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Matthew 21

1 And when they drew near unto Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage unto the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

2 saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied and a colt with her; loose them and bring them unto me.

3 And if anyone says anything unto you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them; and straightway he will send them.

4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

5 Say unto the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King comes unto thee, meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt the foal of a beast under yoke.

6 And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them

7 and brought the ass and the colt and put on them their clothes, and he sat upon them.

8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them in the way.

9 And the people that went before and that followed, cried out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

12 And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all those that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those that sold doves

13 and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

15 But when the princes of the priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children crying out in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were sore displeased

16 and said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said unto them, Yes; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of children and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

17 And he left them and went out of the city into Bethany, and he lodged there.

18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it and found nothing upon it, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee from now on for ever. And then the fig tree withered away.

20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do this to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done.

22 And all things, whatever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

23 And when he was come into the temple, the princes of the priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a word, which if ye tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

25 The baptism of John, where was it from? from heaven or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven, he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

26 But if we shall say, Of men, we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

27 And they answered Jesus and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

28 But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.

29 He answered and said, I will not, but afterward he repented and went.

30 And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, I will go, Lord, and went not.

31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go ahead of you into the kingdom of God.

32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not, but the publicans and the harlots believed him, and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward that ye might believe him.

33 Hear another parable: There was a certain husband of a house who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country,

34 and when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits of it.

35 And the husbandmen took his slaves and beat one and killed another and stoned another.

36 Again, he sent other slaves more than the first, and they did unto them likewise.

37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us take his inheritance.

39 And they took hold of him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him.

40 Therefore, when the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

41 They say unto him, He will destroy those wicked men without mercy and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

42 Jesus said unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a people bringing forth the fruits thereof.

44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

45 And as the princes of the priests and Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.

46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude because they held him as a prophet.

Matthew 22

1 And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again by parables and said,

2 The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a certain man, a king, who made a marriage feast for his son

3 and sent forth his slaves to call those that were invited to the wedding, and they would not come.

4 Again, he sent forth other slaves, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my bulls and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage.

5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise,

6 and the others took his slaves and entreated them spitefully and slew them.

7 But when the king heard of this, he became angry and sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

8 Then he said to his slaves, The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy.

9 Go ye therefore into the entrances of the highways and call as many as ye shall find to the marriage.

10 So those slaves went out into the highways and gathered together everyone that they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests.

11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment,

12 and he said unto him, Friend, how didst thou come in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

13 Then the king said to the slaves, Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

15 Then the Pharisees left and took counsel how they might entangle him in his word.

16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with those of Herod, saying, Master, we know that thou art a lover of truth and teachest the way of God with truth and that thou takest care for no man, for thou art no respecter of persons of men.

17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar or not?

18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

19 Show me the coin of the tribute. And they presented unto him a denarius.

20 And he said unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

21 They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then said he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s.

22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled and left him and went away.

23 The same day the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

24 saying, Master, Moses said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.

25 Now there were with us seven brothers, and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no seed, left his wife unto his brother;

26 likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

27 And last of all the woman died also.

28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

29 Then Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.

30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which is spoken unto you by God, who saith,

32 I AM the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

34 Then the Pharisees, hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered together.

35 And one of them, who was an interpreter of the law, asked him a question, tempting him and saying,

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

42 saying, What think ye of the Christ? Whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.

43 He said unto them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying,

44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

45 If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son?

46 And no one was able to answer him a word, neither dared anyone from that day forth ask him any more questions.

Matthew 23

1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitude and to his disciples,

2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down in Moses’ seat;

3 therefore, whatever they bid you to observe, observe it and do it, but do not act according to their works, for they say and do not do it.

4 For they bind burdens that are heavy and grievous to bear and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

5 But they do all their works that they may be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments

6 and love the first place at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues

7 and greetings in the markets and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

8 But, as for you, desire not to be called Rabbi, for one is your Master, the Christ; and you are all brothers.

9 And call no one your father upon the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens.

10 Neither be ye called masters, for one is your Master, the Christ.

11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens in front of men, for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye those that are entering to go in.

14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses and for a pretence make long prayer; therefore, ye shall receive the greater judgment.

15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

17 Ye fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.

19 Ye fools and blind, for which one is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

20 Whosoever therefore shall swear by the altar, swears by it and by all things thereon.

21 And whosoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it and by Him that dwells therein.

22 And he that shall swear by the heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him that sits thereon.

23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted that which is more important of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith; these were expedient for ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

24 Ye blind guides, who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup or of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and incontinence.

26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter that the outside of them may be clean also.

27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whitewashed sepulchres, who indeed appear beautiful outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness.

28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the sepulchres of the righteous

30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

31 Therefore ye are witnesses unto yourselves that ye are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the judgment of hell?

34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes, and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city,

35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye murdered between the temple and the altar.

36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that didst kill the prophets and stone those who are sent unto thee, how often I desired to gather thy children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me from now on until ye shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

Matthew 24

1 And Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.

2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the age?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no one deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars; see that ye be not troubled, for it is necessary that all these things must take place; but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in different places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 Then they shall deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

10 And then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another.

11 And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many.

12 And because lawlessness shall abound, the charity of many shall wax cold.

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.

15 Therefore, when ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, which shall stand in the holy place (whosoever reads, let him understand),

16 then let those who are in Judaea flee into the mountains;

17 let him who is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house,

18 neither let him who is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19 And woe unto those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter neither on the sabbath day,

21 for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22 And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Behold, here is the Christ, or there, believe it not.

24 For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders in such a manner that they shall deceive, if possible, the very elect.

25 Behold, I have told you before.

26 Therefore if they say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth; Behold, he is in the secret chambers, believe it not.

27 For as the lightning that comes out of the east and shines even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

28 For wherever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,

30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with great power and glory.

31 And he shall send his angels with a trumpet and a great voice, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree: When his branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh;

33 so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass until all these things are fulfilled.

35 The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

36 But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not even the angels of the heavens, but my Father only.

37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

39 and they knew not until the flood came and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken and the other left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken and the other left.

42 Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

43 But know this that if the husband of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would watch and would not suffer his house to be broken into.

44 Therefore be ye also ready; the Son of man is to come in the hour that ye think not.

45 Who then is the faithful and prudent slave, whom his lord has made ruler over his household to give them food in due season?

46 Blessed is that slave whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.

47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

48 But and if that evil slave shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming,

49 and shall begin to smite his fellowslaves and even to eat and drink with the drunken,

50 the lord of that slave shall come in a day when he does not look for him and in an hour that he is not aware of

51 and shall cut him off and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 25

1 Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened unto ten virgins who, taking their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2 And five of them were prudent, and five were foolish.

3 Those that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them;

4 but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

9 But the prudent answered, saying, Lest there be not enough for us and you, but go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and those that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.

11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

13 Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes.

14 For it is like a man travelling into a far country, who called his own slaves and delivered unto them his goods.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his faculty, and straightway took his journey.

16 And after he was gone, he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same and made another five talents.

17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained another two.

18 But he that had received one went and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.

19 And after a long time the lord of those slaves came and reckoned accounts with them.

20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me five talents; behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful slave; thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful slave; thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

24 Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown and gathering where thou hast not scattered;

25 therefore, I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast what is thine.

26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful slave, thou knewest that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I have not scattered;

27 therefore, it was expedient for thee to have put my money to the bankers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest.

28 Take, therefore, the talent from him and give it unto him who has ten talents.

29 For unto every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance, but from him that has not shall be taken away even that which he has.

30 And cast ye the unprofitable slave into the outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory,

32 and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats,

33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

35 for I was hungry, and ye gave me food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee? or thirsty and give thee drink?

38 When did we see thee a stranger and take thee in? or naked and clothe thee?

39 Or when did we see thee sick or in prison and come unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brothers, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then he shall also say unto those who shall be on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels;

42 for I was hungry, and ye gave me no food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then they shall also answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then he shall answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of my brothers, ye did it not to me.

46 And they shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Matthew 26

1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these words, he said unto his disciples,

2 Ye know that after two days is the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

3 Then the princes of the priests and the scribes and the elders of the people assembled together in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

4 and took counsel that they might take Jesus by guile and kill him.

5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 a woman came unto him having an alabaster box of very precious ointment and poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

8 But when his disciples saw it, they became indignant, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

9 For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.

10 But Jesus, understanding this, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she has wrought a good work upon me.

11 For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

12 For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare for my burial.

13 Verily I say unto you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her.

14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the princes of the priests

15 and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

18 And he said, Go into the city to a certain man and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them, and they made ready the passover.

20 Now when the evening was come, he sat down at the table with the twelve.

21 And as they ate, he said, Verily I say unto you that one of you shall betray me.

22 And they were exceeding sorrowful and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

23 And he answered and said, He that dips his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

24 The Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had not been born.

25 Then Judas, who was betraying him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

26 And as they were eating, Jesus took the bread, and, having blessed it, broke it and gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

27 And taking the cup and having given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

28 for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

29 But I say unto you, I will not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.

30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

31 Then Jesus said unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night; for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended in thee, yet I will never be offended.

34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night before the cock crows, thou shalt deny me three times.

35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

36 Then Jesus came with them unto a place called Gethsemane and said unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.

37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

38 Then he said unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death; tarry ye here and watch with me.

39 And he went a little further and fell on his face, praying and saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

40 And he came unto the disciples and found them asleep and said unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

42 He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me except I drink it, thy will be done.

43 And he came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

44 And leaving them, he went away again and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

45 Then he came unto his disciples and said unto them, Sleep on now and take your rest; behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

46 Rise, let us be going; behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

47 And while he yet spoke, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the princes of the priests and elders of the people.

48 Now he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; hold him fast.

49 And forthwith he came to Jesus and said, Receive joy, master; and kissed him.

50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, why art thou come? Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took him.

51 And, behold, one of those who was with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck a slave of the high priest and smote off his ear.

52 Then Jesus said unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place, for all those that take the sword shall perish by the sword.

53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?

55 In that same hour Jesus said to the multitude, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

56 But all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.

57 And those that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the patio of the high priest and went in and sat with the servants to see the end.

59 Now the princes of the priests and the elders and all the council sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

60 but found none; though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses

61 who said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.

62 And the high priest arose and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing to what these witness against thee?

63 But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.

64 Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said it; nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven.

65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

67 Then they spit in his face and buffeted him, and others smote him with the staves,

68 saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ; who is he that smote thee?

69 Now Peter sat outside in the patio; and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him and said unto those that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

73 And after a while those that stood by came unto him and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them, for thy speech makes thee manifest.

74 Then he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately a cock crew.

75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, who said unto him, Before the cock crows, thou shalt deny me three times. And he went out and wept bitterly.

Matthew 27

1 When the morning was come, all the princes of the priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death,

2 and when they had bound him, they led him away and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

3 Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the princes of the priests and the elders,

4 saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? Thou shalt see to it.

5 And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed and went and hanged himself.

6 And the princes of the priests taking the silver pieces, said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury because it is the price of blood.

7 And they took counsel and bought with them the potter’s field to bury strangers in.

8 Therefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the sons of Israel did value,

10 and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.

11 And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

12 And being accused by the princes of the priests and the elders, he answered nothing.

13 Then Pilate said unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

14 And he did not answer him even a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

15 Now at that feast the governor was accustomed to release unto the people a prisoner, whoever they desired.

16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom desire ye that I release unto you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?

18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

19 When he was seated upon the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

20 But the princes of the priests and the elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

21 The governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two desire ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

22 Pilate said unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus who is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

23 And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it.

25 Then all the people answered and said, His blood be on us and on our children.

26 Then he released Barabbas unto them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

28 And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe.

29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before him and mocked him, saying, Receive joy, King of the Jews!

30 And they spit upon him and took the reed and smote him on the head.

31 And after they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him and put his own raiment on him and led him away to crucify him.

32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to bear his cross {Gr. stauros – stake}.

33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, the place of a skull,

34 they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall; and when he had tasted of it, he would not drink.

35 And they crucified him and parted his garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my raiment did they cast lots.

36 And sitting down they watched him there

37 and set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

38 Then there were two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand and another on the left.

39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads

40 and saying, Thou that wouldst destroy the temple and build it in three days, save thyself. If thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross {Gr. stauros – stake}.

41 Likewise also the princes of the priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

42 He saved others; he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross {Gr. stauros – stake}, and we will believe him.

43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him, for he said, I am the Son of God.

44 The thieves also, who were crucified with him, reproached him with the same.

45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

47 Some of those that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calls for Elijah.

48 And straightway one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it with vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him to drink.

49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.

50 But Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, gave the spirit.

51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who slept arose

53 and came out of the graves after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared unto many.

54 Now when the centurion and those that were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was God’s Son.

55 And many women were there beholding afar off, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him;

56 among whom was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joses and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

57 When the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also had been a disciple of Jesus;

58 he went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth

60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed.

61 And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the princes of the priests and the Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

63 saying, Lord, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead; so the last error shall be worse than the first.

65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way; make it as secure as ye can.

66 So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone and setting a watch.