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"David himself calls Him `Lord:' how then can He be his son?" And the mass of people found pleasure in listening to Jesus.

Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be bowed to in places of public resort,

So He called His disciples to Him and said, "In solemn truth I tell you that this widow, poor as she is, has thrown in more than all the other contributors to the Treasury;

As He was leaving the Temple, one of His disciples exclaimed, "Look, Rabbi, what wonderful stones! what wonderful buildings!"

and let not him who is in the field turn back to pick up his outer garment.

and but for the fact that the Lord has cut short those days, no one would escape; but for the sake of His own People whom He has chosen for Himself He has cut short the days.

Then He will send forth the angels and gather together His chosen People from north, south, east and west, from the remotest parts of the earth and the sky.

It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.

Now when He was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper, while He was at table, there came a woman with a jar of pure, sweet-scented ointment very costly: she broke the jar and poured the ointment over His head.

They gladly listened to his proposal, and promised to give him a sum of money. So he looked out for an opportunity to betray Him.

On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread--the day for killing the Passover lamb--His disciples asked Him, "Where shall we go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

So He sent two of His disciples with instructions, saying, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him,

"It is one of the Twelve," He replied; "he who is dipping his fingers in the dish with me.

For the Son of Man is going His way as it is written about Him; but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been a happy thing for that man, had he never been born."

So they came to a place called Gethsemane. There He said to His disciples, "Sit down here till I have prayed."

Going forward a short distance He threw Himself upon His face and prayed repeatedly that, if it was possible, He might be spared that time of agony;

But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck a blow at the High Priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

Then His friends all forsook Him and fled.

One youth indeed did follow Him, wearing only a linen cloth round his bare body. Of him they laid hold,

Rending his garments the High Priest exclaimed, "What need have we of witnesses after that?