lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

"Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."

He said to them, "Beware. Keep yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Be like people watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you do not expect him."

"I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?

For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

He said to the vine dresser, 'Look, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?'

Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites. Does not each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the crowd rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

In that same hour some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."

Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it cannot be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.'

and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

and you will be blessed, because they do not have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'"

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'

Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

"He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.

But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"

He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

"His lord commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness, for the sons of this world are, in their own generation, more shrewd than the sons of light.

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and wealth."

He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the Law to become void.

In hell, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

He called out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. For I am in anguish in this flame.'

for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also come into this place of torment.'

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

neither will they say, 'Look, here.' or, 'Look, there.' for the Kingdom of God is within you."

for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.

but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.

saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who did not fear God, and did not respect man.

He would not for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,

But the tax collector, standing far away, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner.'

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.

Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God.

For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

He said to them, "Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,

For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.

He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."

He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you did not lay down, and reap that which you did not sow.'

'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who does not have, even that which he has will be taken away.

As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,

saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things that make for peace. But now, they are hidden from your eyes.

For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,

They could not find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

But if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

He began to tell the people this parable. "A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people?for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife."

For they cannot die any more, for they are like the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him."

who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."

for all these put in gifts from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

"As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down."

He said, "Watch out that you do not get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Therefore do not follow them.

When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

It will turn out as a testimony for you.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.

For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days. For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;

men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.

The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him, for they feared the people.

He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."

for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God."

for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes."

He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."