“But without exception they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m going to try them out. I ask you to excuse me.’

“And another said, ‘I just got married, and therefore I’m unable to come.’

“‘Master,’ the slave said, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there’s still room.’

Now great crowds were traveling with Him. So He turned and said to them:

He also said: “A man had two sons.

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.’ So he distributed the assets to them.

When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!

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

“‘Son,’ he said to him, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

He also said to the disciples: “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.

“Then the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.

“‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he said.

“‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘sit down quickly, and write 50.’

“Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe?’

“‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said.

“‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write 80.’

“‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

“‘Father,’ he said, ‘then I beg you to send him to my father’s house—

“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’

“‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

He said to His disciples, “Offenses will certainly come, but woe to the one they come through!

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,” the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

Then Jesus said, “Were not 10 cleansed? Where are the nine?

“Where, Lord?” they asked Him.

He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”

“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect man,

Then the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.

“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.

Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

Then Peter said, “Look, we have left what we had and followed You.”

So He said to them, “I assure you: There is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

“What do you want Me to do for you?”

“Lord,” he said, “I want to see!”

When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today I must stay at your house.”

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”

Therefore He said: “A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king and then return.

The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned 10 more minas.’

“The second came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’

“So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.’

“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth

“He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,

So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.’

“But they said to him, ‘Master, he has 10 minas.’

When He had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

As they were untying the young donkey, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the donkey?”

“The Lord needs it,” they said.

and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!”

and said to Him: “Tell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Who is it who gave You this authority?”

And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

“But when the tenant farmers saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, so the inheritance will be ours!’

He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others.”

But when they heard this they said, “No—never!”

But He looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture:

The stone that the builders rejected—
this has become the cornerstone?

They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so they could catch Him in what He said, to hand Him over to the governor’s rule and authority.

But detecting their craftiness, He said to them,

“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?”

“Caesar’s,” they said.

They were not able to catch Him in what He said in public, and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.

Then He said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is the Son of David?

While all the people were listening, He said to His disciples,

“I tell you the truth,” He said. “This poor widow has put in more than all of them.

As some were talking about the temple complex, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, He said,

Then He said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.

“Listen,” He said to them, “when you’ve entered the city, a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters.

Then He said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

Then He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He said, “Take this and share it among yourselves.

And He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is My body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way He also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood; it is shed for you.

But He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles dominate them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’

“I tell you, Peter,” He said, “the rooster will not crow today until you deny three times that you know Me!”

He also said to them, “When I sent you out without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?”

“Not a thing,” they said.

Then He said to them, “But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn’t have a sword should sell his robe and buy one.

“Lord,” they said, “look, here are two swords.”

“Enough of that!” He told them.

but Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?

When a servant saw him sitting in the firelight, and looked closely at him, she said, “This man was with Him too.”

After a little while, someone else saw him and said, “You’re one of them too!”

“Man, I am not!” Peter said.

But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. So Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

They said, “If You are the Messiah, tell us.”

But He said to them, “If I do tell you, you will not believe.

They all asked, “Are You, then, the Son of God?”

And He said to them, “You say that I am.”

“Why do we need any more testimony,” they said, “since we’ve heard it ourselves from His mouth?”

So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

He answered him, “You have said it.”

and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of.

A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and your children.

[Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.

and said, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!”

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

And He said to him, “I assure you: Today you will be with Me in paradise.”

“What things?” He asked them.

So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,

and when they didn’t find His body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said He was alive.

Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn’t see Him.”

He said to them, “How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have spoken!

So they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts ablaze within us while He was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”

who said, “The Lord has certainly been raised, and has appeared to Simon!”

And as they were saying these things, He Himself stood among them. He said to them, “Peace to you!”

Having said this, He showed them His hands and feet.

He also said to them, “This is what is written: The Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead the third day,