And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’

‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

Now when he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

Then they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt, and had Jesus get on it.

But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

Then he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

“As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’

For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.

Then one of them struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his right ear.

And after about an hour still another insisted, “Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.”

When he learned that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.

Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.

So when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.

that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.”