And when Jesus finished these words, He departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

And great crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.

And some Pharisees came to Him,  ¹testing Him and saying, Is it lawful for a man to  ²divorce his wife for any cause?

And He answered and said, Have you not read that  ¹He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

And said, “For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh”?

So then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has yoked together, let man not separate.

They said to Him, Why then did Moses  ¹command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?

He said to them, Moses, because of your hardness of heart, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the  ¹beginning it has not been so.

But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for  ¹fornication, and marries another, commits adultery;  ²and he who marries her who has been divorced commits adultery.

His disciples said to Him, If the case of the man with his wife is  ¹like this, it is not profitable to marry.

And He said to them,  ¹Not all men can  ²accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.

For there are eunuchs who were born so from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs  ¹who made themselves eunuchs because of the  ²kingdom of the heavens. He who can accept it, let him accept it.

Then little children were brought to Him that He might lay His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

But Jesus said, Allow the little children and do not prevent them from coming to Me, for of  ¹such is the kingdom of the heavens.

And after He laid His hands on them, He went on from there.

And behold, someone came to Him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may  ¹have eternal life?

And He said to him, Why do you ask Me concerning what is good? There is only  ¹One who is  ²good. But if you want to  ³enter into life,  ⁴keep the commandments.

He said to Him, Which ones? And Jesus said, "You shall not murder; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness;

Honor your father and mother; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

The young man said to Him, All these things I have kept. What do I still lack?

Jesus said to him, If you want to be  ¹perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in the heavens; and come,  ²follow Me.

But the young man, hearing this word, went away  ¹sorrowing, for he had many possessions.

And Jesus said to His disciples, Truly I say to you, Only with difficulty will a rich man enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

And again I say to you, It is  ¹easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of  ²God.

And when the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, Who then can be  ¹saved?

And looking upon them, Jesus said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are  ¹possible.

Then Peter answered and said to Him, Behold, we have left all and followed You. What then will there be for us?

And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that you who have followed Me, in the  ¹restoration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones,  ²judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for My name's sake shall  ¹receive  ²a hundred times as much and shall  ³inherit eternal life.

But many  ¹first will be last, and many last first.

 ¹For the kingdom of the heavens is like a  ²man, who is a householder, who went out early in the  ³morning to hire  ⁴workmen for his  ⁵vineyard.

And having  ¹agreed with the workmen for a  ²denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

And he went out about the  ¹third hour and saw others standing  ²idle in the  ³marketplace,

And to those he said, You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went.

And again he went out about the  ¹sixth and the  ²ninth hour and did likewise.

And about the  ¹eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and said to them, Why have you been standing here all the day idle?

They said to him, Because  ¹no one has hired us. He said to them, You  ²also go into the vineyard.

And when  ¹evening fell, the master of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the workmen and pay them their wages, beginning from the  ²last ones to the first.

And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.

And when the  ¹first ones came, they supposed that they would receive more. And they themselves also received each a denarius.

And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,

 ¹Saying, These last ones worked one hour, and you have made them  ²equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the scorching heat.

But he answered  ¹one of them and said,  ²Friend, I am doing nothing unrighteous to you. Did you not  ³agree with me for a denarius?

 ¹Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last one even as I have given to you.

Is it not lawful for me to do what I  ¹wish with what is mine? Or is your eye  ²evil because I am good?

Thus shall the  ¹last be first and the first last.

And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside privately, and on the way He said to them,

Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes. And they will condemn Him to  ¹death,

And deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify Him, and on the third day He will be raised.

Then the mother of the  ¹sons of Zebedee came to Him with her sons, worshipping and asking something of Him.

And He said to her, What do you want? She said to Him, Say that these two sons of mine will sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your kingdom.

But Jesus answered and said to them, You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to  ¹drink the cup which I am about to drink? They said to Him, We are able.

He said to them, My cup you shall indeed drink, but to sit on My right and on My left, this is  ¹not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.

And when the ten heard this, they were indignant concerning the two brothers.

But Jesus called them to Him and said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and the great exercise authority over them.

It shall not be so among you; but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your  ¹servant,

And whoever wants to be first among you shall be your  ¹slave;

Just as the Son of  ¹Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His  ²life as a ransom for many.

And as they were going out from Jericho, a great crowd followed Him.

And behold, two blind men sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, Lord,  ¹Son of David!

And the crowd rebuked them so that they would be silent, but they cried out the more, saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!

And Jesus, standing still, called them and said, What do you want Me to do for you?

They said to Him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and immediately they received their sight and followed Him.

And when they  ¹drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

Saying to them, Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will  ¹find a donkey tied and a colt with her; untie them and lead them to Me.

And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, The  ¹Lord has need of them;  ²and immediately he will send them.

Now this took place in order that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,

“Say to the  ¹daughter of Zion, Behold, your King is coming to you, meek and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, a  ²foal of a beast of burden.”

And the disciples went and did as Jesus directed them,

And led the donkey and the colt. And they put their  ¹garments on them, and He sat upon them.

And most of the crowd spread their own garments in the road, and others cut  ¹branches from the trees and spread them in the road.

And the crowds who went before Him and those who followed cried out, saying,  ¹Hosanna to the  ²Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!

And when He entered into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this?

And the crowds said, This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee.

And Jesus entered into the temple and cast out all those who were selling and buying in the temple. And He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling the doves,

And He said to them, It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but you are making it a den of robbers.

And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders that He did and the children who were crying out in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were  ¹indignant.

And they said to Him, Do you hear what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes. Have you never read, “Out of the mouth of infants and sucklings You have perfected praise”?

And leaving them, He went out of the city to  ¹Bethany and lodged there.

Now in the morning as He returned to the city, He became  ¹hungry.

And seeing a  ¹fig tree on the way, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He said to it, May there  ²no longer be fruit from you forever! And the fig tree was instantly  ³dried up.

And when the disciples saw this, they marveled, saying, How did the fig tree instantly dry up?

And Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will happen.

And all that you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive.

And when He came into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching and said, By what authority do You do these things? And who gave You this authority?

And Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you one  ¹thing, which if you tell Me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.

The baptism of John, from where did it come, from heaven or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?

But if we say, From men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John as a prophet.

And they answered Jesus and said, We do  ¹not know. He too said to them,  ²Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

But what do you think? A man had two children. And he came to his first son and said, Child, go today and work in the vineyard.

And he answered and said, I do not want to; yet later he regretted and went.

And he came to the other and said likewise. And he answered and said, I will, sir; yet he did not go.

Which of the two did the will of the father? They said, The  ¹first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and the harlots are going into the kingdom of God before you.

For John came to you in the way of  ¹righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him. And you, when you saw it, did not later regret it to believe him.

Hear another parable. There was a man, a householder, who planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower; and he leased it out to  ¹vinedressers and went abroad.

And when the time to harvest the fruit drew near, he sent his  ¹slaves to the vinedressers to get his fruit.

And the vinedressers took his slaves and  ¹beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

Again, he sent some other slaves, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.

Then later he sent to them his  ¹son, saying, They will respect my son.

But the vinedressers, when they saw the son, said among themselves,  ¹This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take possession of his inheritance.

And they took him and cast him  ¹out of the vineyard and killed him.

Therefore when the master of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?

They said to Him, He will miserably  ¹destroy those evil men and will lease the vineyard to  ²other vinedressers, who will give the fruit to him in their seasons.

Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the Scriptures, “The  ¹stone which the builders rejected, this has become the  ²head of the corner. This was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes”?

Therefore I say to you that the  ¹kingdom of God shall be taken from you and shall be given to a  ²nation producing its fruit.

And  ¹he who falls on this stone shall be broken to pieces; but on  ²whomever it falls, it shall crush him to powder and scatter him like chaff.

And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking concerning them.

And though they sought to seize Him, they feared the crowds because they held Him as a prophet.