Just at that time some people came up to tell Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with that of their sacrifices.

By no means, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.

By no means, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did."

As soon as Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disease!"

So He went on to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what may I compare it?

It is like a mustard seed which a man took and dropped in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted in its branches."

It is like yeast which a woman took and hid in a bushel of flour until it all had risen."

when once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand on the outside and to knock on the door again and again and say, 'Lord, open it for us'; but He will answer, 'I do not know where you come from.'

But I must continue on my way, for it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem.'

"O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! The city that continues to murder the prophets, and to stone those who are sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings. But you refused!

Now your house is abandoned to its fate! And I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

He answered the experts in the law and the Pharisees by asking, "Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath or not?"

But one of the fellow-guests heard this, and said to Him, "Happy will be the man who is fortunate enough to be at the feast in the kingdom of God."

And at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to the invited guests, 'Come, for it is now ready.'

Then the slave said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and still there is room.'

"Or what king, when he is going to make an attack on another king, does not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand soldiers to meet the other king who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

And if he cannot, while the other is still far away, he sends envoys and asks for terms of peace.

Salt is good, but if salt itself loses its strength, how can that strength be restored?

It is fit for neither soil nor manure. People throw it away. Let him who has ears to hear with give heed!"

And so the Pharisees and scribes continually grumbled, and said, "This fellow is welcoming notorious sinners, and even eating with them."

Just so, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God over one sinful person who repents!"

take the fattening calf and kill it, and let us feast and celebrate,

"Now his elder son was in the field. So, on coming in, as he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

Then he said to him, 'My child, you have been with me all the time, and all I have is yours.

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.'

Then the manager said to himself, What shall I do, because my master is going to take my position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

So I tell you, make friends by the right use of your money, which so easily tends to wrongdoing, so that when it fails, your friends may welcome you to the eternal dwellings.

The man who is dependable in a very small matter is dependable also in a large deal, the man who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest also in a large deal.

Then He said to them, "You are the men who exhibit your uprightness before the public, but God knows your hearts. For what stands high in the sight of men is detestable in the sight of God.

It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dotting of an 'i' in the law to fail.

And in Hades he looked up, in constant tortures as he was, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus his bosom companion.

But Abraham said, 'My child, remember that you received in full your blessings in your lifetime, and Lazarus his hardships in his, but now he is continuously comforted here, while you are continuously tortured there.

Besides all this, between you and us there stands fixed a great chasm, so that those who want to cross from this side to you cannot, nor can they cross from your side to us.'

Now He said to His disciples: "It is inevitable that snares to evil will come, but a curse be on the man through whom they come!

Then the apostles said to the Lord, "Give us more faith."

As He was going on to Jerusalem, He chanced to pass through Samaria and Galilee.

And as He was going into one village, ten lepers met Him, who got up at some distance from Him,

and raised their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, do take pity on us!"

So as soon as He saw them, He said to them, "Go at once and show yourselves to the priests." And while they were going they were cured.

Now, when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with visible display,

and so people will not say, 'Look! Here it is,' nor, 'There it is,' for the kingdom of God is within you."

And men will say to you, 'Look! There he is!' or, 'Look! Here He is!' Do not start in pursuit of Him,

for just as when the lightning flashes, it shines from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of Man be when He comes.

And just as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be in the time of the Son of Man.

The man who is on the roof of his house that day, and his goods in the house, must not come down to carry them out; and the man in the field, too, must not turn back.

Then they asked Him, "Where, Lord, will this be?" And He said to them, "Wherever there is carrion the vultures will flock."

Now He told them the following story to show how necessary it is for people always to pray and never to give up:

And will not God give justice and protection to His chosen people who continue to cry to Him day and night, since He is so patient with them?

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop preventing them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

I solemnly say to you, Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God as a little child does, will never get into it at all."

Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me perfectly good? No one is perfectly good but God Himself.

So when Jesus saw it, He said, "How hard it is for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!

For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of God."

So He said to them, "I solemnly say to you, there is no one who has given up home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the kingdom of God,

As He was approaching Jericho, a blind man chanced to be sitting by the roadside begging.

As he heard a crowd going by, he asked what it meant.

Now he was trying to see Jesus to find out who He was, but he could not because of the crowd, as he was so small in stature.

And as Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, come down quickly! for today I must stop at your house."

Then Zaccheus got up and said to the Lord, "Listen, Lord! I now give to the poor half of my property, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay him back four times as much."

Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this home, for he too is a real descendant of Abraham.

As they were listening to these things, He told them another story, because He was near Jerusalem and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.

But his citizens continued to hate him, and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to become king over us.'

Then after he had gotten the appointment as king, he returned and ordered those slaves to whom he had given his money to be called in, that he might find out what business they had done.

But another one came in and said, 'Here is your twenty dollars, sir, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief.

said, "Go on to the village in front of you, in which, just as you enter, you will find a colt tied, which no man has ever yet ridden. Untie it and bring it here to me.

So off the two messengers went and found it just as He had told them.

Then they threw their coats upon it and mounted Jesus upon it. As He was going on, the people continued to spread their coats under Him on the road.

Just as He was approaching the city, going down the Mount of Olives, the whole throng of the disciples began to praise God exultantly and loudly for all the wonder-works that they had seen,

and said: "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and praise on high!"

As He approached it, just as soon as He saw the city, He burst into tears over it,

For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up earthworks around you and surround you and hem you in on all sides,

but they could not find, as hard as they tried, what to do with Him, for all the people continued to hang on His words.

and said to Him, "Tell us what sort of authority you have for doing as you do, or who is it that gave you such authority?"

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

Then Jesus said to them, "Nor am I going to tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do."

But when the tenants saw him, they argued among themselves, 'This is the heir; let us kill him, so that what he inherits may be ours.'

So they closely watched and sent spies who pretended to be upright men, to catch Him in His conversation, so as to turn Him over to the power and authority of the governor.

They asked Him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and show no favors to anyone, but teach the way of God honestly.

Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

"Show me a twenty-cent coin. Whose picture and title does it bear?" They answered, "Caesar's."

So they could not use what he said before the people, and in astonishment at His answer they said no more.

Then some of the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came up and asked Him,

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us a law that, if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, the man should take the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

and the third, married her; as also the seven did who died but left no child.

He is not the God of dead but of living people, for all live to Him."

Then He said to them, "How do people say that the Christ is David's Son?

"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."

Then they asked Him, "Teacher, when will this be? And what is the sign that it is about to take place?"

So He said, "You must take care not to be misled about it! For many will come bearing the name of Messiah, and saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not go after them.

for I will give you such wisdom of speech as all your opponents combined will not be able to resist and refute.

"When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, then understand that her devastation is near.

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

They will fall by the edge of the sword and will be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled under the feet of the heathen, until the times of the heathen come to full measure.

When these things begin to take place, look up and lift your heads, for your deliverance is drawing near."

When you see them shooting forth their buds, you know of yourselves that summer now is near.

So when you see these things taking place, you must understand that the kingdom of God is near.

But ever be watching and always praying, so that you may have strength to escape all this that is going to take place, and so you may take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

Now the feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was drawing near.

But Satan entered into Judas, who is called Iscariot, who belonged to the circle of the Twelve.

So He sent Peter and John, saying to them, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal."