Her husband, Joseph, was a religious man and, being unwilling to expose her to contempt, resolved to put an end to their betrothal privately.

But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a single moment?

And in them is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says--'You will hear with your ears without ever understanding, And, though you have eyes, you will see without ever perceiving,

On noticing this, Jesus said: "Why are you talking among yourselves about your being short of bread, O men of little faith?

"Blessed are you, Simon, Son of Jonah," Jesus replied. "For no human being has revealed this to you, but my Father who is in Heaven.

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

You serpents and brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to the Pit?

In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark,

True, the Son of Man must go, as Scripture says of him, yet alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! For that man 'it would be better never to have been born!'"

Then he came to the disciples, and said: "Sleep on now, and rest yourselves. Hark! my time is close at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

While charges were being brought against him by the Chief Priests and Councillors, Jesus made no reply.