And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’

“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.

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest!

And the king will answer them, ‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’

But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

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

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

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.”

Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?”

When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

(They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)

But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.

teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

He proclaimed, “One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.