And He said, Take your son, the beloved one, whom you have loved- Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.

on the third day; and Abraham, having lifted up his eyes, saw the place afar off.

Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, towards the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

And if anyone asks you anything, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he sends them."

"Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your King is coming to you, humble, and sitting on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"

They brought the donkey and the colt, and they laid their clothes on them, and they set [Him] on them.

Then the crowds who went before, and those following were crying out, saying: "Hosanna to the Son of David! 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!' Hosanna in the highest!"

And the crowds were saying, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee."

And He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves.'"

But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonders which He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant

And having left them, He went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

And seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, "May fruit no longer come from you ever again." And immediately the fig tree withered away.

So Jesus answered and said to them, "Assuredly 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 should say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen.

Now as He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?"

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

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

"But he answered and said, 'I will not,' but later he regretted it and went.

Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to Him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Assuredly I say to you, that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.

"Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to farmers and went on a journey.

And the farmers took his servants, they beat one, and one they killed, and another they stoned.

And at last he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

"And taking him, they cast [him] out of the vineyard and killed [him].

They said to Him, "He will destroy [those] wicked [men] miserably, and lease his vineyard to other farmers, who will render to him the fruits in their seasons."

"Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and it shall be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that He was speaking about them.

Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these words, that He said to His disciples,

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were assembled into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a disturbance take place among the people."

a woman came to Him having an alabaster [flask] of very expensive perfume, and she began to pour it on His head as He reclined to eat.

For this perfume could have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor."

For you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always.

Assuredly I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this [woman] did will be spoken as a memorial to her."

and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?" And they weighed out for him thirty silver [coins].

Now on the first day of the Feast of the Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, "Where do You desire [that] we shall prepare for You to eat the Passover?"

So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.

Now while they were eating, He said, "Assuredly I say to you, that one of you will betray Me."

He answered and said, "He who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl will betray Me.

Then Judas, the [one] betraying Him, answered and said, "[Surely] not I am [the one], Rabbi?" He said to him, "You have said [it]."

Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave [it] to them, saying, "Drink of it, all [of you],

And Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt offering upon the altar.

God is the Lord, and He has shined upon us; celebrate the feast with thick [branches, binding the victims] even to the horns of the altar.

He bears our sins, and is pained for us; yet we accounted Him to be in trouble, and in suffering, and in affliction.

All we like sheep have gone astray; everyone has gone astray in his way; and the Lord gave Him up for our sins.

In [His] humiliation His judgment was taken away; who shall declare His generation? For His life is taken away from the earth; because of the iniquities of My people He was led to death.

The Lord also is pleased to purge Him from His stroke. If you give an offering for sin, Your soul shall see a long-lived seed;

And having bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

Immediately, in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation, along with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin; and having bound Jesus, they led [Him] away, and delivered [Him] to Pilate.

Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it [up] again.

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it [up] again. This command I have received from My Father."

Now the portion of the Scripture which he was reading was this: "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, thus He opened not His mouth.

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,"

And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming to be in the likeness of men.

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

so also Christ having been offered once in order to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time apart from sin for salvation, to those eagerly waiting for Him.

who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, in order that having died to sins, we might live unto righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed.