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So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.

Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words.

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us: ‘ If a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother .'

If David himself calls him ‘Lord,' how can he be his son?" And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.

In his teaching Jesus also said, "Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,

He called his disciples and said to them, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!"

Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.

Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.

He sent two of his disciples and told them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.

He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.

Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his ear.

but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.

Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "Why do we still need witnesses?

Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.