By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."

He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Father, hallowed be your name. May your Kingdom come.

Give us day by day our daily bread.

"I tell you, ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.

But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.

When the crowds were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and see, all things will be clean to you.

that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

And when he left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;

But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.

Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

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

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.

Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;

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

"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared?whose will they be?'

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.

Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

Do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

But seek his Kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

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

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

"Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning.

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.

They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

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

But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunk,

That servant, who knew his lord's will, and did not prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

but he who did not know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished.

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

They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.

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.

I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny."

The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

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.

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.

And note this, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last."

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.'

"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, do not sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

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

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

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."

"The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

"If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Whoever does not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

So therefore whoever of you who does not renounce all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."'

The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

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.'

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.

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"

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.

Be careful. If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God does not come with observation;

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

As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

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

There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other will be left."

37 They, answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."

yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her justice, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"

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."

Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"

He took the twelve aside, and said to them, "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.

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

It happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.

Hearing a crowd going by, he asked what this meant.

They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me."

Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,

As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.

"It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.