And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.

In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.

And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.

But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?

And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.

And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.

And Jesus, stopping, sent for them, and said, What would you have me do to you?

And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!

And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.

Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.

But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?

You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.