Seeing their faith He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.”

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I don’t have anything to offer him.’

I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

“Woe to you Pharisees! You love the front seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

“Friend,” He said to him, “who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?”

There in front of Him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.

“But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests.

Then those in front told him to keep quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

“Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the front seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.