And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

I tell you the truth, ¹  this generation ²  will not pass away until all these things take place.

The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work ¹  and gained five more.

But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money in it.

“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over ¹  to be crucified.” ² 

for this is my blood, the blood ¹  of the covenant, ²  that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

So ¹  the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain Jesus had designated.

For whoever wants to save his life ¹  will lose it, ²  but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

When ¹  they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. ² 

Because ¹  he was not able to repay it, ²  the lord ordered him to be sold, along with ³  his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go and work in the vineyard too.’

“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. ¹  They will condemn him to death,

They replied, ¹  “Caesar’s.” He said to them, ²  “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” ³ 

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, ¹  and then the end will come.

“So when you see the abomination of desolation ¹  – spoken about by Daniel the prophet – standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

For in those days before the flood, people ¹  were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.

But when he heard that Archelaus ¹  was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, ²  he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

After ¹  Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the ²  heavens ³  opened ⁴  and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove ⁵  and coming on him.

It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more will they defame the members of his household!

The blind see, the ¹  lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.