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But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

For even the Son of Man

Seeing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to find out if there was anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs.

The chief priests and the scribes heard it and started looking for a way to kill him. For they were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was astonished by his teaching.

They were looking for a way to arrest him but feared the crowd because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife behind but no child, that man should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

For when they rise

And as for the dead being raised—haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to him: I

For they all gave out of their surplus,

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

So when they arrest you and hand you over, don’t worry beforehand what you will say, but say whatever is given to you at that time, for it isn’t you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

For those will be days of tribulation,

For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and will perform signs and wonders

It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a cunning way to arrest Jesus and kill him.

For this perfume might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they began to scold her.

And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him money. So he started looking for a good opportunity to betray him.

He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.”

For the Son of Man

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they could not find any.

For many were giving false testimony against him, and the testimonies did not agree.