and the Son of man shall be delivered to the high priests and the scribes. They shall sentence him to death and deliver him to the Gentiles; they 34 shall mock him and spit on him and scourge him and kill him. Yet after three days he shall rise again."

35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approach him. "Teacher," they say to him, "we want thee to do for us whatever we shall ask thee." 36 He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" They said to 37 him, "Grant that we may sit, one on thy right hand and one on thy left 38 hand, in thy majesty." But Jesus said to them, "You know not what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink? or to be baptized 39 with the baptism that I am baptized with?" And they said to him, " We are able." And Jesus said to them,

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"The cup that I drink, you shall drink :

And the baptism that I am baptized with, shall you be baptized with.
But to sit on my right hand or on my left hand is not mine to grant ;
It is for those for whom it has been made ready."

41 And on hearing of it, the ten began to be indignant at James and John 42 but Jesus called them to him and says to them,

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"You know that those who are looked up to as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,

And their great men wield authority over them:

Must be your servant,

And whoever would be first among you,

Must be the slave of all.

For even the Son of man came not to be served but to serve,
And to give his life a ransom for many."

Then they come to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a considerable crowd, a blind beggar Bar-Timaeus (the son 47 of Timaeus) sat by the roadside. And on hearing it was Jesus of Nazaret, he started shouting and saying, "Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me!" 48 And many people admonished him to keep silence, but he cried out all 49 the more, "Son of David, have pity on me!" Then Jesus stood still and said, "Call him." So they call the blind man, saying to him, "Be of 50 good cheer, rise, he is calling thee." Throwing away his garment, he 51 started up and came to Jesus. And Jesus addressed him, saying, "What wilt thou have me do to thee?" The blind man said to him, 52 "Rabbuni, let me regain my sight." Jesus said to him, "Go thy way, thy faith has restored thee." And immediately he regained his sight, and began to follow him on the road.

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And when they draw nigh to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany 2 at the hill of Olives, he despatches two of his disciples and says to them: "Go into the village opposite you, and on entering it you shall at once find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it. 3 And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord 4 needs it, and he will send it here again, at once. Then off they went and found a colt tied at the door outside in the open street; and they 5 untie it. And some of the bystanders said to them, "What do you mean 6 by untying the colt?" But they spoke to them as Jesus had told them 7 and they allowed them to go. And they bring the colt to Jesus and throw 8 their garments on it. Then he sat upon it. And many spread their garments on the road, and others leafy boughs which they had cut from 9 the fields. And those who went in front and those who followed shouted

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"Hosanna!

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

Blessed is the Reign to come, our father David's reign!
Hosanna in the highest!"

11 And he went into Jerusalem, into the temple. But after looking round on everything he went out with the twelve to Bethany, as it was now late in the day.

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And on the morrow, after they left Bethany, he grew hungry. And noticing far off a fig-tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find something on it; but when he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was 14 not the season for figs. Then he addressed it, saying, "Never man eat fruit from thee, after this!" And his disciples were listening.

15 And they come to Jerusalem. Then he entered the temple and started to drive out the sellers and the buyers in the temple; and he threw down the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold the doves, 16, 17 nor would he let any one carry a vessel through the temple. And he taught and told them,

"Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations?

But you have made it a den of robbers!”

18 And the high priests and the scribes heard it, and tried how they could destroy him (they were in fear of him, for all the crowd was 19 astonished at his teaching). And when evening came, they And as they passed in the morning

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21 they saw the fig-tree withered from its roots. Then Peter recollected; "Rabbi, look!" says he to him, "the fig-tree thou didst curse is 22 withered!" Then in answer Jesus says to them, "Have faith in God. 23 I tell you truly :

"Whoever says to this mountain, 'Be lifted and thrown into the sea,' And hesitates not in his heart but believes that what he says shall be done,

He shall have it.

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In all your prayers and asking

Believe that you have received,

So shall you have it.

Also, whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against any one, forgive it :

That your Father who is in the heavens may also forgive you your trespasses."

And they come once more to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple the high priests and the scribes and the elders came to him. 28" By what sort of authority," said they to him, "art thou acting thus? 29 or who gave thee this authority to act thus?" Jesus said to them, "I will put a single question to you; and do you answer me. Then I will 30 tell you by what sort of authority I am acting thus. "Was the baptism 31 of John from heaven or from men? Answer me." And they argued among themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then 32 did you not believe him?' But shall we say, 'From men'?"-they were afraid of the people, for all held that John had really been a prophet. 33 So in reply to Jesus they say, "We do not know." Then says Jesus to them, "Neither do I tell you by what sort of authority I am acting thus." 12 1 And he started to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard and put a fence round it and dug a trough for the wine-press and

built a tower; then after leasing it to vinedressers he went abroad. 2 And at the season he despatched a slave to the vinedressers, that he might collect from the vinedressers part of the fruits of the vineyard. 3, 4 But they took and flogged him and sent him off empty-handed. Then once more he despatched another slave to them, and this one they 5 wounded on the head and insulted. Then he despatched another, and this one they killed; and so they did with many others, flogging 6 some and killing some. He had still one left, a beloved son; he despatched him last of all to them, saying, "They will reverence my 7 son." But those vinedressers said to themselves, "This is the heir; come, 8 let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours." So they took him 9 and killed him and threw him outside the vineyard. What will the owner of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the vinedressers 10 and give the vineyard to others. Have you not even read this scripture? The stone which the builders rejected,

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This is made head of the corner:

This is the doing of the Lord,

And in our eyes it is marvellous."

12 Then they tried to seize him (yet feared the crowd), for they knew it was against them that he had told the parable; but leaving him they went away.

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And they despatch some of the Pharisees and Herodians to him, in 14 order to snare him in his talk. And they came saying to him, "Teacher, we know thou art truthful, caring not for any one (for thou regardest not the person of men), but teaching the way of God with truth. 15 Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Must we pay, or must we not pay?" But aware of their pretence he said to them, "Why make trial 16 of me? bring me a denarius that I may see it." So they brought one. And he says to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They 17 said to him, "Caesar's." Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were lost in wonder at him.

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And Sadducees come to him (men who say there is no resurrection), 19 and they questioned him, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that, If a man's brother die and leave a wife and leave no child, his brother is to take 20 his widow and raise up offspring for his brother. There were seven 21 brothers. So the first took a wife and dying left no offspring; then the second took her, and died leaving no offspring; and the third likewise; 22, 23 and the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman died also. At the resurrection whose wife will she be, for the seven had her as wife?” 24 Jesus said to them, "Is not this what leads you astray, that you are 25 ignorant of the scriptures and of God's power? For when people rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are 26 like angels in heaven. And as regards the raising of the dead, have you not read in the book of Moses, at the place of the Bush,' that God spoke to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God 27 of Jacob? He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are far astray." And one of the scribes approached, after hearing their discussion. Knowing that he had given them an able answer, he put a question 29 to him, "What commandment is chief over all?" Jesus answered, "The chief is, Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one; 30 and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with thy 31 whole soul, with thy whole mind, with thy whole strength. The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other

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32 commandment greater than these." And the scribe said to him, "True, teacher! thou hast rightly said that he is one and besides him there is no 33 other. Also, to love him with the whole heart and with the whole understanding and with the whole strength, and to love one's neighbour as oneself— 34 that is far above all holocausts and sacrifices." Then, seeing that he answered intelligently, Jesus said to him, "Thou art not far from the reign 35 of God." And after that no one dared question him. And as

Jesus taught in the temple he would ask, "How is it that the scribes 36 say the Christ is David's son? David said himself, in the holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, Till I make thine enemies a footstool for thy feet.'

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37 David himself calls him 'Lord.' Then how is he his son ?" 38 the common folk listened to him gladly. And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who are fond of walking in long robes, and of 39 getting salutations in the market-places and chief seats in the synagogues 40 and chief places at the suppers-men who devour widows' properties, and make long prayers for a pretext. These men shall be the more heavily 41 sentenced." Then sitting down opposite the treasury he watched how the crowd put money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large 42 sums, and a poor widow also came and put in two farthings (which make 43 one halfpenny). Then calling his disciples to him, he said to them, "I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than all those who 44 put into the treasury. For they have all put in a contribution out of their wealth; but out of her want, she has put in all she possessed, the whole of her livelihood."

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And as he was going out of the temple one of his disciples says to 2 him, "Teacher, look! what splendid stones and buildings!" And Jesus said to him, "Seest thou these great buildings? Not one stone shall be 3 left upon another, that shall not be thrown down." And as he was sitting on the hill of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and 4 John and Andrew plied him with questions privately. "Tell us, when shall this be? Also, what is the sign when this is all to be completed?" 5 So Jesus began to say to them,

"Take care that no one leads you astray:

Many shall come relying on my name, saying, 'I am he,' and shall lead many astray.

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For nation shall rise against nation, and realm against realm,

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And when you hear of wars and rumours of wars, be not disquieted;
These things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

There shall be earthquakes in place after place, there shall be famines:
These are but the beginning of birth-pangs.

Now look to yourselves.

They shall deliver you up to councils,

And in synagogues you shall be flogged,

And before governors and kings you shall stand for my sake,

For a witness to them:

Yea the glad tidings must first be preached to all the nations.

11 And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up, Devise not beforehand what to say:

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But whatever is given you in that hour, say that,

For it is not so much you who speak as the holy Spirit.
Brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child:
Children shall rise up against parents and have them put to death.

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And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake,
But he who endures to the end, he shall be saved.

Now when you see the desolating abomination standing where he ought

not (let the reader ponder),

Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the hills.

Let not him who is on the housetop

Go down or enter in to get anything out of his house,
Nor let him who is in the field

Turn back to get his cloak.

But woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days!

And pray that it happen not in winter.

For those days shall be a distress,

The like of which has not been, from the beginning of the creation which God created, until now,

And never shall be.

Yea, unless the Lord had curtailed the days, no flesh would have been
saved:

But for the sake of the chosen whom he chose, he did curtail the days.
And should anyone say to you then,

'Look, here is the Christ!''Look, there!'

Believe it not.

For many false Christs and false prophets shall arise,

And they shall exhibit signs and wonders

To lead astray, if possible, the chosen.

Now do you beware:

Lo, I have told you everything beforehand!

In those days after that distress

The sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
And the stars shall be falling from the sky,

And the powers in the heavens shall be shaken:

Then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and majesty ;

And then shall he send forth the angels and gather the chosen together from the four winds, from the bounds of the earth to the bounds of the sky.

Now from the fig-tree learn her parable.

When her branch is already tender and is putting out its leaves,
You know that summer is near:

So also when you see this come to pass,

You know that He is near, at the doors.

I tell you truly,

This generation shall not pass away

Until these all come to pass;

Sky and earth shall pass away,

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Yet of that day or hour none knows,

Not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son, only the Father. 33, 34 Beware, be wakeful: for you know not when the time is. It is as when a man going abroad has left his house, after giving authority to his slaves, to each his work, and has commanded the doorkeeper to watch. 1 Omitting [[roï]].