a parable in their hearing, as he was approaching Jerusalem and as they imagined God's Reign would instantly come into view.

Now his people hated him and sent envoys after him to say, 'We object to him having royal power over us.'

Then the next came and said, 'Here is your five pounds, sir; I kept it safe in a napkin,

If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untethering it?' this is what you will say, 'The Lord needs it.'"

The messengers went off and found the colt exactly as he had told them.

As they were untethering it, the owners said to them, "Why are you untethering the colt?"

As he went forward they spread their clothes under him on the road;

and as he was now close to the descent from the Hill of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples started joyfully to praise God with a loud voice for all they had seen,

And when he saw the city, as he approached, he wept over it,

saying, "Would that you too knew even to-day on what your peace depends! But no, it is hidden from you!

A time is coming for you when your enemies will throw up ramparts round you and encircle you and besiege you on every side

"It is written," he told them, "my house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers."

"Tell us," they said, "what authority you have for acting in this way? Who was it that gave you this authority?"

And if we say, 'From men,' the whole of the people will stone us, for they are convinced John was a prophet."

Jesus said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do."

But when the vinedressers saw him, they argued to themselves, 'Here is the heir, let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.'

But he looked at them and said, "Then what does this scripture mean? ??The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner.

Is it right for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?"

"Show me a shilling. Whose likeness and inscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they replied.

"Teacher," they said, "Moses has written this law for us, that if a man's married brother dies and is childless, his brother is to take the woman and raise offspring for his brother.

and the third took her, as indeed all the seven did, dying and leaving no children.

Now at the resurrection whose wife will she be? She was wife to the seven of them."

God is not a God of dead people but of living, for all live to him."

But he said to them, "How can people say that the Christ is David's son?

"As for what you see, there are days coming when not a stone will be left upon another, without being torn down."

He said, "Take care that you are not misled; for many will come in my name saying, 'I am he' and 'the time is near' ??do not go after them.

And when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be scared; these have to come first, but the end is not at once."

But whenever you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then be sure her desolation is not far away.

for these are the days of the divine Vengeance, in fulfilment of all that is written in scripture.

men swooning with panic and foreboding of what is to befall the universe. For the orbs of the heavens will be shaken,

But when these things begin to happen, look up and raise your heads, for your release is not far distant."

as soon as they put out their leaves, you can see for yourselves that summer is at hand.

So, whenever you see all this happen, be sure the Reign of God is at hand.

Now the feast of unleavened bread which is called the passover was near.

So Jesus despatched Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover for us that we may eat it."

They asked him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?"

and tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks you, Where is the room in which I can eat the passover with my disciples?'

They went off and found it was as he had told them. So they prepared the passover,

for I tell you I will never drink the produce of the vine again till such time as God's Reign comes."

But the hand of my betrayer is on the table beside me!

The Son of man moves to his end indeed as it has been decreed, but woe to the man by whom he is betrayed!"

A quarrel also rose among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest.

not so with you. He who is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and he who is chief like a servant.

Which is the greatest, guest or servant? Is it not the guest? But I am among you as a servant.

It is you who have stood by me through my trials;

so, even as my Father has assigned me royal power,

For I tell you, this word of scripture must be fulfilled in me: he was classed among criminals. Yes, there is an end to all that refers to me."

Then he went outside and made his way to the Hill of Olives, as he was accustomed. The disciples followed him,

Day after day I was beside you in the temple, and you never stretched a hand against me. But this is your hour, and the dark Power has its way."

About an hour had passed when another man insisted, "That fellow really was with him. Why, he is a Galilean!"

"Man," said Peter, "I do not know what you mean." Instantly, just as he was speaking, the cock crowed;

blindfolding him they would ask him, "Prophesy, tell us who struck you?"

"Tell us if you are the Christ." He said to them, "You will not believe me if I tell you,

They proceeded to accuse him, saying, "We have discovered this fellow perverting our nation, forbidding tribute being paid to Caesar, and alleging he is king messiah."

But they insisted, "He stirs up the people by teaching all over Judaea. He started from Galilee and now he is here."

Pilate said to them, "You brought me this man as being an inciter to rebellion among the people. I have examined him before you and found nothing criminal about him, for all your accusations against him.

No, nor has Herod, for he has remitted him to us. He has done nothing, you see, that calls for death;

But they shouted one and all, "Away with him! Release Bar-Abbas for us!"

As they led him off they caught hold of Simon a Cyrenian on his way from the country and laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.

Then will people say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'

For if this is what they do when the wood is green, what will they do when the wood is dry?"

The people stood and looked on, and even the rulers sneered at him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"

(For there was an inscription over him in Greek and Latin and Hebrew characters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.)

One of the criminals who had been hung also abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well."

But the other checked him, saying, "Have you no fear even of God? You are suffering the same punishment as he.

As for his acquaintances, they were all standing at a distance to look on, with the women who had accompanied him from Galilee.

They were terrified and bent their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive?

He is not here, he has risen. Remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee

He said to them, "What is all this you are debating on your walk?" They stopped, looking downcast,

"What is that?" he said to them. They replied, "All about Jesus of Nazaret! To God and all the people he was a prophet strong in action and utterance,

Our own hope was that he would be the redeemer of Israel; but he is dead, and that is three days ago!

Though some women of our number gave us a surprise; they were at the tomb early in the morning

and could not find his body, but they came to tell us they had actually seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive.

Some of our company did go to the tomb and found things exactly as the women had said, but they did not see him."

but they pressed him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is getting towards evening and the day has now declined." So he went in to stay with them.

And as he lay at table with them he took the loaf, blessed it, broke it and handed it to them.

And they said to one another, "Did not our hearts glow within us when he was talking to us on the road, opening up the scriptures for us?"

Just as they were speaking He stood among them [and said to them, "Peace to you!"]

Look at my hands and feet. It is I! Feel me and see; a ghost has not flesh and bones as you see I have."

Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

"Thus," he said, "it is written that the Christ has to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them.

And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].

A man appeared, sent by God, whose name was John:

On those who have accepted him, however, he has conferred the right of being children of God, that is, on those who believe in his Name,

So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory ??glory such as an only son enjoys from his father ??seen it to be full of grace and reality.

Now here is John's testimony. When the Jews of Jerusalem despatched priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

"Then who are you?" they said; "tell us, so that we can give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say for yourself?"