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² “I feel sorry for these people, because they have been with me for three days and now have nothing to eat.

Troubles and Persecutions

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

³ If I send them home without feeding them, they will faint as they go, because some of them have come a long way.” ⁴ His disciples asked him, “Where in this desert can anyone find enough food to feed all these people?” ⁵ “How much bread do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven loaves,” they answered.

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

(Matthew 27.15-26; Luke 23.13-25; John 18.39—19.16)

⁶ He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, gave thanks to God, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the crowd; and the disciples did so. ⁷ They also had a few small fish. Jesus gave thanks for these and told the disciples to distribute them too. ⁸ -9 Everybody ate and had enough—there were about four thousand people. Then the disciples took up seven baskets full of pieces left over. Jesus sent the people away

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁰ and at once got into a boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle

¹¹ Some Pharisees came to Jesus and started to argue with him. They wanted to trap him, so they asked him to perform a miracle to show that God approved of him.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Matthew 21.18, 19)

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Matthew 26.17-25; Luke 22.7-14, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

Jesus Appears to Two Followers

¹² But Jesus gave a deep groan and said, “Why do the people of this day ask for a miracle? No, I tell you! No such proof will be given to these people!”

Jesus Blesses Little Children

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹³ He left them, got back into the boat, and started across to the other side of the lake.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

The Awful Horror

Jesus Appears to the Eleven

(Matthew 28.16-20; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁴ The disciples had forgotten to bring enough bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹⁵ “Take care,” Jesus warned them, “and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

¹⁶ They started discussing among themselves: “He says this because we don't have any bread.”

The Rich Man

¹⁷ Jesus knew what they were saying, so he asked them, “Why are you discussing about not having any bread? Don't you know or understand yet? Are your minds so dull?

The Question about Rising from Death

¹⁸ You have eyes—can't you see? You have ears—can't you hear? Don't you remember

Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven

¹⁹ when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand people? How many baskets full of leftover pieces did you take up?” “Twelve,” they answered.

The Lesson from the Fig Tree

²⁰ “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand people,” asked Jesus, “how many baskets full of leftover pieces did you take up?” “Seven,” they answered.

Jesus Is Crucified

ANOTHER OLD ENDING

²¹ “And you still don't understand?” he asked them.

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

The Lord's Supper

(Matthew 26.26-30; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²² They came to Bethsaida, where some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch him. ²³ Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. After spitting on the man's eyes, Jesus placed his hands on him and asked him, “Can you see anything?”

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴ The man looked up and said, “Yes, I can see people, but they look like trees walking around.” ²⁵ Jesus again placed his hands on the man's eyes. This time the man looked intently, his eyesight returned, and he saw everything clearly. ²⁶ Jesus then sent him home with the order, “Don't go back into the village.”

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

²⁷ Then Jesus and his disciples went away to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Tell me, who do people say I am?” ^*

The Great Commandment

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁸ “Some say that you are John the Baptist,” they answered; “others say that you are Elijah, while others say that you are one of the prophets.” ²⁹ “What about you?” he asked them. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

(Matthew 17.22, 23; Luke 9.43b-45)

³⁰ Then Jesus ordered them, “Do not tell anyone about me.”

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

³¹ Then Jesus began to teach his disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law. He will be put to death, but three days later he will rise to life.”

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

No One Knows the Day or Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³² He made this very clear to them. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

Who Is the Greatest?

The Death of Jesus

³³ But Jesus turned around, looked at his disciples, and rebuked Peter. “Get away from me, Satan,” he said. “Your thoughts don't come from God but from human nature!” ³⁴ Then Jesus called the crowd and his disciples to him. “If any of you want to come with me,” he told them, “you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me.

The Request of James and John

The Question about the Messiah

³⁵ For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for me and for the gospel, you will save it. ³⁶ Do you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! ³⁷ There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

Whoever Is Not against Us Is for Us

(Luke 9.49, 50)

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law

³⁸ If you are ashamed of me and of my teaching in this godless and wicked day, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Luke 23.1-5; John 18.28-38)

The Resurrection

¹ And he went on to say, “I tell you, there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Kingdom of God come with power.”

The Transfiguration

² Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain, where they were alone. As they looked on, a change came over Jesus,

Troubles and Persecutions

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

³ and his clothes became shining white—whiter than anyone in the world could wash them. ⁴ Then the three disciples saw Elijah and Moses talking with Jesus. ⁵ Peter spoke up and said to Jesus, “Teacher, how good it is that we are here! We will make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

(Matthew 27.15-26; Luke 23.13-25; John 18.39—19.16)

⁶ He and the others were so frightened that he did not know what to say. ⁷ Then a cloud appeared and covered them with its shadow, and a voice came from the cloud, “This is my own dear Son—listen to him!” ⁸ They took a quick look around but did not see anyone else; only Jesus was with them.

AN OLD ENDING TO THE GOSPEL

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹ As they came down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Don't tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has risen from death.”

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁰ They obeyed his order, but among themselves they started discussing the matter, “What does this ‘rising from death’ mean?”

The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle

¹¹ And they asked Jesus, “Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?”

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Matthew 21.18, 19)

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Matthew 26.17-25; Luke 22.7-14, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

Jesus Appears to Two Followers

¹² His answer was, “Elijah is indeed coming first in order to get everything ready. Yet why do the Scriptures say that the Son of Man will suffer much and be rejected?

Jesus Blesses Little Children

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹³ I tell you, however, that Elijah has already come and that people treated him just as they pleased, as the Scriptures say about him.”

The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

The Awful Horror

Jesus Appears to the Eleven

(Matthew 28.16-20; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁴ When they joined the rest of the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and some teachers of the Law arguing with them.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹⁵ When the people saw Jesus, they were greatly surprised, and ran to him and greeted him.

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

¹⁶ Jesus asked his disciples, “What are you arguing with them about?”

The Rich Man

¹⁷ A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, because he has an evil spirit in him and cannot talk.

The Question about Rising from Death

¹⁸ Whenever the spirit attacks him, it throws him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth, grits his teeth, and becomes stiff all over. I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they could not.”

Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven

¹⁹ Jesus said to them, “How unbelieving you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy to me!”

The Lesson from the Fig Tree

²⁰ They brought him to Jesus. As soon as the spirit saw Jesus, it threw the boy into a fit, so that he fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

Jesus Is Crucified

ANOTHER OLD ENDING

²¹ “How long has he been like this?” Jesus asked the father. “Ever since he was a child,” he replied.

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

The Lord's Supper

(Matthew 26.26-30; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²² “Many times the evil spirit has tried to kill him by throwing him in the fire and into water. Have pity on us and help us, if you possibly can!” ²³ “Yes,” said Jesus, “if you yourself can! Everything is possible for the person who has faith.”

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴ The father at once cried out, “I do have faith, but not enough. Help me have more!” ²⁵ Jesus noticed that the crowd was closing in on them, so he gave a command to the evil spirit. “Deaf and dumb spirit,” he said, “I order you to come out of the boy and never go into him again!” ²⁶ The spirit screamed, threw the boy into a bad fit, and came out. The boy looked like a corpse, and everyone said, “He is dead!”

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

²⁷ But Jesus took the boy by the hand and helped him rise, and he stood up. ^*

The Great Commandment

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁸ After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn't we drive the spirit out?” ²⁹ “Only prayer can drive this kind out,” answered Jesus; “nothing else can.”

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

(Matthew 17.22, 23; Luke 9.43b-45)

³⁰ Jesus and his disciples left that place and went on through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where he was,

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

³¹ because he was teaching his disciples: “The Son of Man will be handed over to those who will kill him. Three days later, however, he will rise to life.”

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

No One Knows the Day or Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³² But they did not understand what this teaching meant, and they were afraid to ask him.

Who Is the Greatest?

The Death of Jesus

³³ They came to Capernaum, and after going indoors Jesus asked his disciples, “What were you arguing about on the road?” ³⁴ But they would not answer him, because on the road they had been arguing among themselves about who was the greatest.

The Request of James and John

The Question about the Messiah

³⁵ Jesus sat down, called the twelve disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must place himself last of all and be the servant of all.” ³⁶ Then he took a child and had him stand in front of them. He put his arms around him and said to them, ³⁷ “Whoever welcomes in my name one of these children, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not only me but also the one who sent me.”

Whoever Is Not against Us Is for Us

(Luke 9.49, 50)

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law

³⁸ John said to him, “Teacher, we saw a man who was driving out demons in your name, and we told him to stop, because he doesn't belong to our group.” ³⁹ “Do not try to stop him,” Jesus told them, “because no one who performs a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say evil things about me. ^* ⁴⁰ For whoever is not against us is for us.

The Widow's Offering

⁴¹ I assure you that anyone who gives you a drink of water because you belong to me will certainly receive a reward.

Temptations to Sin

The Burial of Jesus

⁴² “If anyone should cause one of these little ones to lose faith in me, it would be better for that person to have a large millstone tied around the neck and be thrown into the sea.

The Arrest of Jesus

⁴³ So if your hand makes you lose your faith, cut it off It is better for you to enter life without a hand than to keep both hands and go off to hell, to the fire that never goes out. ⁴⁵ And if your foot makes you lose your faith, cut it off It is better for you to enter life without a foot than to keep both feet and be thrown into hell. ⁴⁷ And if your eye makes you lose your faith, take it out! It is better for you to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to keep both eyes and be thrown into hell. ⁴⁸ There ‘the worms that eat them never die, and the fire that burns them is never put out.’ ⁴⁹ “Everyone will be purified by fire as a sacrifice is purified by salt. ⁵⁰ “Salt is good; but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? “Have the salt of friendship among yourselves, and live in peace with one another.”

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Luke 23.1-5; John 18.28-38)

The Resurrection

¹ Then Jesus left that place, went to the province of Judea, and crossed the Jordan River. Crowds came flocking to him again, and he taught them, as he always did.

The Transfiguration

² Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. “Tell us,” they asked, “does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?”

Troubles and Persecutions

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

³ Jesus answered with a question, “What law did Moses give you?” ⁴ Their answer was, “Moses gave permission for a man to write a divorce notice and send his wife away.” ⁵ Jesus said to them, “Moses wrote this law for you because you are so hard to teach.

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

(Matthew 27.15-26; Luke 23.13-25; John 18.39—19.16)

⁶ But in the beginning, at the time of creation, ‘God made them male and female,’ as the scripture says. ⁷ ‘And for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife, ⁸ and the two will become one.’ So they are no longer two, but one.

AN OLD ENDING TO THE GOSPEL

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹ No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together.”

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁰ When they went back into the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this matter.

The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle

¹¹ He said to them, “A man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against his wife.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Matthew 21.18, 19)

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Matthew 26.17-25; Luke 22.7-14, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

Jesus Appears to Two Followers

¹² In the same way, a woman who divorces her husband and marries another man commits adultery.”

Jesus Blesses Little Children

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹³ Some people brought children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples scolded the people.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

The Awful Horror

Jesus Appears to the Eleven

(Matthew 28.16-20; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁴ When Jesus noticed this, he was angry and said to his disciples, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹⁵ I assure you that whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

¹⁶ Then he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on each of them, and blessed them.

The Rich Man

¹⁷ As Jesus was starting on his way again, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?”

The Question about Rising from Death

¹⁸ “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.

Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven

¹⁹ You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; do not cheat; respect your father and your mother.’”

The Lesson from the Fig Tree

²⁰ “Teacher,” the man said, “ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these commandments.”

Jesus Is Crucified

ANOTHER OLD ENDING

²¹ Jesus looked straight at him with love and said, “You need only one thing. Go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.”

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

The Lord's Supper

(Matthew 26.26-30; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²² When the man heard this, gloom spread over his face, and he went away sad, because he was very rich. ²³ Jesus looked around at his disciples and said to them, “How hard it will be for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!”

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴ The disciples were shocked at these words, but Jesus went on to say, “My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.” ²⁶ At this the disciples were completely amazed and asked one another, “Who, then, can be saved?”

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

²⁷ Jesus looked straight at them and answered, “This is impossible for human beings but not for God; everything is possible for God.” ^*

The Great Commandment

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁸ Then Peter spoke up, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.” ²⁹ “Yes,” Jesus said to them, “and I tell you that those who leave home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and for the gospel,

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

(Matthew 17.22, 23; Luke 9.43b-45)

³⁰ will receive much more in this present age. They will receive a hundred times more houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields—and persecutions as well; and in the age to come they will receive eternal life.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

³¹ But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first.”

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

No One Knows the Day or Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³² Jesus and his disciples were now on the road going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of the disciples, who were filled with alarm; the people who followed behind were afraid. Once again Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and spoke of the things that were going to happen to him.

Who Is the Greatest?

The Death of Jesus

³³ “Listen,” he told them, “we are going up to Jerusalem where the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law. They will condemn him to death and then hand him over to the Gentiles, ³⁴ who will make fun of him, spit on him, whip him, and kill him; but three days later he will rise to life.”

The Request of James and John

The Question about the Messiah

³⁵ Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus. “Teacher,” they said, “there is something we want you to do for us.” ³⁶ “What is it?” Jesus asked them. ³⁷ They answered, “When you sit on your throne in your glorious Kingdom, we want you to let us sit with you, one at your right and one at your left.”

Whoever Is Not against Us Is for Us

(Luke 9.49, 50)

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law

³⁸ Jesus said to them, “You don't know what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup of suffering that I must drink? Can you be baptized in the way I must be baptized?” ³⁹ “We can,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink the cup I must drink and be baptized in the way I must be baptized. ^* ⁴⁰ But I do not have the right to choose who will sit at my right and my left. It is God who will give these places to those for whom he has prepared them.”

The Widow's Offering

⁴¹ When the other ten disciples heard about it, they became angry with James and John.

Temptations to Sin

The Burial of Jesus

⁴² So Jesus called them all together to him and said, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the heathen have power over them, and the leaders have complete authority.

The Arrest of Jesus

⁴³ This, however, is not the way it is among you. If one of you wants to be great, you must be the servant of the rest; ⁴⁴ and if one of you wants to be first, you must be the slave of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man did not come to be served; he came to serve and to give his life to redeem many people.”

Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus

(Matthew 20.29-34; Luke 18.35-43)

⁴⁶ They came to Jericho, and as Jesus was leaving with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus son of Timaeus was sitting by the road. ⁴⁷ When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!” ⁴⁸ Many of the people scolded him and told him to be quiet. But he shouted even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁹ Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Cheer up!” they said. “Get up, he is calling you.” ⁵⁰ So he threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus. ⁵¹ “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. “Teacher,” the blind man answered, “I want to see again.” ⁵² “Go,” Jesus told him, “your faith has made you well.” At once he was able to see and followed Jesus on the road.

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Luke 23.1-5; John 18.28-38)

The Resurrection

¹ As they approached Jerusalem, near the towns of Bethphage and Bethany, they came to the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead

The Transfiguration

² with these instructions: “Go to the village there ahead of you. As soon as you get there, you will find a colt tied up that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

Troubles and Persecutions

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

³ And if someone asks you why you are doing that, say that the Master needs it and will send it back at once.” ⁴ So they went and found a colt out in the street, tied to the door of a house. As they were untying it, ⁵ some of the bystanders asked them, “What are you doing, untying that colt?”

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

(Matthew 27.15-26; Luke 23.13-25; John 18.39—19.16)

⁶ They answered just as Jesus had told them, and the crowd let them go. ⁷ They brought the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over the animal, and Jesus got on. ⁸ Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches in the field and spread them on the road.

AN OLD ENDING TO THE GOSPEL

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹ The people who were in front and those who followed behind began to shout, “Praise God! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord!

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁰ God bless the coming kingdom of King David, our father! Praise be to God!”

The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle

¹¹ Jesus entered Jerusalem, went into the Temple, and looked around at everything. But since it was already late in the day, he went out to Bethany with the twelve disciples.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Matthew 21.18, 19)

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Matthew 26.17-25; Luke 22.7-14, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

Jesus Appears to Two Followers

¹² The next day, as they were coming back from Bethany, Jesus was hungry.

Jesus Blesses Little Children

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹³ He saw in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, so he went to see if he could find any figs on it. But when he came to it, he found only leaves, because it was not the right time for figs.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

The Awful Horror

Jesus Appears to the Eleven

(Matthew 28.16-20; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁴ Jesus said to the fig tree, “No one shall ever eat figs from you again!” And his disciples heard him.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹⁵ When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus went to the Temple and began to drive out all those who were buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the stools of those who sold pigeons,

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

¹⁶ and he would not let anyone carry anything through the Temple courtyards.

The Rich Man

¹⁷ He then taught the people: “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for the people of all nations.’ But you have turned it into a hideout for thieves!”

The Question about Rising from Death

¹⁸ The chief priests and the teachers of the Law heard of this, so they began looking for some way to kill Jesus. They were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven

¹⁹ When evening came, Jesus and his disciples left the city.

The Lesson from the Fig Tree

²⁰ Early next morning, as they walked along the road, they saw the fig tree. It was dead all the way down to its roots.

Jesus Is Crucified

ANOTHER OLD ENDING

²¹ Peter remembered what had happened and said to Jesus, “Look, Teacher, the fig tree you cursed has died!”

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

The Lord's Supper

(Matthew 26.26-30; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²² Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. ²³ I assure you that whoever tells this hill to get up and throw itself in the sea and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴ For this reason I tell you: When you pray and ask for something, believe that you have received it, and you will be given whatever you ask for. ²⁵ And when you stand and pray, forgive anything you may have against anyone, so that your Father in heaven will forgive the wrongs you have done.”

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

²⁷ They arrived once again in Jerusalem. As Jesus was walking in the Temple, the chief priests, the teachers of the Law, and the elders came to him ^*

The Great Commandment

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁸ and asked him, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?” ²⁹ Jesus answered them, “I will ask you just one question, and if you give me an answer, I will tell you what right I have to do these things.

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

(Matthew 17.22, 23; Luke 9.43b-45)

³⁰ Tell me, where did John's right to baptize come from: was it from God or from human beings?”

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

³¹ They started to argue among themselves: “What shall we say? If we answer, ‘From God,’ he will say, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

No One Knows the Day or Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³² But if we say, ‘From human beings...’” (They were afraid of the people, because everyone was convinced that John had been a prophet.)

Who Is the Greatest?

The Death of Jesus

³³ So their answer to Jesus was, “We don't know.” Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.”

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Luke 23.1-5; John 18.28-38)

The Resurrection

¹ Then Jesus spoke to them in parables: “Once there was a man who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a hole for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to tenants and left home on a trip.

The Transfiguration

² When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent a slave to the tenants to receive from them his share of the harvest.

Troubles and Persecutions

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

³ The tenants grabbed the slave, beat him, and sent him back without a thing. ⁴ Then the owner sent another slave; the tenants beat him over the head and treated him shamefully. ⁵ The owner sent another slave, and they killed him; and they treated many others the same way, beating some and killing others.

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

(Matthew 27.15-26; Luke 23.13-25; John 18.39—19.16)

⁶ The only one left to send was the man's own dear son. Last of all, then, he sent his son to the tenants. ‘I am sure they will respect my son,’ he said. ⁷ But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and his property will be ours!’ ⁸ So they grabbed the son and killed him and threw his body out of the vineyard.

AN OLD ENDING TO THE GOSPEL

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹ “What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do?” asked Jesus. “He will come and kill those tenants and turn the vineyard over to others.

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁰ Surely you have read this scripture?
‘The stone which the builders rejected as worthless
turned out to be the most important of all.

The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle

¹¹ This was done by the Lord;
what a wonderful sight it is!’”

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Matthew 21.18, 19)

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Matthew 26.17-25; Luke 22.7-14, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

Jesus Appears to Two Followers

¹² The Jewish leaders tried to arrest Jesus, because they knew that he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.

Jesus Blesses Little Children

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹³ Some Pharisees and some members of Herod's party were sent to Jesus to trap him with questions.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

The Awful Horror

Jesus Appears to the Eleven

(Matthew 28.16-20; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁴ They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you tell the truth, without worrying about what people think. You pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people. Tell us, is it against our Law to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor? Should we pay them or not?”

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹⁵ But Jesus saw through their trick and answered, “Why are you trying to trap me? Bring a silver coin, and let me see it.”

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

¹⁶ They brought him one, and he asked, “Whose face and name are these?” “The Emperor's,” they answered.

The Rich Man

¹⁷ So Jesus said, “Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God.” And they were amazed at Jesus.

The Question about Rising from Death

¹⁸ Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said,

Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven

¹⁹ “Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man's brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children.’

The Lesson from the Fig Tree

²⁰ Once there were seven brothers; the oldest got married and died without having children.

Jesus Is Crucified

ANOTHER OLD ENDING

²¹ Then the second one married the woman, and he also died without having children. The same thing happened to the third brother,

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

The Lord's Supper

(Matthew 26.26-30; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²² and then to the rest: all seven brothers married the woman and died without having children. Last of all, the woman died. ²³ Now, when all the dead rise to life on the day of resurrection, whose wife will she be? All seven of them had married her.”

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴ Jesus answered them, “How wrong you are! And do you know why? It is because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power. ²⁵ For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry. ²⁶ Now, as for the dead being raised: haven't you ever read in the Book of Moses the passage about the burning bush? There it is written that God said to Moses, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

²⁷ He is the God of the living, not of the dead. You are completely wrong!” ^*

The Great Commandment

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁸ A teacher of the Law was there who heard the discussion. He saw that Jesus had given the Sadducees a good answer, so he came to him with a question: “Which commandment is the most important of all?” ²⁹ Jesus replied, “The most important one is this: ‘Listen, Israel! The Lord our God is the only Lord.

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

(Matthew 17.22, 23; Luke 9.43b-45)

³⁰ Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

³¹ The second most important commandment is this: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ There is no other commandment more important than these two.”

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

No One Knows the Day or Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³² The teacher of the Law said to Jesus, “Well done, Teacher! It is true, as you say, that only the Lord is God and that there is no other god but he.

Who Is the Greatest?

The Death of Jesus

³³ And you must love God with all your heart and with all your mind and with all your strength; and you must love your neighbor as you love yourself. It is more important to obey these two commandments than to offer on the altar animals and other sacrifices to God.” ³⁴ Jesus noticed how wise his answer was, and so he told him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” After this nobody dared to ask Jesus any more questions.

The Request of James and John

The Question about the Messiah

³⁵ As Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he asked the question, “How can the teachers of the Law say that the Messiah will be the descendant of David? ³⁶ The Holy Spirit inspired David to say:
‘The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit here at my right side
until I put your enemies under your feet.’ ³⁷ David himself called him ‘Lord’; so how can the Messiah be David's descendant?” A large crowd was listening to Jesus gladly.

Whoever Is Not against Us Is for Us

(Luke 9.49, 50)

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law

³⁸ As he taught them, he said, “Watch out for the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplace, ³⁹ who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts. ^* ⁴⁰ They take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers. Their punishment will be all the worse!”

The Widow's Offering

⁴¹ As Jesus sat near the Temple treasury, he watched the people as they dropped in their money. Many rich men dropped in a lot of money;

Temptations to Sin

The Burial of Jesus

⁴² then a poor widow came along and dropped in two little copper coins, worth about a penny.

The Arrest of Jesus

⁴³ He called his disciples together and said to them, “I tell you that this poor widow put more in the offering box than all the others. ⁴⁴ For the others put in what they had to spare of their riches; but she, poor as she is, put in all she had—she gave all she had to live on.”

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Luke 23.1-5; John 18.28-38)

The Resurrection

¹ As Jesus was leaving the Temple, one of his disciples said, “Look, Teacher! What wonderful stones and buildings!”

The Transfiguration

² Jesus answered, “You see these great buildings? Not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one of them will be thrown down.”

Troubles and Persecutions

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

³ Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, across from the Temple, when Peter, James, John, and Andrew came to him in private. ⁴ “Tell us when this will be,” they said, “and tell us what will happen to show that the time has come for all these things to take place.” ⁵ Jesus said to them, “Watch out, and don't let anyone fool you.

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

(Matthew 27.15-26; Luke 23.13-25; John 18.39—19.16)

⁶ Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, ‘I am he!’ and they will fool many people. ⁷ And don't be troubled when you hear the noise of battles close by and news of battles far away. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come. ⁸ Countries will fight each other; kingdoms will attack one another. There will be earthquakes everywhere, and there will be famines. These things are like the first pains of childbirth.

AN OLD ENDING TO THE GOSPEL

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹ “You yourselves must watch out. You will be arrested and taken to court. You will be beaten in the synagogues; you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake to tell them the Good News.

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁰ But before the end comes, the gospel must be preached to all peoples.

The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle

¹¹ And when you are arrested and taken to court, do not worry ahead of time about what you are going to say; when the time comes, say whatever is then given to you. For the words you speak will not be yours; they will come from the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Matthew 21.18, 19)

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Matthew 26.17-25; Luke 22.7-14, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

Jesus Appears to Two Followers

¹² Men will hand over their own brothers to be put to death, and fathers will do the same to their children. Children will turn against their parents and have them put to death.

Jesus Blesses Little Children

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹³ Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

The Awful Horror

Jesus Appears to the Eleven

(Matthew 28.16-20; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁴ “You will see ‘The Awful Horror’ standing in the place where he should not be.” (Note to the reader: understand what this means!) “Then those who are in Judea must run away to the hills.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹⁵ Someone who is on the roof of a house must not lose time by going down into the house to get anything to take along.

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

¹⁶ Someone who is in the field must not go back to the house for a cloak.

The Rich Man

¹⁷ How terrible it will be in those days for women who are pregnant and for mothers with little babies!

The Question about Rising from Death

¹⁸ Pray to God that these things will not happen in the winter!

Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven

¹⁹ For the trouble of those days will be far worse than any the world has ever known from the very beginning when God created the world until the present time. Nor will there ever be anything like it again.

The Lesson from the Fig Tree

²⁰ But the Lord has reduced the number of those days; if he had not, nobody would survive. For the sake of his chosen people, however, he has reduced those days.

Jesus Is Crucified

ANOTHER OLD ENDING

²¹ “Then, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’—do not believe it.

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

The Lord's Supper

(Matthew 26.26-30; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²² For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will perform miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if possible. ²³ Be on your guard! I have told you everything ahead of time.

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴ “In the days after that time of trouble the sun will grow dark, the moon will no longer shine, ²⁵ the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers in space will be driven from their courses. ²⁶ Then the Son of Man will appear, coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

²⁷ He will send the angels out to the four corners of the earth to gather God's chosen people from one end of the world to the other. ^*

The Great Commandment

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁸ “Let the fig tree teach you a lesson. When its branches become green and tender and it starts putting out leaves, you know that summer is near. ²⁹ In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin.

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

(Matthew 17.22, 23; Luke 9.43b-45)

³⁰ Remember that all these things will happen before the people now living have all died.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

No One Knows the Day or Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³² “No one knows, however, when that day or hour will come—neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son; only the Father knows.

Who Is the Greatest?

The Death of Jesus

³³ Be on watch, be alert, for you do not know when the time will come. ³⁴ It will be like a man who goes away from home on a trip and leaves his servants in charge, after giving to each one his own work to do and after telling the doorkeeper to keep watch.

The Request of James and John

The Question about the Messiah

³⁵ Watch, then, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming—it might be in the evening or at midnight or before dawn or at sunrise. ³⁶ If he comes suddenly, he must not find you asleep. ³⁷ What I say to you, then, I say to all: Watch!”

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Luke 23.1-5; John 18.28-38)

The Resurrection

¹ It was now two days before the Festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death.

The Transfiguration

² “We must not do it during the festival,” they said, “or the people might riot.”

Troubles and Persecutions

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

³ Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a dreaded skin disease. While Jesus was eating, a woman came in with an alabaster jar full of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus' head. ⁴ Some of the people there became angry and said to one another, “What was the use of wasting the perfume? ⁵ It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” And they criticized her harshly.

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

(Matthew 27.15-26; Luke 23.13-25; John 18.39—19.16)

⁶ But Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a fine and beautiful thing for me. ⁷ You will always have poor people with you, and any time you want to, you can help them. But you will not always have me. ⁸ She did what she could; she poured perfume on my body to prepare it ahead of time for burial.

AN OLD ENDING TO THE GOSPEL

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹ Now, I assure you that wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁰ Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Jesus to them.

The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle

¹¹ They were pleased to hear what he had to say, and promised to give him money. So Judas started looking for a good chance to hand Jesus over to them.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Matthew 21.18, 19)

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Matthew 26.17-25; Luke 22.7-14, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

Jesus Appears to Two Followers

¹² On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the day the lambs for the Passover meal were killed, Jesus' disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and get the Passover meal ready for you?”

Jesus Blesses Little Children

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹³ Then Jesus sent two of them with these instructions: “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him

The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

The Awful Horror

Jesus Appears to the Eleven

(Matthew 28.16-20; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁴ to the house he enters, and say to the owner of the house: ‘The Teacher says, Where is the room where my disciples and I will eat the Passover meal?’

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹⁵ Then he will show you a large upstairs room, fixed up and furnished, where you will get everything ready for us.”

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

¹⁶ The disciples left, went to the city, and found everything just as Jesus had told them; and they prepared the Passover meal.

The Rich Man

¹⁷ When it was evening, Jesus came with the twelve disciples.

The Question about Rising from Death

¹⁸ While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “I tell you that one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.”

Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven

¹⁹ The disciples were upset and began to ask him, one after the other, “Surely you don't mean me, do you?”

The Lesson from the Fig Tree

²⁰ Jesus answered, “It will be one of you twelve, one who dips his bread in the dish with me.

Jesus Is Crucified

ANOTHER OLD ENDING

²¹ The Son of Man will die as the Scriptures say he will; but how terrible for that man who will betray the Son of Man! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born!”

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

The Lord's Supper

(Matthew 26.26-30; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²² While they were eating, Jesus took a piece of bread, gave a prayer of thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples. “Take it,” he said, “this is my body.” ²³ Then he took a cup, gave thanks to God, and handed it to them; and they all drank from it.

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴ Jesus said, “This is my blood which is poured out for many, my blood which seals God's covenant. ²⁵ I tell you, I will never again drink this wine until the day I drink the new wine in the Kingdom of God.” ²⁶ Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

²⁷ Jesus said to them, “All of you will run away and leave me, for the scripture says, ‘God will kill the shepherd, and the sheep will all be scattered.’ ^*

The Great Commandment

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁸ But after I am raised to life, I will go to Galilee ahead of you.” ²⁹ Peter answered, “I will never leave you, even though all the rest do!”

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

(Matthew 17.22, 23; Luke 9.43b-45)

³⁰ Jesus said to Peter, “I tell you that before the rooster crows two times tonight, you will say three times that you do not know me.”

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

³¹ Peter answered even more strongly, “I will never say that, even if I have to die with you!” And all the other disciples said the same thing.

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

No One Knows the Day or Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³² They came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

Who Is the Greatest?

The Death of Jesus

³³ He took Peter, James, and John with him. Distress and anguish came over him, ³⁴ and he said to them, “The sorrow in my heart is so great that it almost crushes me. Stay here and keep watch.”

The Request of James and John

The Question about the Messiah

³⁵ He went a little farther on, threw himself on the ground, and prayed that, if possible, he might not have to go through that time of suffering. ³⁶ “Father,” he prayed, “my Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet not what I want, but what you want.” ³⁷ Then he returned and found the three disciples asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Weren't you able to stay awake for even one hour?”

Whoever Is Not against Us Is for Us

(Luke 9.49, 50)

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law

³⁸ And he said to them, “Keep watch, and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ³⁹ He went away once more and prayed, saying the same words. ^* ⁴⁰ Then he came back to the disciples and found them asleep; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to say to him.

The Widow's Offering

⁴¹ When he came back the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come! Look, the Son of Man is now being handed over to the power of sinners.

Temptations to Sin

The Burial of Jesus

⁴² Get up, let us go. Look, here is the man who is betraying me!”

The Arrest of Jesus

⁴³ Jesus was still speaking when Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs and sent by the chief priests, the teachers of the Law, and the elders. ⁴⁴ The traitor had given the crowd a signal: “The man I kiss is the one you want. Arrest him and take him away under guard.” ⁴⁵ As soon as Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus and said, “Teacher!” and kissed him.

Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus

(Matthew 20.29-34; Luke 18.35-43)

⁴⁶ So they arrested Jesus and held him tight. ⁴⁷ But one of those standing there drew his sword and struck at the High Priest's slave, cutting off his ear. ⁴⁸ Then Jesus spoke up and said to them, “Did you have to come with swords and clubs to capture me, as though I were an outlaw? ⁴⁹ Day after day I was with you teaching in the Temple, and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must come true.” ⁵⁰ Then all the disciples left him and ran away. ⁵¹ A certain young man, dressed only in a linen cloth, was following Jesus. They tried to arrest him, ⁵² but he ran away naked, leaving the cloth behind.

Jesus before the Council

(Matthew 26.57-68; Luke 22.54, 55, 63-71; John 18.13, 14, 19-24)

⁵³ Then Jesus was taken to the High Priest's house, where all the chief priests, the elders, and the teachers of the Law were gathering. ⁵⁴ Peter followed from a distance and went into the courtyard of the High Priest's house. There he sat down with the guards, keeping himself warm by the fire. ⁵⁵ The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some evidence against Jesus in order to put him to death, but they could not find any. ⁵⁶ Many witnesses told lies against Jesus, but their stories did not agree. ⁵⁷ Then some men stood up and told this lie against Jesus: ⁵⁸ “We heard him say, ‘I will tear down this Temple which men have made, and after three days I will build one that is not made by men.’” ⁵⁹ Not even they, however, could make their stories agree. ⁶⁰ The High Priest stood up in front of them all and questioned Jesus, “Have you no answer to the accusation they bring against you?” ⁶¹ But Jesus kept quiet and would not say a word. Again the High Priest questioned him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed God?” ⁶² “I am,” answered Jesus, “and you will all see the Son of Man seated at the right side of the Almighty and coming with the clouds of heaven!” ⁶³ The High Priest tore his robes and said, “We don't need any more witnesses! ⁶⁴ You heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” They all voted against him: he was guilty and should be put to death. ⁶⁵ Some of them began to spit on Jesus, and they blindfolded him and hit him. “Guess who hit you!” they said. And the guards took him and slapped him.

Peter Denies Jesus

(Matthew 26.69-75; Luke 22.56-62; John 18.15-18, 25-27)

⁶⁶ Peter was still down in the courtyard when one of the High Priest's servant women came by. ⁶⁷ When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked straight at him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus of Nazareth.” ⁶⁸ But he denied it. “I don't know...I don't understand what you are talking about,” he answered, and went out into the passageway. Just then a rooster crowed. ^* ⁶⁹ The servant woman saw him there and began to repeat to the bystanders, “He is one of them!” ⁷⁰ But Peter denied it again. A little while later the bystanders accused Peter again, “You can't deny that you are one of them, because you, too, are from Galilee.” ⁷¹ Then Peter said, “I swear that I am telling the truth! May God punish me if I am not! I do not know the man you are talking about!” ⁷² Just then a rooster crowed a second time, and Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows two times, you will say three times that you do not know me.” And he broke down and cried.

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Luke 23.1-5; John 18.28-38)

The Resurrection

¹ Early in the morning the chief priests met hurriedly with the elders, the teachers of the Law, and the whole Council, and made their plans. They put Jesus in chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

The Transfiguration

² Pilate questioned him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “So you say.”

Troubles and Persecutions

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

³ The chief priests were accusing Jesus of many things, ⁴ so Pilate questioned him again, “Aren't you going to answer? Listen to all their accusations!” ⁵ Again Jesus refused to say a word, and Pilate was amazed.

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

(Matthew 27.15-26; Luke 23.13-25; John 18.39—19.16)

⁶ At every Passover Festival Pilate was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner the people asked for. ⁷ At that time a man named Barabbas was in prison with the rebels who had committed murder in the riot. ⁸ When the crowd gathered and began to ask Pilate for the usual favor,

AN OLD ENDING TO THE GOSPEL

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹ he asked them, “Do you want me to set free for you the king of the Jews?”

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁰ He knew very well that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.

The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle

¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask, instead, that Pilate set Barabbas free for them.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Matthew 21.18, 19)

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Matthew 26.17-25; Luke 22.7-14, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

Jesus Appears to Two Followers

¹² Pilate spoke again to the crowd, “What, then, do you want me to do with the one you call the king of the Jews?”

Jesus Blesses Little Children

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹³ They shouted back, “Crucify him!”

The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

The Awful Horror

Jesus Appears to the Eleven

(Matthew 28.16-20; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁴ “But what crime has he committed?” Pilate asked. They shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹⁵ Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he set Barabbas free for them. Then he had Jesus whipped and handed him over to be crucified.

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

¹⁶ The soldiers took Jesus inside to the courtyard of the governor's palace and called together the rest of the company.

The Rich Man

¹⁷ They put a purple robe on Jesus, made a crown out of thorny branches, and put it on his head.

The Question about Rising from Death

¹⁸ Then they began to salute him: “Long live the King of the Jews!”

Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven

¹⁹ They beat him over the head with a stick, spat on him, fell on their knees, and bowed down to him.

The Lesson from the Fig Tree

²⁰ When they had finished making fun of him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

Jesus Is Crucified

ANOTHER OLD ENDING

²¹ On the way they met a man named Simon, who was coming into the city from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross. (Simon was from Cyrene and was the father of Alexander and Rufus.)

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

The Lord's Supper

(Matthew 26.26-30; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²² They took Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means “The Place of the Skull.” ²³ There they tried to give him wine mixed with a drug called myrrh, but Jesus would not drink it.

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴ Then they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves, throwing dice to see who would get which piece of clothing. ²⁵ It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him. ²⁶ The notice of the accusation against him said: “The King of the Jews.”

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

²⁷ They also crucified two bandits with Jesus, one on his right and the other on his left. ^* ²⁹ People passing by shook their heads and hurled insults at Jesus: “Aha! You were going to tear down the Temple and build it back up in three days!

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

(Matthew 17.22, 23; Luke 9.43b-45)

³⁰ Now come down from the cross and save yourself”

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

³¹ In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the Law made fun of Jesus, saying to one another, “He saved others, but he cannot save himself

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

No One Knows the Day or Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³² Let us see the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him!” And the two who were crucified with Jesus insulted him also.

Who Is the Greatest?

The Death of Jesus

³³ At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours. ³⁴ At three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud shout, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?”which means, “My God, my God, why did you abandon me?”

The Request of James and John

The Question about the Messiah

³⁵ Some of the people there heard him and said, “Listen, he is calling for Elijah!” ³⁶ One of them ran up with a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, and put it on the end of a stick. Then he held it up to Jesus' lips and said, “Wait! Let us see if Elijah is coming to bring him down from the cross!” ³⁷ With a loud cry Jesus died.

Whoever Is Not against Us Is for Us

(Luke 9.49, 50)

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law

³⁸ The curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. ³⁹ The army officer who was standing there in front of the cross saw how Jesus had died. “This man was really the Son of God!” he said. ^* ⁴⁰ Some women were there, looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joseph, and Salome.

The Widow's Offering

⁴¹ They had followed Jesus while he was in Galilee and had helped him. Many other women who had come to Jerusalem with him were there also.

Temptations to Sin

The Burial of Jesus

⁴² -43 It was toward evening when Joseph of Arimathea arrived. He was a respected member of the Council, who was waiting for the coming of the Kingdom of God. It was Preparation day (that is, the day before the Sabbath), so Joseph went boldly into the presence of Pilate and asked him for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead. He called the army officer and asked him if Jesus had been dead a long time. ⁴⁵ After hearing the officer's report, Pilate told Joseph he could have the body.

Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus

(Matthew 20.29-34; Luke 18.35-43)

⁴⁶ Joseph bought a linen sheet, took the body down, wrapped it in the sheet, and placed it in a tomb which had been dug out of solid rock. Then he rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb. ⁴⁷ Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph were watching and saw where the body of Jesus was placed.

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Luke 23.1-5; John 18.28-38)

The Resurrection

¹ After the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint the body of Jesus.

The Transfiguration

² Very early on Sunday morning, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.

Troubles and Persecutions

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

³ -4 On the way they said to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” (It was a very large stone.) Then they looked up and saw that the stone had already been rolled back. ⁵ So they entered the tomb, where they saw a young man sitting at the right, wearing a white robe—and they were alarmed.

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

(Matthew 27.15-26; Luke 23.13-25; John 18.39—19.16)

⁶ “Don't be alarmed,” he said. “I know you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is not here—he has been raised! Look, here is the place where he was placed. ⁷ Now go and give this message to his disciples, including Peter: ‘He is going to Galilee ahead of you; there you will see him, just as he told you.’” ⁸ So they went out and ran from the tomb, distressed and terrified. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. [

AN OLD ENDING TO THE GOSPEL

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹ After Jesus rose from death early on Sunday, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁰ She went and told his companions. They were mourning and crying;

The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle

¹¹ and when they heard her say that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe her.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Matthew 21.18, 19)

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Matthew 26.17-25; Luke 22.7-14, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

Jesus Appears to Two Followers

¹² After this, Jesus appeared in a different manner to two of them while they were on their way to the country.

Jesus Blesses Little Children

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹³ They returned and told the others, but these would not believe it.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

The Awful Horror

Jesus Appears to the Eleven

(Matthew 28.16-20; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁴ Last of all, Jesus appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating. He scolded them, because they did not have faith and because they were too stubborn to believe those who had seen him alive.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹⁵ He said to them, “Go throughout the whole world and preach the gospel to all people.

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

¹⁶ Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.

The Rich Man

¹⁷ Believers will be given the power to perform miracles: they will drive out demons in my name; they will speak in strange tongues;

The Question about Rising from Death

¹⁸ if they pick up snakes or drink any poison, they will not be harmed; they will place their hands on sick people, and these will get well.”

Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven

¹⁹ After the Lord Jesus had talked with them, he was taken up to heaven and sat at the right side of God.

The Lesson from the Fig Tree