and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"

"Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

"If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

"He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather with me, scatters.

Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"

When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.

In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"

Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?"

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.

They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."