He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.

"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money in it.

Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

But the worker answered him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.

Then the manager said to himself, 'What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm too ashamed to beg.

Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.

Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside the well. It was about noon.

So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better.