From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.

I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.

And about five o’clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’

saying, ‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’

and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised.”

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

“But as for that day and hour no one knows it – not even the angels in heaven – except the Father alone.

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

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

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.”

On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?’

Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

“Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

I tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

and saying, “You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!”