These are wells without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went on a journey.

He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.

"The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I do not have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

"Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went on a journey.

But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:

"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage does better.

But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.

But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as Law.

For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.