Now when they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod intends to search for the Child in order to destroy Him.”

Another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father (collect my inheritance).”

“A battered reed He will not break,
And a smoldering wick He will not extinguish,
Until He leads justice to victory.

He told them another parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and worked into three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

But he was unwilling and he went and had him thrown in prison until he paid back the debt.

And in wrath his master turned him over to the torturers (jailers) until he paid all that he owed.

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this generation [the people living when these signs and events begin] will not pass away until all these things take place.