He used this figure also in speaking to them: "No one tears a piece from a new coat and sews it on an old one, or if he does, he will both tear the new one and the piece from the new one will not match the old one.

And nobody puts new wine into old wine-skins, or if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and run out, and the skins will be spoiled.

But the man who listens to it, and does not act upon it, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The torrent burst upon it, and it collapsed at once, and the wreck of that house was complete."

For I am myself under the orders of others, and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it."

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!'

What good does it do a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

John answered, "Master, we saw a man driving out demons with your name, and we told him not to do so, for he does not go with us."

Jesus said to him, "What does the Law say? How does it read?"

But Martha was worried with all she had to do for them, and she came up and said, "Master, does it make no difference to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."

Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not join me in gathering, scatters.

And he said to them, "Take care! You must be on your guard against any form of greed, for a man's life does not belong to him, no matter how rich he is."

that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know, and will cut him in two, and put him with the unbelievers.

The slave who knows his master's wishes, but does not get ready or act upon them, will be severely punished.

But one who does wrong without knowing them will be lightly punished. From anyone who has been given much, much will be required, and of the man to whom people have intrusted much, they will demand even more.

And he said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rise in the west, you say at once, 'It is going to rain,' and it does.

perhaps it will bear fruit next year. But if it does not, you can have it cut down.' "

But the Master answered, "You hypocrites! Does not every one of you untie his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead him away to water him?

For no one who does not take up his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.

What man among you if he wishes to build a tower does not first sit down and estimate the cost of it, to see whether he has enough to complete it?

Or what king, if he is going to meet another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the other who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

In just that way, no one of you who does not say goodbye to all he has can be a disciple of mine.

"What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep, and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go in search of the one that is lost, until he finds it?

Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one, does not light the lamp and sweep the house and look carefully until she finds it?

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

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

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

But when you hear of wars and outbreaks, do not be alarmed. These have to come first, but the end does not follow immediately."

and one of them named Cleopas said to him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know what has happened there lately?"