And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Then he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.

And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.

and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!

When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.