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and then hand him over to the Gentiles, who will make fun of him, whip him, and crucify him; but three days later he will be raised to life."

"You will indeed drink from my cup," Jesus told them, "but I do not have the right to choose who will sit at my right and my left. These places belong to those for whom my Father has prepared them."

like the Son of Man, who did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life to redeem many people."

The crowd scolded them and told them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, "Son of David! Have mercy on us, sir!"

and said to them, "It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer.' But you are making it a hideout for thieves!"

He saw a fig tree by the side of the road and went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. So he said to the tree, "You will never again bear fruit!" At once the fig tree dried up.

Jesus answered, "I assure you that if you believe and do not doubt, you will be able to do what I have done to this fig tree. And not only this, but you will even be able to say to this hill, ‘Get up and throw yourself in the sea,' and it will.

But if we say, ‘From human beings,' we are afraid of what the people might do, because they are all convinced that John was a prophet."

‘I don't want to,' he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.

Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. ‘Yes, sir,' he answered, but he did not go.

For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and we will get his property!'

so they tried to arrest him. But they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come.

But the invited guests paid no attention and went about their business: one went to his farm, another to his store,

Then he called his servants and said to them, ‘My wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it.

‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' the king asked him. But the man said nothing.

And Jesus concluded, "Many are invited, but few are chosen."

"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock the door to the Kingdom of heaven in people's faces, but you yourselves don't go in, nor do you allow in those who are trying to enter!

"How terrible for you, blind guides! You teach, ‘If someone swears by the Temple, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gold in the Temple, he is bound.'