<t /><p class="bodytext">As<n id="1" /> he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, &#8220;Tell us, when will these things<n id="2" /> happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Who then is the faithful and wise slave,<n id="1" /> whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves<n id="2" /> their food at the proper time?

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;

At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, &#8220;Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?<n id="1" /> Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet<n id="2" /> you did not arrest me.

Jesus said to him, &#8220;You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man <i>sitting at the right handi><n id="1" /> of the Power<n id="2" /> and <i>coming on the clouds of heaveni>.&#8221;<n id="3" />

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;

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" />

Then<n id="1" /> he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to the disciples,<n id="2" /> who in turn gave them to the crowds.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Jesus called the<n id="1" /> disciples and said, &#8220;I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don&#8217;t want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way.&#8221;

After noticing a fig tree<n id="1" /> by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, &#8220;Never again will there be fruit from you!&#8221; And the fig tree withered at once.

Then<n id="1" /> the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven,<n id="2" /> and<n id="3" /> all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They<n id="4" /> will see <i>the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaveni><n id="5" /> with power and great glory.