<p class="bodytext">Jesus<n id="1" /> was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law<n id="2" /> and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate<n id="3" /> him,

So<n id="1" /> they discussed it with one another, saying, &#8220;If we say, &#8216;From heaven,&#8217; he will say, &#8216;Why did you not believe him?&#8217;

But if we say, &#8216;From people,&#8217; all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he began to tell the people this parable: &#8220;A man<n id="2" /> planted a vineyard,<n id="3" /> leased it to tenant farmers,<n id="4" /> and went on a journey for a long time.

When harvest time came, he sent a slave<n id="1" /> to the tenants so that they would give<n id="2" /> him his portion of the crop.<n id="3" /> However, the tenants beat his slave<n id="4" /> and sent him away empty-handed.

Then<n id="1" /> the owner of the vineyard said, &#8216;What should I do? I will send my one dear son;<n id="2" /> perhaps they will respect him.&#8217;

But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, &#8216;This is the heir; let&#8217;s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!&#8217;

He will come and destroy<n id="1" /> those tenants and give the vineyard to others.&#8221;<n id="2" /> When the people<n id="3" /> heard this, they said, &#8220;May this never happen!&#8221;<n id="4" />

But those who are regarded as worthy to share in<n id="1" /> that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.<n id="2" />

But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised<n id="1" /> in the passage about the bush,<n id="2" /> where he calls the Lord <b><i>the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacobi>b>.<n id="3" />

So<n id="1" /> they asked him,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Teacher, when will these things<n id="3" /> happen? And what will be the sign that<n id="4" /> these things are about to take place?&#8221;

And when you hear of wars and rebellions,<n id="1" /> do not be afraid.<n id="2" /> For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;But be on your guard<n id="1" /> so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.<n id="2" />

But stay alert at all times,<n id="1" /> praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must<n id="2" /> happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.&#8221;p>

So<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> said to them, &#8220;The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called &#8216;benefactors.&#8217;<n id="3" />

Not so with you;<n id="1" /> instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader<n id="2" /> like the one who serves.<n id="3" />

For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table,<n id="1" /> or the one who serves? Is it not<n id="2" /> the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one<n id="3" /> who serves.p>

but I have prayed for you, Simon,<n id="1" /> that your faith may not fail.<n id="2" /> When<n id="3" /> you have turned back,<n id="4" /> strengthen<n id="5" /> your brothers.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> said to them, &#8220;When I sent you out with no money bag,<n id="3" /> or traveler&#8217;s bag,<n id="4" /> or sandals, you didn&#8217;t lack<n id="5" /> anything, did you?&#8221; They replied,<n id="6" /> &#8220;Nothing.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> went out and made his way,<n id="3" /> as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives,<n id="4" /> and the disciples followed him.