Then, along with many other exhortations, he proclaimed good news to the people.

But He said to them, “I must proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this purpose.”

So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for Him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were guests with them.

If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also. And if anyone takes away your coat, don’t hold back your shirt either.

Just as you want others to do for you, do the same for them.

“A good tree doesn’t produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn’t produce good fruit.

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to each other:

We played the flute for you,
but you didn’t dance;
we sang a lament,
but you didn’t weep!

“A creditor had two debtors. One owed 500 denarii, and the other 50.

Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who were supporting them from their possessions.

Other seed fell on the rock; when it sprang up, it withered, since it lacked moisture.

Other seed fell among thorns; the thorns sprang up with it and choked it.

Still other seed fell on good ground; when it sprang up, it produced a crop: 100 times what was sown.” As He said this, He called out, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”

One day He and His disciples got into a boat, and He told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,

some that Elijah had appeared, and others that one of the ancient prophets had risen.

They answered, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back.”

After this, the Lord appointed 70 others, and He sent them ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place where He Himself was about to go.

A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

And others, as a test, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that man’s last condition is worse than the first.”

“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the others.

“But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests.

If not, while the other is still far off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

No household slave can be the slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t be slaves to both God and money.”

And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

I tell you, on that night two will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other will be left.

Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.

[Two will be in a field: One will be taken, and the other will be left.]”

“Two men went up to the temple complex to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people —greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others.”

But when they heard this they said, “No—never!”

And they were saying many other blasphemous things against Him.

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends. Previously, they had been hostile toward each other.

Two others—criminals—were also led away to be executed with Him.

The people stood watching, and even the leaders kept scoffing: “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”

But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God, since you are undergoing the same punishment?

Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them were telling the apostles these things.

Then He asked them, “What is this dispute that you’re having with each other as you are walking?” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged.

So they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts ablaze within us while He was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”