How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief ¹  was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

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

If ¹  you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ ²  you would not have condemned the innocent.

In ¹  everything, treat others as you would want them ²  to treat you, ³  for this fulfills ⁴  the law and the prophets.

He sent his slaves ¹  to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

and offered Jesus ¹  wine mixed with gall to drink. ²  But after tasting it, he would not drink it.

so that what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled: ¹ 

Then ¹  Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus ²  replied, “You have said it yourself.”

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, ¹  we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, ¹  and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! ² 

This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

“Woe to you, Chorazin! ¹  Woe to you, Bethsaida! If ²  the miracles ³  done in you had been done in Tyre ⁴  and Sidon, ⁵  they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, ¹  will you be exalted to heaven? ²  No, you will be thrown down to Hades! ³  For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

But you say, ‘If someone tells his father or mother, “Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,” ¹ 

“But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, ¹  it would be better for him to have a huge millstone ²  hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea. ³ 

For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’ ¹ 

The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions ¹  of angels right now?