So with many other exhortations also he proclaimed good news to the people.

But he said to them, "It is necessary [for] me to proclaim the good news [of] the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this [purpose].

And they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come [and] help them, and they came and filled both the boats so that they began to sink.

And Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining for the meal with them.

To the one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from the one who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic also.

"For there is no good tree that produces bad fruit, nor on the other hand a bad tree that produces good fruit,

"There were two debtors [who owed] a certain creditor. One owed five hundred denarii and the other fifty.

and Joanna the wife of Chuza (Herod's household manager), and Susanna, and many others who were helping to support them from their possessions.

And other [seed] fell on the rock, and [when it] came up, it withered, because it did not have moisture.

And other [seed] fell in the midst of the thorn plants, and the thorn plants grew up with [it] [and] choked it.

And other [seed] fell on the good soil, and [when it] came up, it produced a hundred times as much grain." [As he] said these [things], he called out, "The one who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

Now it happened that on one of the days both he and his disciples got into a boat, and he said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the lake." And they set sail,

and by some that Elijah had appeared, and others that some prophet of ancient times had risen.

And they answered [and] said, "John the Baptist, but others, Elijah, and others, that one of the ancient prophets has risen."

And after these [things], the Lord also appointed seventy-two others and sent them out two by two before {him} into every town and place where he was about to go.

And others, [in order to] test [him], were demanding from him a sign from heaven.

Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first!"

But if not, [while] [the other] is still far away, he sends an ambassador [and] asks {for terms of} peace.

No domestic slave is able to serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and will despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money."

I tell you that in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.

There will be two [women] grinding at the same [place]; one will be taken and the other will be left."

"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

The Pharisee stood [and] prayed these [things] with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people--swindlers, unrighteous [people], adulterers, or even like this tax collector!

He will come and destroy those tenant farmers and give the vineyard to others." And [when they] heard [this], they said, "[May this] never happen!"

And they were saying many other [things] against him, reviling [him].

And two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.

And when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," there they crucified him, and the criminals, the one on [his] right and the other on [his] left.

And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed [him], saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this [man] is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"

But the other answered [and] rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, because you are undergoing the same condemnation?

Now Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the [mother] of James and the others with them were telling these [things] to the apostles.