But Jesus said to him, "Do not prevent [him], because whoever is not against you is for you."

Now it happened that when the days were approaching {for him to be taken up}, he set [his] face to go to Jerusalem.

And he sent messengers before {him}, and they went [and] entered into a village of the Samaritans in order to prepare for him.

Now [when] the disciples James and John saw [it], they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

But Jesus said, "No one who puts [his] hand on the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God!"

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking {whatever they provide}, for the worker [is] worthy of his pay. Do not move from house to house.

I tell you that it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes!

But it will be more bearable for Tyre and for Sidon in the judgment than for you!

At [that] same time he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these [things] from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to young children. Yes, Father, for this was pleasing before you.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see [the things] which you see, and did not see [them], and to hear [the things] which you hear, and did not hear [them]."

But few [things] are necessary, or [only] one [thing], for Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her."

And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation."

And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

But what father from among you, [if his] son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake?

Or also, [if] he will ask for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

So if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say [that] I expel demons by Beelzebul.

But if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel [them]? For this [reason] they will be your judges!

"Whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find [it]. It says, 'I will return to my house from which I came out.'

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

But give [as] charitable giving the things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

"But woe to you, Pharisees, because you pay a tenth of mint and rue and every garden herb, and neglect justice and love for God! But it was necessary to do these [things] without neglecting those things also.

For this [reason] also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will kill and persecute,'

During {this time} [when] a crowd of many thousands had gathered together, so that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware for yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

But I will show you whom you should fear: fear the one who has authority, after the killing, to throw [you] into hell! Yes, I tell you, fear this one!

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in [that] same hour what it is necessary to say."

And he reasoned to himself, saying, 'What should I do? For I do not have anywhere I can gather in my crops.'

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!" '

So [is] the one who stores up treasure for himself, and who is not rich toward God!"

And he said to his disciples, "For this [reason] I tell you, do not be anxious for [your] life, what you will eat, or for [your] body, what you will wear.

For life is more than food, and the body [more than] clothing.

But if God clothes the grass in the field in this way, [although it] is [here] today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more [will he do so for] you, you of little faith?

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

Sell your possessions and give charitable gifts. Make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven where thief does not approach or moth destroy.

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

"{You must be prepared for action} and [your] lamps burning.

And you, [be] like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that [when he] comes back and knocks, they can open [the door] for him immediately.

Blessed [are] those slaves whom the master will find on the alert [when he] returns! Truly I say to you that he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come by [and] serve them.

And Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us, or also for everyone?"

But the one who did not know and did [things] deserving blows {will be given a light beating}. And from everyone to whom much has been given, much will be demanded, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will ask him [for] even more.

"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already!

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

And why do you not also judge for yourselves [what is] right?

For as you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to come to a settlement with him on the way, so that he will not drag you to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff will throw you into prison.

And he told this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find [any].

So he said to the gardener, 'Behold, {for three years} I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and did not find [any]. Cut it down! Why should it even exhaust the soil?'

And behold, a woman [was there] who had a spirit {that had disabled her} [for] eighteen years, and she was bent over and not able to straighten herself up completely.

when once the master of the house has gotten up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock [on] the door, saying, 'Lord, open [the door] for us!' And he will answer [and] say to you, 'I do not know where you are from!'

Nevertheless, it is necessary [for] me to be on the way today and tomorrow and on the next [day], because it is not possible [for] a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem.

Now he told a parable to those who had been invited [when he] noticed how they were choosing for themselves the places of honor, saying to them,

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

and you will be blessed, because they are not able to repay you. For it will be paid back to you at the resurrection of the righteous."

And another said, 'I have married a wife, and for this [reason] I am not able to come.'

For I say to you that none of those persons who were invited will taste my banquet!'"

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down [and] calculate the cost [to see] if he has [enough] {to complete it}?

But if not, [while] [the other] is still far away, he sends an ambassador [and] asks {for terms of} peace.

It is usable neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; they throw it out. The one who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

But when this son of yours returned--who has consumed your assets with prostitutes--you killed the fattened calf for him!'

And the master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder than the sons of light with regard to their own generation.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it runs out they will welcome you into the eternal dwellings.

No domestic slave is able to serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and will despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money."

And he said to them, "You are the ones who justify themselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts! For [what is] [considered] 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 stroke of a letter of the law to become invalid.

for I have five brothers, so that he could warn them, in order that they also should not come to this place of torment!'

And he said to his disciples, "It is impossible for causes for stumbling not to come, but woe [to him] through whom they come!

It would be better for him if {a millstone} is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea than that he causes one of these little ones to sin.

nor will they say, 'Behold, here [it is]!' or 'There!' For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst."

For just as the lightning shines forth, flashing from [one place] under heaven to [another place] under heaven, so the Son of Man will be in his day.

But first it is necessary [for] him to suffer many [things], and to be rejected by this generation.

But on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed [them] all.

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

And he was not willing for a time, but after these [things] he said to himself, 'Even if I do not fear God or respect people,

yet because this widow is causing trouble for me, I will grant her justice, so that she does not wear me down in the end [by her] coming back!'"

I tell you that {he will see to it that justice is done} for them soon! Nevertheless, [when] the Son of Man comes, then will he find faith on earth?"

But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that one! For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

But Jesus called them to himself, saying, "Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, {for to such belongs} the kingdom of God.

And Jesus took notice of him [and] said, "How {difficult it is for} those who possess wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!

For it is easier [for] a camel to go through the eye of a needle than [for] a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.

For he will be handed over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and mistreated and spit on,

"What do you want me to do for you?" And he said, "Lord, that I may regain [my] sight.

And when he came to the place, Jesus looked up [and] said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because it is necessary [for] me to stay at your house today!"

And Zacchaeus stopped [and] said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I am giving to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I am paying [it] back four times [as much]!"

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save those who are lost."

Therefore he said, "A certain nobleman traveled to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

And another came, saying, 'Sir, behold your mina, which I had put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man--you withdraw what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow!'

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,

saying, "If you had known on this day--even you--the things [that make] for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

For days will come upon you and your enemies will put up an embankment against you, and will surround you and press you hard from all directions.

And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay [their] hands on him at [that] same hour, and they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had told this parable with reference to them.

Is it permitted [for] us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us if someone's brother dies having a wife, and this man is childless, that his brother should take the wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

Therefore in the resurrection, the woman--whose wife will she be? For the seven had her [as] wife."

for they are not even able to die any longer, because they are like the angels and are sons of God, [because they] are sons of the resurrection.

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him!"

For they no longer dared to ask him anything.