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.

“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.

“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.

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

“Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

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

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

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?

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

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,

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

He said, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel!”

Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.

Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” – he said to the paralytic –

And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”

I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter.

He also said to them, “A lamp isn’t brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand?