"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline at the table in the place of honor, lest [someone] more distinguished than you has been invited by him,

But when thou art invited, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher; then shalt thou have respect in the presence of those who are seated with thee.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled [before others], and he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted.”

Also to his host who had invited him, he continued, saying. "When you are making a dinner-party or a supper, do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, lest it chance that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made by you.

But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:

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."

One of his fellow guest who was listening to him, said to him, "Blessed are those who eat bread in the kingdom of God."

And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

For I say to you, that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few chosen.

lest once, he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are looking on, should begin to mock at him,

and get the calf we are fattening, and kill it, and let us feast and celebrate,

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all my possessions are thine.

We are bound to make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life, he was lost and has been found.'"

So he called the manager to him and said, 'What is this that I am hearing about you? Balance your accounts and show how you are conducting my affairs, for you cannot be manager any longer.'

So he summoned every single one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much are you owing to my master?'

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Therefore, I tell you, make friends for yourselves by using worldly wealth, so that when it fails [i.e., when you run out of money] they [i.e., the friends you made with its wise and benevolent use] may welcome you into the eternal [i.e., heavenly] dwelling places. [Note: The idea here seems to be that by your shrewd use of material possessions for the benefit of others, you are actually storing up treasures for yourself in heaven].

So, if you are not faithful with dishonest mammon, how can you ever be trusted with true Riches?

"And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?

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 the Pharisees, who are avaricious, heard all these things, and derided him.

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.

"'If they are deaf to Moses and the Prophets,' replied Abraham, 'they would not be led to believe even if some one should rise from the dead.'"

Jesus said to his disciples, "Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine?

There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

And when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus answered them, "The kingdom of God will not come the way you are looking for it.

And he said to the disciples, Days are coming, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it.

On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

And shall, God, in any wise not execute the vindication of his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, although he beareth long with regard to them?

And He spoke this parable to certain ones having confidence in themselves that they are righteous, and despising the rest.

"Two men are going up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a tax-gatherer.

The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

Jesus however called the infants to Him. "Let the little children come to me," He said; "do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike that the Kingdom of God belongs.

A certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher [You who are essentially and morally good], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [that is, eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?”

"Why are you calling me 'good'?" said Jesus to him; "no one is good but God.

And receiving this reply, Jesus said to him. "One thing you are still lacking. Sell all that you have and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me."

And Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God.

And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man.

For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest.

"Now his countrymen hated him, and sent a deputation after him to say, 'We are not willing that he should become our king.'

'Capital,' he said, 'you excellent servant! because you have proved trustworthy in a trifle, you are placed over ten towns.'

To him he said, 'And you are set over five towns.'

Another servant also came and said 'Sir, here are your ten pounds; I have kept them put away in a handkerchief.

Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

But those who are my enemies, who were not willing that I should rule over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

saying, Go into the opposite village; in which, as ye are at the entrance, ye will find a foal tied, on which no man hath ever yet sat: loose, and bring him.

And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him.

And when they were getting the young ass, the owners of it said to them, Why are you taking the young ass?

shouting,

“Blessed (celebrated, praised) is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven and glory (majesty, splendor) in the highest [heaven]!”

And he answering said, I tell you, that if these are silent, the stones will cry out.

Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.

And make thee even with the ground, with thy children which are in thee. And they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knowest not the time of thy visitation."

and said, saying to him, "Tell us, by what authority you are doing these [things], or who is the one who gave you this authority?

But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:

Are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?"

Let me see a penny. Whose image and name are on it? And they said, Caesar's.

And he said, Then give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,

Jesus said to them, "The people of this world marry and are married,

but those who are considered worthy to attain that other world and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are married.

For they cannot die again. They are like the angels, and since they are reborn in the resurrection, are children of God.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses at the bush has demonstrated, when he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living: for all men are living to him.

Till I put under your feet all those who are against you.

Be taking heed of the Scribes - Who desire to walk about in long robes, and are fond of salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the chief meals, -

Who devour the houses of widows, and, for a show, are a long time at prayer. These, shall receive, a heavier sentence.

"As for all this that you are admiring, the time is coming when not one stone will be left upon another, that will not be torn down."

And they said to him, Master, when will these things be? and what sign will there be when these events are to take place?

And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.

There will be violent earthquakes, and in various places famines and [deadly and devastating] pestilences (plagues, epidemics); and there will be terrible sights and great signs from heaven.

So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;

For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.

You will be the objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name;

And when ye shall see Jerusalem surrounded with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh: then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains,

Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.

for these are the days of vengeance when all that is written in the Scriptures will be fulfilled.

Alas for the women who are pregnant and those who have nursing babies in those days! For there will be great misery in the land and wrath on this people.

And they will be put to death with the sword, and will be taken as prisoners into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be crushed under the feet of the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles are complete.

"There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and there will be distress on earth among the nations that are confused by the roaring of the sea and its waves.

men fainting with fear and apprehension of the things that are to come upon the world, for the powers of the sky will be shaken.

And, when these things are beginning to come to pass, unbend and lift up your heads, because that, your redemption, is drawing near.

When they are sprouting, you see and know for yourselves that summer is already near.

Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all things are complete.

"But take care for yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of daily life, and that day come upon you suddenly

For it will come upon all who are living anywhere on the face of the earth,

But watch continually, praying that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to occur, and to stand before the Son of man.

And they said to him, Where are we to get it ready?

And he said unto them, Lo! as you are at the entrance of the city, there will a man meet you, carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house whither he is going.

But He said to them, "The kings of the heathen lord it over them and those who exercise authority over them are given the title of 'Benefactor.'