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26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the crowd; for all hold John to be a 27 prophet." So in reply to Jesus they said, "We do not know." Then he said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what sort of authority I am acting 28 thus. What do you think? a man had two sons. He went to the first 29 and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.' But he answered and said, 'I will not'; afterwards, however, he changed his mind and went. 30 And he went to the second and spoke in the same way. And he answered 31 and said, 'I will, sir'; but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?" They say, "The first." Jesus says to them, “I tell you truly,

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The tax-gatherers and the harlots go in front of you into the reign of God.

For John came on the way of uprightness, yet you did not believe him,

But the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him ;

And though you saw it, you did not even change your mind afterwards and believe him.

"Listen to another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence round it and dug a wine-vat in it and 34 built a tower; then after leasing it to vinedressers he went abroad. Now when the season for fruit approached, he despatched his slaves to the 35 vinedressers to collect his fruit. And the vinedressers took and flogged 36 one of his slaves, killed another, and stoned another. Once more he sent other slaves more numerous than the first; yet they treated them in the 37 same way. Afterwards he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will 38 reverence my son.' But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said to themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and seize his 39 inheritance.' So they took him and threw him outside the vineyard, 40 and killed him. When the owner of the vineyard comes, then, what will 41 he do to those vinedressers?" They say to him, "Wretches! he will wretchedly destroy them, and lease the vineyard to other vinedressers, 42 who shall render him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus says to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures ?

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The stone which the builders rejected,

This is made head of the corner:

This is the doing of the Lord,

And in our eyes it is marvellous.

Therefore I tell you, God's reign shall be taken from you

And given to a nation that brings forth the fruits of the reign. [[And he who falls upon this stone shall be shattered, But it shall crush to pieces whomsoever it falls upon.]]” 45 Now on hearing his parables, the high priests and the Pharisees knew he 46 was speaking about them. Yet, while they tried to seize him, they feared 22 1 the crowds; since they held him for a prophet. And Jesus started

2 to speak once more in parables. "The reign of heaven," he said to them, 3 "is compared to a king who gave a marriage-feast for his son. And he despatched his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the 4 marriage-feast; but they would not come. Again he despatched other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Here have I got ready my dinner : : my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and everything is 5 ready. Come to the marriage-feast." But they paid no heed, and went 6 off, one to his farm, another to his business; while the rest seized his 7 slaves, ill-treated them and killed them. So in anger the king sent his 8 troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then

he says to his slaves, 'The marriage is ready, but those who were invited 9 were not worthy. Go to the crossroads then, and invite as many people 10 as you find to the marriage-feast.' And those slaves went out to the roads and proceeded to gather all they could find, both bad and good, 11 So the wedding was supplied with guests. Now when the king entered to view the guests, he saw a man there who had no marriage-robe on; 12 and he says to him, 'Friend, how didst thou come in here without a 13 marriage-robe?' And he was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him out into the outer 14 darkness; there shall the weeping be, and the gnashing of teeth.' For many are called, but few chosen."

15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel, in order to trap him in his 16 talk. And they despatch their disciples to him, along with the Herodians,

saying, "Teacher, we know thou art truthful, teaching the way of God in truth and caring not for anyone; for thou regardest not the person of 17 men. Tell us then: what dost thou think? Is it right to pay taxes 18 to Caesar, or not?" But Jesus perceived their malice and said, "Why 19 make trial of me, you hypocrites? Show me the coin for the taxes." So 20 they handed him a denarius. And he says to them, "Whose likeness 21 and inscription is this?" "Caesar's," they say. Then he says to them, Well, render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the 22 things that are God's." And when they heard it they marvelled; and leaving him they went away.

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On that day the Sadducees approached him-they say there is no 24 resurrection and they questioned him. Teacher," they said, "Moses said, if a man dies without children, his brother shall become a husband to his 25 widow and raise up offspring for his brother. Now among us there were 26 seven brothers. The first married and died, and as he had no offspring he left his wife to his brother; the same thing took place with the second 27 also, and with the third, even to the seventh. And after them all the 28 woman died. At the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the 29 seven? For they all had her." Jesus answered and said to them, "You 30 are led astray by your ignorance of the scriptures and of God's power. For

at the resurrection people neither marry nor are given in marriage, but 31 are like angels in heaven. And as regards the resurrection of the dead, 32 have you not read what was spoken to you by God, when he said, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is 33 not God of the dead, but of the living." And when the crowds heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

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Now when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, 35 they mustered together; and one of them, a lawyer, put a question to him 36 to make trial of him: "Teacher, what is the greatest commandment in 37 the law?" And he said to him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with 38 thy whole heart, with thy whole soul, with thy whole mind. This is the great 39 and chief commandment. A second is like it: Thou shalt love thy neigh40 bour as thyself. On these two commandments hang the whole law and the 41 prophets." Now as the Pharisees had gathered together, Jesus 42 questioned them, saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose 43 son is he?" They say to him, "David's." He says to them, "How is it then that David in the Spirit calls him 'Lord'? saying,

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The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,

Till I put thine enemies below thy feet.'

45 If David then calls him by the name of 'Lord,' how is he his son?"

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46 And no one could answer him a word; nor from that day did anyone dare to question him any further.

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Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying,
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses;
Obey and observe then all that ever they bid you.

But act not as they act,

For they talk and practise not.

They bind up heavy burdens and lay them on the shoulders of

men,

But they themselves will not move them with their finger.
They do all their deeds to be seen by men;

For they make their phylacteries broad and enlarge their tassels,
And they like the chief place at the suppers and the chief seats

in the synagogues,

And the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by men.

Now for your part-be not called 'Rabbi';

For One is your teacher, and you are all brothers.

And call no one your father' upon earth;

For One is your father, the heavenly Father.

Nor be called 'leaders';

For One is your leader, the Christ.

He who is greatest among you, must be your servant;
Whoever shall raise himself shall be humbled,

And whoever shall humble himself shall be raised.
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, irreligious !

For you shut the heavenly realm in men's faces;

You enter not yourselves, and you will not let those enter who are entering.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, irreligious!

For you scour sea and dry land to make a single proselyte;

And when he is won, you make him a son of Gehenna twice as much as yourselves.

Woe to you, blind guides, who say:

'Whoever shall swear by the sanctuary, it is a mere nothing; But whoever shall swear by the gold of the sanctuary, he is bound by his oath.'

Thoughtless and blind! Which is greater, the gold or the sanctuary that consecrated the gold?

Also, 'Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is a mere nothing; But whoever shall swear by the gift that is on it, he is bound by his oath.'

Blind men which is greater, the gift or the altar that consecrates

the gift?

He who swears, then, by the altar,

Swears by it and by all that is on it.

And he who swears by the sanctuary,

Swears by it and by him who dwells in it.

And he who swears by heaven,

Swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, irreligious!

For you tithe mint and dill and cummin,

And you have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice and

mercy and faithfulness.

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Now these you ought to have done without omitting the

former.

Blind guides, filtering a gnat away, yet swallowing a camel!
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, irreligious!

For you cleanse the outside of the cup and plate,

But inside they are filled with plunder and indulgence.

Blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup,1
That the outside of it also may become clean.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, irreligious!
For you resemble white-washed sepulchres,
Which outwardly appear beautiful,

But inwardly are filled with dead men's bones and all impurity.
So also do you outwardly appear to men upright,

But inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, irreligious!

For you build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs
of the just,

And you say, 'Had we been living in the days of our fathers,
We had not shared with them in the blood of the prophets.'
So you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who
murdered the prophets !

Fill up then for yourselves the measure of your fathers.

Serpents! offspring of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to
Gehenna?

Therefore, behold I send to you prophets and wise men and
scribes :

Some of them you shall kill and crucify,

And some of them you shall scourge in your synagogues and pursue from city to city

That upon you may come all the innocent blood shed on the earth, From the blood of Abel the upright down to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

I tell you truly, these things shall all come upon this generation. Jerusalem, Jerusalem! slayer of the prophets and stoner of those sent to her!

How often would I have gathered thy children together,

Even as a fowl gathers her brood beneath her wings-and you would not!

Lo, your House is abandoned to yourselves, deserted!

For I tell you, after this you shall not see me until you say,
'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”

And Jesus went out of the temple and proceeded on his way; and his 2 disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. He answered and said to them, "You see all these? I tell you truly, not one stone shall be left upon another here, that shall not be thrown down." Now, as he was sitting on the hill of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when shall these things be? also, what shall be the sign of thy arrival and of the close of the age?" 4 And Jesus answered and said to them:

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For many shall come relying on my name, saying, 'I am the Christ' and they shall lead many astray.

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You shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see and be not disquieted;
For these must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
For nation shall rise against nation, and realm against realm,

And there shall be famines and earthquakes in place after place:
Yet all these are but the beginning of birth-pangs.

Then shall they deliver you up to distress, and kill you,

And you shall be hated by all the nations for my name's sake. Yea then shall many be repelled and deliver up one another and hate one another;

And many false prophets shall rise and lead many astray.

And as wickedness shall be multiplied, the love of the majority shall grow cold;

But he who endures to the end, he shall be saved.

And these glad tidings of the Reign shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to the nations,

And then shall come the end.

So when you see the desolating abomination, which was spoken of through
Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (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 to get what is in 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 your flight happen not in winter nor on a sabbath;
For then there shall be great distress,

The like of which has not been, from the beginning of the world until
now, no and never shall be.

Yea, unless those days had been curtailed, no flesh would have been saved:
But for the sake of the chosen, those days shall be curtailed.

Then, should anyone say to you, 'Lo, here is the Christ!' or 'there!'
believe it not.

For false Christs and false prophets shall arise, and shall exhibit great signs and wonders,

So as to lead, if possible, even the chosen astray. Lo, I have told you beforehand!

If they say to you then, 'Lo, he is in the wilderness!' go not out:
'Lo, he is in the inner chambers!' believe it not.

For as the lightning shoots from the east and flashes across to the west,
So shall be the arrival of the Son of man.

Wherever the dead body lies,

The vultures will be gathered there.

Immediately after the distress of those days

The sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

And the stars shall fall from the sky,

And the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

And then shall the sign of the Son of man appear in the sky.
Then shall all the tribes of the earth wail,

And they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of the sky with

power and great majesty.

And he shall send forth his angels with a loud trumpet,

And they shall gather his chosen together from the four winds, from the sky's one bound to the other.

32 Now from the fig-tree learn her parable.

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