And He said to them, What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?

And He said to them, What things? So they said to Him, The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.

And after sixty two weeks, Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself. And the people of a coming ruler shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end shall be with a flood, and desolations are determined, and there shall be war until the end.

Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, and against the Man who is My Associate, says Jehovah of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered. And I will turn My hand on the little ones.

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

Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, Where I am going, you are not able to come, so now I say to you.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

And where I go you know, and the way you know.

But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

A little while, and you do not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, because I go away to the Father.

They said therefore, What is this that He says, A little while? We do not understand what He says.

Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will become joy.

Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one takes your joy from you.

I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.

And now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.

But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

whom Heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which God has spoken through the mouth of all His holy prophets since the past ages.

And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called for weeping and mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.

But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.

So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord into whom they believed.

Do not deprive one another except by agreement for a time, that you may be free for fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

in hardship and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness;