I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’
Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
A ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
As Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.
Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.
And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.
So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.
When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.’
Another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief;
saying, “Go into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.
As soon as He was approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen,
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,
saying to them, “It is written, ‘AND MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER,’ but you have made it a ROBBERS’ DEN.”
Jesus answered and said to them, “I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me:
But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
And He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.
At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out.
“Show Me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.”
And they were unable to catch Him in a saying in the presence of the people; and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.
and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that IF A MAN’S BROTHER DIES, having a wife, AND HE IS CHILDLESS, HIS BROTHER SHOULD MARRY THE WIFE AND RAISE UP CHILDREN TO HIS BROTHER.
Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless;
UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”’
And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins.
Yet not a hair of your head will perish.
Then they will see THE SON OF MAN COMING IN A CLOUD with power and great glory.
Then He told them a parable: “Behold the fig tree and all the trees;
“Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;
So he consented, and began seeking a good opportunity to betray Him to them apart from the crowd.
And He said to them, “When you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house that he enters.
And he will show you a large, furnished upper room; prepare it there.”
And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, “Take this and share it among yourselves;
And there arose also a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest.
and just as My Father has granted Me a kingdom, I grant you
And He said to them, “But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one.
And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray,
While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was preceding them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him.
But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a robber?
Having arrested Him, they led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest; but Peter was following at a distance.
After they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter was sitting among them.
And a servant-girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and looking intently at him, said, “This man was with Him too.”
A little later, another saw him and said, “You are one of them too!” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”
After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, saying, “Certainly this man also was with Him, for he is a Galilean too.”
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