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Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly.

In his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the Sofrim, who desire to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,

He called his talmidim to himself, and said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,

As he went forth out of the temple, one of his talmidim said to him, "Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!"

"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

Then he will send forth his angels, and will gather together his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the eretz to the ends of the sky.

"It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

While he was at Beit-Anyah, in the house of Shim`on the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard -- very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.

On the first day of matzah, when they sacrificed the Pesach, his talmidim asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make ready that you may eat the Pesach?"

He sent two of his talmidim, and said to them, "Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

His talmidim went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Pesach.

They came to a place which was named Gat-Shemanim. He said to his talmidim, "Sit here, while I pray."

But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the Kohen Gadol, and cut off his ear.

A certain young man followed with him, having a linen cloth thrown around him, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him,

The Kohen Gadol tore his clothes, and said, "What further need have we of witnesses?

Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.