My throat is as dry as dust, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have left me for dead in the dust.

He was arrested and sentenced and led off to die, and no one cared about his fate. He was put to death for the sins of our people.

His answer was, "Elijah is indeed coming first in order to get everything ready. Yet why do the Scriptures say that the Son of Man will suffer much and be rejected?

Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory?"

and said to them, "This is what is written: the Messiah must suffer and must rise from death three days later,

Actually, he did not say this of his own accord; rather, as he was High Priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish people,

and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.

When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to me."

The crowd answered, "Our Law tells us that the Messiah will live forever. How, then, can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God.

But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, "Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse."

It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps.

Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed.

For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually,

I cannot talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

"The king of Syria will plan an expedition, using his whole army. Then, in order to destroy his enemy's kingdom, he will make an alliance with him and offer him his daughter in marriage; but his plan will not succeed.

The LORD said to Hosea, "Name him 'Not-My-People,' because the people of Israel are not my people, and I am not their God."

"The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.

The king was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned down their city.

And so your Temple will be abandoned and empty.

"Yes," he said, "you may well look at all these. I tell you this: not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one of them will be thrown down."

Jesus answered, "You see these great buildings? Not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one of them will be thrown down."

The time will come when your enemies will surround you with barricades, blockade you, and close in on you from every side.

They will completely destroy you and the people within your walls; not a single stone will they leave in its place, because you did not recognize the time when God came to save you!"

"All this you see---the time will come when not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one will be thrown down."

Some will be killed by the sword, and others will be taken as prisoners to all countries; and the heathen will trample over Jerusalem until their time is up.

Then they brought in some men to tell lies about him. "This man," they said, "is always talking against our sacred Temple and the Law of Moses.

We heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will tear down the Temple and change all the customs which have come down to us from Moses!"

You are going to hear the noise of battles close by and the news of battles far away; but do not be troubled. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come.

All these things are like the first pains of childbirth.

Many will give up their faith at that time; they will betray one another and hate one another.

Such will be the spread of evil that many people's love will grow cold.

And this Good News about the Kingdom will be preached through all the world for a witness to all people; and then the end will come.

And don't be troubled when you hear the noise of battles close by and news of battles far away. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come.

"The sons of the king of Syria will prepare for war and gather a large army. One of them will sweep on like a flood and attack an enemy fortress.

I, the Lord, will bring the emperor of Assyria and all his forces to attack Judah. They will advance like the flood waters of the Euphrates River, overflowing all its banks.

Who is this that rises like the Nile, like a river flooding its banks?

And so the earth will quake, and everyone in the land will be in distress. The whole country will be shaken; it will rise and fall like the Nile River.

The Sovereign LORD Almighty touches the earth, and it quakes; all who live there mourn. The whole world rises and falls like the Nile River.

Like a great rushing flood he completely destroys his enemies; he sends to their death those who oppose him.