And into whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat {whatever is} set before you,

But into whatever town you enter and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets [and] say,

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!

And Jesus replied [and] said, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who both stripped him and beat [him]. [After] inflicting blows on [him], they went away, leaving [him] half dead.

Now as they traveled along, he entered into a certain village. And a certain woman {named} Martha welcomed him.

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

Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first!"

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, [something] greater than Jonah [is] here!

As a result you are witnesses, and you approve of the deeds of your fathers, because they killed them and you build [their tombs]!

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 when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you should speak in your own defense or what you should say,

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; to them there is neither storeroom nor barn, and God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds?

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not toil or spin, but I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these.

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.

Even if he should come back in the second or in the third watch of the night and find [them] like this, blessed are they!

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.

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

And he answered [and] said to them, "Do you think that these Galileans were sinners worse than all the Galileans, because they suffered these [things]?

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them--do you think that they were sinners worse than all the people who live in Jerusalem?

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

And it happened that when he came to the house of a certain one of the leaders of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat {a meal}, they were watching him closely.

But they remained silent. And he took hold of [him] [and] healed him, and sent [him] away.

And they were not able to make a reply to these [things].

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,

And he also said to the one who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or wealthy neighbors, lest they also invite you [in return], and repayment come to you.

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 they all {alike} began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I have purchased a field, and {I must} go out to look at it. I ask you, consider me excused.'

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!"

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again! He was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.

I know what I should do, so that when I am removed from the management they will welcome me into their homes!'

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.

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these [things], and they ridiculed him.

And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.'

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

But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they must listen to them.'

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

But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone rises from the dead.'"

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

And they raised [their] voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"

And [when he] saw [them] he said to them, "Go [and] show yourselves to the priests." And it happened that as they were going, they were cleansed.

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

And they will say to you, 'Behold, there!' 'Behold, here!' Do not go out or run after [them]!

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed [them] all.

Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot--they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building.

And they answered [and] said to him, "Where, Lord?" So he said to them, "Where the dead body [is], there also the vultures will be gathered."

And he told them a parable to [show that] they must always pray and not be discouraged,

And he also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and looked down on {everyone else}:

Now they were bringing even [their] babies to him so that he could touch them. But [when] the disciples saw [it], they rebuked them.

and [after] flogging [him] they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise."

And they understood none of these [things], and this saying was concealed from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.

And they told him, "Jesus the Nazarene is passing by."

And immediately he regained [his] sight and began to follow him, glorifying God. And all the people, [when they] saw [it], gave praise to God.

And [when they] saw [it], they all began to complain, saying, "He has gone in to find lodging with a man who is a sinner!"

Now [while] they were listening to these [things], he went on [and] told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

And it happened that when he returned [after] receiving the kingdom, he ordered these slaves to whom he had given the money to be summoned to him, so that he could know what they had gained by trading.

And they said to him, 'Sir, he has ten minas.'

And [as] they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, 'Why are you untying the colt?'

So they said, 'The Lord has need of it.'

And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they put Jesus [on it].

And [as] he was going along, they were spreading out their cloaks on the road.

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.

And they will raze you to the ground, [you] and your children within you, and will not leave a stone upon a stone within you, {because} you did not recognize the time of your visitation."

And they did not find anything they could do, because all the people were paying close attention to [what] they were hearing from him.

And they discussed [this] with one another, saying, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced [that] John was a prophet."

And they replied [that they] did not know where [it was] from.

And at the proper time he sent a slave to the tenant farmers, so that they would give him [some] of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenant farmers sent him away empty-handed [after] beating [him].

And he proceeded to send another slave, but they beat and dishonored that one also, [and] sent [him] away empty-handed.

And he proceeded to send a third, but they wounded [and] threw out this one also.

So 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 began to reason with one another, saying, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance will become ours!'

And they threw him out of the vineyard [and] killed [him]. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

He will come and destroy those tenant farmers and give the vineyard to others." And [when they] heard [this], they said, "[May this] never happen!"

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.

And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.

And they asked him, saying, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and do not {show partiality}, but teach the way of God in truth.

"Show me a denarius! Whose image and inscription does it have?" And they answered [and] said, "Caesar's."

And they were not able to catch [him] in a statement in the sight of the people, and astonished at his answer, they became silent.

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.

For they no longer dared to ask him anything.

But he said to them, "In what sense do they say [that] the Christ is David's son?

And they asked him, saying, "Teacher, when therefore will these [things] happen, and what [will be] the sign when these [things] are about to take place?"

"But before all these [things], they will lay their hands on you and will persecute [you], handing [you] over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

And you will be handed over even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put to death [some] of you.

and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

And then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.

When they put out [foliage], now you see for yourselves [and] know that by this time the summer is near.

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they could destroy him, because they were afraid of the people.

And they were delighted, and came to an agreement with him to give [him] money.

So they said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare [it]?"

So they went [and] found [everything] just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

And in the same way the cup after [they] had eaten, saying, "This cup [is] the new covenant in my blood which is poured out for you.

And they began to debate with one another who then of them it could be who was going to do this.

And he said to them, "When I sent you out without a money bag and a traveler's bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, [did you]?" And they said, "Nothing."

So they said, "Lord, behold, here [are] two swords!" And he said to them, "It is adequate."

And [when] those around him saw what was about to happen, they said, "Lord, should we strike with the sword?"

And they arrested him [and] led [him] away and brought [him] into the house of the high priest. But Peter was following at a distance.