And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!

"I have come to bring fire to the earth. [Note: This means division within families. See verses 51-53] And how I wish that fire were already started [i.e., so I could complete my mission sooner]!

For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;

Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

I tell you, you will not be released from there until you have paid the last coin [Note: This coin amounted to about five minutes of a farm laborer's pay, or about fifty cents in 1994]."

It was at this time that some people came to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Jesus replied to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans because they have suffered in this way?

He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

and if it bears fruit after this, fine; but if not, cut it down.’”

And just then [He met] a woman who had an [evil] spirit that had caused her to be deformed for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not raise herself up. [Note: This was probably osteomyelitis or osteoporosis].

But the official of the synagogue became angry because Jesus had healed [someone] on the Sabbath day. [Note: This was viewed as a violation of proper Sabbath day observance by certain Jews who interpreted the law of Moses with narrow legalism]. So, the official said to the crowd, "There are six days [in the week] for people to work. Therefore, you should come to be healed on one of them, and not on the Sabbath day."

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

As He was saying this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things that were being done by Him.

So this led Him to say, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

And He will say [i.e., the Lord is represented as saying this in the judgment. See Matt. 7:23; 8:11-12], 'I tell you, I do not know where you came from, [so] go away from me, all you people who have done sinful things.'

Note this: Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

Just at that time there came some Pharisees who warned Him, saying, "Leave this place and continue your journey; Herod means to kill you."

and he said to them, 'Having gone, say to this fox, Lo, I cast forth demons, and perfect cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am being perfected;

And there He saw a certain man suffering from dropsy [Note: This is a condition in which the tissues of the body retain too much fluid].

This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?"

And they were unable to reply to this.

Then, when He noticed that the invited guests chose the best seats, He used this as an illustration and said to them,

And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

On the contrary, when you are invited go and take the lowest place, that when your host comes round he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' This will be doing you honour in the presence of all the other guests.

When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

"So the servant went back and reported all this to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and told his servant, "Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'

After this a great multitude being gather'd about him, he address'd himself to them,

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

It is not suitable for the soil [i.e., for growing crops] or for fertilizer, but [only] for people to throw out. [See note on Matt. 5:13]. The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully."

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

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.

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

So he summoned one of the servants and began asking what this [celebration] meant.

This made him angry, and he would not go in. But his father came out and begged him to do so.

But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Now Jesus was also saying to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager [of his estate], and accusations [against this man] were brought to him, that this man was squandering his [master’s] possessions.

And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

I must do something that will secure me a reception in other families, when I have lost my place in this.

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?

To all this the Pharisees listened, bitterly jeering at Him; for they were lovers of money.

And he cried 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 tormented in this flame.

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

Then he said, 'For this reason, I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

It would be good [i.e., better] for him to have had a huge millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the ocean [Note: This "millstone" was a huge, circular stone rolled over grain to crush it and was moved by an animal walking in a circle], rather than having him cause one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of the Lord] to be led astray [from God].

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

Perceiving this, He said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the Priests." And while on their way to do this they were made clean.

And threw himself on his face at Jesus' feet, thanking him for what he had done; and this man was a Samaritan.

There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

"And this was in the time of Noah, so will it be in the time of the Son of man.

after this manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.

On that day, the person who is on a housetop [Note: This was a flat area where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with its stairway on the outside], whose belongings are [still] in his house, is not to go down and [attempt to] take any of them away. And the person who is in a field [i.e., doing farm work], also is not to return [to his house].

I tell you, in this night, there shall be two men in one bed; one shall be taken and the other left.

There will be two women grinding grain together [Note: This was done with a hand-operated millstone where two persons sat across from each other and rotated a circular stone over kernels of grain]; one will be taken while the other one will be left. {{Some ancient manuscripts include verse

[This verse is not in the majority of the Greek manuscripts.]

Then they asked him, "Where, Lord, will this take place?" He told them, "Wherever there's a corpse, there the vultures will gather."

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

He said, "There was a certain judge in this town who did not revere God nor respect man.

And he would not for a long while: but after this he said, Though I fear not God, nor respect man;

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

And the Lord said, "Listen to what [even] this unjust judge said [about the widow].

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

On one occasion people also brought with them their infants, for Him to touch them; but the disciples, noticing this, proceeded to find fault with them.

Then a certain ruler [Note: This man was young and rich. See Matt. 19:16-22] asked Jesus, "Good Teacher, what should I do in order to inherit never ending life?"

And when Jesus had heard this, he said to him, One thing is lacking to thee yet: Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens, and come, follow me.

And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

When Jesus noticed this, he said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

So those who heard [this] said, "And who can be saved?"

Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

And it happened as Jesus was approaching Jericho [Note: This was a town about eighteen miles northeast of Jerusalem], that a certain blind man was [seen] sitting along side of the road, begging.

and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant.

Immediately the man could see again and began to follow Jesus, glorifying God. All the people saw this and gave praise to God.

Now this was a rich man.

So, he ran on ahead [of the crowd] and climbed up a mulberry tree [Note: This was a tree that produced a fig-like fruit] in order to see Jesus, who was supposed to pass that way [soon].

And when He came to the place, Jesus looking up, saw him, and said to him, Zaccheus, hastening, come down; for it behooveth me to abide in thy house this day.

When they all saw this, they began to complain with indignation. "He has gone in to be the guest of a notorious sinner!" they said.

And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

As they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

So, He said, "A certain distinguished gentleman went to a distant country to receive a royal appointment [i.e., as king over a territory] and then return. [Note: This is the only parable of Jesus' that correlates with a known incident; that of Herod's son Archelaus going to Rome to receive from Caesar Augustus an appointment to rule over Judea, Samaria and Idumaea in

And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

And he said also to this one, And thou, be over five cities.

And when he had said this, he went on in front of them, going up to Jerusalem.

If anybody asks you, ‘Why are you untying the colt?’ you will say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

Now [as] he was drawing near by this time to the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a loud voice for all the miracles that they had seen,

They were saying, 'May the King who comes in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord, be blessed. May there be peace in heaven and praise [to God] in the highest [i.e., may this praise reach to the highest heaven].'

upon this some of the Pharisees, who were in the crowd, said to him, master, rebuke your disciples.