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But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.'"

As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,

saying, "Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side

but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.

But if we say, ‘From man,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet."

And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.

The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?"

and they asked him a question, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife."

for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him."

For they no longer dared to ask him any question.

For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, "‘The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."

For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."

"As for these things that you see, the days will come when there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."

And he said, "See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!' and, ‘The time is at hand!' Do not go after them.

And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once."