Again he sent other slaves, saying, &#8216;Tell those who have been invited, &#8220;Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready.<n id="1" /> My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.&#8221;&#8217;

&#8220;Teacher, Moses said, &#8216;<b><i>If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father childreni>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>for his brotheri>b>.&#8217;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Woe to you, blind guides, who say, &#8216;Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing.<n id="1" /> But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.&#8217;

And he said to them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth,<n id="2" /> not one stone will be left on another.<n id="3" /> All will be torn down!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

The<n id="1" /> one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, &#8216;Sir,<n id="2" /> you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.&#8217;

Then they too will answer,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?&#8217;

He<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, &#8216;The Teacher says, &#8220;My time is near. I will observe the Passover with my disciples at your house.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;

I<n id="1" /> tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit<n id="2" /> of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father&#8217;s kingdom.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Jesus said to them, &#8220;This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written:p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>I will strike the shepherd,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.i>b>&#8217;<n id="1" />p>

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed,<n id="1" /> &#8220;My Father, if possible,<n id="2" /> let this cup<n id="3" /> pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.&#8221;

He went away a second time and prayed,<n id="1" /> &#8220;My Father, if this cup<n id="2" /> cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.&#8221;

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, &#8220;Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Then what was spoken by Jeremiah<n id="1" /> the prophet was fulfilled: &#8220;<i>They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israeli>,<n id="2" />

As<n id="1" /> he was sitting on the judgment seat,<n id="2" /> his wife sent a message<n id="3" /> to him:<n id="4" /> &#8220;Have nothing to do with that innocent man;<n id="5" /> I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream<n id="6" /> about him today.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, &#8220;I am innocent of this man&#8217;s blood. You take care of it yourselves!&#8221;<n id="2" />

and after braiding<n id="1" /> a crown of thorns,<n id="2" /> they put it on his head. They<n id="3" /> put a staff<n id="4" /> in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him:<n id="5" /> &#8220;Hail, king of the Jews!&#8221;<n id="6" />

and saying, &#8220;You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself!<n id="1" /> If you are God&#8217;s Son, come down<n id="2" /> from the cross!&#8221;

At<n id="1" /> about three o&#8217;clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice,<n id="2" /> &#8220;<i>Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?i>&#8221; that is, &#8220;<b><i>My God, my God, why have you forsaken mei>b>?&#8221;<n id="3" />

But the rest said, &#8220;Leave him alone! Let&#8217;s see if Elijah will come to save him.&#8221;<n id="1" />

Now when the centurion<n id="1" /> and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, &#8220;Truly this one was God&#8217;s Son!&#8221;