But he was angry and would not go into the house. And his father came out and urged him.

And he said to his disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and it was reported to him that this man was squandering his property.

So he called him in and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Make an accounting for your conduct of my affairs, for you cannot be manager any longer!'

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

I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from my position people will take me into their homes.'

He said, 'Eight hundred gallons of oil.' And he said to him, 'Here is your agreement; sit right down and write four hundred!'

Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' He answered, 'Fifteen hundred bushels of wheat.' He said to him, 'Here is your agreement; write twelve hundred.'

So I tell you, make friends for yourselves with your ill-gotten wealth, so that when it fails, they may take you into the eternal dwellings.

And if you have been untrustworthy about what belonged to someone else, who will give you what belongs to you?

And he said to them, "You are the men who parade your uprightness before people, but God knows your hearts. For what men consider great is detestable in the sight of God.

Until John came, it was the Law and the Prophets. From that time the Kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone has been crowding into it.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dotting of an i in the Law to go unfulfilled.

And a beggar named Lazarus was put down at his gate covered with sores

and eager to satisfy his hunger with what was thrown away from the rich man's table. Why, the very dogs came and licked his sores.

And it came about that the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to the companionship of Abraham, and the rich man too died and was buried.

And he said to his disciples, "It is inevitable that hindrances should arise, but alas for the man who causes them!

Look out for yourselves! If your brother wrongs you, take it up with him, and if he repents, forgive him.

And the Master said, "If your faith is as big as a mustard seed, you might have said to this mulberry tree, 'Be pulled up by the roots and planted in the sea,' and it would have obeyed you!

"What man among you, if he has a servant ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down at the table,'

instead of saying to him, 'Get my supper ready, and dress yourself, and wait on me while I eat and drink, and you can eat and drink afterward'?

Is he grateful to the slave for doing what he has been ordered to do?

So you also, when you do all you have been ordered to do, must say, 'We are good-for-nothing slaves! We have done only what we ought to have done!' "

It happened that, on his way to Jerusalem, he passed through Samaria and Galilee.

And as he was going into one village he met ten lepers, and they stood at some distance from him,

and fell on his face at Jesus' feet, and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.

and people will not say, 'Look! here it is!' or 'There it is!' for the Kingdom of God is within you."

for just as when the lightning flashes, it shines from one end of the sky to the other, that will be the way with the Son of Man.

In the time of the Son of Man it will be just as it was in the time of Noah.

Or as it was in Lot's time; they went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building,

but the day Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

It will be like that on the day when the Son of Man appears.

Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

There was a widow in the city and she came to him and said, 'Protect me from my opponent.'

yet because this widow bothers me, I will protect her, so that she may not finally wear me out with her coming.' "

And the Master said, "Listen to what this dishonest judge said!

Then will not God provide protection for his chosen people, who cry out to him day and night?

I tell you, he will make haste to provide it! But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

But the tax-collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven, but struck his breast, and said, 'O God, have mercy on a sinner like me!'

I tell you, it was he who went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted."

People brought babies to him to have him touch them, but the disciples, when they saw it, reproved them for it.

I tell you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all."

A member of the council asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

And when Jesus saw it, he said, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the Kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!"

And those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"

And they did not understand any of this; the words were obscure to them, and they did not know what he meant.

And hearing a crowd going by he asked what it meant.

And those who were in front reproved him and told him to be quiet, but he cried out all the louder, "You Son of David, take pity on me!"

"What do you want me to do for you?" He answered, "Master, let me regain my sight!"

And he regained his sight immediately, and followed Jesus, giving thanks to God. And all the people saw it and praised God.

And he went into Jericho and was passing through it.

When Jesus reached the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, come down quickly! for I must stay at your house today."

For the Son of Man has come to search for what was lost and to save it."

And he called in ten of his slaves and gave them each twenty dollars and told them to trade with it while he was gone.

And when he had secured the appointment and returned, he ordered the slaves to whom he had given the money to be called in, so that he could find out how much they had made.

And the other one came in and said, 'Here is your twenty dollars, sir. I have kept it put away in a handkerchief,

for I was afraid of you, for you are a stern man. You pick up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.'

He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth I will convict you, you wretched slave! You knew, did you, that I was a stern man, and that I pick up what I did not lay down, and harvest what I did not sow?

Then why did you not put my money in the bank, so that when I came back I could have gotten it with interest?'

And he said to the bystanders, 'Take the twenty dollars away from him, and give it to the man who has the two hundred!'

They said to him, 'He has two hundred, sir!'??26 'I tell you, the man who has will have more given him, and from the man who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away!

and said to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

And if anyone asks you why you are untying it, you are to say, 'The Master needs it.'

And the messengers went and found it just as he had told them.

And they said, "The Master needs it!"

And they brought it to Jesus. And they threw their coats on the colt and mounted Jesus on it.

And he answered, "I tell you, if they keep silence, the stones will cry out!"

As he approached the city and saw it, he wept over it,

and said, "If you yourself only knew today the conditions of peace! But as it is, they are hidden from you.

Then he went into the Temple and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things there,

and he said to them, "The Scripture says, 'And my house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"

but they could not find any way to do it, for all the people hung upon his words.

and said to him, "Tell us what authority you have for doing as you do, or who gave you any such authority?"

So they answered that they did not know where it came from.

And Jesus said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do."

Then he went on to give the people this illustration: "A man once planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went away for along absence.

And at the proper time he sent a slave to the tenants to have them give him a share of the vintage, but the tenants beat him, and sent him back empty-handed.

Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What can I do? I will send them my dear son; perhaps they will respect him.'

So they drove him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

He looked at them and said, "Then what does this saying of Scripture mean, "'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone'?

Whoever falls on that stone will be shattered, but whoever it falls upon will be pulverized."

And the scribes and high priests wanted to arrest him then and there, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had aimed this illustration at them.

And they asked him, "Master, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you show no favor, but teach the way of God in sincerity.

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

"Show me a denarius. Whose head and title does it bear?" They said, "The emperor's."

He said to them, "Then pay the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and pay God what belongs to God!"

So they could not fasten on what he said before the people, and they were amazed at his answer, and said nothing more.

"Master, Moses made us a law that if a man's brother die leaving a wife but no children, the man should marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

Now at the resurrection, which one's wife will the woman be? For all seven of them married her."

For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand,

"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes, and love to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets??47 men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get all the heavier sentence!"

And he saw a poor widow drop in two coppers.

And he said, "I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all the rest.

For they all gave from what they had to spare, but she in her want has put in all she had to live on."

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

Then they asked him, "Master, when will this happen, and what will be the sign that it is going to take place?"

And he said, "Take care not to be misled. For many will come under my name, and say, 'I am he,' and 'The time is at hand.' Do not follow them.

It will all lead to your testifying.

Yet not a hair of your head will perish!

It is by your endurance that you will win your souls.