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From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.
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Chapter 17
The Transfiguration of Jesus. After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
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Then the disciples asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
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and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were overwhelmed with grief. Payment of the Temple Tax.
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But that we may not offend them, go to the sea, drop in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. Open its mouth and you will find a coin worth twice the temple tax. Give that to them for me and for you.”
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But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
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Going out about five o’clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’
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When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Summon the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and ending with the first.’
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So when the first came, they thought that they would receive more, but each of them also got the usual wage.
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saying, ‘These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who bore the day’s burden and the heat.’
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Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last.” The Third Prediction of the Passion.
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and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.” The Request of James and John.
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whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.
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“What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’
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Which of the two did his father’s will?” They answered, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
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Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way.
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On that day Sadducees approached him, saying that there is no resurrection. They put this question to him,
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Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died and, having no descendants, left his wife to his brother.
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This is the greatest and the first commandment.
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No one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
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Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, so that the outside also may be clean.
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and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have joined them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’
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Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days.
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And if those days had not been shortened, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect they will be shortened.
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The Coming of the Son of Man. “Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.