He also told them a parable: "One blind person can't lead another blind person, can he? Both will fall into a ditch, won't they?

"A good tree doesn't produce rotten fruit, and a rotten tree doesn't produce good fruit,

There is nothing hidden that won't be revealed, and there is nothing secret that won't become known and come to light.

But they didn't know what this meant. Indeed, the meaning was hidden from them so that they didn't understand it; and they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

Don't carry a wallet, a traveling bag, or sandals, and don't greet anyone on the way.

Because I tell you, many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see but didn't see them, and to hear the things you hear but didn't hear them."

"The person who isn't with me is against me, and the person who doesn't gather with me scatters."

There is nothing covered up that won't be exposed and nothing secret that won't be made known.

Consider the crows. They don't plant or harvest, they don't even have a storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

the master of that servant will come on a day when he doesn't expect him and at an hour that he doesn't know. Then his master will punish him severely and assign him a place with unfaithful people.

Whoever doesn't carry his cross and follow me can't be my disciple.

But they didn't understand any of this. What he said was hidden from them, and they didn't know what he meant.

because I was afraid of you. You are a hard man. You withdraw what you didn't deposit and harvest what you didn't plant.'

The king told him, "I will judge you by your own words, you evil servant! You knew, did you, that I was a hard man, and that I withdraw what I didn't deposit and harvest what I didn't plant?

But he told them, "If I tell you, you won't believe me, and if I ask you a question, you won't answer me.