For whoever is ashamed of me and my teaching in this unfaithful, sinful age, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of him, when He comes back in His Father's splendor with the holy angels."

And He said to them, "I solemnly say to you, some of the people standing here will certainly live to see the kingdom of God come in its power."

Then they asked Him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

He answered them, "Elijah does come first and gets everything ready, but how is it that the Scripture says about the Son of Man that He will suffer much and be rejected?

But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and people treated him just as they pleased, as the Scripture says about him."

When Jesus saw it, He was indignant, and said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing. Go, sell everything you have, and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back and follow me."

who will not receive now in this life a hundred times as much in houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, but along with them persecution, and in the world to come eternal life.

For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

So Jesus stopped and said, "Tell him to come here." Then they told the blind man, saying, "Cheer up! Get up! He is calling for you."

Then those in front and those behind Him shouted: "Welcome Him! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord;

But those tenants said among themselves, 'This is his heir; come on, let us kill him, and all that is coming to him will be ours.'

Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come back and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

Many will come bearing the name of Messiah, and saying, 'I am He,' and they will mislead many.

But when you hear of wars and rumors of war, stop getting alarmed. They have to come, but the end is not yet.

But before the end comes, the good news must be proclaimed to all the heathen.

so that he may not come unexpectedly and find you asleep.

He came back the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? No more of that! The hour has come. See! The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinful men.

Get up, let us be going. Look! here comes my betrayer!"

And Jesus spoke and said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me, as though I were a robber?

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see it and believe!" Even the men who were crucified with Him made sport of Him.

So one man ran and soaked a sponge in vinegar and put it on a stick and held it up to Him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah does come to take Him down!"

who used to accompany Him when He was in Galilee, besides several other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.

Then the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you, and so your child will be called holy, the Son of God.

Why is this privilege mine, to have the mother of my Lord come to me?

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for He has come and brought His people deliverance;

So he used to say to the crowds that continued to come out there to be baptized by him: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?

"Ha! What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are God's Holy One."

Amazement then seized them all and they continued to talk it over among themselves, and to say, "What does this message mean? For with authority and power He gives orders to foul spirits, and they come out."

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

One day as He was teaching, there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Him to cure people.

It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite to repentance."

But a time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them; at that time they will fast."

Then He came down with them and took His stand on a level place, where there was a great throng of His disciples and a vast crowd of people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and the seacoast district of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases.

Everyone who comes to me and continues to listen to my words and practices their teachings, I will show you whom he is like.

When the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, to ask Him to come and bring his slave safe through the illness.

Then Jesus started to go with them. But when He was not far from the house, the captain sent friends to say to Him, "My Lord, stop troubling yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

And so I did not deem myself worthy even to come to you. But simply speak the word, and let my servant-boy be cured.

For I too am under authority of others, and have soldiers under me, and I order one to go, and he goes, another to come, and he comes, my slave to do this, and he does it."

So John called two of them to him and sent them to the Lord, to ask, "Are you the One who was to come, or should we continue to look for someone else?"

So the men went to Him and said, "John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, 'Are you the One who was to come, or should we continue to look for someone else?'"

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking with others, and yet you say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, an intimate friend of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!'

Those along the path illustrate those who hear it, but then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.

"Nobody lights a lamp and then covers it with a pot or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

For there is nothing hidden which shall not come out into the open, and nothing kept secret which shall not be known and come to light.

Just then a man named Jairus came up, who had long been leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet and persisted in begging Him to come to his house,

by others that Elijah had appeared, and by still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.

They answered, "John the Baptist; though others say Elijah, and still others that one of the ancient prophets has come back to life."

For whoever is ashamed of me and my teaching, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him, when He comes back in all the splendor of His Father and of the holy angels.

The next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met Him.

When the disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?"

And if anyone there loves peace, your peace will come upon him; but if not, it will come back to you.

So He said to them, "Whenever you pray, say: 'Father, Your name be revered; Your kingdom come;

for a friend of mine has just come to my house on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him to eat.'

But if I by the finger of God am driving the demons out, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a peck-measure, but he puts it on the lampstand, that the people who come in may enjoy the light.

Sell your property and give to charity. Provide for yourselves purses that will never wear out, riches that never fail in heaven, where a thief cannot come near nor a moth destroy,

and be like men waiting for their master when he comes home from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they at once may open the door for him.

Happy are those slaves whom the master, when he comes, will find on the watch for him. I solemnly say to you, he will tighten his belt and have them sit at table, and he will go around and wait on them.

Whether he comes before or after midnight, if he finds them so, happy are they.

So you, too, must always be ready, for at an hour that you are not expecting, the Son of Man will come."

Happy is that slave whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

his master will come back some day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour of which he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and give him his share with the unfaithful.

"It is fire that I have come to bring upon the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured her on the Sabbath, answered the crowd, "There are six days on which people must work; so come on these and be cured, but not on the Sabbath."

when once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand on the outside and to knock on the door again and again and say, 'Lord, open it for us'; but He will answer, 'I do not know where you come from.'

But He will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from. Go away from me, all you wrongdoers!'

People will come from east and west, from north and south, and take their seats at the feast in the kingdom of God.

Now your house is abandoned to its fate! And I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

so that your host may not come and say to you, 'Make room for this man'; and then in embarrassment you will proceed to take and keep the lowest place.

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, 'My friend, come up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow-guests.

And at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to the invited guests, 'Come, for it is now ready.'

Another said, 'I have just gotten married, and so I cannot come.'

"Then the master said to his slave, 'Go out on the roads and by the hedges and make the people come in, so that my house may be filled.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and still more, his own life too, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

because this son of mine was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found!' So they began to celebrate.

He said to him, 'Your brother has come back, and your father has killed the fattening calf, because he has gotten him back safe and sound.'

But we just had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found.'"

and he was always craving to get a square meal from the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, the very dogs used to come and lick his sores.

(for I have five brothers) to warn them, that they too may not come to this place of torture.'

Now He said to His disciples: "It is inevitable that snares to evil will come, but a curse be on the man through whom they come!

"What man among you, if he has a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your seat at the table,'

Now, when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with visible display,

Then He said to His disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

for just as when the lightning flashes, it shines from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of Man be when He comes.

The man who is on the roof of his house that day, and his goods in the house, must not come down to carry them out; and the man in the field, too, must not turn back.

And in that city there was a widow who continued to come to him and say, 'Give me justice and protection from my opponent.'

I tell you, He will give them justice and protection, and that without delay. But when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?"

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop preventing them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

When Jesus heard this, He said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell everything you have, and distribute the money among the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back and follow me."

And as Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, come down quickly! for today I must stop at your house."

Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this home, for he too is a real descendant of Abraham.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the people that are lost."

and said: "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and praise on high!"

He will come and put those tenants to death and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "May it never be so!"

So He said, "You must take care not to be misled about it! For many will come bearing the name of Messiah, and saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not go after them.

And when you hear of wars and tumults, never be panic-stricken. For this has to take place first, but the end will not come all at once."

They will fall by the edge of the sword and will be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled under the feet of the heathen, until the times of the heathen come to full measure.

men fainting with fear and apprehension of the things that are to come upon the world, for the powers of the sky will be shaken.

For it will come upon all who are living anywhere on the face of the earth,