To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."

Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say farewell to those at my home."

Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you.

And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

At that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it was your good pleasure.

Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see.

He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?"

And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live."

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothing, beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.

So likewise, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.'

He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his word.

But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me."

He was praying in a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."

He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.

And he said to them, "Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;

for a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him';

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

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them: "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a house divided against itself falls.

As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that nursed you!"

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

While he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in and sat at table.

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

And he said, "Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

Therefore the wisdom of God also said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'

Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"

And he said to them, "Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

And he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'

Then he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about your body, what you will put on.

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and will come and serve them.

Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to all?"

And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.

He also said to the multitudes, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, "A shower is coming'; and so it happens.

So he said to the keeper of his vineyard, 'Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the ground?'

When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

When he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

Then he said, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches."

And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

Then one said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them,

And men will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit at table in the kingdom of God.

At that very time some Pharisees came, and said to him, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you."

And he said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course.'

Then he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?"

"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest one more distinguished than you be invited by him;

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

Then he also said to the one who invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers, your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

Then he said to him, "A certain man gave a great banquet and invited many.

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to have me excused.'

And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.'

Still another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

So the servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in the poor and the maimed, the blind and the lame.'

And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'

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

Now great multitudes went with him; and he turned and said to them,

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

Or what king, going to make war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Then he said: "There was a man who had two sons.

And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.' So he divided his living between them.

But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and here I perish with hunger!

And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.

And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.'

And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.

He also said to his disciples: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.

So he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.'

The steward said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

So he called in each one of his master's debtors, and he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' So he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus received evil things; but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

And he said, ' Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house,

Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'

And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"

Then he said to his disciples, "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to him through whom they do come!

The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

"Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down to eat'?

And they lifted up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"

When he saw them, he said to them, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed.

Then said Jesus, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."

Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."

He said: "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man.