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As they were approaching Yerushalayim, near Beit-Pagei and Beit-Anyah, by the Mount of Olives, Yeshua sent two of his talmidim

He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" And his talmidim heard what he said.

The head cohanim and the Torah-teachers heard what he said and tried to find a way to do away with him; they were afraid of him, because the crowds were utterly taken by his teaching.

Yes! I tell you that whoever does not doubt in his heart but trusts that what he says will happen can say to this mountain, ‘Go and throw yourself into the sea!' and it will be done for him.

When harvest-time came, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the crop from the vineyard.

"Rabbi, Moshe wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and have children to preserve the man's family line .

David himself calls him ‘Lord'; so how is he his son?" The great crowd listened eagerly to him.

He called his talmidim to him and said to them, "Yes! I tell you, this poor widow has put more in the offering-box than all the others making donations.

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will turn against their parents and have them put to death;

If someone is on the roof, he must not go down and enter his house to take any of his belongings;

if someone is in the field, he must not turn back to get his coat.

He will send out his angels and gather together his chosen people from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

"It's like a man who travels away from home, puts his servants in charge, each with his own task, and tells the doorkeeper to stay alert.

He sent two of his talmidim with these instructions: "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him;

They went to a place called Gat Sh'manim; and Yeshua said to his talmidim, "Sit here while I pray."

but one of the people standing nearby drew his sword and struck at the servant of the cohen hagadol, cutting off his ear.

At this, the cohen hagadol tore his clothes and said, "Why do we still need witnesses?

When they had finished ridiculing him, they took off the purple robe, put his own clothes back on him and led him away to be nailed to the execution-stake.

A certain man from Cyrene, Shim‘on, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country; and they forced him to carry the stake.

Then they nailed him to the execution-stake; and they divided his clothes among themselves, throwing dice to determine what each man should get.