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And he said to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer; but you have made it a cave of bandits.

And he taught every day in the temple. But the high priests and the scribes and the elders of the people sought to get rid of him;

But they were not able to find what to do to him; for all the people hung around him to hear him.

And at the season he sent his servant to the laborers to give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the laborers beat him and sent him back empty.

And again he sent another of his servants; but they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him back empty.

And again he sent the third one; but they wounded him also, and threw him outside.

But when the laborers saw him, they reasoned with themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.

But he looked at them and said, What is it that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same became the cornerstone?

The high priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour; but they were afraid of the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.

So they asked him, and said to him, Teacher, we know that you speak and teach truthfully, and you do not discriminate be- tween men, but you teach the way of God justly.

But he understood their craftiness and said, Why do you tempt me?

But those who are worthy of the other world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither take women in marriage nor are women given in marriage to men.

God is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to him.

For all these cast into the house of the offerings of God of their abundance; but she of her poverty cast in everything she had earned.

He said to them, Be careful that you may not be deceived; for many will come in my name, and say, I am the Christ; and the time is near; but do not follow them.

And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be afraid; for all these things must first come to pass; but the end is not vet.

But before all these things, they will lay hands on you, and persecute you, and deliver you to the synagogues and the prisons; and they will bring you before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by an army, then know that its destruction is at hand.

But woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

But when these things begin to happen, have courage, and lift up your heads; because your salvation is at hand.